Dr. Marehalli Prasad
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, 1980
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1974 B.E.
Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, 1971
General Information
Board Certified Member of Institute of Noise Control Engineering (USA). This membership is granted after successful completion of a fundamental and a professional examination in noise, acoustics and vibration.
Experience
Stevens Institute of Technology PROFESSOR - School: Schaefer School of Engineering & Science Department: Mechanical Engineering
Graduate Research Assistant, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, Purdue University, 1977 - 80
Graduate Instructor, Department of Engineering Graphics, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 1978 - 80
Aeronautical Engineer, Helicopter Design Bureau, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore, India, 1974 - 77
Research Scholar, Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1972 - 74
Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India, 1971 – 72
Institutional Service
Member of Faculty Council
Member of Academic Planning and Resources Committee
Member of Non-Academic Disciplinary Appeals Committee
Professional Service
Professional Development Activities & Services :
Acoustical Society of America
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Engineering Education
Faculty Workshops (organized by the School of Engineering)
Project-Based Learning, Faculty Workshop, March 2002
Workshop on ABET EC2000, November 2001
Multidisciplinary Design, Faculty Workshop, by David Ollis, October, 2001
Effective Teaching: A Workshop, by Richard M. Felder, August 1997
Consulting Service
Consulted for several Industrial and Environmental Noise Control Projects
Consultant for United Nations Industrial Development Organization, 1989
Consultant for Daewoo Corporation, Seoul, Korea 1994
Consultant for Newark Airport Authority Commission 1994
Consultant for Pioneer Industries, Carlstadt, New Jersey 1996
Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Institute of Noise Control Engineering
Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2008
Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, 2006
Fellow of the Acoostical Society of India
Faculty Award by the Office of Student Life, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2003
Acoustical Paper Award by Nelson Industries, Wisconsin, 1984.
Advisor and coauthor of a student paper award by International Institute of Noise Control Engineering, USA, 1989.
Some of the research results in the area of Duct Acoustics has been included in books by other authors (‘Duct Acoustics’ by Munjal published by Wiley, 1987 and ‘Noise Control’ by C.E. Wilson published by Harper and Row, 1988).
Professional Societies
Board Certified Member of Institute of Noise Control Engineering, USA
Acoustical Society of America
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Engineering Education