Parameswaran, V.R. (Sivan)

• B.Sc., B. Tech (Hons), Ph.D., P. Eng.

Biography

B.Sc. (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics); B.Tech. (Hons). (Metallurgical Engineering); Ph. D. (Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.  P. Eng. – Registered Professional Engineer More than 50 years of R&D in Govt. Labs, Private Industry and Universities.

Research Interests

• Physics and mechanics of materials and application to frozen ground
• Permafrost engineering
• Monitoring the freezing/thawing interface in the Canadian Arctic
• Measurement of electrical freezing and thawing potentials
• Advanced materials and processing and applications to engineering

Publications

• More than 70 papers in International Journals and Refereed Conference Proceedings
• More than 100 Technical Reports on various aspects in Science and Engineering.
• Author of three books

 Some Publications on Cold Regions Science and Engineering

“Electrical Freezing Potentials during Permafrost Aggradation at the Illisarvik Drained Lake Experiment, Western Arctic Coast, Canada”, Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 2008, pp 1363-1368.   (with C. R. Burn)

‘Electrical potentials measured during growth of lake ice, Mackenzie Delta area, NWT”, in Proceedings, Seventh International Conference on Permafrost, Yellowknife, NWT. (Quebec City: Nordicana) pp. 101-106. (with C. R. Burn et al.) “A note on electrical freezing and shorting potentials”, Cold Regions Science and Technology, V 41, 83-89, (2005).   (with C. R. Burn, et al.)

“Electrical freezing potentials measured in a pingo growing in the western Canadian Arctic”, Cold Regions Science and Technology, V 24, 191 (1996). (With J. R. Mackay)

“Extended failure time in the creep of frozen soils”, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 6, 233 (1987).

“Failure time in creep”, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 6, 89 (1987).

“Effect of alternating stress on the creep of frozen soils”, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 4, 109 (1985).

“Strength and deformation of frozen sand at -30 C”, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 19, 104 (1982). (with M. Roy)

Books:   Co-Author (Editor) of three books

•  Workshops on Subsea Permafrost and Pipelines in Permafrost – Proceedings   November 18-19, 1985, NRC of Canada, Technical Memorandum No. 139, NRCC-26706, 165 p.
• Advances in Gas Turbine Engine Materials.  Proceedings of the CIM International      Symposium held in Ottawa, August 1991, 376 p.
• The Johannes Weertman Symposium Proceedings, TMS Annual Meeting in Anaheim      California, February 4-8, 1996, 481 p.

Memberships

• Founding Chairman of the Ottawa Glaciological Group under the International Glaciological Society, organized several monthly symposia, in the early 80’s, Chaired the Group for three years.
• Canadian Correspondent for ICE for several years.
• Reviewer of papers and books for major scientific journals such as Cold Regions Science and Technology, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering and others.
• Associate Editor of the Journal of Cold Regions Engineering of the ASCE
• ASM International, Chairman of the Ottawa Valley Chapter (Jan. ’93 to July ’94)
• Member of TMS (The Metallurgical and Materials Society)
• Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
• Organizer and Session Chair in several international conferences and workshops
• Guest Researcher – National Research Council Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa.
• Adjunct Professor – Carleton University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,  Ottawa
• Member American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE)