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Wichita, Kan., Aviation Research Facility to Lose Top Executive.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2001

By Molly McMillin, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 31--Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research's top executive will leave WSU sometime this fall to accept a position in St. Louis.

Ramesh Agarwal, 53, the institute's executive director, will join Washington University as director of the computational sciences laboratory. He also will become the William Palm Professor of Mechanical Engineering, an endowed professorship.

"It really has been a difficult decision," Agarwal said of the move. "I really enjoyed it here."

Agarwal and his family lived in St. Louis for 16 years where he worked for McDonnell Douglas as program director. He arrived in Wichita in 1994 to serve as...

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