Dr. T. S. Srivatsan ["DR. SRI."] is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron (Akron, Ohio). He received his undergraduate degree: Bachelor of Engineering (BE ME, 1980) in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University: Visvesvaraya College of Engineering in 1980, and subsequently graduate degrees [Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering (M.S. 1981) and Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (Ph.D. 1984)] from Georgia Institute of Technology, specializing in fields synergizing all aspects related to processing, characterization and mechanical behavior of engineering and engineered materials.

Subsequent to graduating in 1984, Dr. Srivatsan worked in the position of Research Engineer at the Georgia Tech. Research Institute and later as Lead Project Engineer and Manager of Research and Development at Materials Modification Inc. (Falls Church, Virginia). Dr. Srivatsan joined the faculty in The Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Akron in August 1987. Since then, he has instructed undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of: (i) Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Processes, (ii) Mechanical Behavior of Materials, (iii) Fatigue of Engineering Materials and Structures, (iv) Fracture Mechanics, (v) Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, (vi) Mechanical Measurements, (vii) Design of Mechanical Systems and (viii) Mechanical Engineering Laboratory. He has authored/edited twenty-seven [27] books in areas cross-pollinating mechanical design; processing and fabrication of advanced materials; deformation, fatigue and fracture of ordered intermetallic materials; machining of composites; failure analysis; and technology of rapid solidification processing of materials. His research areas currently span the fatigue and fracture behavior of advanced materials to include monolithics, intermetallics and metal-matrix composites; processing techniques for advanced materials; inter-relationship between processing and mechanical behavior; electron microscopy and failure analysis. His funding comes primarily from industries and has exceeded two-million dollars. Dr. Srivatsan also serves as the editor of the international journal on Materials and Manufacturing Processes. He has since graduation lectured extensively around the world, while also authoring and/or co-authoring over three-hundred and thirty (340) archival publications in: (a) International Journals (210), (b) Proceedings of national and international conferences (110), and (c) Chapters in books (20).

Dr. Srivatsan was recognized as Outstanding Young Alumnus of Georgia Institute of Technology in 1996, as FELLOW of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1998, and as FELLOW of The American Society for Materials International in 2002. He offers his knowledge in research services to the U.S. Government, National Research Laboratories, and industries related to aerospace, automotive, power-generation, and leisure-related products.