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Dr. Srikanth Pilla is the Robert Patrick Jenkins endowed professor and Dean’s faculty fellow of automotive engineering at Clemson University. He is also the founding director of Clemson Composites Center and Director of the Automotive Engineering Certificate Program. Dr. Pilla also holds a joint appointment in the department of materials science and engineering and mechanical engineering at Clemson. His research interests are in the fundamentals and applications of sustainable and lightweight, functional materials and manufacturing. His aim is to create a crosscutting paradigm at the interface of polymer chemistry, polymer physics, energy resources, materials engineering, manufacturing science, and computational theories. He has co-authored over 100 widely cited, peer-reviewed archival publications. He edited the world’s leading handbook in bioplastics and biocomposites and four SAE-Progress in Technology Series books and he is the recipient of numerous awards in the industry.
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Covercraft • Ironclad Performance Wear • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Opportunities lead to initiatives. Initiatives create breakthroughs. Breakthroughs discover innovations and innovations benefit mankind.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Srikanth shares about challenges he’s experienced integrating his research into his domain.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
Mini Cooper
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Don’t look for opportunities, but create opportunities.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Automotive Engineering Magazine
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Vehicle Design: Aesthetic Principles in Transportation Design,by Jordan Meadows
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
If you are interested in the field of automotive engineering, please consider Clemson University’s Automobile Engineering Program.
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