American engineer

Sunil Saigal

Alma mater| Punjab Engineering College
Indian Institute of Science
Purdue University

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

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Career
* 3 Awards
* 4 References

## Education[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

* Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).[2]
* Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
* Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[3]
* Orr Award for best paper, ASME Materials Division, 2004.
* Who's Who in America, 57th Edition, November 2002.
* Richard Teare Award for Excellence in Engineering Education, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, 1996.
* Outstanding Professor of the Year, ASCE Pittsburgh Section, 1994.
* George Tallman Ladd Research Award, Carnegie Mellon University, 1990.
* Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation, 1990-1995.
* Ralph R. Teetor Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 1988.
* The Admiral Ralph Earle Medal, Worcester Engineer Society, 1987.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sunil Saigal | People".
2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2010-08-15.`{{cite web}}`: 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'