Ishwar Puri

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Ishwar K. Puri
Ishwar K. Puri at a scientific meeting held in Sendai, Japan in 2011
Born1959
New Delhi, India
CitizenshipUnited States
Canada
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego (M.S.), (Ph.D)
Delhi College of Engineering (B.Sc)
St. Xavier's School, Delhi
Known forPartially premixed flames, laminar flames, magnetic fluids, nanoscale transport phenomena, mathematical biology
AwardsCanadian Academy of Engineering Fellow
ASME Fellow
AAAS Fellow
Licensed Professional Engineer
Scientific career
FieldsApplied physics, Molecular simulations, Nanomechanics, Combustion, Heat transfer
InstitutionsUniversity of Southern California
McMaster University
Virginia Tech
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of California, San Diego
ThesisThe structure and extinction of counterflow flames (1987)
Doctoral advisorKalyanasundaram Seshadri

Ishwar Kanwar Puri (born 1959) is an Indian-American and Canadian scientist, engineer, and academic.

Early life and education[edit]

Puri was born in New Delhi, India, in 1959. He studied at St. Xavier’s School, Delhi from 1964 to 1976. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering of Delhi University, Delhi in 1982, and M.S. (1984) and Ph.D. (1987) degrees in Engineering Science (Applied Mechanics) from the University of California, San Diego.[1][2]

His mother, Sushila Gaind Puri, was a pioneering anesthesiologist in New Delhi,[3][4] and his father, Krishan Kanwar Puri, completed his doctoral dissertation from University of Münster in 1955.[5][6]

Academic publications[edit]

The author of archival publications and books,[7][8] Puri is listed among the top two percent of scientists in the Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators based on citations to his work.[9][10][11]

Puri has explained the structure and extinction of counterflow diffusion flames,[12][13] use of magnetic fluids for heat transfer[14] and drug targeting,[15] how biological inks can be formulated to print mammalian cells into three-dimensional cellular structures with diamagnetophoresis,[16] and provided mathematical models for the progression of disease, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease.[17][18]

His books include Combustion Science and Engineering, CRC Press,[19] Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering,[20] and Environmental Implications of Combustion Processes.[21]

Career[edit]

Puri is Senior Vice President of Research & Innovation[22] at University of Southern California,[23] where he oversees the USC Office of Research. He has oversight over protection of human subject research, animal care and use for research, research integrity, research contracts and grants, research advancement, initiatives and facilities, research strategy, and technology, and intellectual property commercialization.[24]

Puri is also Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering with an appointment in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science.[25]

Before his arrival at USC, Puri served as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Professor at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.[26] Upon his departure from McMaster, the university credited him with developing innovative approaches to engineering education and experiential learning, and furthering research.[27]

Prior to McMaster, Puri served as N. Waldo Harrison Professor and Department Head of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Tech from 2004-13.[28][29] He arrived there from the University of Illinois at Chicago after 15 years of service at various ranks, leaving as Professor and Executive Associate Dean of Engineering.

His department at Virginia Tech was housed in Norris Hall, the site of the shooting in 2007, which he experienced.[30] Puri played a role in the reoccupation of that space.[31][32][33][34]

He has served as the elected chair of Engineering Deans Canada (formerly National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science).[35] In 2019, he was appointed as a member of the Council of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.[36][37]

Honors and awards[edit]

Puri is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering,[38] American Association for the Advancement of Science,[39] and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[40] He received the 2021 Engineering Excellence Award from Professional Engineers Ontario and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.[41]

Topical and literary contributions[edit]

