1. Name and Academic Rank:

Shriram B. Pillapakkam, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Full-time

2. Degrees with Fields, Institution and Date:

B.S.M.E. – Manipal Institute of Technology, India, 1993

Ph.D. – New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2004

3. Number of Years of Service on this Faculty:

Initial appointment: September 2007

4. Other Related Experience:

2006-2007 Research Associate, University of Virginia

5. Principal Publications in the Last Five Years:

1. S. B. Pillapakkam, P. Singh and D. Blackmore, N. Aubry, Transient and steady state of rising bubble in a viscoelastic fluid, Journal of fluid mechanics, 589, 215-252, (2007)

2. C. Barbier, S. B. Pillapakkam, J. A. C. Humphrey, A. Ritter, W. Hanke, B. Otto, H. Bleckmann, Numerical and experimental investigation of fish lateral line canal, 5th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena, Munich, Germany (2007)

3. A. Kadakasham, S.B. Pillapakkam and P. Singh, Permeability of periodic arrays of spheres, Mechanics Research Communications, Volume 32, Issue 6, 1 November 2005, Pages 659-665.

4. Joseph A.C. Humphrey, Jorge L. Rosales, Lindsay A. Legendre, J. Patrick LeDuc, James P. Landers and S. Pillapakkam, Vortex dynamics in confined counter-current shearing flows with applications to mixing [Inter. J. Heat Fluid Flow 29 (2008) 1089–1102

6. Scientific and Professional Societies of which a Member:

ASME (1999-date), Member,

Society of Rheology (2001 – date),

Member, ASEE (2008-date)

7. Honors and awards:

ASME, Young Engineering Award

8. Institutional and Professional Service in last Five Years:

Mechanical Engineering Department Committees: Graduate Committee (Chair from 2009-Current), Undergraduate ME Curriculum Committee (2007-2009),

9. Percentage of Time Available for Research or Scholarly Activities:

20%.

10. Percentage of Time Committed to the Program:

80% committed to teaching, advising, and administrative duties.