1. Name: Swami Karunamoorthy
2. Education:
Degree Discipline Institution Year
B.S. Physics Madras University, India 1972
B.S. Aeronautical Engineering Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), India 1975
M.S. Aeronautical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India 1978
D.Sc. Mechanical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis, MO. 1985
3. Academic Experience:
Institution Rank Title Dates Held FT/PT
Washington University in St. Louis Professor of Practice 2014 – Present FT
Washington University in St. Louis Professor Director of the SEAS – ABET Program 2014 – Present FT
Saint Louis University Professor 1985 – 2014 FT
4. Non-academic experience:
Organization Title Duties Dates FT/PT
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore, India
Design Engineer Perform rotor dynamics in Helicopter design 1977– 1981 FT
5. Certifications or professional registrations: None
6. Membership in professional organizations:
a. Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
b. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
c. Member, American Helicopter Society
d. Member, American Society of Engineering Education
7. Honors and Awards:
Honorary member of Pi Tau Sigma – Pi Chi Chapter
ASME – St. Louis Section award for Dedicated Service
AHS – Gold circle award
ABET – Commissioner Service award
AIAA – St. Louis Section award
8. Service activities:
a. Chair of ASME – St. Louis Section, 2004-05
b. Vice President, AHS Midwest Region, 2001 – 2011
c. Commissioner of EAC of ABET, 2015 – Present
d. Program Evaluator, ABET, 1995 – Present
e. Member of CEA of ASME, 2013 – Present
9. Publications and presentations from past five years:
a. S. Karunamoorthy, “Design of a Typical Outcome Portfolio for Assessment and
Continuous Improvement”, AIAA 2010-895, 48 th AIAA Aerospace Sciences
Meeting, January 4-7, 2010, Orlando, Florida
b. S. Karunamoorthy, “Performance Criteria – The Missing Link in Assessment
Chain for Continuous Program Improvement”, AIAA 2011-363, 49 th AIAA
Aerospace Sciences Meeting, January 4-7, 2011, Orlando, Florida
c. S. Karunamoorthy, “Development of an “S.M.A.R.T” Assessment System for
Accreditation and Continuous Program Improvement”, IMECE 2011-63783,
Proceedings of the ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress
& Exposition, November 11-17, 2011, Denver, Colorado
d. S. Karunamoorthy, “A Rule Based Method to Construct the Mohr’s Circle for
Plane Stress”, IMECE2014-36471, Proceedings of the ASME 2014 International
Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 14-20, 2014,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
10. Recent Professional development activities:
a. Participated in AIAA annual conference
b. Participated in ASME annual conference
c. Participated in ABET Symposium