A Two-Day Workshop organized by Mechanical Department
A two-day In- house workshop on “Soft Computing and Optimizing Techniques for Mechanical Engineers” was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Prof. Mahesh B. Davangeri, HoD, Department of Mechanical Engineering gave an overview of the workshop. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Guest, Dr. D L Prabhakara, Director emphasized on the importance of soft computing tools in engineering as it would help engineers to come up with better designs. Dr. Umesh M Bhushi, Principal eulogized the department for its initiative. The workshop included sessions on optimization techniques, MAT LAB and CFD.
Quote for the day
"Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached."
- Swami Vivekananda
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Director’s Daughter Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar receives The American National Award – “Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research”
Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar, Kansas State University Computer Scientist has achieved the highest honour of receiving the American National Award – “Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research”. She is one among the four American Indians and one among the 34 across the world to have received this award. She is the daughter of Dr. D L Prabhakara, Director, Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management.
Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar was chosen for “Design of High-Assurance Cyber-Physical Systems” in the Science of Autonomy program and is an associate professor of computer science at Kansas State University. She is a Michelle Munson-Serban Simu Keystone Research Faculty Scholar and her research interests include cyber-physical systems, formal verification, automata theory and logic.
She has earned a bachelor’s degree from the National Institute of Technology Warangal, a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Science and a doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Pavithra Prabhakar was an assistant professor at IMDEA Software Institute and a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology before she joined Kansas State in 2015.
Source: http://www.newsindiatimes.com/four-indian-americans-awarded-by-office-of-naval-research
http://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/2017-05/navalresearch52317.html
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