Biodata Dr. J. S. Rao CEO, Innovative Engineering Designs and Simulation Global Solutions President, The Vibration Institute of India Chief Editor, Journal Vibration Engineering and Technologies 1039, 2nd Cross, BEL Layout, Block II Bangalore 560097 +91 98453 46503 [email protected] Also Chief Science Officer (consulting) Altair Engineering India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 560103 Contents Title Page Number 1. Experience 2 2. Education 2 3. Memberships of Scientific Bodies 3 4. Contributions to Scientific Community 3 5. Research Areas 5 6. Doctoral Theses 5 7. Review Work 6 8. Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Work 6 9. Books 9 10. Awards 10 11. Congresses and Schools 11 12. National and International Seminars 14 13. Five Decades of Research Work 18 14. Journal Papers 31 15. Conference Papers 38 16. Contributions as Science Counselor 53 1 Dr. J.S. Rao 1. EXPERIENCE President Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore 2012-2016 Protem Chancellor K L University, Vijayawada 2011-2012 Director GMR Energy Ltd., Bangalore 2000-2012 CEO, Dynaspede Integrated Systems, Bangalore 2004-2005 Chief Technology Officer, QuEST, Bangalore 2001-2004 Professor of Mechanical Engineering The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 1996 NSC Research Chair Professor National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan 1994-96 Professor of Mechanical Engineering Inst. fur Mech., Gesamthochschule, Kassel, Germany 1988 Sr. Technical Consultant, Stress Technology Inc., Adjunct Professor Mechanical Engineering Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA 1980-81 Professor of Mechanical Engineering Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 1980 Professor of Mechanical Engineering Inst. Nationale des Sciences Appliquees, Lyon, France 1980 Science Counselor Indian Embassy, Washington DC 1984-89 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1975-2000 Faculty 1960-70 Professor of Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 1970-75 Post-Doctoral Commonwealth Fellow University of Surrey, Guildford, England 1968-70 2 Dr. J.S. Rao 2. EDUCATION B.E. (Hons.) Andhra University 1960 M. Tech I.I.T., Kharagpur 1963 Ph. D I.I.T., Kharagpur 1965 D. Sc I.I.T., Kharagpur 1971 3. MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC BODIES American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Fellow Indian National Academy of Engineering - Fellow Association for Machines and Mechanisms - Founder Member Indian Society Theoretical & Applied Mechanics - Life Member Indian Society of Technical Education-Life Fellow Institution of Engineers (India) - Fellow United Children‟s Movement - Member 4. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY 1. President – The Vibration Institute of India 1999 – 2. Chief Editor – Journal of Advances in Vibration Engineering and Journal of Vibration Engineering Technologies sponsored by IFToMM – The Vibration Institute of India; 2002 - 3. President - Association of Machines & Mechanisms 1983-1987 4. Chairman - IFToMM Tech Committee Rotor Dynamics 1983-90 and 2011 5. Chairman - IFToMM Commission on Conferences 1990 – 97 6. President - Indian Soc. of Theo. & Applied Mechanics - 1990-92 7. Member - IFToMM Executive Council 1984-91 8. Chairman - VI IFToMM World Congress 1983 9. Chairman - Rotor Dynamics Group ARDB Propulsion Panel 1991- 10. IFToMM Founding Father 1969 11. IFToMM Chief Delegate - 1969-1987 12. Member Delegate IUTAM from India- 1972-78 13. Vice-President Indian Soc. Theoretical & Applied Mechanics 1974-76 14. Editorial Secretary - ISTAM 1976-78 15. Member National Committee on Vibration and Noise Control 16. Member Review Committee for C-12 Cryogenic Engine Turbine Pump for GSLV 3rd Stage, LPSC, ISRO, Trivandrum 17. Member Editorial Board - Mechanism and Machine Theory 18. Associate Editor – Mechanism and Machine Theory 19. Member Editorial Board - International J of Engineering Analysis and Design 20. Member Structures & Dynamics Committee - ASME IGTI 21. Member Board of International Advisers Wiley Series in Design Engineering 22. Member Steering Scientific Committee - 9th IFToMM World Congress, Milan, 1995 23. Member International Steering Committee - International Conference on Theory and Applications of Robotics, CAD/CAM (TARC-95), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico 3 Dr. J.S. Rao 24. Member Organizing Committee Indo-German Workshop on Mechanics, March 28-April 2, 1994 25. Member - Expert Panel, Turbo machinery Asia '94 Tutorial, International conference and Exhibition, July 1994, Singapore 26. 