Advani - Curriculum Vitae

	Curriculum Vitae - Prof. Suresh G. Advani
	Current Position George W. Laird Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Director, Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
	Principal Fields of Interest Polymer and Composite Processing, Transport Phenomena in Manufacturing Processes, Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics and Rheology, Fiber Suspensions, Flow Through Porous Media, Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Storage, Wind Energy
	Education Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1987 Mechanical Engineering at Urbana-Champaign B.Tech. Indian Institute of Technology 1982 Mechanical Engineering at Bombay, India
	Professional Experience 2006-present, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 1/00-present Associate Director, Center for Composite Materials, University of Delaware 2012- 2017, Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Delaware 8/97- 2006 Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 9/98-8/99 Interim Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 9/92- 8/97 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 9/93- 12/93 Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College, London, U.K. 6/93-8/93 Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand 9/87- 8/92 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware 1/84-8/87 Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 9/85-5/86 Teaching Fellow, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
	Professional Societies American Society of Engineering Education American Society of Mechanical Engineers Society of Plastic Engineers Polymer Processing Society Society of Rheology
	Honors/Awards Outstanding Research Award, 2015 from American Society of Composites Composite Educator of the Year Award, 2015 from Society of Plastic Engineers Outstanding Doctoral Graduate Student Advising and Mentoring Award, 2008 Named Professor, George W. Laird Professor -2006 Keynote Speaker. “A New Approach for Textile Fiber Preform Permeability Tensor Characterization with Non-Zero Skew Components,” TEXCOMP-12 Conference, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 26-29, 2015. Plenary Speaker: “Role of Process Modeling and Simulation in Composites Manufacturing,” The International Conference on Manufacturing Advanced Composites, organized by the IOM Communications Ltd on 24-25th June at Bristol Science Centre in Bristol, England, 2015 Best Poster Award, International Conference on Fuel Cell Seminar (2011) Keynote Speaker: Recent Advances and Future Outlook in Liquid Molding in Composites Processing, July 27-31 2009, ICCM-17, Edinburgh, Scotland. Plenary Speaker: Multi-scale Modeling in Textile Composite Processing,12th International ESAFORM Conference on Material Forming, April 27-29, University of Twente, Netherlands( 2009) Keynote Speaker: "Role of Resin Flow Simulations in Liquid Composite Molding Processes," Polymer Processing Society, Goa, India , March 1-5, (2009) Conference Co-Chair, International Conference of Textile Composites (2008) Scientific Advisory Board, J. of Forming Processes Scientific Advisory Board, Computer Modeling in Engineering and Science Scientific Advisory Board, Flow Processes in Composite Materials Scientific Advisory Board, TEXCOMP Keynote Speaker, 8th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, Douai, France, July 2006 Keynote Speaker, “12th International Conference on Composites and Nano Engineering, August 1-6, 2005 in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain Conference Chair, 7th International Conference on Flow Processes in Composite Materials, July 2004 NSF Workshop Co-Chair, “Roadmap for Composites Research,” June 2004 Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1999 Best Paper Award, “Composites Manufacturing and Tooling Conference”, SME,2000 Keynote Speaker, SAMPE, 1997 Best Paper Award at American Controls Conference, 1997 Best Paper Award at American Composites Conference, 1995 Conference Co-Chair: Third International Conference on Computer Aided Design in Composite Materials Technology (CADCOMP), University of Delaware, May 1992 Best Paper awarded by Society of Plastic Engineers, 1990 Bell Laboratory Fellowship 1985-86 Who's Who in Engineering Education (WWEE), 2002 Listed in Leading Scientists of the World, 2005 Listed in Who's Who in Plastics and Polymers, Listed in Who's Who in America, Listed in Who's Who Among Asian Americans, Listed in American Men and Women in Science, Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering,
	Teaching Polymer Composites Manufacturing Mechanics of Machinery Fluid Mechanics-I Fluid Mechanics-II Heat Transfer Conduction Heat Transfer (Graduate Level) Mechanics of Viscous Fluids (Graduate Level - originated) Convective Heat Transfer (Graduate Level) Computational Fluid Mechanics (Graduate Level) Flow of Viscous Materials (Senior Elective/Graduate-originated) Thermodynamics Applied Fluids
	Continuing Education Composites Manufacturing Workshops Thermodynamics, Engineering-in-Training Review Course, University of Delaware, 1987-1992
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