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{{Infobox person
| name = Sunil Saigal
| alma_mater = [[Punjab Engineering College]]<br/>[[Indian Institute of Science]]<br/>[[Purdue University]]
}}

'''Sunil Saigal''' ({{lang-hi|सुनील सैगल}}), is an [[India]]n-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]].

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://civil.njit.edu/people/saigal.php|title=Sunil Saigal | People}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Fellow of [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]] (ASME).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nce.njit.edu/people/saigal.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-08-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711083008/http://nce.njit.edu/people/saigal.php |archive-date=2010-07-11 }} 'NJIT : Newark College of Engineering -- Our People - Sunil Saigal '</ref>
* Fellow of [[American Society of Civil Engineers]] (ASCE)
* Fellow of [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS).<ref>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'</ref>
* 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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