Sunil Saigal

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

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.

Profession

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

Awards

• Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).^[1]
• Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).^[2]
• 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.

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