Anil Mitra, Ph. D.

4510-G Valley West Blvd

Arcata, CA 95521

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

Summary of work and achievements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of work and achievements continued

 

1985 - Present               Horizons Enterprises™              Arcata, California

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, California

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          Arcata, California

Associate Professor

§     Taught dynamics, thermodynamics, computation and numerical analysis through finite element methods, advanced energy analysis, and a seminar in optimization and controls

1984 Summer                Harvey Mudd College            Claremont, California

Consultant

§     Analysis of a general purpose finite element program for strength and vibration of structures. Application in aerospace design

1978 - 1983                   University of Texas                         Austin, Texas

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 Delaware              Newark, Delaware

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                                     Rochester, New York

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 Delaware              Newark, Delaware

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 Delaware              Newark, Delaware

Research Fellow

§     Research on waves and stability in fluid mechanics. Analytic and numerical approximations

 

 

Courses Taught

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mechanics

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, Numerical Methods and Applied Mathematics

Numerical Analysis: theory, error estimates, stability, algorithms, coding, applications for the full spectrum of standard topics. Fortran programming

Finite Differences and Finite Elements: theory, coding for general two-dimensional time dependent case, applications in thermo-mechanics

Perturbation Methods. Optimal Control Theory

Energy and Fluids

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 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, and engineering measurements and experiments

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

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

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

 

Objective: Teaching Physics and Mathematics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experience in physics continued

I seek a teaching position in physics and 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 teaching experience. My excellent analytic and practical skills; my excellent background in science and mathematics – extensive masters and doctorate level course work in mathematics and physics, research in applied mathematics, theoretical physics, numerical analysis, computation and the theory of evolution; my record of excellence in teaching; a 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, link above; I am able to use these skills to develop interactive tutorials and maintain an online presence to students

Experience in physics

Undergraduate: three years of course work through “modern physics” with, consistently, the top grade among a class of the brightest students in India. Informally, I may state that my grade in physics in the intensely competitive entrance to the Indian Institute of Technology was second in all of India. As an undergraduate I developed an interest in physics beyond the curriculum and read a number of texts including the Feynman Lectures on Physics, Goldstein’s Classical Mechanics, Leonard Schiff’s Quantum Mechanics, and works in graduate level electromagnetic theory, relativity and mathematical physics

Graduate: most of the standard Ph.D. level courses at the University of Delaware and courses in electrodynamics, relativity including the theory of gravitation and relativistic fluid mechanics, plasma dynamics, and hydromagnetic stability at the Indian Institute of Technology

Other: seminars by George Sudarshan and Steven Weinberg at the University of Texas, Austin. I continue to maintain an interest in current physics including cosmology, the foundations of quantum mechanics, string theory, the implications of physics for the philosophy of mind. I continue to maintain basic skills intact

 

 

Education

1970 - 74, 77 - 78           University of Delaware              Newark, Delaware

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, West Bengal

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 Einstein’s theory of gravitation, functional analysis, partial differential equations, higher probability and statistics, fluid mechanics, magneto-fluid-dynamics, plasma stability

1964 - 1969                   IIT                                 Kharagpur, West Bengal

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 India of university status and is widely recognized as a leader in education not only in India but the world. The education is broad based in fundamental and advanced science and mathematics, engineering principles and design, and practical shop skills. Entrance to the Institute is intensely competitive. Students frequently score far above 99th percentile in aptitude and knowledge tests. Many graduates are world leaders – in India, Europe, the UK, Canada and the United States – in research, teaching, technology and industry

 

 

Coursework – undergraduate through Ph. D.

 

 

 

Coursework – undergraduate through Ph. D.

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Humanities and social science

English, world history, psychology – general and industrial, economics and economics of industrial labor, management, industrial development of India, philosophy

Mathematics – undergraduate and graduate

Five years of basic and advanced undergraduate mathematics

Graduate – through advanced partial differential equations; numerical methods, probability and statistics, functional analysis and distributions

Physics

Three years of undergraduate physics and two years of chemistry

Physics – graduate level

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

Engineering science and theory

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

Engineering practice

Production engineering, workshop theory and practice – four years, engineering drawing and descriptive geometry – two years, machine and machine elements design – two years, design project

 

 

Technical Publications

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical Publications

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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, Gear Drive Systems: Design and Application, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1983

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, University of Delaware, June 1978

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, University of Delaware, April 1973

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

 

Technical Addresses and Seminars

Slow Interactions of Gravity Waves and a Corrugated Sea Bed, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 1984

Lectures in Optimal Control Theory, Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, Humboldt State University, California, Fall 1983

Reflection of Waves by a Corrugated Bed, Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, Humboldt State University, California, October 1982

Some Wave Force Computations, Division of Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas, April 1982

On Teaching Thermodynamics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Western New England College, Massachusetts, August 1981

Proposal to Use the WKB Method in Wave Force Computation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Wayne State University, Michigan, January 1980

The Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Delaware, Delaware, September 1973

A Vortex Sheet Approach to Two-Phase Flows, Fourth Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Montreal, May 1973

References

Dr. Ronald C. Chaney, Professor of Engineering, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521. (707) 826-4992. Email: chaneyr@axe.humboldt.edu

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, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712. (512) 471-4376. Email: mahajan@peaches.ph.utexas.edu