About the Author:
"P N Rao received his BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Government Engineering College, Anantapur (Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati) in 1970, ME degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, in 1973 and PhD in 1981 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India. Presently, he is working as Professor in the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, USA, in the Department of Technology since Fall of 2001. Earlier he worked in the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, from 1975 till 1997, the final position being as Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department between 1990 and 1997. He has also taught at the MARA University of Technology, Shah Alam, Malaysia, between 1995 and 2001. Prior to joining IIT Delhi, he worked in the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, for a period of two years. He has conducted post-doctoral research in UMIST, Manchester, UK (1980–1981), and Loughborough University of Technology, UK (1989). He is the author and co-author of more than 190 papers published and presented in national and international journals and conferences respectively.He has also received a number of grants from various bodies to support his research activities. He has also worked as a co-editor of Emerging Trends in Manufacturing (Proceedings of the 12th All India Machine Tool Design and Research Conference, 1986) published by McGraw-Hill Education (India), New Delhi. Dr P N Rao’s biographical information has appeared in Marquis Who’s Who in The World, Marquis Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who in American Education, published by Reed Elsevier Inc., New Providence, USA, and the Dictionary of International Biography and Who’s Who in Asia and the Pacific Nations, published by The International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK."
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