ARJUN KAPUR 16 HOLLY SPRINGS LANE, GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 2745 (336) 334-7931(OFFICE)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India Major: Mechanical Engineering - 1975
M.S. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India Major: Hydraulics & Hydraulic Machines -1967
M.E. McGill University, Montreal, Canada Major: Mechanical Engineering -1965
B.S. Panjab University, Chandigarh, India Major: Mechanical Engineering (Honors) - 1957
WORK EXPERIENCE
5/98 - Present
North Carolina A&T State University, School of Technology, Associate Professor and Coordinator of CADD Concentration, Department of Graphic Communication Systems and Technological Studies
8/93 - 5/98
North Carolina A&T State University, Assistant Professor, School of Technology
8/87 - 8/92
North Carolina A&T State University, Adjunct Faculty, College of Engineering
8/89 - 5/92
Taught at Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC Courses Taught: Computer-Aided-Design & Drafting, Computer Programming, Manufacturing Processes, Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials
1960 - 1987
Panjab Engineering College, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor Courses Taught: Design and Graphics, Rotodynamics, Mechanics, Special Projects
1959 - 1960
Hydro-Electric Bhakra Dam Project, India, Assistant Engineer, Materials Handling
1957 - 1959
Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, India, Apprentice Engineer
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS/WORKSHOPS:
Period: 1993-97(At School of Technology, NC A&T State University)
•Two CADD Workshops for Training of Miller Brewing employees. •Three CADD Workshops for Training of AT&T Co. employees. •Development of 3-D Solid Modeling Course Project funded by Schroff Development Corporation as Principal Investigator (PI) Curriculum Enhancement of Computer Aided Design Drafting Courses..Project funded by Autodesk Inc. (as PI) •CADD Consultancy Project for Miller Brewing Company funded by Miller Brewing Company, Eden, NC. (as Co-PI) •Center for Electronics Manufacturing ..funded by US Army .. Communication Electronics Command (CECOM) (as Co-PI) •A GIS Training Workshop for Environmental Management.. Funded by the Waste Management Institute, NC A&T State University (as Co-PI) •Using Multimedia Instructional Technologies to promote Exemplary Teaching and Enhanced Student Learning.. Funded by NC General Administration...(as Co-PI)
Period: 1987-93(At College of Engineering, NC A&T State University)
•Energy Efficient Dust Collection in North Carolina's Furniture Industry .. A research project done for the NC Alternative Energy Corporation in 1988 with Dr. H. Singh (as PI). •Reducing Compressed Air Costs in North Carolina Industries .. A research project done for the North Carolina Alternative Energy Corporation in 1989 with Dr. H. Singh as PI.(At Guilford Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC) - •Curriculum Development Project: Development of Instructional CAD Modules for SABRE 5000 Workstation System. This project was done in 1991 while working as a Faculty at GTCC, Jamestown, NC... (as PI). •Period: Prior to 1987(At Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India)- •Supervised research work of Graduate Students: (List and details available, if required) - Ten graduate students for MS theses. - One doctoral student for Ph.D. ThesisFOREIGN COUNTRY EXPERIENCE:Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna , Nigeria, 1981 - 1984Responsibilities: Teaching/Development of Curriculum and Laboratories for Mechanics and Strength of Materials at College of Science and Technology, Kaduna Polytechnic.
CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Faculty Advisor- Students' Registration, Welfare and Placement; Member- Industrial Liaison Committee; Member- University Curriculum Development Board, Chandigarh, India Member Professional Development Committee and Mechanical Engineering Technology Advisory Committee at GTCC. Faculty Advisor: Students' Pyramid of Design Drafting Society (PDDS) at School of Technology, NC A&T State University.
