Background
Rangan, Vijaya Balamuthu was born on July 6, 1939 in Madras, India. Arrived in Australia, 1970. Son of Balamuthu and Govindammal.
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Rangan, Vijaya Balamuthu was born on July 6, 1939 in Madras, India. Arrived in Australia, 1970. Son of Balamuthu and Govindammal.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Madras University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1967.
Engineer Public Works Department, Madras, 1962-1962. Research fellow, associate lecturer Council Scientific and Industrial Research, Coimbatore, India, 1962-1963. Research fellow Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1963-1967.
Visiting lecturer University Illinois, Chicago, 1967-1969. Assistant professor School Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, 1969-1970. Lecturer University New S. Wales, 1970-1973, senior lecturer, 1973-1978, associate professor, head structural engineering department, 1979-1989.
Professor, head school civil engineering Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, 1990-2000, head school engineering, dean engineering, since 2000. Visiting professor University Calgary, Canada, 1977. Consultant in field.
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Fellow Institute Engineers, American Concrete Institute (fellow 1987, Raymond Reese Structural Research award 1974, Special award 1997). Member Standards Australia Committee on Concrete Structures, Concrete Institute Australia (merit award 1977), Institute Engineers (India) (Nicolaides prize 1967).
Married Saraswathi, May 9, 1962. Children: Vijaya, Gopi.