Anil Saigal
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Tufts University

Research Interests:
Research interests are in the areas of manufacturing processes, machining of engineering materials, deformation process simulation, Taguchi analysis, advanced materials, materials processing, microstructural analysis, finite element modeling, measurement and modeling of residual strains and stresses in metal, intermetallic, and ceramic matrix composites, non-destructive analysis, physical metallurgy, mechanical behavior, and heat treatment.

Industrial and Consulting Experience:

• 1988- General Electric Company
• 1994 MPM Corp.
• 1989-90 SSG, Inc.
• 1987 AXYZ, Inc.
• 1985 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Implementing health and safety engineering in mechanical engineering curriculum
• 1978 Crompton Greeves Ltd., Bombay
• Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai

Experience:

• 1997-present Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
• 1989-1997 Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
• 1983-1989 Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Tufts University
• Summer 1998 Research Scientist
• Summer 1997 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
• Summer 1995 Faculty Research Participation Program
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
• Summer 1994 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow
• Summer 1993 NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH
• Summer 1992 Scientist-in-Residence
• Jan-Aug 1991 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
• Spring 1998 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
• Fall 1987 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Education:

• 1983 Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
• Specialization in Materials Science and Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Control and Materials Testing
• 1980 MS in Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
• 1979 B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (Highest Honors)

Awards and Honors:

• 1999-02 "Surface Smoothing using Gas Cluster Ion Beams," Dept. of Energy
• 1998-01 "Failure of Multi-Layered Polymer Structures," Lucent Technologies
• 1995-99 "Forging of Airfoils," General Electric
• 1992-98 SME Manufacturing Engg. Education Foundation Awards
• 1992-95 "Residual Stresses in Metal Matrix Composites,"
• NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program (Advisor)
• 1991-93 "An Engineering Study of Forging of Airfoils," General Electric
• 1988-91 "Manufacturing Engineering at Tufts, AT&T Foundation
• 1987-90 "Integration on Metal Forming Simulation and Die Deformation," GE
• 1987 "Mechanical Testing of Composites," BBN Corp.
• 1984-90 SME Manufacturing Engg. Education Foundation Awards
• 1987 Issued U.S. Patent # 4,666,042
• 1986 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, Society of Automobile Engineers
• 1986 Westinghouse Foundation Grant
• 1979-80 President's Fellow, Georgia Tech.
• 1978-79 J.N.Tata Scholar, India

Professional Activities:

• Reviewer: NSF (CCLI), ASME, AFS and SAE
• Selected Biographical Listing: Who's Who in Technology, 5th Edition
• Conferences: Organizer, Session Chairman or Vice-Chairman for major international meetings for organizations such as ASME, TMS and PMP.
• Professional Society: ASME - Materials Division Liaison to Nuclear Engg. Division
• Editor:
• "Polymeric Systems," ASME, 1999 (co-editor: K. Ramani)
• "Advances in Mechanical Behavior and Properties Evaluation,"
• ASME, MD-Vol.7, 1988 (co-editor: A.A. Tseng)
• "Microstructural Development and Control in Materials Processing"
• ASME, MD-Vol. 14, 1989 (co-editor: D.R. Durham)

Publications:
Over 100 refereed papers. A few of the most recent publications are listed below.

• "Modeling Destructive Impact Behavior of Tri-Layer Polymer Composite Discs Using ABAQUS/ Explicit," G. Lawrence, Y. Duan, A. Saigal, R. Greif and M.A. Zimmerman, Proceeding of the 1999 ABAQUS Users' Conference, Chester, United Kingdom, May 26-28, 1999. (accepted)
• "Electrical Response During Indentation of a 1-3 Piezoelectric Ceramic-Polymer Composite," A. Saigal, A.E. Giannakopoulos, H.E. Pettermann, and S. Suresh, Journal of Applied Physics, 86(1), July 1, 1999, pp. 603-606.
• "Design Methods For Composite Materials And Their Application To Aerospace Structures," M. Orphanos and A. Saigal, Computer Technology, ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Boston, MA, August 1-5, 1999, PVP-Vol. 385, pp.199-210.
• "Wire Drawing of Iron Aluminide," A. Saigal and P. Vasilopoulos, Metal Welding and Applications and Thermomechanical Processing of Alloys, 38th Annual Conference of Metallurgists of CIM, Quebec, Canada, August 22-26, 1999, pp. 517-528.
• "Using C_pk as a Design Tool for New System Development," S.G. Shina and A. Saigal, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering Design ICED99, Munich, August 24-26, 1999, Vol.1, pp. 357-360.
• "Impact Behavior of a Tri-Layer ASA-ABS-ASA Polymer Composite," G. Lawrence, A. Saigal, M.A. Zimmerman, R. Greif and Y. Duan, Polymeric Systems (MD-Vol. 88), International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, TN, Nov. 14-19, 1999, pp. 3-7.

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