Surendra Prasad Sharma

Background

Sharma, Surendra Prasad was born on February 3, 1943 in Gorakhpur, India. Came to the United States, 1971. Son of Suresh Dutt and Dhanpati (Devi) Sharma.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Gorakhpur, 1962. Master of Science in Engineering, Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978.

Career

Scientist Scientists' Pool, Council of Science and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1968-1970. Lecturer, Department of Aeronautics Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1970-1971. Research assistant Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972-1978.

Adjunct research professor aeronautics Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1979. Research engineer University Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, Tennessee, 1979-1981. Senior engineer Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, 1981-1982, Sii Drilco, Smith International, Houston, 1982-1985.

Technical manager & center Republican Exploration Technology Development Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, since 1986.

Achievements

• Surendra Prasad Sharma has been listed as a notable Aerospace engineer, scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Parent-Teachers Association, Cupertino, California. Association fellow American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics. Member Society Petroleum Engineers, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Sigma Xi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapter).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, classical music.

Connections

Married Prabha Durgapal. 1 child, Seema.

Father:

Suresh Dutt Sharma

Mother:

Dhanpati (Devi) Sharma

Spouse:

Prabha Durgapal

child:

Seema Sharma