S. Mahalingam (engineer)
S. Mahalingam | |
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| Born | 16 January 1926 |
| Died | 3 November 2015 (aged 89) Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Academic |
Selvadurai Mahalingam (16 January 1926 – 3 November 2015) was a Sri Lankan Tamil mechanical engineer and academic.
Early life and family
Mahalingam was born on 16 January 1926 in Alaveddy in northern Ceylon.[1] He was the son of Selvadurai and Nagamma Sellasaraswathy.[2] When he was young his family moved to Malaya.[1] He was educated at Maxwell School and Victoria College in Malaya.[1] He returned to Ceylon aged 20 and joined Ceylon Technical College in 1946, graduating with a first class B.Sc.Eng. degree.[1][3] He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Sheffield in 1956.[1]
Mahalingam married Devaki.[1][4]
Career
Mahalingam joined the Engineering Faculty of the University of Ceylon (later University of Ceylon, Peradeniya, University of Peradeniya) when it was established in 1950.[1][3][5] In 1958 he wrote highly acclaimed research paper on vibration, Vibration of Branched System: A Displacement Excitation Approach, which was published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics.[1][5] Mahalingam received a D.Sc.Eng. degree from the University of London after which he was promoted to professor.[1][5][6] After retirement in 1991 he served as an emeritus professor at the University of Peradeniya.[6][7]
Mahalingam received the Vidya Jyothi honour in 2005.[8] He died on 3 November 2015 at the private North Central Hospital in Jaffna.[1][5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Professor. S. Mahalingam: A productive scholar, a gifted and devoted teacher". Tamil Diplomat. 5 November 2015.
- ^ "Obituaries: Magalingam - Emeritus Professor Selvadurai". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 4 November 2015.
- ^ a b Mahalingam, S. (2 January 2000). "The reverse brain drain". The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
- ^ "Obituaries 04-11-2015". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 4 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Renowned engineer Professor. S. Mahalingam passes away in Jaffna". Tamil Diplomat. 3 November 2015.
- ^ a b "History, Department of Mechanical Engineering". University of Peradeniya. Archived from the original on 22 October 2010.
- ^ "Professor who loved students & science passes away". Lanka Truth. 5 November 2015.
- ^ "PART I : SECTION (I) — GENERAL Government Notifications NATIONAL HONOURS" (PDF). The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary. 1418/08. 7 November 2005.
- 1926 births
- 2015 deaths
- Academic staff of the University of Ceylon (Peradeniya)
- Academic staff of the University of Peradeniya
- Academic staff of the University of Sri Lanka (Peradeniya)
- Alumni of Ceylon Technical College
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- People from British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan academics
- Sri Lankan Tamil people
- Sri Lankan mechanical engineers
- Vidya Jyothi