Background
Samuel, Thevapalan David was born on May 9, 1940 in Elkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Son of Abraham Joseph and Annie Arputhamoney (Yesudian) Samuel.
engineering mathematics educator
Samuel, Thevapalan David was born on May 9, 1940 in Elkaduwa, Sri Lanka. Son of Abraham Joseph and Annie Arputhamoney (Yesudian) Samuel.
Bachelor of Science, University Ceylon, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1964. Master of Science, University Manchester, England, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University Manchester, England, 1968.
Assistant lecturer, U. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1965;
lecturer, U. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1969-1975;
senior lecturer, U. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1975-1976;
head department engineering mathematics, U. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, 1975-1989;
professor engineering mathematics, U. Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, since 1976. Visiting scientist U. Ancona, Italy, 1986-1987, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1987. Senior consultant Open U., Colombo, 1988.
Presenter at international conversations in field. Associate International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1983-1989, senior associate, since 1993.
Fellow Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications. Member International Solar Energy Society, American Physical Society, Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science, World Federation of Scientists.
Married Mary Rose Rupasinghe, February 12, 1991.