Ishwar Puri

Last updated
Ishwar K. Puri
Ishwar K. Puri at ICFD2011 in Sendai, Japan, Nov 2011.jpg
Ishwar K. Puri at a scientific meeting held in Sendai, Japan in 2011
Born1959
New Delhi, India
Citizenship United States
Canada
Alma mater University of California, San Diego (M.S.), (Ph.D)
Delhi College of Engineering (B.Sc)
St. Xavier's School, Delhi
Known forPartially premixed flames, laminar flames, magnetic fluids, nanoscale transport phenomena, mathematical biology
Awards Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
ASME Fellow
AAAS Fellow
Licensed Professional Engineer
Scientific career
Fields Applied physics, Molecular simulations, Nanomechanics, Combustion, Heat transfer
Institutions University of Southern California
McMaster University
Virginia Tech
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of California, San Diego
Thesis The structure and extinction of counterflow flames  (1987)
Doctoral advisor Kalyanasundaram Seshadri

Ishwar Kanwar Puri (born 1959) is an Indian-American and Canadian scientist, engineer, and academic.

Contents

Early life and education

Puri was born in New Delhi, India, in 1959. He studied at St. Xavier’s School, Delhi from 1964 to 1976. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering of Delhi University, Delhi in 1982, and M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in Engineering Science (Applied Mechanics) from the University of California, San Diego. [1] [2]

His mother, Sushila Gaind Puri, was a pioneering anesthesiologist in New Delhi, [3] [4] and his father, Krishan Kanwar Puri, completed his doctoral dissertation from University of Münster in 1955. [5] [6]

Academic publications

The author of archival publications and books, [7] [8] and patents, [9] Puri is listed among the top 0.4% of scholars among twenty nine million considered by ScholarGPS in terms of the impact of his publications. [10] He is listed among the top two percent of scientists in the Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators based on citations to his work. [11] [12] [13]

Puri has explained the structure and extinction of counterflow diffusion flames, [14] [15] use of magnetic fluids for heat transfer [16] and drug targeting, [17] how biological inks can be formulated to print mammalian cells into three-dimensional cellular structures with diamagnetophoresis, [18] and provided mathematical models for the progression of disease, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. [19] [20]

His books include Combustion Science and Engineering, CRC Press, [21] Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering, [22] and Environmental Implications of Combustion Processes. [23]

Career

Puri is Senior Vice President of Research & Innovation [24] at University of Southern California, [25] where he oversees the USC Office of Research and Innovation, where the research portfolio fhe is responsible for exceeds US$1 billion. [26] He has oversight over protection of human subject research, animal care and use for research, research integrity, research contracts and grants, research advancement, initiatives and facilities, research strategy and technology, intellectual property commercialization, and entrepreneurship and startup programs. [27] [28]

Puri is also Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering with an appointment in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science. [29]

Before his arrival at USC, Puri served as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. [30] Upon his departure from McMaster, the university credited him with developing innovative approaches to engineering education and experiential learning, and furthering research. [31]

Prior to McMaster, Puri served as N. Waldo Harrison Professor and Department Head of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech from 2004-13. [32] [33] He arrived there from the University of Illinois at Chicago after 15 years of service at various ranks, leaving as Professor and Executive Associate Dean of Engineering.

His department at Virginia Tech was housed in Norris Hall, the site of the shooting in 2007, which he experienced. [34] Puri played a role in the reoccupation of that space. [35] [36] [37] [38]

He has served as the elected chair of Engineering Deans Canada (formerly National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science). [39] In 2019, he was appointed as a member of the Council of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. [40] [41]

Honors and awards

Puri is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, [42] American Association for the Advancement of Science, [43] and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. [44] He received the 2021 Engineering Excellence Award from Professional Engineers Ontario and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers. [45]

Topical and literary contributions

Puri writes on issues at the intersection of science, technology, education and society. [46] [47] [48] His first publication was a book of poetry, Narcissus Wept, [49] where a reviewer notes, "He has something to say evidently and tries to say it with becoming gravity." [50]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zvi Galil</span> Israeli mathematician and computer scientist

Zvi Galil is an Israeli-American computer scientist and mathematician. He has served as the dean of the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science and as the president of Tel Aviv University from 2007 through 2009. From 2010 to 2019, he was the dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Granata</span> Victim of the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre

Kevin P. Granata was an American professor in multiple departments including the Departments of Engineering, Science and Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Granata held an additional academic appointment as a professor in the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest School of Biomedical Engineering and was an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. During the Virginia Tech shooting, he shepherded students into his office in order to safeguard them. He was then killed by Seung-Hui Cho after he went to investigate and intervene.

