Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering
  University of Baroda
  1967
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering
  University of Florida
  1970
• Ph.D.Mech. Engineering. (major), Electrical Engineering. (minor)
  University of Florida
  1975

Academic History

• Professor
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  July 1992 to present
  
• Associate Professor
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  July 1982 to 1992
  
• Assistant Professor
  University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  July 1976 to 1982
  
• Graduate Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow
  University of Florida
  September 1968 to 1976
  
• Engineer
  Madhvani Group of Industries
  Jinja, Uganda, East Africa, August 1967 to July 1968

Research & Grants/Contract Experience

• Dynamics and Control of Flexible Spacecraft During and After Slewing Maneuvers
  Research proposed to NASA, Langley Research, 1984-91 (P.I., Funded)
  
• NSF Grant for Undergraduate Research Participation
  Summer 1988 (Co-investigator, Funded)
  
• NSF Grant for Undergraduate Research Participation
  Summer 1991 (Co-investigator, Funded)
  
• NSF Grant for Science and Math School Teachers Research Participation
  Summer 1991 to present (Co-investigator, Funded)
  
• Dynamics and Control of Flexible Multibody Space Systems
  Research proposed to NASA Langley Research Center, 1992-1996 (Funded)