| 词条 | Siva Sivananthan |
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| honorific_prefix = Professor | name = Siva Sivananthan | honorific_suffix = | native_name = சிவா சிவானந்தன் | native_name_lang = ta | image = Prof.Sivalingam Sivananthan.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Saraswathi Maha Vidyalayam Drieberg College Jaffna Hindu College University of Peradeniya University of Illinois at Chicago | occupation = Academic | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = | footnotes = | box_width = }} Professor Sivalingam Sivananthan ({{lang-ta|சிவலிங்கம் சிவானந்தன்}}) is an American academic, scientist, businessman and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Early life and familySivananthan was born in Madduvil South near Chavakachcheri in northern Ceylon.[1] His father was a Tamil scholar from Valvettithurai and his mother was teacher of religion and science.[1] He was educated at Saraswathi Maha Vidyalayam, Drieberg College and Jaffna Hindu College (1968–75).[1][2][3] After school he joined the University of Peradeniya's Science Faculty in 1976, graduating in 1980 with a BS degree in physics.[1][3][4] CareerAfter graduating Sivananthan lectured at Eastern University, Sri Lanka before joining the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1982 for post-graduate study.[1] He obtained MSc (1985) and PhD (1988) degrees from the university.[3][4] He is currently a Distinguished Professor and Director of the Microphysics Laboratory at the university's Department of Physics.[4] Sivananthan entered business in 1998 when he founded EPIR Technologies Inc.[5] Sivananthan is also founder and CEO of Sivananthan Laboratories Inc. based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.[1][2][3] In May 2013 Sivananthan was awarded the "Champion of Change" (Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Innovators category) by the White House.[1][2] He was awarded the Vidya Nidhi title in the 2017 Sri Lankan national honours.[6][7] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite news|title=White House honoree pays tribute to his hometown in Jaffna|url=http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=36373|newspaper=TamilNet|date=2 June 2013}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Makes his mark in the US|url=http://www.ceylontoday.lk/51-33752-news-detail-makes-his-mark-in-the-us.html|newspaper=Ceylon Today|date=31 May 2013}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Dr.Sivalingam Sivananthan honored as a White House Champion of Change|url=http://www.jaffnahindu.org/news/dr-sivalingam-sivananthan-honored-as-a-white-house-champion-of-change-57.html|publisher=Jaffna Hindu College}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Sivalingam Sivananthan|url=http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/people/faculty/display.php?PersonID=23|publisher=University of Illinois at Chicago}} 5. ^{{cite web|last=Rathee|first=Aabha|title=After brush with war, scientist joins renewable energy battle|url=http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=182831|publisher=Northwestern University|date=10 March 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817222053/http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=182831|archivedate=17 August 2014|df=}} 6. ^{{cite journal|url=http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/3/2010-38_E.pdf|date=17 March 2017|title=PART I : SECTION (I) – GENERAL Government Notifications NATIONAL HONOURS|journal=The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Extraordinary|volume=2010/38}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=National Honours after 12 years|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/170319/news/national-honours-after-12-years-233395.html|work=The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|date=19 March 2017}} External links
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