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Dr. Tirumalai S. Srivatsan

Dr. Tirumalai S. Srivatsan

Title: Professor Emeritus
Dept/Program: Mechanical Engineering
Office: ASEC 106C
Email: tsrivatsan@uakron.edu
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/tirumalaisrivatsan/
Resume: /engineering/docs/A Little about The Individual Sri-Srivatsan R1 April 14, 2019.pdf?language_id=1

Biography

Dr. T. S. Srivatsan ("Dr. Sri") finished his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University (India) in 1980, and subsequently received his graduate degrees [Master of Science (M.S.) in Aerospace Engineering 1981 and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering in 1984) from Georgia Institute of Technology. He specialized in fields synergizing all aspects related to innovations and advances in processing, characterization and mechanical behavior of engineering, and engineered materials.

After receiving his Ph.D., Dr. Srivatsan worked in the position of Research Engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute and Instructor (part-time) at Georgia Institute of Technology and later as Lead Project Engineer and Manager of Research and Development at Materials Modification Inc. in Falls Church, Virginia.   He joined The University of Akron in 1987 and progressively rose in rank to become Professor in 1997  and eventually served till 2018. Since 2018 up until now (2023) he serves in the role of Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio, USA).

Teaching and/or Instruction and Mentoring

During his tenure in the academic environment (initially at Georgia Institute of Technology and subsequently The University of Akron), he has instructed both undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Measurements, Design of Mechanical Systems, Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Mechanical Behavior of Materials and Structures, Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures, and Introduction to Fracture Mechanics.

His instruction and teaching philosophy have provided the students enrolled in mechanical engineering and pursuing both the undergraduate degree and graduate degree the much needed and desired stimulus for learning and appreciating both the need and importance of inter-disciplinary research and education in the emerging areas of Materials Science and Engineering and technology advancements into the domain of nanomaterials.

Through the years, he has also supervised several senior design projects and a few honors projects for undergraduate students. These projects have enabled undergraduate students to obtain practical hands-on experience while concurrently enriching their college experience and making them both desirable and much sought after for real world engineering.

At the same time through direct supervision, he has also encouraged, inspired and motivated undergraduate students to pursue higher education in engineering through enrollment in graduate school, and to make the process of learning and education exciting, enduring, enlightening and empowering.  Excitement has resulted by providing the students a path for both simplifying and understanding the innate difficulty of the engineering subject. Adequate explanations have been provided to the student of appropriate examples related to industrial applications and occurrences in nature. This repeated reiteration has certainly enabled in both enhancing and enlightening the interests and desire of the student to learn.

Through the years, Dr Srivatsan has willingly enabled undergraduate students through their direct involvement and participation in ongoing research projects coupled with interactions with graduate students and postdoctoral research scholars to learn about the advantages, benefits and value of higher education.

Besides, he has to his credit the following:

  • Personally mentored, supervised and successfully graduated over 70 students at the graduate degree level (1987-2021)
  • Supervised three post-doctoral research scholars
  • Advised, supervised and mentored over 900+ students at the undergraduate level (1987-2018)

Research and Service to the Technical Community

Dr. Srivatsan’s research areas have over the years covered the following specific domains and/or sectors:

  • The fatigue and fracture behavior of advanced materials and structures to include: monolithic, intermetallic, nano-materials, and metal-matrix composites.
  • Environmental degradation of both engineering materials and engineered materials and structures; fondly referred to by the educated elite as corrosion.
  • Processing techniques for advanced materials and nanostructure materials.
  • Inter-relationship between processing and mechanical behavior of materials and resultant structure.
  • Electron microscopy.
  • Failure analysis.

Dr. Srivatsan also serves as the co-editor of the international journal on Materials and Manufacturing Processes (published by Taylor & Francis Group., Philadelphia). He has held positions on the editorial review board of five other journals in the domains of materials science and engineering, and manufacturing processes. Through the years, his research efforts have enabled him to both prepare and deliver over 250 technical presentations in National and International meetings and symposia, technical/professional societies, and research and educational institutions.

