Resume

• 1987

  Georgia-Pacific LLC

  University of Virginia

  National Science Foundation

  North Carolina State University

  Alexandria

  VA

  - Responsible for the Engineering Research Centers (ERC) program at the National Science Foundation

  a member of the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program

  and the Scaleable Nanomanufacturing (SNM) program working groups at the NSF. ERCs are one of the largest single funding mechanism at NSF ($40M over 10 years).\n\n- Managed a full cycle from solicitation to award of engineering research centers

  class of 2017

  resulting in four new ERCs. \n\n- Developed a complete draft solicitation that enhanced the programmatic goals on diversity to a more profound emphasis on culture of inclusion. The solicitation was further modified to incorporate the National Academies recommendations and published after my departure.\n\n- Conducted several site visits to ERC institutions

  renewal site visits

  and pre-award site visits and made recommendations for continuation of award or new awards.

  Program Director-Engineering Research Centers (ERC)

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  4201 Wilson Blvd

  Arlington

  VA

  Lead Program Director for IGERT Program

  Division of Graduate Education

  Directorate for Education and Human Resources\n\nResponsible for an annual budget of $62M and post award management responsibility of nearly 150 active IGERTs with each award value at $3M for five years.\n\nReviewed and funded interdisciplinary research and education programs across all disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation. \n\nManaged the execution of annual PI meetings

  largest one in 2012 with fully webcast programs for broad dissemination. Archives at: http://www.igert.org/public/conference/meeting2012\n\nSuccessfully managed the execution of an online video poster competition with online review process for PhD students from every IGERT across the nation. Video archives at: http://posterhall.org/igert2012

  Program Director

  National Science Foundation

  Clemson

  SC 29634

  Department Chair

  Mechanical Engineering\n\nResponsible for managing all the operations of the department consisting of 33 Faculty Members and 11 Staff

  900 undergraduates from sophomores through seniors

  and 200 graduate students.\n\nHired eleven new faculty members and integrated them successfully into the department over the past two years. \n\nInitiated and executed a Small Grants for Exploratory Research (SGER) program for mid-career faculty members to explore new interdisciplinary ideas and pursue new directions in funded research. \n\nDeveloped significant strength in summer online course offerings through incentivizing faculty to develop the courses and offer them. Online course offering grew from one to eight in one year.

  D. W. Reynolds Distinguished Professor and Department Chair

  Clemson University

  EB III

  911 Oval Dr

  Raleigh

  NC

  Professor-Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  2009-2012\nDirector-Mechatronics Program

  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  2001-2012\nAssociate Professor-Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  2000-2009\nAssociate Professor-Forest Biomaterials

  1998-2000\nAssistant Professor

  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  1994-1998

  Professor

  North Carolina State University

  Charlottesville

  Virginia

  -Worked closely with the President

  the Provost

  and the Strategic Planning Committee to develop a research strategy and define five research focus areas where UVA can be preeminent.\n\n-Developed a comprehensive seven-point research strategy to support the institutional vision of doubling research in seven years and currently executing the strategy. New research awards grew 8.6%

  11.6%

  and 7% over the last three years

  $394M in FY’18; $412M in FY’19; and $441 in FY’20. Research expenditures exceeded $600M in FY’19.\n\n-Conceived

  developed

  gained support for

  and deployed a new seed funding program

  the 3Cavaliers. With an investment of $4.2M

  the 3Cavaliers funded 77 faculty groups of 3 working on new interdisciplinary research.\n\n-Jointly funded two Pan University Institutes with the Provost

  one on Environmental Resilience

  and the other on Global Infectious Diseases at a level of $2M for three years to encourage interdisciplinary research that cuts across schools in areas of significant societal impact. Addition additional $1M each for two years.\n\n-Developed a strategy and process for soliciting

  reviewing

  and awarding Strategic Investment Funds. Made seven award recommendations to the President

  totaling $10M in summer 2019. \n\n-Chairing the Post-Award Assessment Committee for monitoring all Strategic Investments (over $600M total

  $180M research and research infrastructure related) through project reviews

  and providing the feedback to the Provost

  Chief Operating Officer

  and the Board of Visitors.\n\n-As a member of the executive cabinet and I contribute to discussions on wide ranging topics that are contemplated by the President

  the Provost

  and other members of the cabinet.\n\n-As the chief research officer

  I am responsible for all aspects of research compliance

  research safety

  research development

  office of sponsored programs

  and the licensing and ventures group.

  Vice President for Research

  University of Virginia

  Neenah Technical Center

  R&D

  Neenah

  WI

  Conducted out basic research in the area of manufacturing process and product design in the area of low density absorbent grades of paper

  1987-1992\n\nConducted manufacturing process control design and product development research work in the area of paperboard structures and extrusion of plastic films

  1992-1994

  Research Associate

  Georgia-Pacific LLC

  Tamil

  Bengali

  Hindi

• 1983

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Mechanical Engineering

  Sigma XI

  Syracuse University

• 1981

  Master of Science (M.S.)

  Applied Science

  Phi Kappa Phi

  Miami University

• 1976

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Summer Internship at Lucas-TVS

  Chennai

  India (Summer 1979)

  Mechanical Engineering

  National Institute of Technology Durgapur

• Mathematical Modeling

  SolidWorks

  Mechanical Engineering

  Teaching

  Product Development

  Research

  Matlab

  Project Management

  Finite Element Analysis

  Simulations

  Ramasubramanian

  Melur K.

  Clemson University

  National Science Foundation (NSF)