Portonovo Ayyaswamy
DISTINGUISHED ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
Phone: (484) 574-4496
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
- Targeted Drug Delivery: Multiple Scale Modelling
- Arterial Gas Embolism: Modeling and Experimentation
- Phase Change Transport Phenomena
- Numerical Modelling of Non-Newtonian and Multi-Phase Fluid Flows
- Plasma Arc Heat Transfer
- Cell Culturing in Simulated Microgravity Conditions
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
B.E., Univ of Mysore, India 1962
M.S., Columbia Univ, New York, 1965
M.E., Columbia Univ, New York, 1967
Ph.D., UCLA, Los Angeles, 1971
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
| Elected Honorary Member, Am. Soc. Mech. Engrs. Awarded for a “Lifetime of distinguished service to Engineering.” | 2018 |
| Appointed: Editor, Am.Soc.Mech.Engrs. Journal of Heat Transfer. | 2015 |
| The Max Jakob Memorial Award"recognizes an eminent scholarly achievement and distinguished leadership in the field of heat transfer. Jointly awarded by the Am.Inst.Chem.Engrs and the Am.Soc.Mech.Engrs. It is the highest honor in the field of heat transfer these professional organizations bestow.” | 2014 |
| Member, Board of Governors, American Society for Gravitational and Space Research. | 2014-2017 |
| ASME 2007 Worcester Reed Warner Medal for “outstanding contributions to the permanent literature of engineering.” | 2007 |
| ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the Science Category for "seminal contributions to such diverse fields of heat transfer as phase change, plasma, bio, and natural convection, in particular to transport processes with moving droplets and thermal design of advanced industrial equipment.” | 2001 |
| “Aerospace Professional of the Year” award, Am. Inst. Aeronautics and Astronautics for “Outstanding contributions to the advancement of the arts and sciences of aeronautics and astronautics.” | 1997 |
| Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching: “For distinguished teaching, in recognition of outstanding service in stimulating and guiding the intellectual development of students at the University of Pennsylvania.” | 1979 |
| Reid Warren Award for Distinguished Teaching: “In recognition of outstanding service in stimulating and guiding the intellectual development of undergraduate students at the College of Engineering and Applied Science.” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. | 1978 |