Puri writes on issues at the intersection of science, technology, education and society.[42][43][44] His first publication was a book of poetry, Narcissus Wept.[45]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ishwar K. Puri | Faculty of Engineering". www.eng.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  2. ^ Puri, Ishwar Kanwar (1987). The Structure and Extinction of Counterflow Flames. University of California, San Diego.
  3. ^ "ISA DELHI DISCUSSION FORUM: Experiences with Ether". archive.ph. 2012-11-29. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  4. ^ Government of India (1967-06-17). Union Government, Weekly, 1967-06-17, Part I-Section 2, Ref. 2/2 67-Estt. II.
  5. ^ Puri, Krishan Kanwar (1955). Über Acetin-Fette. Münster, Germany: University of Münster.
  6. ^ Puri, Krishan Kanwar (1955). Über Acetin-Fette (in German).
  7. ^ "Ishwar K. Puri". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  8. ^ ORCID. "Ishwar K. Puri (0000-0002-8713-4188)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ^ Ioannidis, John P. A.; Boyack, Kevin W.; Baas, Jeroen (2020-10-16). "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". PLOS Biology. 18 (10): e3000918. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 7567353. PMID 33064726.
  10. ^ Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P. A. (2020-08-10). "Bibliometrics". Data for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Vol. 2. Mendeley. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.2.
  11. ^ "Canadian Engineering Deans Featured in World's Top 2% Scientists List | Stanford University Study". Engineering Deans Canada. 2020-11-26. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
  12. ^ Smooke, M.D.; Puri, I.K.; Seshadri, K. (1988-01-01). "A comparison between numerical calculations and experimental measurements of the structure of a counterflow diffusion flame burning diluted methane in diluted air". Symposium (International) on Combustion. 21 (1): 1783–1792. doi:10.1016/S0082-0784(88)80412-0. ISSN 0082-0784.
  13. ^ Puri, I.K.; Seshadri, K. (1986-08-01). "Extinction of diffusion flames burning diluted methane and diluted propane in diluted air". Combustion and Flame. 65 (2): 137–150. doi:10.1016/0010-2180(86)90015-5. ISSN 0010-2180.
  14. ^ Ganguly, Ranjan; Sen, Swarnendu; Puri, Ishwar K. (2004-04-01). "Heat transfer augmentation using a magnetic fluid under the influence of a line dipole". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 271 (1): 63–73. Bibcode:2004JMMM..271...63G. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2003.09.015. ISSN 0304-8853.
  15. ^ Ganguly, Ranjan; Gaind, Amit P.; Sen, Swarnendu; Puri, Ishwar K. (2005-03-01). "Analyzing ferrofluid transport for magnetic drug targeting". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 289: 331–334. Bibcode:2005JMMM..289..331G. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.11.094. ISSN 0304-8853.
  16. ^ US application 20190127685, Fattah, Abdel Rahman Abdel; Sahu, Rakesh Prasad & Geng, Fei et al., "3D label-free contactless formation of cellular structures and co-cultures through diamagnetophoresis", published 2019-05-02, assigned to McMaster University 
  17. ^ Ganguly, R.; Puri, I. K. (2006). "Mathematical model for the cancer stem cell hypothesis". Cell Proliferation. 39 (1): 3–14. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2184.2006.00369.x. ISSN 1365-2184. PMC 6495990. PMID 16426418.
  18. ^ Puri, Ishwar K.; Li, Liwu (2010-12-14). "Mathematical Modeling for the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease". PLOS ONE. 5 (12): e15176. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...515176P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015176. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3001872. PMID 21179474.
  19. ^ Annamalai, Kalyan; Puri, Ishwar K. (2006-12-19). Combustion Science and Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-0378-9.
  20. ^ Annamalai, Kalyan; Puri, Ishwar K.; Jog, Milind A. (2010-12-12). Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-5797-3.
  21. ^ "Environmental Implications of Combustion Processes". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  22. ^ McQuiston, Paul (2023-01-12). "How USC-led research can solve global challenges". USC News. Archived from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-23.
  23. ^ "Ishwar K. Puri named USC's new vice president for research". USC News. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  24. ^ "USC Office of Research: Home". USC Office of Research. Retrieved 2022-03-28.
  25. ^ "Faculty Profile". USC Viterbi | Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  26. ^ "Mac appoints two new deans". The Hamilton Spectator. 2013-04-19. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  27. ^ "Dean of Engineering to assume new role at US university". Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  28. ^ "Ishwar Puri named N. Waldo Harrison Professor". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  29. ^ "Greg Esposito, We've never done this before, Roanoke Times, Sunday, August 19 (2007)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  30. ^ "Virginia Tech Instructor: Ready to Move Forward". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  31. ^ "Two Years After Massacre, Va. Tech Reopens Hall". NPR.org. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  32. ^ Hauser, Christine; Urbina, Ian (2007-04-24). "Virginia Tech Struggles to Return to Normal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  33. ^ "Letters: Virginia Tech, Mississippi Mourns". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  34. ^ "Virginia Tech reopens site of mass shooting - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  35. ^ "Engineering Dean named chair of National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science | McMaster Daily News". dailynews.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  36. ^ Government of Canada announces four new appointments to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Government of Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, accessed July 26, 2019.
  37. ^ PC Number: 2019-0848, Date: 2019-06-19, Government of Canada, Privy Council Orders in Council.
  38. ^ List of Fellows, Canadian Academy of Engineering.
  39. ^ AAAS News & Notes Archived 2013-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 28, 2005.
  40. ^ 1999-2000 fellows Archived 2010-07-07 at the Wayback Machine, Mechanical Engineering Magazine.
  41. ^ "2021 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards recipients". Professional Engineers Ontario. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  42. ^ "AI and the Future". Design Engineering. March 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  43. ^ Puri, Ishwar K., Is the future of education learning by doing?, World Economic Forum, February 27, 2018.
  44. ^ "Opinion: University education is ripe for disruption". Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  45. ^ Narayan, Shyamala A. (June 1983). "India". The Journal of Commonwealth Literature. 18 (2): 92–109. doi:10.1177/002198948301800207. ISSN 0021-9894. S2CID 220815075.

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Preceded by
Randolph Hall
 Vice President of Research University of Southern California
August 1, 2021– 		Incumbent
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Preceded by
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 Dean of McMaster University Faculty of Engineering
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