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SUBBIAH RAMALINGAM
Pages 238-243

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From page 239...
... His father and elder brother were engineers and, with funds borrowed by his brother, he entered the new, highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. In addition to his studies he organized a film society (showing movies on a suspended bedsheet)
From page 240...
... His major research and expertise included thin films for tribological applications, intelligent sensors, real-time sens ing for manufacturing automation, solid lubricants, thin-film deposition processes and coating technology, machining and metal cutting theory, metal forming, closed loop control of machining, and manufacturing automation. He is regarded as one of the pioneers in the study of machining processes, sensors, and friction and wear (tribology)
From page 241...
... and a member of the Materials Research Society, American Society of Metals, and North American Manufacturing Research Institute. And because he admired the journal of the Japan Society for Precision Engineering, he became the society's first non-Japanese member, traveling several times to Japan and mastering conversational Japanese.
From page 242...
... He was a remarkable engineer and professor whose contributions over the years left an indelible mark on our community. He is survived by Vivian (née Safowitz)


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