Background
Patnaik, Surya Narayan was born on July 22, 1945 in Puri, India. Came to the United States, 1968. Son of Purna Chandra and Kamalini (Dei) Patnaik.
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Surya Narayan Patnaik
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Bachelor of Technology with honors, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1966. Master of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, 1972.
Career
Chief optimization group, Vikram Sanabhai Space Center, Trivandrum, India, 1972-1977;
manager mechanic engineering, Vikram Sanabhai Space Center, Trivandrum, 1983-1986;
head satellite evaluation group, INSAT & Ford Aerospace, Bangalore, India, 1977-1982;
head satellite evaluation group, INSAT & Ford Aerospace, Palo Alto, California, 1977-1982;
associate professor, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1982-1983;
head IFM Cell, Indian Satellite Center, Bangalore, 1986-1988;
National Research Council research associate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lewis Space Center, Cleveland, 1988-1990;
senior research engineer, Ohio Aerospace Institute, Cleveland, since 1990. Manager boundary layer wind tunnel U. Moncton, Canada, 1975-1977. National committee member Software-India, Kanpur, since 1986.
Consultant Innovative Research National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation,1990.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate, journal. reviewer 1990-1997), United States Association Computative Mechanics (session organizer 1995, 97), International Society Structure-Multidisciplinary Organization, Indian Aeronautical Society.
Connections
Married Padmini Manekarnika, December 4, 1973. Children: Mahima, Manish.