Byrana Nagappa Suresh is an Indian aerospace scientist. He is presently the Chancellor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) at Thiruvananthapuram and Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ. He was President Indian National Academy of Engineering, INAE at Delhi, for four years during 2015 to 2018. He served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram during the period 2003–2007. He is known for his contribution to the development of Indian launch vehicles, Space Capsule Recovery Experiments (SRE) and also for R& D management. Suresh also served as the founding director of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram. He retired from IIST in November 2010. He was Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor at ISRO HQ for 5 years since November 2010 and also a professor at IIT, Mumbai and MIT, Manipal for 3 years. He was a member of the board of governors (BOG) for IIT, Madras for 7 years until July 2018. He is the vice chair for the Design Division of Aeronautical Society of India. He is one of the associate editors of the book From Fishing Hamlet To Red Planet and a co-author of Ever Upwards: ISRO in Images, both tracing the history of Indian Space Research Organisation. He is the President of the reputed Jnanadeepa Senior Secondary School and Sri Aurobindo Foundation for Education

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yannis C. Yortsos</span> Greek-American chemical engineer and academic

Yannis C. Yortsos is a Greek-American chemical engineer and academic, currently serving as Dean of the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.

The Bidhan Chandra Roy Award is an award instituted in 1962 in memory of Dr. B. C. Roy by the Medical Council of India. It is presented by the President of India in New Delhi every year on July 1, National Doctors' Day. It is also the highest honour that can be achieved by a doctor in India.

Avinash Kumar Agarwal is director of Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. He is an Indian mechanical engineer, tribologist and a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is known for his studies on internal combustion engines, Emissions, alternate fuels and CNG engines and is an elected fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (2013), Society of Automotive Engineers, US (2012), National Academy of Science, Allahabad (2018), Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2018), International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (2016), and Indian National Academy of Engineering (2015). The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Engineering Sciences in 2016. Agarwal has been bestowed upon Prestigious J C Bose Fellowship of Science and Engineering Research Board. Government of India. Agarwal is among the top ten highly cited researchers (HCR) of 2018 from India, as per Clarivate Analytics, an arm of Web of Science.

Amable Liñán Martínez is a Spanish aeronautical engineer considered a world authority in the field of combustion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrea Armani</span> American chemical engineer

Andrea Martin Armani is the Ray Irani Chair in Engineering and Materials Science and professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. She was awarded the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from Barack Obama and is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

Hanna Reisler is an Israeli-American Professor of Chemistry at the University of Southern California. She is interested in the reaction dynamics of molecules and free radicals, as well as the photodissociation in the gas phase. Reisler established the University of Southern California Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) program.

Lance Collins is an engineer and professor for mechanical and aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech. He was previously the Joseph Silbert Dean of Engineering at the Cornell University College of Engineering and is now the inaugural vice president and executive director of the new Virginia Tech Innovation Campus.

JoAnn Slama Lighty is an American chemical engineer who is a professor at Boise State University. Her research considers carbon capture, chemical looping and black carbon emissions. In 2020 she was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her air quality research.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mini Shaji Thomas</span> Director at NIT Trichy

Mini Shaji Thomas is the Former Director of National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli from 2016 - 2021. Thomas was the first female and 8th director of the Institute since it was founded in 1964. Currently she is the Dean of Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marc Parlange</span> American academic

Marc Brendan Parlange is an American academic, recognised for his research expertise in environmental fluid mechanics and research in hydrology and climate change. His contributions primarily relate to the measurement and simulation of air movement over complex terrain, with a focus on how atmospheric turbulence dynamics influence urban, agricultural and alpine environments and wind energy. He has also been active in addressing water resources challenges and environmental change in remote communities, particularly West Africa.

Katherine A. Mirica is an American chemist who is an associate professor at Dartmouth College. Her research considers materials chemistry, with a particular focus on environmental science and microelectronics.

