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Rajan, Venkat N. was born on August 18, 1965 in Ganapathi Agraharam, Tamil Nadu, India. Son of Rangaswamy Nagarajan and Lakshmi Nagarajan.
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Venkat N. Rajan, American engineering educator. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Production and Inventory Control Society, Institute Industrial Engineers, Society Manufacturing Engineers (senior ), Computer and Automated Systems Association (senior ).
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1986. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1987. Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1993.
Career
Summer intern production planning and control department Defense Research and Development Laboratories, Hyderabad, India, 1985. Graduate teaching/research assistant Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1986-1987. Summer research intern department computer science General Motors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1989.
Graduate teacher/research assistant School Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1988-1992. Visiting assistant professor industrial engineering Wichita (Kansas) State University, 1993. Guest researcher Engineering Design Technologies Group, National Institute Studies/Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 1996, 1997.
Assistant professor, undergraduate coordinator manufacturing engineering Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Wichita State University, since 1993. Participant various conferences and workshops. Lecturer in field; reviewer National Science Foundation DMII Small Business Innovation Research program, 1996.
Reviewer papers for American Society of Mechanical Engineers Design Technology Conferences, Handbook of Industrial Robotics, International Journal Computer Integrated Manufacturing, International Journal Industrial Engineering, International Journal Production Research, Journal Robotic Systems, Journal Design and Manufacturing, others.
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Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Production and Inventory Control Society, Institute Industrial Engineers, Society Manufacturing Engineers (senior ), Computer and Automated Systems Association (senior ).
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Married Usha S. Sampath.
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Grantee National Institute Standards and Technology, 1996, 96-97, 97, 97-98, -98, K-Star EPSCoR, 1997-1998, Koch Engineering Company, 1997, Mid-Continent Resource Recover, Inc., 1997, Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, Wichita State University, 1995-1998, Center Industries Corporation, 1996-1997, Chance Industries, 1995-1996, Realization Consortium, 1995-1997, Society Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation, 1994-1998, Wichita State University, 1994.Grantee National Institute Standards and Technology, 1996, 96-97, 97, 97-98, -98, K-Star EPSCoR, 1997-1998, Koch Engineering Company, 1997, Mid-Continent Resource Recover, Inc., 1997, Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, Wichita State University, 1995-1998, Center Industries Corporation, 1996-1997, Chance Industries, 1995-1996, Realization Consortium, 1995-1997, Society Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation, 1994-1998, Wichita State University, 1994.