Anil Mitra, Ph. D.
Phone 707 825 0658
aniljmitra@horizons-2000.org
or, http://www.horizons-2000.org/contact.html
Website Journey in Being http://www.horizons-2000.org
Achievements
Objectives
Education
Publications and Websites
References
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Summary of work and achievements Summary of work and achievements continued |
1985 - Present Horizons
Enterprises Research in Philosophy, specializing in Metaphysics Project Journey in Being Research Support Base for Journey in Being and Metaphysics Details available at http://www.horizons-2000.org and on request 1990 - The present Humboldt Mental Health Eureka, Psychiatric Care and Document Automation Details available on request § Automation treatment planning using forms technology and Visual Basic programming § Psychiatric care, independent research 1983 - 1985 Humboldt State University Associate Professor § Taught dynamics, thermodynamics, computation and numerical analysis through finite element methods, advanced energy analysis, and a seminar in optimization and controls § Research in fluid stability and waves [see publications below] 1984 Summer Consultant § Analysis of a general purpose finite element program for strength and vibration of structures. Application in aerospace design 1978 - 1983 University of Assistant Professor § Taught dynamics, thermodynamics, computer programming and computer graphics, technical drawing, statics, mechanics of materials, advanced dynamics through three dimensional rigid body motion and Langrangean dynamics. Innovative instruction in thermodynamics. Informally recognized for teaching excellence § Research in applied mathematics / wave mechanics and other miscellaneous topics 1977 - 1978 University of Assistant Professor / Teaching Assistant / Ph. D. Candidate § As Assistant Professor in summer school, taught solid mechanics. As teaching assistant, graded and tutored for dynamics and related courses § As Ph. D. candidate, did research in nonlinear wave mechanics, analytic approximation methods and fluid mechanic stability 1975 - 1977 RIT Assistant Professor § Taught air pollution, vibrations, dynamics, solid mechanics, thermodynamics. RIT is the Rochester Institute of Technology, an institution recognized for excellence in education 1972 - 1975 University of Teaching Assistant / Ph. D. Candidate § As teaching assistant, graded and tutored in a variety of core engineering courses § As Ph. D. candidate, lectured on perturbation methods in fluid mechanics and did research in fluid mechanic stability 1970 - 1972 University of Research Fellow § Research on waves and stability in fluid mechanics. Analytic and numerical approximations |
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Objective: Teaching and Research in Engineering Details of courses taught, analytical and other skills, publications and research topics given below |
I seek a teaching / research position in engineering / applied mathematics. I would teach core and advanced courses, be involved in innovative course and curriculum development, research, and the professional development of students. I have ten years of research experience in engineering I have ten years of experience in teaching eight and
one half years at a faculty rank and 3 years tutoring and grading. My
excellent analytic and practical skills; my extensive background in
engineering and its foundations; my record of excellence in teaching; the
breadth of experience see http://www.horizons-2000.org;
my inherent empathy and especially as developed in psychiatric care will make
for excellent teaching, research and professional involvement. I have
programming and web development skills see my website, http://www.horizons-2000.org; I am able to use these skills to develop interactive
tutorials and maintain an online presence to students |
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Courses Taught continued |
Mechanics and Design Graphics and technical drawing, statics, solid mechanics: strength of materials, elasticity, plasticity, failure theories, dynamics: lagrangian mechanics and generalized coordinates, space mechanics, kinematics and dynamics of mechanisms and machines, introductory vector and scalar dynamics, mechanical vibrations Computation and Numerical Methods Numerical
Analysis: theory, error estimates,
stability, algorithms, coding, applications for the full spectrum of standard
topics Finite
Differences and Finite Elements: theory,
coding for general two-dimensional time dependent case, applications in
thermo-mechanics Programming with Fortran. Computer Graphics Applied Mathematics Perturbation Methods. Optimal Control Theory. Energy and Fluids Heat transfer - engineering heat transfer Thermodynamics: systems and states, first and second laws, statistical
mechanics, mixtures, chemical reactions and combustion. Applied
Thermodynamics: availability theory, its
use as an economic tool; principles of power and propulsion. Power Systems:
thermo-mechanical theory and design aspects for fossil fuels, propulsion Power Systems: thermo-mechanical theory and design aspects for fossil
fuels and propulsion. Fuel cells. Nuclear fission and fusion Air Pollution: sources and control Renewable Energy
Systems: principles and design aspects
for photovoltaics, wave, wind and hydropower Laboratory Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and mechanical engineering measurements and experiments |
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Research, expertise, and skills Research, expertise, and
skills |
Fluids and Waves Theoretical and computational methods. Stability of fluid systems, wave theories
and mechanics. Wave interactions with
structures, sea floor and wind Applied Mathematics and Computation Expertise in development and use of perturbation and
regularization methods. Applied
mathematics in stability, fluid and wave mechanics, and numerical
methods. Residual/Galerkin
and energy/variational methods for finite elements.
