Sunil Saigal

Sunil Saigal (Hindi: सुनील सैगल), is an Indian-born American engineer.

Sunil Saigal
Alma materPunjab Engineering College
Indian Institute of Science
Purdue University

Education

Saigal obtained his bachelor's degree (Civil Engineering) at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India in 1978, obtaining a masters in Structures from Indian Institute of Science in 1980, and obtained his PhD in 1985 from Purdue University.

Career

Sunil Saigal is a distinguished professor and a former dean of the Newark College of Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Saigal's research has been focused on interactions with the industry and these contributions have included:

  • development of boundary element shape optimization in collaboration with United Technologies
  • formulations for powder packing in collaboration with Alcoa and DuPont
  • development of computational models for nonlinear soil behaviour in collaboration with ANSYS
  • cohesive element formulations for post crack behaviour of glass—polymer composites in collaboration with DuPont
  • explicit algorithms for high velocity impact in collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center
  • computational simulations of acetabular hip component to assist with total hip replacement surgery in a collaboration with University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • development of medial surface algorithms in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories.[1]

Awards

References

  1. http://civil.njit.edu/people/saigal.php
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2010-08-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 'NJIT : Newark College of Engineering -- Our People - Sunil Saigal '
  3. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-12/njio-nat121609.php Elected as AAAS fellow 'Eureka Alert : NJIT announces top honor: Sunil Saigal elected AAAS Fellow'
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