Alice Cline Parker is an American electrical engineer. Her early research studied electronic design automation; later in her career, her interests shifted to neuromorphic engineering, biomimetic architecture for computer vision, analog circuits, carbon nanotube field-effect transistors, and nanotechnology. She is Dean's Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering of the University of Southern California.

Edward H. Sargent is a Canadian scientist, who serves as University Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Vice-President of Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives at the University of Toronto. He also is the Canada Research Chair in Nanotechnology. He will join the Departments of Chemistry and of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University, and will be affiliated with the International Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stacey Finley</span> American biologist and geneticist

Stacey Finley is the Nichole A. and Thuan Q. Pham Professor and associate professor of chemical engineering and materials science, and quantitative and computational biology at the University of Southern California. Finley has a joint appointment in the department of chemical engineering and materials science, and she is a member of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. Finley is also a standing member of the MABS Study Section at NIH. Her research has been supported by grants from the NSF, NIH, and American Cancer Society.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madan Lal Puri</span> Indian-American Statistician

Madan Lal Puri is a statistician from India who built his career in the United States. He was born on February 20, 1929 in Sialkot, and is known for his work in mathematics which has had profound effects on the way statistics is understood and applied. He has won many honours and awards, including the Bicentennial Medal from Indiana University, Bloomington.

Charles Wyatt Shields IV is an American biomedical engineer and assistant professor at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. His research involves the rational design of colloidal and supracolloidal particles for applications in drug delivery and biosensing.