24. Member International Program Committee - International Conference on Mechanical Trans- missions and Mechanisms '97, Tianjin 27. Member International Scientific Advisory Committee for 6th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery, Honolulu, 1996 28. Member - Distinguished Panel, Turbo power Asia '96 Conference July 1996, Singapore 29. Member of Advisory Committee Corporate R&D, BHEL, Hyderabad 30. Member of Advisory Committee Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 31. Member of Advisory Committee Central Railway Research Board, New Delhi 32. Member of Advisory Committee Ahmadabad Textile Industry Research Association, Ahmadabad 33. Member of Advisory Committee Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute. Durgapur 34. Chairman - Orissa Academy of Sciences Awards Committee - 1996-97 35. Member Board of Governors, IIT Delhi - 1998-2000 36. Member International Steering Committee, International Symposium Extraordinary Machines and Structures in Antiquity, International Olympic Academy, Ancient Olympia, Greece, 16-18 September 1999 37. Co-Chairman, Steering Committee, The First International Conference on Vibration Engineering & Technology of Machinery, Bangalore, October 2000 38. Member - International conference program committee, International Conference on Mechanical Transmissions, 5-8 April 2001. Chongqing, China 39. Member - Steering Committee Asia-Pacific Conference on Systems Integrity and Maintenance (ACSIM) 40. Chief Delegate from India to ISO TC 108 41. Member - International Scientific Advisory Committee XXI Southeastern Conference on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Orlando, FL, May 2002 42. Member – Indo US Committee on Bio Technology set up by Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 43. Member – Indo US Committee on Microelectronics set up by Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 44. Member – Indo US Committee on Aerospace set up by Prime Minister of India, 1984-89 45. Member – Indo US sub commission on Science and Technology set up by India and US Governments, 1984-89 46. Member – Indo US Science and Technology Initiative set up by Prime Minister of India and President of the United States, 1984-89 47. Member - Scientific Committee for the 1st WSEAS-IASME Conference on ADVANCES IN MECHANICS AND MECHATRONICS, Udine, Italy, March 25-27, 2004 48. Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-III and ACSIM-2004, December 2004, New Delhi 49. Patron, IUTAM Symposium on Rotor Dynamics, 2009, New Delhi 50. Chairman Board of Studies in Nuclear Engineering for Jawaharlal Technological University Kakinada. 51. Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-V, 26-28 August, 2009, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 52. Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-VI, 15-17 December, 2012, New Delhi, India 53. Conference Chair, International Conference on Multi Body Dynamics, February 2011 54. Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-VII, 21-24 November, 2011, Shanghai, China 4 Dr. J.S. Rao 55. Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-VIII, 3-6 September, 2012, Gdansk, Poland 56. Co-Chairman, VETOMAC-IX, 21-23 September, 2013, Nanjing, China 57. Conference Chair – VETOMAC-X, 9-11 September 2014, Manchester, UK 58. Honorary Advisory Committee member - 2015 IFToMM World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 25-30, 2015 59. Contributed to the Indoor Stadium built in memory of my father JAMMI CHIKKA RAO in my alma-mater Government Engineering College, now JNTU, Kakinada. 60. Donated my entire library consisting of 16 racks to Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore. 5. RESEARCH AREAS Vibrations, Turbomachine Blade Aero and Structural Dynamics, Rotor Dynamics, CFD, Life Estimation, Topology optimization, Bird Strike and Flutter, Fusion Reactor design, Gravitational Waves and influence on Earth 6. DOCTORAL THESES (Co supervisors indicated in brackets) 1. M. K. Khashu - Longitudinal Vibration of Stepped Bars - 1970 (B. M. Belgaumkar) 2. B. Kishor - Vibration Analysis of Plates on Viscoelastic Foundation -1971 3. R. J. Lalwani - Vibration and Noise Generated by Ball Bearings - 1972 4. D. K. Rao - Solution of Vibration Problems of Rods and Beams Using Refined Theories - 1973 5. S. Bharatha - Finite Deformations of Elastic Materials - 1974 (C. N. Kaul) 6. S. Banerji - Turbomachine Blade Vibration - 1975 7. M. Swaminadham - Vibration of Rotating Pre twisted Tapered Blades - 1975 8. E. Raghavacharyulu - Dynamics and Jump Characteristics of Cam Follower Systems - 1976 9. A. Mukherji - Effect of Tilt on Dynamic Behavior of Journal Bearing Systems - 1976 10. M. K. Ghosh - Dynamic Behavior of Externally Pressurized Multirecess Oil Journal Bearings - 1977 (B. C. Majumdar) 11. R. C. Kar - Stability of Non uniform Cantilever Beams subjected to Non conservative Forces - 1978 12. K. N. Gupta - Dynamic Analysis of Mechanisms containing Flexible Links- 1978 13. V. V. Satyanarayana - Dynamic Response of Bridge Girders of Electric Overhead Traveling Cranes due to Imperfect Rail Joints - 1978 (D. P. Ghosh) 14. K. Gupta - Vibration of Rotating Plates with Small Aspect Ratio - 1979 15. K. Balasubrahmanyam - Dynamic Characteristics of Cantilever Blades-1979 (S. V. Kulkarni) 16. P. N. Rao - Analysis of Boring Bar