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Prof. Dr. Swami Karunamoorthy
Washington University in St. Louis  ,  USA

1. Name: Swami Karunamoorthy

2. Education:

Degree  Discipline  Institution  Year

B.S.  Physics  Madras University, India 1972

B.S.  Aeronautical Engineering Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), India 1975

M.S.  Aeronautical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India 1978

D.Sc.  Mechanical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis, MO. 1985

3. Academic Experience:

Institution  Rank  Title  Dates Held  FT/PT

Washington University in St. Louis Professor of Practice 2014 – Present  FT

Washington University in St. Louis Professor  Director of the SEAS – ABET Program 2014 – Present FT

Saint Louis University Professor  1985 – 2014 FT

4. Non-academic experience:

Organization  Title  Duties  Dates  FT/PT

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore, India

Design Engineer  Perform rotor dynamics in Helicopter design 1977– 1981 FT

5. Certifications or professional registrations: None

6. Membership in professional organizations:

a. Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

b. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

c. Member, American Helicopter Society

d. Member, American Society of Engineering Education

7. Honors and Awards:

Honorary member of Pi Tau Sigma – Pi Chi Chapter

ASME – St. Louis Section award for Dedicated Service

AHS – Gold circle award

ABET – Commissioner Service award

AIAA – St. Louis Section award

8. Service activities:

a. Chair of ASME – St. Louis Section, 2004-05

b. Vice President, AHS Midwest Region, 2001 – 2011

c. Commissioner of EAC of ABET, 2015 – Present

d. Program Evaluator, ABET, 1995 – Present

e. Member of CEA of ASME, 2013 – Present

9. Publications and presentations from past five years:

a. S. Karunamoorthy, “Design of a Typical Outcome Portfolio for Assessment and

Continuous Improvement”, AIAA 2010-895, 48 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences

Meeting, January 4-7, 2010, Orlando, Florida

b. S. Karunamoorthy, “Performance Criteria – The Missing Link in Assessment

Chain for Continuous Program Improvement”, AIAA 2011-363, 49 th AIAA

Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 4-7, 2011, Orlando, Florida

c. S. Karunamoorthy,  “Development of an “S.M.A.R.T” Assessment System for

Accreditation and Continuous Program Improvement”, IMECE 2011-63783,

Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress

& Exposition, November 11-17, 2011, Denver, Colorado

d. S. Karunamoorthy, “A Rule Based Method to Construct the Mohr’s Circle for

Plane Stress”, IMECE2014-36471, Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International

Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 14-20, 2014,

Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

10. Recent Professional development activities:

a. Participated in AIAA annual conference

b. Participated in ASME annual conference

c. Participated in ABET Symposium