This semester (Fall 2000), I teach two courses: an introductory course in C programming, ME197, and a course of lectures on intermediate dynamic systems, ME330.

I obtained my PhD in mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London, England, upon concluding my research in vibrations and structural dynamics. My primary focus then was on vibration and stability of aircraft jet engine components, under a sponsorship from Rolls-Royce. Subsequently, I did some research work on vibration of blades in the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) as a Resident Consultant at NASA Lewis Research Center.

Over the years, and after my appointment here at IUPUI, I've held a number of short-term academic positions as a Visiting Scientist at MIT, and at Cambridge University Engineering Department, CUED. At MIT, I worked with Professor S. H. Crandall on vibration, and at Cambridge, I interacted with Professor V. I. Arnol'd at the Isaac Newton Institute during my investigations in dynamic systems and catastrophe theory. Catastrophe theory is sometimes known as singularity theory. My study of catastrophe theory got a boost when I visited with Professor Sir Christopher Zeeman, then Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, England.

I am currently writing a research monograph on catastrophe theory, along with instructional texts at the intermediate level, one on the theory of elasticity and the other on engineering dynamic systems.