He has authored/co-authored over 800+ publications in the following: (i) Archival journals (400+), (ii) Proceedings (Bound volumes) of conferences/symposia [national and international] (250+), (iii) Chapters in bound volumes (books) (15), (iv) Technical reviews of books (79), and (v) Technical reports (76).  As of August 2023, he has the following to his credit as an outcome of his efforts in the domain enveloping Research and technological contributions the following: (a)  Google Scholar citations of 11200, (b) a H-Index of 57, and (c) Research Interest Score of 4246; to be ranked within the Top 2 Percent of ResearchGate members scattered through the world.

During his tenure at The University of Akron [1987 – present (2023)] he has edited/co-edited/authored 70 books and 6 monographs in areas cross-pollinating:

  • Mechanical design
  • Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials
  • Deformation, Fatigue and Fracture of ordered Intermetallic Materials
  • Machining of Composites
  • Failure Analysis Technology of Rapid Solidification Processing of Materials, and
  • Additive Manufacturing of Materials: Innovations and Developments
  • Advanced Materials for Performance-critical Applications

Recognition and Awards

Based entirely on his accomplishments and achievements in the domains enveloping the scientific and related hemispheres of engineering and technology, Dr. Srivatsan has been chosen as:

  • Outstanding Young Alumnus (Georgia Institute of Technology), 1996
  • Outstanding Research Faculty (College of Engineering at The University of Akron), 1997
  • Outstanding Research Faculty (The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA), 2015

Considering his sustained contributions to the technical literature and its far-reaching implications and impact on furthering knowledge he was recognized as:

  • Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (F. ASME), 1998
  • Fellow of the American Society for Materials International (F. ASM), 2002
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (F. AAAS), 2009

Commensurate with his dedicated, diligent and ceaseless service he was recognized with the following:

  • SIGMA Xi; THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH SOCIETY; The University of Akron, 1999
  • Dean Louis Hill Award for Exceptional Dedication and  Service, 2006
    The College of Engineering: The University of Akron
  • Alexander M. Scott Distinguished Service Award, 2016
    TMS: The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society [Warrendale, PA, USA]
  • Distinguished Member. EU (European Union) Academy of Sciences, 2016, 2021-22
  • Albert Nelson MARQUIS Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018
    [Marquis Who’s Who]
  • IAAM Scientist Award, 2023
    International Association of Advanced Materials [IAAM (Ulrika, Sweden)]

Dr. Srivatsan also has the distinct honor of being chosen, in recent years, for inclusion in:

  • Elected to WHO's WHO in AMERICAN EDUCATION: 7th edition, 2005-2006
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in the MIDWEST, 1992-2004
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in TECHNOLOGY, 1994-2004
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in the WORLD: 23rd edition, 2005-2006
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in AMERICA: 59th edition, 2005
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING: 8th edition, 2005
  • WHO’s WHO among AMERICA’s TEACHERS: 7th edition, 2005 & 2006
  • WHO’s WHO among Executives and Professionals: Cambridge, 2007
  • Leader and Professional “Honors Edition” Princeton Premier Registry, 2007-2008
  • WHO’s WHO among Executives and Professionals: Cambridge, 2009-2010
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in AMERICA: 63rd edition (Marquis), 2010-2011
  • WHO’s WHO among Executives and Professionals: Cambridge, 2011-2012
  • WHO’s WHO among Executives and Professionals: Cambridge, 2015-2016
  • Leader and Professional “Honors Edition” Princeton Premier Registry, 2007-2008
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in AMERICA: 66th edition (Marquis), 2016-2018
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in WORLD (Marquis), 2018-2019
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in WORLD (Marquis), 2020-2021
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in Education (Marquis), 2020
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in AMERICA: 70th edition (Marquis), 2021-2022
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in Marquis Industry Leaders (Marquis Publications), 2021
  • Elected to WHO’s WHO in Top Professionals [Top Educator] (Marquis Publications), 2022

Education

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) 1984; M.S. (Aerospace Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) 1981; B.Eng. (Mechanical Engineering), University of Bangalore (India) 1980.