References

  1. ↑ "Ishwar K. Puri | Faculty of Engineering". www.eng.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ↑ Puri, Ishwar Kanwar (1987). The Structure and Extinction of Counterflow Flames. University of California, San Diego.
  3. ↑ "ISA DELHI DISCUSSION FORUM: Experiences with Ether". archive.ph. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  4. ↑ Government of India (1967-06-17). Union Government, Weekly, 1967-06-17, Part I-Section 2, Ref. 2/2 67-Estt. II.
  5. ↑ Puri, Krishan Kanwar (1955). Über Acetin-Fette. Münster, Germany: University of Münster.
  6. ↑ Puri, Krishan Kanwar (1955). Über Acetin-Fette (in German).
  7. ↑ "Ishwar K. Puri". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  8. ↑ ORCID. "Ishwar K. Puri (0000-0002-8713-4188)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ↑ Fattah, ARA; Sahu, RP; Geng, F; Mishriki, S; Meleca, E; Puri, IK; Ghosh, S. "US Patent 11,788,057 B2: 3d label-free contactless formation of cellular structures and co-cultures through diamagnetophoresis". patentsgazette.uspto.gov. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  10. ↑ ScholarGPS. "Ishwar K. Puri | Scholar Profiles and Rankings". ScholarGPS. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  11. ↑ Ioannidis, John P. A.; Boyack, Kevin W.; Baas, Jeroen (2020-10-16). "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". PLOS Biology. 18 (10): e3000918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 . ISSN   1545-7885. PMC   7567353 . PMID   33064726.
  12. ↑ Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P. A. (2020-08-10). "Bibliometrics". Data for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Vol. 2. Mendeley. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.2.
  13. ↑ "Canadian Engineering Deans Featured in World's Top 2% Scientists List | Stanford University Study". Engineering Deans Canada. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  14. ↑ Smooke, M.D.; Puri, I.K.; Seshadri, K. (1988-01-01). "A comparison between numerical calculations and experimental measurements of the structure of a counterflow diffusion flame burning diluted methane in diluted air". Symposium (International) on Combustion. 21 (1): 1783–1792. doi:10.1016/S0082-0784(88)80412-0. ISSN   0082-0784.
  15. ↑ Puri, I.K.; Seshadri, K. (1986-08-01). "Extinction of diffusion flames burning diluted methane and diluted propane in diluted air". Combustion and Flame. 65 (2): 137–150. doi:10.1016/0010-2180(86)90015-5. ISSN   0010-2180.
  16. ↑ Ganguly, Ranjan; Sen, Swarnendu; Puri, Ishwar K. (2004-04-01). "Heat transfer augmentation using a magnetic fluid under the influence of a line dipole". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 271 (1): 63–73. Bibcode:2004JMMM..271...63G. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2003.09.015. ISSN   0304-8853.
  17. ↑ Ganguly, Ranjan; Gaind, Amit P.; Sen, Swarnendu; Puri, Ishwar K. (2005-03-01). "Analyzing ferrofluid transport for magnetic drug targeting". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 289: 331–334. Bibcode:2005JMMM..289..331G. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.094. ISSN   0304-8853.
  18. ↑ USapplication 20190127685,Fattah, Abdel Rahman Abdel; Sahu, Rakesh Prasad& Geng, Feiet al.,"3D label-free contactless formation of cellular structures and co-cultures through diamagnetophoresis",published 2019-05-02, assigned to McMaster University
  19. ↑ Ganguly, R.; Puri, I. K. (2006). "Mathematical model for the cancer stem cell hypothesis". Cell Proliferation. 39 (1): 3–14. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2184.2006.00369.x. ISSN   1365-2184. PMC   6495990 . PMID   16426418.
  20. ↑ Puri, Ishwar K.; Li, Liwu (2010-12-14). "Mathematical Modeling for the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease". PLOS ONE. 5 (12): e15176. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...515176P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015176 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   3001872 . PMID   21179474.
  21. ↑ Annamalai, Kalyan; Puri, Ishwar K. (2006-12-19). Combustion Science and Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4200-0378-9.
  22. ↑ Annamalai, Kalyan; Puri, Ishwar K.; Jog, Milind A. (2010-12-12). Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4200-5797-3.
  23. ↑ "Environmental Implications of Combustion Processes". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  24. ↑ McQuiston, Paul (2023-01-12). "How USC-led research can solve global challenges". USC News. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  25. ↑ "Ishwar K. Puri named USC's new vice president for research". USC News. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  26. ↑ Medzerian, David (2024-01-16). "USC research spending surpasses $1 billion for the first time". USC Today. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  27. ↑ "USC Office of Research: Home". USC Office of Research. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  28. ↑ "Techstars and University of Southern California Collaborate to Spur Innovation, Entrepreneurial Growth". www.techstars.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  29. ↑ "Faculty Profile". USC Viterbi | Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  30. ↑ "Mac appoints two new deans". The Hamilton Spectator. 2013-04-19. ISSN   1189-9417 . Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  31. ↑ "Dean of Engineering to assume new role at US university" . Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  32. ↑ "Ishwar Puri named N. Waldo Harrison Professor". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  33. ↑ "Greg Esposito, We've never done this before, Roanoke Times, Sunday, August 19 (2007)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  34. ↑ "Virginia Tech Instructor: Ready to Move Forward". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  35. ↑ "Two Years After Massacre, Va. Tech Reopens Hall". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  36. ↑ Hauser, Christine; Urbina, Ian (2007-04-24). "Virginia Tech Struggles to Return to Normal". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  37. ↑ "Letters: Virginia Tech, Mississippi Mourns". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  38. ↑ "Virginia Tech reopens site of mass shooting - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  39. ↑ "Engineering Dean named chair of National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science | McMaster Daily News". dailynews.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  40. ↑ Government of Canada announces four new appointments to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Government of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, accessed July 26, 2019.
  41. ↑ PC Number: 2019-0848, Date: 2019-06-19, Government of Canada, Privy Council Orders in Council.
  42. ↑ List of Fellows, Canadian Academy of Engineering.
  43. ↑ AAAS News & Notes Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine , accessed October 28, 2005.
  44. ↑ 1999-2000 fellows Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine , Mechanical Engineering Magazine.
  45. ↑ "2021 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards recipients". Professional Engineers Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  46. ↑ "AI and the Future". Design Engineering. March 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  47. ↑ Puri, Ishwar K., Is the future of education learning by doing?, World Economic Forum, February 27, 2018.
  48. ↑ "Opinion: University education is ripe for disruption" . Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  49. ↑ Narayan, Shyamala A. (June 1983). "India". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 18 (2): 92–109. doi:10.1177/002198948301800207. ISSN   0021-9894. S2CID   220815075.
  50. ↑ www.wisdomlib.org (2022-03-17). "Reviews". www.wisdomlib.org. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
Academic offices
Preceded by
Randolph Hall
 Vice President of Research University of Southern California
August 1, 2021–		Incumbent
Academic offices
Preceded by
David S. Wilkinson
 Dean of McMaster University Faculty of Engineering
July 1, 2013–July 31, 2021		Succeeded by
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.