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|name = P. N. Shankar<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1944|08|13}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[India]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|04|15|1944|08|13}}<br />
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|citizenship = Indian<br />
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|field = [[Fluid Mechanics]]<br />
|work_institutions = [[University of Maryland]] <br/>[[National Aerospace Laboratories]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[Imperial College]] <br/> [[California Institute of Technology]]<br />
| thesis_title = I. The effect of droplet solidification upon two-phase flow in a rocket nozzle. II. A kinetic theory investigation of some condensation-evaporation phenomena by a moment method<ref>{{Cite thesis|url=https://thesis.library.caltech.edu/9341/|doi = 10.7907/X1YG-2K03|year = 1968|last1 = Shankar|first1 = Pattamadai Narasimhan|title = I. The effect of droplet solidification upon two-phase flow in a rocket nozzle. II. A kinetic theory investigation of some condensation-evaporation phenomena by a moment method|publisher = California Institute of Technology|type = phd}}</ref><br />
| thesis_year = 1968<br />
|doctoral_advisor = [[Frank E. Marble]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=134536 |title=P. N. Shankar - The Mathematics Genealogy Project |publisher=Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu |date=4 April 2017 |accessdate=8 May 2017}}</ref><br />
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'''Pattamadai Narasimhan Shankar''' was an [[Indian people|Indian]] scientist who worked in the field of [[fluid dynamics]]. He was married to [[Priti Shankar]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
He did his schooling in India and Switzerland, while obtaining his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1964 from [[Imperial College London]]. He completed his PhD degree in engineering science from [[California Institute of Technology]] under the supervision of [[Frank E. Marble]] in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/116/10/1760.pdf |title=Obit |date=25 May 2019 |website=www.currentscience.ac.in |access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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==Career and research==<br />
He worked at [[General Electric]] for two years before becoming an assistant professor at [[University of Maryland]] for the period 1970-72. In 1972, he moved to [[National Aerospace Laboratories]] and stayed there until his retirement in 2004.<br />
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==Publications==<br />
Shankar is the author of several journal articles, mostly appeared in the [[Journal of Fluid Mechanics]] and [[Proceedings of the Royal Society]]. He is the author of the book:<br />
* {{cite book|author=P. N. Shankar|title=Slow Viscous Flows: Qualitative Features and Quantitative Analysis Using Complex Eigenfunction Expansions|year=2007|publisher=Imperial College Press|isbn=978-1860947810}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=P. N. Shankar|title=How to make a telescope?}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/HowToBuildATelescope-English-P.N.Shankar|title=HOW TO BUILD A TELESCOPE? - ENGLISH - P. N. SHANKAR|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><br />
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==Honors==<br />
He was the 1971 recipient of Robert T. Knapp Award given by [[ASME]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/robert-t-knapp-award |title=Awards list |website=www.asme.org |access-date=17 August 2019}}</ref> He was elected as fellow in [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 1992.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{MathGenealogy|id=134536}}<br />
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