News
The E/ME 105 class finished with a gala Final Presentation of Papers.
The winner of the $1000 prize for the best paper with a commitment to continue to implement the project is Team Ideabag. The students were Siddharth Vanchinathan (Art Center), Alta Fang (Caltech), Stephanie Kato (Caltech), Cinny Sunny (ST GITS), Sajith Sundar (ST GITS).
Other teams also did extremely well and we are looking forward to several follow-ons. At the presentation, a short film was shown of the summer trip to India. Thanks Byron Wilson (Art Center).
The Final Papers and Presentations will be posted shortly.
On to E 102, Entrepreneurial Development! The Winter Quarter class will have a rich selection of candidate ideas for the students. We do not post these for proprietary reasons but the ideas are contributed by Caltech professors and the students themselves. This year we are coordinating the class with the Caltech eClub's business plan competition as well as the DOE Student Green Energy competition.
Why do competitions? Surely a rich area for research ...
Caltech
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1998-present,
J. Stanley Johnson Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering, 1999-2003
Caltech Associates talk on "Product Design for the Developing World" class. More on Making Wheelchairs for the Developing World.
A recent interview on the Frank Peter's show
Teaching Areas of Interest
My classes are taught at the junction of science, engineering and business
by applying my background in mechanical and electrical engineering technology
management and in physics. I am particularly interested in the start-up
and continuous growth of technology-based companies, and the modification of
normative product development processes to address developing world challenges.
Faculty Advisor
Entrepreneur's
Club
Engineers for a Sustainable World
Consulting Club
NetImpact
Business Background (partial)
Allied Signal (now Honeywell) Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology
GE Corporate R&D Manager of The Electronics Laboratories
Bell Laboratories Member of the Technical Staff
Boards of Director Positions
| Public: |
Neustar (1999-2011) IPO
New York Stock Exchange in 2005
Ness Technologies (2003-2008) NASDAQ
Level One (1999-2000) NASDAQ sold to Intel in 2000 |
| Private: |
H2Scan (2004-2011 )
(also
many advisory roles)
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| Non Profit: |
Albany Medical School and Medical
Center (1988-1992)
Los Angeles County Regional Food Bank (2004- ). Central food
distributer.
South Coast Botanical Garden (2005- ) Los Angeles County Botanical
Garden in Palos Verdes
Intelligent Mobility (2007- ) non profit wheelchair provider
spun out of E/ME 105
(Also many advisory committees)
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Tech Coast Angels (Southern California early
stage investing network)
Executive committee LA Chapter (1999- )
Education
B.S., Queens College, City University of New York;
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania (Critical Velocity of Superfluid
Liquid Helium Films)
Awards
The Associated Students of Caltech (ASCIT) Award
for Excellence in Teaching (2004-2005)
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