P. N. Shankar
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{{Short description|Indian scientist (1944–2019)}}
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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1944|08|13}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|04|15|1944|08|13}}
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|field = Fluid Mechanics
|work_institutions = University of Maryland
National Aerospace Laboratories
|alma_mater = Imperial College
California Institute of Technology
| thesis_title = I. The effect of droplet solidification upon two-phase flow in a rocket nozzle. II. A kinetic theory investigation of some condensation-evaporation phenomena by a moment method{{Cite thesis|url=https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/9341/|doi = 10.7907/X1YG-2K03|year = 1968|last1 = Shankar|first1 = Pattamadai Narasimhan|title = I. The effect of droplet solidification upon two-phase flow in a rocket nozzle. II. A kinetic theory investigation of some condensation-evaporation phenomena by a moment method|publisher = California Institute of Technology|type = phd}}
| thesis_year = 1968
|doctoral_advisor = Frank E. Marble{{cite web|url=https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=134536 |title=P. N. Shankar - The Mathematics Genealogy Project |publisher=Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu |date=4 April 2017 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}
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Pattamadai Narasimhan Shankar was an Indian scientist who worked in the field of fluid dynamics. He was married to Priti Shankar.
Education
He did his schooling in India and Switzerland, while obtaining his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1964 from Imperial College London. He completed his PhD degree in engineering science from California Institute of Technology under the supervision of Frank E. Marble in 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/116/10/1760.pdf |title=Obit |date=25 May 2019 |website=www.currentscience.ac.in |access-date=17 August 2019}}
Career and research
He worked at General Electric for two years before becoming an assistant professor at University of Maryland for the period 1970-72. In 1972, he moved to National Aerospace Laboratories and stayed there until his retirement in 2004.
Publications
Shankar is the author of several journal articles, mostly appeared in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Proceedings of the Royal Society. He is the author of the book:
- {{cite book|author=P. N. Shankar|title=Slow Viscous Flows: Qualitative Features and Quantitative Analysis Using Complex Eigenfunction Expansions|year=2007|publisher=Imperial College Press|isbn=978-1860947810}}
- {{cite book|author=P. N. Shankar|title=How to make a telescope?}}{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/HowToBuildATelescope-English-P.N.Shankar|title=HOW TO BUILD A TELESCOPE? - ENGLISH - P. N. SHANKAR|via=Internet Archive}}
Honors
He was the 1971 recipient of Robert T. Knapp Award given by ASME.{{cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/robert-t-knapp-award |title=Awards list |website=www.asme.org |access-date=17 August 2019}} He was elected as fellow in Indian Academy of Sciences in 1992.
References
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External links
- {{MathGenealogy|id=134536}}
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