Background
Patel, Virendra Chaturbhai was born on November 9, 1938 in Mombasa, Kenya. Son of Chaturbhai S. and Kantaben N. (Rai) Patel. came to the United States, 1969, naturalized, 1975.
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Virendra Chaturbhai Patel
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Virendra Chaturbhai Patel, American Mechanical engineering educator. Recipient Senior Scientist award Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1980, 93. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fluids Engineering award 1997), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate); member American Society Engineering Education, Society Naval Architectural Marine Engineers, Sigma Xi., Pi Tau Sigma.
Education
Bachelor of Science with honors, Imperial College, London, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1965. Doctor honoris causa, Technology University Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania, 1994.
Career
Senior assistant in research Cambridge University, 1965-1969. Visiting professor Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1966. Consultant Lockheed Georgia Company, Marietta, 1969-1970.
From member faculty to distinguished professor University Iowa, Iowa City, 1971—1990, distinguished professor, since 1990, Edwin B. Green chair in hydraulics, since 2000. Research engineer Iowa Institute Hydraulic Research, since 1971, director, 1994—2004, honorary professor Dharamsinh Desai Institute of Technology, since 2002, director Center Computer Aided Design, 2003—2005. Member Iowa Governor Science Advisory Council, 1977—1983.
Member resistance committee International Towing Tank Conference, 1978—1987. Visiting professor University Karlsruhe, Germany, 1980—1981, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mechanique, Nantes, France, 1984, Nantes, 96. Jubilee professor Chalmers Institute of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, 1988.
Director Center for Computer Aided Design, since 2003. Consultant in field.
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Vice president international committee Anoopam Mission, Mogri, India. Fellow: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (Fluids Engineering award 1997), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member: Society Naval Architectural Marine Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, Pi Tau Sigma, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Manjula Patel, May 29, 1966. Children: Sanjay, Bindiya.
