Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy

Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy (born March 21, 1942) is an Indian-born-American mechanical engineer, the Asa Whitney Professor of Dynamical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, He is the recipient of the 2014 Max Jakob Memorial Award.

Biography Youth, education and academic career Ayyaswamy was born in Bangalore, India in 1942, and became a US citizen in 1975.

Awards honours and other activities Ayyaswamy has won many awards for his research. His national and international awards and honors include ASME 2007 Worcester Reed Warner Medal, ASME 2001 Heat Transfer Memorial Award in the Science Category, Council of Indian Organizations Award, ASME Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award,

He was also elected Panelist for Review of NASA Strategic Roadmaps: Space Station Panel (2005), Elected Fellow of ASME (1990) and visiting professor of Dept. of Mech. Eng., University of California, Berkeley, CA (2000).

Ayyaswamy has also won several teaching awards which include Lindback Award and Reid Warren Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Selected publications

Articles, a selection

Patents Ducheyne, Paul, Portonovo S. Ayyaswamy, and Qing-Qing Qiu. "Bioactive, degradable composite for tissue engineering." U.S. Patent No. 6,328,990. Dec. 11, 2001. Radin, S., Ducheyne, P., Falaize, S., & Ayyaswamy, P. S. "Hollow bone mineral-like calcium phosphate particles." U.S. Patent No. 6,416,774. Dec. 11, 2001.