Role
in the project: Co-Principal Investigator
Contact
details
Posta address:IITG,
Guwahati, Assam, India
Email: aynurunal@iitg.ernet.in
Tel
: +91 (0)361-258-3437 (office direct);
Fax: +91 (0) 361-258-4803
Profile
Prof. Dr. Aynur Ünal is the Strategic adviser and
Visiting Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT
Guwahati. She is the former Dean of Engineering and Technology of Ansal
University, Gurgaon, New Delhi and Lucknow and built a product focus engineering
program using the cloud based infrastructure. Ecologically and Socially
responsible engineering, Zero waste Initiative and Sustainable Green
Engineering with Rural e-health, e-services such as digital nursing,
care-on-wheel and early diagnostics are some of the programs she has led with
her students. Her vision of Open Innovation using Digital Monozukuri is
accepted by Prime Minister Modi to be implemented everywhere in India.
Dr Ünal’s research focuses on both, rural and urban
sustainable development, renewable energy, solar towers, solar pumps, designing
for zero waste, new product development, micro and nano medical devices and
systems. Sustainability of Built Environment, sustainable materials, Innovative
Air Conditioning, Positive Energy Design, Habitats for Green Living, Roof Top Gardens
and Landscape Design for Air Conditioning, Nano- Composite Materials in Nano-devices.
She is interested in women’s health, education and empowerment and the
assessment of urban policies related to cultural heritage conservation,
cultural diversity, sustainable cultural tourism and energy efficiency. She is
a member of the organizing committee of the International Conference of
Sustainability in Istanbul, November 5-8,http://icsid.arel.edu.tr.
She is the founder of Digital Monozukuri, http://dm.amidstsky.com
which is the engine for her OPEN INNOVATION vision.
She has taught at Stanford University, and worked in
Silicon Valley to develop new software products for data mining from big data
(Triada’s Athena I & II, now in SAP), Collaborative Design and
Manufacturing (www.e2open.com, acquired for
480 M US$), secure and private communication and collaboration software
platforms (Amteus, listed in LSE AIM) for
on line financial services, health services and manufacturing services
and most recently on line learning systems (Ansal University). She is
interested in connecting the product based engineering education to incubation
and start up dynamics to create the engines for the economic development.
Qualifications
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1973 |
PhD in Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford,
CA, USA. |
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1970 |
MSc in Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford,
CA, USA. |
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1968 |
BSc in Engineering, Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey. |
Academic and professional posts (most recent)
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2010- 2014 |
Dean of Engineering & Technology, Ansal
University, Gurgaon, India. |
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2015- |
Strategic Adviser and Visiting Professor, IITG,
Guwahati, Assam, India. |
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2004-2010 |
Director of AMTEUS, responsible of the strategy for
the product development, funding, patents (16 patents released on the
collaboration), strategic clients. CTA at www.e2open.com to
develop the supply chain management products based on cloud technology and
the standards for e-commerce. |
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2000- 2004 |
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International Conferences Chairing
Chair of the International Conference http://icsid.arel.edu.tr
Sustainable Development, Panelist on Zero waste, Global Sustainability.
List of relevant publications
Ünal, A. (2015)
“Sustainability of Non Profit Start Ups”,International Conference on
Sustainable Development, November 5-8, Istanbul, Turkey, http://icsid.arel.edu.tr
Unal, A.(2015)Assam Indian Engineering Institute, Invited Key
Note on e-services in health care, education, development;real life examples,
September 19, 2015.
Unal, A. (2015) “Making Paper from
Discarded Palm Leaves for Health Products”, ICSID, Istanbul, Nov.5-8, 2015, http://icsid.arel.edu.tr
Unal, A. (2014) “Digital Nursing Using Artifical Neural Networks” Digital Monozukuri,
Product Line, http://dm.amidstsky.com
Unal, A. (2014) “Games as
Design Tools”, Digital Monozukuri, Product Line, http://dm.amidstsky.com
Unal,
A. (2014) “On
Line Auctions”, released patent from Amteus.
Unal, A. (various
papers and patents on e-commerce, m-commerce, mobile commerce standards from
2000-2010 and the most significant one is below published in the Jrnl if
Information Sciences which scored the most demanded article in IS after 2000.
Electronic commerce and multi-enterprise
supply/value/business chains
Information Sciences, 127 (1-2) (2000) pp. 63-68
[Abstract][Full text]
(PDF 218 Kb)
This publication received the most demanded article in
IS after 2000.
PATENTS
MANAGING INFORMATION IN A MULTI-HUB SYSTEM
FOR COLLABORATIVEPLANNING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT A UNAL, GS CLARK,
M MEEHAN - CA Patent 2,568,970, 2004 - v3.espacenet.com ... Publication
date: 2004-12-09. Inventor: UNAL AYNUR (US); CLARK GREGORY SCOTT (US);
MEEHAN MICHAEL (US). Applicant: E2OPEN INC (US). Classification: ... Cached
- Web Search
Managing information in a multi-hub system
for collaborative planning and supply chain management - all 2 versions » GS
Clark, A Unal, M Meehan - 2004 - freepatentsonline.com ... Inventors:
Clark, Gregory Scott; Unal, Aynur; Meehan, Michael; Application
Number: 675926. Filing Date: 2003-09-30.
Publication Date: 2004-11-25. ...
Multi-hub connectivity in a system for
collaborative planning GS Clark, A Unal, M Meehan, VP Images, P Class, F
… - freepatentsonline.com ... Inventors: Clark, Gregory Scott
(Hillsborough, CA, US) Unal, Aynur (Palo Alto, CA, US) Meehan,
Michael (Palo Alto, PA, US). Application ... Cached - Web Search
LIST OF FUNDS /
GRANTS OBTAINED
2010- 25 M GBP AMTEUS, LLC, new funds for the
new products of SCM on collaboration with security and privacy.
2000- www.e2open.com 125 M US $ for e2open start up investment.
1994- 35 M US $ KEPROmedical document
automation project: Principal Investigator.