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Member - American Design Drafting Association (ADDA) Member - Epsilon Pi Tau (EPT) Member - National Association of Industrial Technology Member - Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers (ISME) Member - Acoustical Society of India (ASI) Chartered Engineer - Institution of Engineers (India)
HONORS, AWARDS, COMMENDATIONS:
1997 - Outstanding Faculty Award (Graphic Communication Systems) 1990 - Recognition by Dean, GTCC Technical Education apropos Excellent Students' Evaluation 1988 - Award of EXCELLENCE from NC Alternative Energy Corporation, RTP, North Carolina 1971 - National Scholarship (Quality Improvement Program) India 1967 - Distinction Award for Graduate Program (Panjab Univ.) 1962 - CANADIAN COMMONWEALTH SCHOLAR (1962-65) 1957 - Gold Medal, First Rank in Panjab University BS 1954 - Panjab Univ. Merit Scholar during entire BS Program
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:
•Periodic Volunteer Work -for Highway Cleanup Group (India Association
of Greensboro) -for a Food Service Group at Urban Ministry, Greensboro. -for
Center for Creative Arts (Physically and mentally challenged students) •Vice-Chairman
of the Advisory Committee for Mechanical Engineering Technology at Guilford
Technical Community College, Jamestown, NC •Member of the FOCUS GROUP for
Computer Aided Design and Drafting Area for National Association of Industrial
Technology (NAIT).
RESEARCH PAPERS
(1987-97)
•"Preparing for a Career in Technical Graphics: An open letter to Advisors
and Students." It has been accepted (September 1997) for publication
in Tech Directions Journal. •"Use of CADD Software as a Tool rather than a
Subject in Graphic Instruction" .. Presented at NAIT(National Association
of Industrial technology) Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1997. Published
in Convention Selected Papers, pp. 41-43. •"Computer-Aided 3-D Solid Modeling"
.. NAIT (National Association of Industrial Technology) Convention, Los Angeles,
California, October 1996, accepted for presentation. •"CADD Software in Engineering
and Technology Education" .. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Southcon 96 - Conference Record, June 1996, pp. 212-216. •"The
Planning and Set-up of a CADD Laboratory" .. Published in Tech Directions
Journal, April 1995 •"Energy Conservation Potential in Compressed Air Systems",
Proceedings of 12th World Energy Engineering Congress, 1989. Published in
Journal of Strategic Planning and Energy Management, Vol. 9, No. 3, 1990,
USA. •"Industrial Lighting: Practice and Potential", Journal of Strategic
Planning and Energy Management, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1989, USA. •"Feasibility of
Recirculation Air Systems in Wood Furniture Manufacturing Plants", Proceedings
of Annual Winter Meeting of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and
Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) , 1990, USA. •"Energy Conserving Design
Concepts in Wood Dust Collection Systems", 23rd Intersociety Energy Conversion
Engineering Conference Proceedings , Paper No. 889060, 1988, USA. •"Energy
Conservation through Condensing Heat Exchangers", Eleventh World Energy Engineering
Congress Proceedings, 1988, USA. •"Study Suggests Energy Measures for Furniture
Manufacturers"- Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturing Journal, 1988, USA.
