Ishwar Puri

indian-American scientist and engineer
Person human Q6080720
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Summary

Ishwar Puri was born on 1959[1] in New Delhi[2]. He has worked as an engineer[3], mechanical engineer[4], scientist[5], and university teacher[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: United States[8]
  • Field of work: applied physics[9]
  • Employer: McMaster University[10], University of Illinois Chicago[11], Virginia Tech[12], University of Southern California[13]
  • Educated at: University of California, San Diego[14]
  • Doctoral advisor: Kalyanasundaram Seshadri[15]
  • Award received: Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers[16], Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[17]
  • Sex or gender: male[18]
  • Doctoral student: Ranjan Ganguly[19], Ritwick Ghosh[20], Ming-Hua Yang[21], Ki-Yong Lee[22], Zhuang Shu[23], Pankaj Bajaj[24], Xudong Xiao[25], Chun Wai Choi[26], Xiao Qin[27], Paolo Berta[28], Andrew J. Lock[29], Anindya Kanti De[30], Soumik Banerjee[31], Sayangdev Naha[32]
  • Residence: Canada[33]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[34]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[35]

Why It Matters

Ishwar Puri is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

FAQs

Where was Ishwar Puri born?

Ishwar Puri's place of birth was New Delhi[2].

What did Ishwar Puri do for work?

Ishwar Puri worked as an engineer[3], mechanical engineer[4], scientist[5], and university teacher[6].

Where did Ishwar Puri go to school?

Ishwar Puri was educated at University of California, San Diego[14].

What awards did Ishwar Puri receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers[16] and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . ORCID Public Data File 2023. Retrieved . pub.orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ccst.us. ccst.us. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . aaas.org. aaas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [1] ↑ . NUKAT. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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