Professor, Graduate Coordinator
San Jose State University
B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. (1969)
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, U.S.A. (1976)
Ph.D., Metallurgy, Stanford University, Stanford, U.S.A. (1978)
Registered Professional Engineer, Metallurgical Engineering, State of California.
Guna Selvaduray is an educator, researcher and consultant. He is Professor in Materials Engineering at San Jose State University, where he teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses including biomaterials, engineering ceramics, microelectronic packaging, thermodynamics of solids, experimental methods in materials engineering, materials processing methods, corrosion and design for the environment. He initiated the Microelectronic Packaging concentration area within the MSE Program. Prior to joining the university, he worked in industry for 10 years. His research areas include microelectronic device interconnects and packaging, Pb-free solders, corrosion, surfaces and surface-related phenomena, recyclability of industrial materials.
In the earthquake engineering area Dr. Selvaduray is an expert in nonstructural hazard mitigation and hazardous materials incidents associated with earthquakes. He has taught several short courses in earthquake emergency preparedness. He is the Executive Director of the Collaborative for Disaster Mitigation(CDM) which is funded by a Hazard Mitigation Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
His research projects have been funded by both government agencies and private industry. He is also a consultant to several high-tech companies in the USA and in Japan.
Dr. Selvaduray has been the recipient of the Japanese Government (Mombusho) Scholarship (1964-1969) and the Fullbright-Hayes Fellowship (1974-1976). In 1997 he was awarded the SJSU College of Engineering’s Excellence in Scholarship Award, and The California Emergency Services Association’s Gold Award.
He speaks five languages: English, Japanese, German, Tamil and Malay.