RESEARCH PAPERS PRIOR TO 1987
•"Investigation of Cavitation Phenomena", Journal - Indian and Eastern Engineer, 1962. •"Reattachment Downstream of a Control Gate", International Association of Hydraulic Research - Journal of Hydraulic Research - Netherlands, Vol.5, No.1, 1967. •"A Syphon Tunnel for Cavitation Research", Published in Summaries of Papers, Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), C.E. Division, 1970. •"Surges in a Simple Surge Tank - Simplified Graphical Solution for Peak Amplitudes", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), 1971. •"A Particular Graphical Study of Undamped Mass oscillations in a Surge Tank", Journal M.A.C.T. (India), 1971. •"Shock Response of Sandwich Beams", Proceedings of Symposium on Sound and Vibration Problems in Engineering, New Delhi, May, 1972. •"Effects of Rotary and Longitudinal Inertias on the Shock Response of Sandwich Beams". Presented at XVII Congress of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1972. Abstract published in the Book of Abstracts, 1972. •"Effects of Rotary and Longitudinal Inertias on Transient Response of a Beam with Unconstrained Viscoelastic Layer". Journal of Acoustical Society of India, 1973. •"Self-Ventilation of Recirculating Region Downstream of a Control Gate in a Closed Channel". Proceedings of National Seminar on Cavitation, Chandigarh, India, 1975. •"Impact Response Effectiveness of Damped Sandwich Beams" - Proceedings of Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1975. •"Shock Response of Viscoelastically Damped Beams" - Journal of Sound and Vibration, London (UK)-No.55 (3), 1977. •"Response of Sandwich Cantilever Beams to Shock Excitation" Journal of Strojnicky Casopis, Czechoslovakia, No.1,1977. •"Performance of Viscoelastically Damped Multilayer Structures Subjected to Shock Excitation", Journal of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, USA, Vol.15, No.2, February, 1977. •"Shock Response of Encastre Sandwich Beams", - Journal of Acoustical Society of India, Vol. V, No.2, 1977. •"Transient Response of Undamped Laminated Plates", Journal of Strojnicky Casopis, Czechoslovakia, Vol.31, No.5,1980. •"Effects of Rotary and Longitudinal Inertias on Transient Response of Undamped Sandwich Plates", Journal of Sound and Vibration, (UK), Vol. 78, No. 2, 1981. •"Shock Response of Viscoelastically Damped Sandwich Plates", Journal of Sound and Vibration, London (UK), Vol. 85, No.3, 1982. •"Shock Response of Internally Damped Laminated Plates", Journal of Strojnicky Casopis, Czechoslovakia, Vol.33,No.5, 1982. •"Shock Response of Undamped Three-Layer Sandwich Plates", Journal of Strojnicky Casopis, Czechoslovakia, Vol. 34, No.5, 1983. •"Comparison of the Shock Response of Damped and Undamped Layered Plates", Proceedings of National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, India, 1985. •"Shock Response Effectiveness of Undamped Three-Layer Plates", Journal of Strojnicky Casopis, Czechoslovakia, Vol. 37, No.4, 1986.
TECHNICAL REPORTS: (with other author(s))
•"Energy Efficient Dust Collection in North Carolina's Furniture Industry"
- Project sponsored by North Carolina Alternative Energy Corporation, Research
Triangle Park, NC, USA, 1988. •"Reducing Compressed Air Costs in North Carolina
Industries" - Project sponsored by North Carolina Alternative Energy Corporation,
Research Triangle Park, NC, USA, 1989. •"Development of Instructional CAD
Modules for SABRE 5000 Workstation System" - Project sponsored by GTCC, Jamestown,
North Carolina, 1990.
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOPICS:
•"Engineering Curriculum and Marketable Utility", Educational Conference
of Engineering College Teachers, Chandigarh, India, 1968. •"Curriculum Development
for Entrepreneurship", Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Engineering Exhibition,
Chandigarh, India, 1971. •"Curriculum Design for Systematic Feasibility Study",
Seminar on Development of Curriculum for Entrepreneurial Training Program,
Chandigarh, India, 1975. •"Industrial Accidents - Cost Analysis and Preventing
Measures", Journal of Safety Chronicle (India), 1975. •"Integrated Assessment
of Teacher's Performance", Proceedings of the Seminar on Student-Teacher
Evaluation, Chandigarh, India, 1976. •"Energy and Environmental Pollution",
Proceedings of Symposium on Technology Forecast by Institution of Engineers,
Chandigarh, India, 1976. •"Entrepreneurial Training Program", Proceedings
of Seminar on Taking Technology to Villages, Chandigarh, India, 1976. •"Some
Aspects of System Safety Engineering", Published in Proceedings f National
Seminar on Safety and Health in Engineering Industry, Chandigarh, India,
1976. •"Continuing Education for Technological Development", Proceeding of
Conference on Credit System in Technical Education, Chandigarh, India, 1978.
