1. Ishwar Kanwar Puri was born on 1959 and is an Indian-American and Canadian scientist, engineer, and academic.
13 Facts About Ishwar Puri
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Ishwar Puri studied at St Xavier's School, Delhi from 1964 to 1976.
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Ishwar Puri's mother, Sushila Gaind Puri, was a pioneering anesthesiologist in New Delhi, and his father, Krishan Kanwar Puri, completed his doctoral dissertation from University of Munster in 1955.
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Ishwar Puri is listed among the top two percent of scientists in the Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators based on citations to his work.
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Ishwar Puri has explained the structure and extinction of counterflow diffusion flames, use of magnetic fluids for heat transfer and drug targeting, how biological inks can be formulated to print mammalian cells into three-dimensional cellular structures with diamagnetophoresis, and provided mathematical models for the progression of disease, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
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Ishwar Puri's books include Combustion Science and Engineering, CRC Press, Advanced Thermodynamics Engineering, and Environmental Implications of Combustion Processes.
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Ishwar Puri has oversight over protection of human subject research, animal care and use for research, research integrity, research contracts and grants, research advancement, initiatives and facilities, research strategy and technology, intellectual property commercialization, and entrepreneurship and startup programs.
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Ishwar Puri arrived there from the University of Illinois at Chicago after 15 years of service at various ranks, leaving as Professor and Executive Associate Dean of Engineering.
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Ishwar Puri played a role in the reoccupation of that space.
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Ishwar Puri has served as the elected chair of Engineering Deans Canada.
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Ishwar Puri is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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Ishwar Puri received the 2021 Engineering Excellence Award from Professional Engineers Ontario and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers.
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Ishwar Puri writes on issues at the intersection of science, technology, education and society.