Indian-origin man appointed to top US science board by Trump
US President Donald Trump appointed Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu to the country's top science board.
Babu, who is from the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed as a member of the National Science Board for a six-year term, the White House said, as it announced several key administrative appointments. He is the third Indian American to be selected on this board.
Babu earned his Master of Technology (industrial metallurgy - welding) from IIT-Madras in 1988 and a Bachelor of Eengineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore in 1986.
He holds a PhD in Materials Science and Metallurgy from Cambridge University, and is currently Director of the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, as well as ORNL Governor's Chair of Advanced Manufacturing.
In this role, he bridges ORNL expertise, including the Department of Energy's manufacturing demonstration facility, to develop a collaborative research ecosystem locally and employ engineering solutions to manufacturing industries.
He has 21 years of experience in advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, physical metallurgy and computational materials modelling.
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