Dr. Suresh K. Sitaram
Dr. Suresh K. Sitaraman is a Regents’ Professor and a Morris M. Bryan, Jr. endowed Professor in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Dr. Sitaraman is the Director for the Flexible and Wearable Electronics Advanced Research (FlexWEAR@Tech) Program and the Director for the Computer-Aided Simulation of Packaging Reliability (CASPaR) Lab at Georgia Tech. His expertise is in the areas of fabrication, characterization, physics-based modeling, and thermal-mechanical and reliable design of nano-scale and micro-scale structures for a wide range of applications. Dr. Sitaraman has co-authored more than 340 journal and conference publications in these areas. He has managed several research and development projects funded by US federal agencies, industry, and other sources totaling millions of dollars, and has mentored a vast array of post-doctoral fellows as well as doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s, and high-school students. Prior to joining Georgia Tech in 1995, Dr. Sitaraman was with IBM Corp.
Dr. Sitaraman’s work has been recognized through several awards and honors. Among them, he has received a Best Associate Editor award from the IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology (T-CPMT) in 2023, the Zeigler Outstanding Educator Award from Georgia Tech/Mechanical Engineering in 2019, the Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award (Team Leader) from Georgia Tech in 2017 and the ASME/EPPD (Electronic and Photonic Packaging Division) Applied Mechanics Award in 2012. Dr. Sitaraman has received the Sustained Research Award from Georgia Tech – Sigma Xi in 2008 and the Outstanding Faculty Leadership Award for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants, Georgia Tech in 2006. His co-authored papers have won the Commendable Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging in 2004 and the Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies in 2001 and 2000. Dr. Sitaraman has also received the Metro-Atlanta Engineer of the Year in Education Award in 1999 and the NSF-CAREER Award in 1997. Dr. Sitaraman is an ASME Fellow and a NextFlex Fellow.
Dr Suresh Sitaraman received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from The Ohio State University, his Master of Applied Science (M. A. Sc.) degree from the University of Ottawa, Canada and his B. Eng. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli (now known as National Institute of Technology) affiliated with the University of Madras, India. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award for Excellence in Academic/Research from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in 2014 and the Thomas French Achievement Award for alumni who have distinguished themselves as scholars and educators from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University in 2012.