Professor
Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Stark Learning Center 221
thyagaraj.srinivasan@wilkes.edu
(570) 408-4811
Degrees with fields, institution, and date
- Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Penn. State University, University Park, PA 1990
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 1979
- M.Sc Electrical Engineering, University of Madras, India 1972
- B.E. Electrical Engineering, University of Madras, India 1969
- 24 years
- Appointed January 15, 1985
- Tenured June 1991, Promoted to Professor in June 2008
- Pennsylvania (P.E. Electrical)
Scientific and professional societies
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Member, ASEE
Professional development activities
- Conferences and Seminars
Institutional and professional service
Division
Division
- Interim Director 2006-2009
- Director, Graduate Engineering Program 2003-
- Director, Electric Machines Lab 2003-
- Member, Search Committee, Director for the Division 2006-07, 2008-09
University
- Member, Graduate Studies Committee 2003-
- Member, Curriculum Committee 2006-2009
- Member, Search Committee, Biophysicist 2008-09
Percentage of time available for research or scholarly activities: 10%
Percentage of time committed to the program: 90%
- Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. (while on sabbatical leave during Fall 1998)
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Penn State; 1980-84
- Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University; 1978-79
- Associate Lecturer, Dept of Electrical Eng, Coimbatore Inst. of Technology, India; 1971-78
- Consultant: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Archbald, PA, Jun 2005-Jan 2006
- Consultant: Performance Motor Industries, Inc., Fairfield, NJ, July 1996
- Consultant, Pennsylvania Power & Lighting Company, Berwick, PA, 1986-87
- Project Director, "Glass Defect Inspection System" funded under the Ben Franklin Partnership Scheme for Schott Glass Technologies, Duryea, PA, from Oct. 1991 - Sept. 1993
Principal publications of last five years
- An Elective Course for Electrical Engineering Graduate Students, International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE) 2008, Pecs-Budapest, Hungary, July 27-31, 2008.
- Conceptual Design Report of Silicon Carbide Neutron Detector-Phase II , Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Archbald, PA, August 2007.
- An Engineering Curriculum Designed for Sustainable Development , 2nd International Conference on Engineering Education & Training (ICEET-2), Kuwait, April 3-7, 2007
- Global Trends in Engineering Program Accreditation,34th Engineering Education Symposium Istanbul, Turkey, September 12-15, 2005
- A Dynamic Engineering Curriculum, 33rd International Symposium IGIP/IEEE/ASEE, Fribourg, Switzerland, September 27-30, 2004.
- "Design of A Pump Setup for Fluid Mechanics Laboratory," paper # 2006-264, published and presented at the ASEE Conference and Expo. Chicago 18-21 June 2006.
Outstanding Faculty Award
- 1988-89, 1993, 1995, and 2004.