{"id":631,"date":"2010-03-16T13:47:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T18:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?page_id=631"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:17:28","slug":"parameswaran-v-r-sivan","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/parameswaran-v-r-sivan\/","title":{"rendered":"Parameswaran, V.R. (Sivan)"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.Sc. (Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics); B.Tech. (Hons). (Metallurgical Engineering); Ph. D. (Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.&nbsp; P. Eng. &#8211; Registered Professional Engineer More than 50 years of R&amp;D in Govt. Labs, Private Industry and Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physics and mechanics of materials and application to frozen ground<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Permafrost engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring the freezing\/thawing interface in the Canadian Arctic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measurement of electrical freezing and thawing potentials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advanced materials and processing and applications to engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than 70 papers in International Journals and Refereed Conference Proceedings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More than 100 Technical Reports on various aspects in Science and Engineering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Author of three books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Some Publications on Cold Regions Science and Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElectrical Freezing Potentials during Permafrost Aggradation at the Illisarvik Drained Lake Experiment, Western Arctic Coast, Canada\u201d, Ninth International Conference on Permafrost, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 2008, pp 1363-1368.&nbsp;&nbsp; (with C. R. Burn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Electrical potentials measured during growth of lake ice, Mackenzie Delta area, NWT\u201d, in Proceedings, Seventh International Conference on Permafrost, Yellowknife, NWT. (Quebec City: Nordicana) pp. 101-106. (with C. R. Burn et al.) \u201cA note on electrical freezing and shorting potentials\u201d, Cold Regions Science and Technology, V 41, 83-89, (2005).&nbsp;&nbsp; (with C. R. Burn, et al.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElectrical freezing potentials measured in a pingo growing in the western Canadian Arctic\u201d, Cold Regions Science and Technology, V 24, 191 (1996). (With J. R. Mackay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cExtended failure time in the creep of frozen soils\u201d, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 6, 233 (1987).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFailure time in creep\u201d, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 6, 89 (1987).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Effect of alternating stress on the creep of frozen soils\u201d, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 4, 109 (1985).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cStrength and deformation of frozen sand at -30 C\u201d, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 19, 104 (1982). (with M. Roy)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books:&nbsp;&nbsp; Co-Author (Editor) of three books<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Workshops on Subsea Permafrost and Pipelines in Permafrost &#8211; Proceedings\u00a0\u00a0 November 18-19, 1985, NRC of Canada, Technical Memorandum No. 139, NRCC-26706, 165 p.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advances in Gas Turbine Engine Materials.\u00a0 Proceedings of the CIM International\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Symposium held in Ottawa, August 1991, 376 p.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Johannes Weertman Symposium Proceedings, TMS Annual Meeting in Anaheim\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 California, February 4-8, 1996, 481 p.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Memberships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Founding Chairman of the Ottawa Glaciological Group under the International Glaciological Society, organized several monthly symposia, in the early 80&#8217;s, Chaired the Group for three years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canadian Correspondent for ICE for several years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Associate Editor of the Journal of Cold Regions Engineering of the ASCE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ASM International, Chairman of the Ottawa Valley Chapter (Jan. &#8217;93 to July &#8217;94)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member of TMS (The Metallurgical and Materials Society)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizer and Session Chair in several international conferences and workshops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest Researcher &#8211; National Research Council Canada, Institute for Research in Construction, Ottawa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjunct Professor &#8211; Carleton University Department of Geography and Environmental Studies,\u00a0 Ottawa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member American Society of Civil Engineers (MASCE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"V.R. 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