Advisory Board

Professor Rajiv Shivpuri:

Dr. Shivpuri is an internationally known expert in manufacturing technologies. He is a graduate of
the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, with a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He
obtained his M.S.  and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Philadelphia’s Drexel
University. While in India as a senior scientist, he was group leader of the Metal Fatigue and
Fracture, Aeronautical Group Development Establishment of Government of India in Bangalore. In
the United States, he served as the senior research engineer at Dyna East Corporation,
Philadelphia. Later he joined the faculty of the Ohio State University (OSU), Columbus, and
coordinated work for the National Science Foundation in the Billet Forming Thrust Area. Professor
Shivpuri also headed the Welding and Systems Engineering Section.

He is a fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers; 2001 President of North American
Manufacturing Research Institute; and member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He has
received numerous awards including the Harrison Award for Outstanding Engineering Education
(1997), OSU; Lumley Research Awards, College of Engineering, OSU (1994, 1997); Silver Anvil
Graduate Awards, Forging Industry Association (1992-93-94); Silver Anvil Undergraduate Award
(Brett Painter, 1994); Forging Industry Association; and Presidential Fellowships from OSU
Graduate School. Dr. Shivpuri is also a member of several prestigious professional societies.


Dr. Naresh Kar:

Dr.Kar is a nationally known independent consultant in microstructural analysis. He is
a Vice President and a Principal at Kar’s Advanced Materials, Inc. Anaheim, CA. The Company has
a complete analytical and testing laboratory for failure analysis, research, and testing, including
state of the art scanning electron microscopes, X-ray analysis, metallographic preparation and
microscopy, materials forensic analysis facility.

Dr Kar has 11 issued and six pending patents, and numerous publications in the fields of his
expertise. Dr. Kar is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, with a BS degree in
Metallurgical Engineering, and he received his M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in Materials Science and
Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a California-registered professional
engineer and is a Fellow of both the American Society of Materials International and American
College of Forensics Examiners.


Aydin Aksoy

Aydin has consulted for several large industrial companies. He designed various solid computer
models as a solution provider. He has successfully implemented consulting, training and hotline
support services for various customers. Other duties included demonstrations and lectured in
universities on CAD/CAE/CAM systems and applications. He is an expert in the utilization of the I-
DEAS software and automated business processes.

Aydin has  led a project team for Mellon Bank Global Trust Services that developed methodologies
to predict required foreign currency transfers for custody operations. He conducted research on
the “Software Applications of the Advanced Cost Management Techniques: Activity Based
Costing”, “Organizational Learning Through Teams for Technological Innovation”, and
“Concurrent Engineering.”

Aydin obtained a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, later  
received a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He has a
second M.S. degree from the same school in Technology Management.