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Faculty

Ishwar K Puri

N. Waldo Harrison Professor & Department Head

Interests

Microfluidics; nanofluidics; ferrofluids; targeted drug delivery; transport phenomena; nanostructure synthesis; self assembly; terascale computations; flames and combustion; sustainable energy solutions

Education

YearDetail
1987PhD, Engineering Science (Applied Mechanics), University of California, San Diego
1984MS, Engineering Science (Applied Mechanics), University of California, San Diego
1982BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Delhi (Delhi College of Engineering)

Courses Taught

Course NumTitle
ESM 5984SS: Intro to Cell Mechanics
ESM 5984SS: Intro Comput Moleculr Model
ESM 5944Seminar
ESM 5354Math Model Biological Dynamic
ESM 5305Cardiovas Mechanics
ESM 4984SS: Intro Comput Moleculr Model
ESM 4984SS: Intro to Cell Mechanics
ESM 4404Fund of Prof Engr
ESM 4304Hemodynamics
ESM 2014PROFESSNL DVLPMNT SEMINAR ESM

Publications

Books
Journals

Honors and Awards

YearDescription
2005Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
2002CIC Academic Leadership Program Fellow. 2002. (The Academic Leadership Program is designed to develop the leadership and managerial skills of faculty on CIC campuses who have demonstrated exceptional ability and administrative promise. The CIC is the academic consortium of the Big Ten universities and the University of Chicago.)
2000Faculty Research Award, UIC College of Engineering.
2000Teaching Recognition Program Award, UIC Council for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.
2000Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
1998Distinguished Guest, Institute for Energy Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland. (Invitation extended by the Swiss Leonard Euler Center of the European Research Community of Fluid Turbulence and Combustion - ERCOFTAC). March 7 - 13, 1998. March 29 - April 2, 1999.
1993American Association for the Advancement of Science-Environmental Protection Agency (AAAS-EPA) Environmental Fellow, Summer, 1993. (Fellows at EPA work in offices throughout the Agency. The program includes an orientation on congressional and executive branch operations, with special emphasis on environmental issues and topics relating to science, technology and public policy.)
1992Fellow, NASA/Stanford University Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford University, Summer 1992.
1991Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Cambridge, England, Summer 1991.
1976National Science Talent Scholar Award, Government of India.

Professional Service

  • Service

    ASME K-11 Committee on Fire and Combustion; K-Committee Organizer for the 2004 IMECE MEETING.

    Central States Section of The Combustion Institute, Board Member, 2002-2003.

    Experience

    Virginia Tech

    2004 - Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.

    2004 -Head, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics.

    University of Illinois at Chicago

    1999-04 Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

    2001-04  Executive Associate Dean of Engineering.

    2001-04 Director, Center for International Engineering Education and Research

    2000-04 Professor of Chemical Engineering (Joint Appointment), Department of Chemical Engineering.

    2000-01 Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Engineering.

    1999-00 Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Programs.

    1994-99 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

    1994-97 Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Programs.

    1991-94 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

    1990-91 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

    University of California, San Diego

    1987-90 Assistant Research Engineer (1988-90) and Postdoctoral Research Engineer (1987-88), Center for Energy and Combustion Research, Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).