Short Bio of Som D Karamchetty, PhD
As a GS-15 executive in the Federal Government, Dr. Karamchetty managed research projects, and formulated multi-million dollar research programs in emerging technologies and next generation and future systems at the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Maryland for sixteen years. His strengths are in comprehending and analyzing situations and suggesting problem-solving ideas.
Since his retirement from ARL in 2004, Som has been running his own consulting business in technology and management with a focus on concept generation. He has studied several problem environments and situations, analyzed them and suggested technology and management concepts to address the problems. His white papers and presentations covered advanced technologies to combat corruption, rural development, Panchayat planning, Maslow’s hierarchical revolutions for economic development, job opportunities in a developed India, discovering outsourcing opportunities, ID technologies, and exponential development of railways.
As a volunteer business counselor with the US Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), he devotes about five hundred hours of his time annually counseling hundreds of US entrepreneurs as they start and grow their businesses. As a charter member of the Capital IIT Alumni Association, he was active in developing concepts like Idea Foundry and a marquee thought-leadership program called, WHEELS. Having been selected as a delegate-at-large in 2005, Som participated in the White House Conference on Aging and contributed to the development of implementation strategies.
Earlier at Martin Marietta Data Systems, he was the Principal Technology Investigator for AI and managed Advanced Technology projects. As program manager at Mechanical Technology Inc., in Latham, NY, Som developed a number of advanced concepts and managed thermal systems projects. His other research and development accomplishments were in energy systems, computational methods, wire ropes, and biometrics. He has four patents in engineering and computing. Som has done extensive work in energy systems for the US Department of Energy, Gas Research Institute, NASA, and Electric Power Research Institute.
After graduating with honors in Mechanical Engineering from the Engineering College, Kakinada, Som was selected as a Senior Teaching Fellow. He received M. Tech. and PhD degrees from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, in 1962 and 1965 respectively. He was on the faculty of IIT in India for ten years, and the University of Newcastle, Australia for nine years. He was a visiting faculty member at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; ARL Distinguished Professor at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College, MD.
Since his retirement from ARL in 2004, Som has been running his own consulting business in technology and management with a focus on concept generation. He has studied several problem environments and situations, analyzed them and suggested technology and management concepts to address the problems. His white papers and presentations covered advanced technologies to combat corruption, rural development, Panchayat planning, Maslow’s hierarchical revolutions for economic development, job opportunities in a developed India, discovering outsourcing opportunities, ID technologies, and exponential development of railways.
As a volunteer business counselor with the US Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE), he devotes about five hundred hours of his time annually counseling hundreds of US entrepreneurs as they start and grow their businesses. As a charter member of the Capital IIT Alumni Association, he was active in developing concepts like Idea Foundry and a marquee thought-leadership program called, WHEELS. Having been selected as a delegate-at-large in 2005, Som participated in the White House Conference on Aging and contributed to the development of implementation strategies.
Earlier at Martin Marietta Data Systems, he was the Principal Technology Investigator for AI and managed Advanced Technology projects. As program manager at Mechanical Technology Inc., in Latham, NY, Som developed a number of advanced concepts and managed thermal systems projects. His other research and development accomplishments were in energy systems, computational methods, wire ropes, and biometrics. He has four patents in engineering and computing. Som has done extensive work in energy systems for the US Department of Energy, Gas Research Institute, NASA, and Electric Power Research Institute.
After graduating with honors in Mechanical Engineering from the Engineering College, Kakinada, Som was selected as a Senior Teaching Fellow. He received M. Tech. and PhD degrees from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, in 1962 and 1965 respectively. He was on the faculty of IIT in India for ten years, and the University of Newcastle, Australia for nine years. He was a visiting faculty member at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; ARL Distinguished Professor at Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA; and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland University College, MD.
Accomplishments at Martin Marietta Data Systems (MMDS)
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Accomplishments at US Army Research Laboratory (ARL)
Accomplishments at Mechanical Technology Inc. (MTI)
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Accomplishments at Energy and Environmental Analysis Inc. (EEA)
Volunteer Activities
Accomplishments at Drexel University
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