Programming with Fortran. Software: Numerical analysis of
engineering/mathematical modeling problems and software implementation. Use and development of large-scale finite
element program (STARS) for structural/vibration analysis. Interactive graphics I am currently using a PC, Windows 2000, Microsoft Office
XP, and Visual Basic for applications, especially in document automation and
Website development. I use Visual Basic for an applications development
environment and Fortran with IMSL for applications programming in
engineering, mathematics and related technical areas. I am developing a
facility with C++ programming Mechanics and Design Kinematics, dynamics and vibrations of machines and
mechanical systems.
Strength/failure. Lubrication.
See previous item for programming.
Elements and organization of design. The idea and deployment of design
and planning at all scales is an area of interest and research. Limited
exposure to CAD and computer graphics Energy Thermodynamics, heat transfer, resource analysis and
combustion kinetics. Propulsion.
Fossil fuel and nuclear power generation; pollution aspects. Renewable energy power: hydropower,
photovoltaic, wind and wave systems.
Economic optimization Communication Design and writing of papers and reports. Graphics and technical drawing |
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1970 - 74, 77 - 78 Doctor of Philosophy in
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering §
Grade
Average 3.94 § Specializing in fluid mechanics and stability; advanced analytic and numerical approximation methods; computation; applied and pure mathematics; theoretical physics 1969 - 1970 IIT Kharagpur, Masters Level Diploma in
Applied Mathematics specializing in Magnetohydrodynamics §
Placed
1st in the Magnetohydrodynamics group §
The
course work for the diploma includes higher mathematics, theoretical physics
including electromagnetism and Einsteins theory of gravitation, functional
analysis, partial differential equations, higher probability and statistics,
fluid mechanics, magneto-fluid-dynamics, plasma stability 1964 - 1969 IIT Kharagpur, Bachelor of Technology
in Mechanical Engineering §
Graduated
with 1st class honours §
IIT is
the Indian Institute of Technology. The Institute at Kharagpur was the
original higher technical institute established in independent |
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Coursework undergraduate through Ph. D. Coursework undergraduate through Ph. D. continued |
English, world history, psychology general and
industrial, economics and economics of industrial labor, management,
industrial development of Five years of basic and advanced undergraduate mathematics Partial differential equations introduction and advanced Numerical methods, probability and statistics, real analysis, functional analysis, theory of distributions Three years of undergraduate physics and two years of chemistry Advanced classical dynamics, hydrodynamics, continuum mechanics, elasticity theory introduction, advanced and special topics, advanced thermodynamics, electromagnetic theory, special and general theory of relativity, classical electrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, hydromagnetic stability, relativistic fluid mechanics, and plasma dynamics, quantum mechanics Undergraduate engineering core Electronics, electrical machines two years, applied mechanics, applied mechanics, advanced strength of materials two years, metallurgy, machines and mechanisms two years, electrical machines two years, hydraulic machines, heat and power three years, instrumentation and control Production engineering, workshop theory and practice four years, engineering drawing and descriptive geometry two years, machine and machine elements design two years, design project |
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Slow Interactions of Gravity Waves and a Corrugated Sea Bed, A. Mitra and M. D. Greenberg, Journal of
Applied Mechanics, ASME, Vol. 51, No. 2, June 1984 Book Review, A.
Mitra, Marine Geotechnology, V. 6, No. 2, 1985, of:
Peter Lynwander, Reflection of Long Surface Waves
by a Corrugated Bottom, A. Mitra, Report 82-7, Texas Institute for
Computational Mechanics, September 1982 The Effect of Bottom Topography
on Stability and Wave Propagation in a Kelvin-Helmholtz
Flow, Ph. D. Dissertation, The Effect of a Wavy Bottom on
Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, A.
Mitra and M. D. Greenberg, Journal of Hydronautics,
Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1974 A Vortex Sheet Approach to Two
Phase Flows, M. D. Greenberg, A. Mitra, and S. J. Zarroodny,
Fourth Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Montreal, May 1973 The Effect of a Wavy Bottom on
Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, A.
Mitra and M. D. Greenberg, Report 168, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering, Study of MHD-Lubrication and
MHD-Squeeze Film Performance, A. Mitra, DIIT Report,
Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, July 1970 Study of Perturbation Methods in
Nonlinear Problems, A. Mitra, B. Tech. Report, Mechanical
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, May 1969 |
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Engineering Education, 1989, rev. 2004 Modern Engineering, 1985,
rev. 2004 Military Science, Engineering and Peace, 1985,
reformatted and abridged. 2003 Design, 1985,
rev. 2004 |
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References |
Dr. Ronald C. Chaney, Professor of Engineering, Dr. Michael D. Greenberg, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University
of Delaware, Newark, DE 19711. (302) 831-8159. Email: greenber@me.udel.edu Dr. Swadesh M. Mahajan, Research Scientist, Center for
Fusion Studies, Department of Physics, |