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 Surendra
Gupta
Professor
Phone: 585-475-2158
E-mail: skgeme@rit.edu
Office: 2071 Gleason
URL: http://www.rit.edu/~skgeme/
Biography:
Dr. Vinnie Gupta is currently a professor in the department of mechanical
engineering and has taught at RIT since 1981. He holds a B. Tech. in metallurgical
engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur), an MS in
metallurgical engineering and materials science from the University of
Notre Dame, an MS in computer science from RIT, an MS in mechanical engineering
and Ph. D. in materials science from the University of Rochester. Prior
to joining RIT, Professor Gupta worked in industrial research and development
for three years. At RIT, Professor Gupta teaches undergraduate and graduate
courses in the areas of Materials Science, Mechanics and Computational
Methods. He is also on the faculty of graduate program in materials science
and engineering. Dr. Gupta is a recipient of the 2000 Eisenhart Award
for Excellence in Teaching. For the last six years, he has been elected
to serve as a representative for the College of Engineering in the Academic
Senate. He has been a member of the Institute Effective Teaching Committee
for the last four years, and has chaired it for the last two years. He
manages the Advanced Materials Lab and the Materials Synthesis Lab in
the department.
Dr. Gupta is the campus representative (since 1987) for the American
Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). He is the recipient of several
ASEE awards: St. Lawrence Section Outstanding Educator Award, Zone I Outstanding
Campus Representative Award. He also received an Honorable Mention in
the ASME 1997 Curriculum Innovation Awards.
Dr. Gupta works with area industry on several materials development and
characterization projects. Besides teaching, his recent focus has been
on enhancing the teaching and learning environment on RIT campus. He is
also very interested in involving undergraduate students in multidisciplinary
research in materials science and engineering.
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