About Me

I am P. Venkataraman (Venkat, if that is too much of a mouthful)

I graduated from I.I.T. Kanpur in 1974 with a B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering.

I worked in Helicopter Design at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore between 1974 and 1979.

I graduated from Rice University with a PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science in 1984.

I was a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology from 1983 to 2019.

I am currently a retired academic with interests in publishing free etextbooks, creating mathematics inspired digital design, learning Carnatic music, gardening, and experimenting with vegetarian cuisine