Background
Kinra, Vikram Kumar was born on April 3, 1946 in Lyallpur, Punjab, India. Son of Chaudhary Gurmukh and Gianvati (Khurana) Kinra. came to the United States, 1967.
Kinra, Vikram Kumar was born on April 3, 1946 in Lyallpur, Punjab, India. Son of Chaudhary Gurmukh and Gianvati (Khurana) Kinra. came to the United States, 1967.
Bachelor of Science, Indian Institute of Technology, 1967. Master of Science, Utah State University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1975.
Assistant professor mech, engineering, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1975-1982; associate professor, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1982-1990; professor aerospace engineering, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., since 1990. Associate director Center for Mech. of Composites, TEES, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U. System, since 1990. Consultant McDonnell Douglas, Martin-Marietta.
Fellow American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate), American Society Mechanical Engineers. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society Metals, American Society Engineering Education (Dow Outstanding Young Faculty award), Aconstical Society of America, Society Expiremental Mechanics.
Married Vishalakshi Viswanathan, March 18, 1988. Children: Anushka, Rajeev.