R. K. Chetty Pandipati

R. K. Chetty Pandipati
Born
India
NationalityAmerican
EducationElectronics & Communication Engineering
AwardsNASA Distinguished Public Service Medal
NASA Silver Achievement Medal

Radha Krishnaiah Chetty Pandipati (also known as R. K. Chetty Pandipati and P. R. K. Chetty) is an Electronics and Communications Engineer and author.

Pandipati works at NASA as a contractor.[1][2][3]

Biography

Pandipati was born in India.[4] After receiving his undergraduate education at Andhra University, Kakinad, India, where he earned his B.E. degree, he joined Indian Space Research Organization, in 1972. While working there, he pursued his graduate studies and earned Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, India, in 1978. He then joined the staff of Caltech, Pasadena, USA as a research fellow in 1979.

Later on, he worked at Sundstrand Corporation,[5] Rockford, Illinois and Fairchild Space Company, before starting at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a contractor[1][2][3] and he has been working there since 1994.

He is the author of Switch Mode Power Supply Design,[6] and Satellite Technology & its Applications,[7] published by McGraw-Hill Inc.

He was elected to the grade of IEEE Fellow in 1994.[8][9]

Medals & Awards

Medals

Awards

  • ATA Excellence & Recognition Award in Science & Technology, 2016
  • NASA GSFC Thomas J. Budney Award for Engineering Integrity 2009
  • NASA GSFC Exceptional Achievement Award, 1997
  • Indian Space Research Organization Distinguished Achievement Award 1975

Patents

  • Donald G. Fair and Pandipati R.K. Chetty, "Soft-Start Control for a Push-pull Converter-Regulator with a Flux Balancing Circuit", U.S. Patent Number 4598351, dated July 1, 1986. https://patents.google.com/patent/US4598351

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b Robert Kichak, Eric Young, Chetty Pandipati, Robert Cooke, "International Space Station (ISS) External Television (TV) Camera Shutdown Investigation", NASA/TM-2009-215572; NESC-RP-06-49/06-001-E, February 2009. See pages 12 & 111.
    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090014721.pdf
  2. ^ a b Steven J. Gentz, Radha "Chetty" Pandipati, Jerri Ling, Thomas Miller, Judith Jeevarajan, Gerald Halpert, Albert Zimmerman, "Technical Consultation of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Nickel Hydrogen (NiH2) Battery Charge Capacity Prediction" NASNTM-2005-213916/Version 1.0; NESC-RP-04-08/04-050-E, September 2005. See pages 1, 3, 6 & 8.
    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20050228898.pdf
  3. ^ a b R.K. Chetty Pandipati and Marlon Enciso, "Positively Verifying Mating of Previously Unverifiable Flight Connectors", NASA Tech briefs, September 2011.
    https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120000430.pdf
  4. ^ R. K. Chetty Pandipati biography, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace Electronics and Systems, Vol.AES-15, No.1, Jan 1979, USA.
    http://ieeeexplore.ws/document/4102110/
  5. ^ R. K. Chetty Pandipati biography, IEEE Aerospace Electronic Systems Magazine, Vol:7, No:4, April 1992, page-29, USA.
    http://ieeeexplore.ws/document/143195/
  6. ^ Switch Mode Power Supply Design
    http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?title=Switch%20mode%20power%20supply%20design&rn=1
  7. ^ Satellite Technology & its Applications
    http://copac.jisc.ac.uk/search?title=Satellite%20technology%20and%20its%20applications&rn=3
  8. ^ IEEE Active Fellows
    IEEE
  9. ^ IEEE Fellows Directory
    IEEE
  10. ^ "Agency Awards Historical Recipients List", Page 161
    https://searchpub.nssc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/Agency_Awards_Historical_Recipient_List.pdf?rhid=1000&did=2120817&type=released