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AJIT D. KELKAR Professor and Chair, Nanoengineering Associate Director, Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering 2901 E. Lee St., Ste. 2200, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA (336) 217-5184, Fax: (336) 217-5179 E-mail: kelkar@ , ajitkelkar@ EDUCATION: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1985 M.S., Mechanical Engineering, South Dakota State University, South Dakota, 1981 B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Poona University, Poona, India, 1975 ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Professor and Chair, Nanoengineering, September 2010-Present Director, Computational Science and Engineering, January 2005 –August 2010 Associate Director, Center for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures, May 2003-present Professor, Mechanical Engineering, NC AT State University, July 1996-December 2004 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, NC AT State University, July 1989-June 1996 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering,NC AT State University, August 1985-June 1989 NASA Doctoral Research Fellow, NASA Langley Research Center, August 1981-July1985 Graduate Research Assistant, South Dakota State University, August 1980-July 1981 Graduate Teaching Assistant, South Dakota State University, August 1979-July 1980 INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE: Quality Control Engineer, TELCO, Poona, India, February 1979  July 1979 Sales/Application Engineer, Cummins Diesel Sales and Service, January 1977-January 1979 Assembly Manager, Kirloskar Cummins Limited, Poona, India, September 1975December 1977 CONSULTING EXPERIENCE: Daimler Chrysler Safety Systems Inc., Salisbury, NC Volvo, Greensboro, NC CRS Technologies, Greensboro, NC Aqualine Inc., Winston-Salem, NC Thomas Built Buses, High Point, NC Swanson Analysis Systems Inc. (ANSYS), Pittsburgh CASI, Inc, Urbana, Illinois North State Pyrophyllite Inc., Greensboro, NC Turner Woodworks Inc., NC Actinic Inc., Greensboro, NC University of Illinois, Computer Science Department, Illino