NE NEWS SERVICE
WASHINGTON, APRIL 21
US President Donald Trump has appointed Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu to country’s top science board on Monday.
Babu, who is from the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed as a member of the National Science Board for a six-year term, the White House said on Monday, as it announced several key administrative appointments.
In this role, he bridges ORNL expertise, including Department of Energy’s manufacturing demonstration facility, to develop a collaborative research ecosystem locally and employ engineering solutions to manufacturing industries.
He has 21 years of experience in advanced manufacturing, additive manufacturing, physical metallurgy and computational materials modeling.
Babu would be the third Indian American in this prestigious board. The other two being Sethuraman Panchanathan from the Arizona State University and Suresh V Garimella from University of Vermont.
