S. Mahalingam (engineer)
| Vidya Jyothi S. Mahalingam | |
|---|---|
| Born |
16 January 1926 Alaveddy, Ceylon |
| Died |
3 November 2015 (aged 89) Jaffna, Sri Lanka |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
| 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
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "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.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 4 "Renowned engineer Professor. S. Mahalingam passes away in Jaffna". Tamil Diplomat. 3 November 2015.
- 1 2 "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.