Dr. Som Karamchetty

Sole Member, SomeTechnologies LLC

Potomac, MD

Management of Academic Research Programs:

1976 Visiting Professor, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (on sabbatical from The University of Newcastle, Australia)

Managed subcontractors, consultants, graduate students, and staff and worked with resident professors (Dr. Harry Brown and Dr. Bernie Hammel) in developing models and in setting up the premier industrial waste heat recovery database for the US Department of Energy (DOE)

Aug 1969 to Jun 1978 Senior Lecturer (Professor), The University of Newcastle, Australia

Supervised graduate students and conducted research work in energy systems and wire ropes.

Conducted and published basic research work on wire ropes and Wankel engine combustion

Aug 1959 to Jul 1969 Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India

Supervised and conducted research in engines and wind energy systems.

Invented a reciprocating engine enhancement called Surge Cycle

Published in journals

Organized national seminars (Seminar on Diesel Power)

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