K. Chelvakumar
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
● Solar power: cell physics, panel production, off-shore installations and solar power economics and finance
● Finance and management for engineers
● Healthcare finance and engineering mechanics
Professional Summary
Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2015 to present)
Visiting Professor, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (2015 to present)
President, EPIR Technologies, Inc., Bolingbrook, IL (2010 – 2015)
Chairman of the Board of Directors , Caritas Business Services, Redwood City, CA (2007 to 2010)
Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Responsibility Officer, Saint Louise Regional Hospital, Gilroy, CA (2006 to 2010)
Controller, St. Francis Medical Center, Lynwood, CA (2001 to 2006)
Operating Partner, ReproNet, Los Angeles, CA (1992 to 2000)
Adjunct Professor, California State University, Los Angeles & Fullerton Campuses, CA (1983 to 2001)
Tenure-track Professor, Carnegie Mellon University (1985 to 1989)
Assistant Lecturer, Peradeniya University, Sri Lanka (1979 to 1980)