Salil S. Desai

Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering
North Carolina A & T State University
423 McNair Hall
Greensboro, North Carolina 27411

• University of Mumbai (VJTI), Mechanical Engineering, BS - 1998
• University of Pittsburgh, Industrial Engineering MS - 2001
• University of Pittsburgh, Industrial Engineering Ph.D. - 2004

• Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering Dept., NC A&T SU, since 2004
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, since 2008
• PI, NSF CAREER Award, Hybrid Approach to Direct Write Based Micro and Nano Manufacturing, 2009-2014
• PI, Department of Defense Instrumentation Award, Air Force Office of Sci. Research, 2007 – 2008 Establishment of a Scalable Nano and Micro Manufacturing Infrastructure (Nanoimprint Lithography) for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Training
• Principal Investigator (PI), Ralph E. Powe Award, ORAU, 2006 – 2007
• Young Faculty Development Award
• Principal Investigator (PI), Department of Defense (DOD – UNCFSP), 2005 – 2006
• Junior Faculty Development Support Award
• Principal Investigator (PI), Interdisciplinary FUTURES Award, NC A&T SU, 2005 - 2006
• Establishment of Nano/micro fabrication research program
• Co-PI, NSF-NanoScale Science and Engineering Center (UIUC/NCAT/CalTech), 2004 - present
• Micro/Nano Toolbit System
• Co-PI, NSF – Nanotechnology In Undergraduate Education (NUE), 2007 – 2009
• Transitioning Nanoscale Research to the Undergraduate Classroom at NC A&T SU
• Co-PI, Office of Naval Research – Center for Nanoscience and Nanoengg., 2004-2007
• Inkjet based fabrication of sensors
• Co-PI, Foster Miller – Department of Defense project, Modeling the Conductivity of SWNTs in a Composite Resin, 2004-2006
• Intern, Mechanics Group, ANSYS, Inc. Global Headquarters, Canonsburg, PA, 2003 - 2004
• Research Engineer - Rapid Prototyping Cell, Industrial Design Center, IIT, Bombay, 1998 - 1999

• Desai S., Lovell M., Cordle Jim, (2007) “Coupled field analysis of Piezoelectric Bimorph Disc in a Direct Write Fabrication Process,” Composites: Part B 38,824–832.
• Chappell C., Desai S., Sankar J., (2007) “Computational Modeling of a Drop-on-Demand (DOD) Inkjet System for Understanding Microdroplet Behavior,” ASME Early Career Technical Journal, 6(1), 14.1-14.6.
• Desai S., Lovell M., (2008) “Statistical Optimization of Process Variables in a Continuous Inkjet Process for Direct Write Fabrication-A Case Study,” International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 15(1), 104-112.
• Desai S., Lovell M., (2005) “Multiphysics Modeling of a Piezoelectric Bimorph Disc in a Direct Write Fabrication Process,” ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE2005-82214, Orlando.
• Pai D., Desai S., Kumar D., Filatovs J., Yarmolenko S., Sankar J., (2006) “Introducing Nanotechnology into Traditional Engineering Curricula”, Proceedings of  9th Inter. Conf. on Engineering Education, San Juan, PR.

• Desai, S., and Lovell, M., (in press, May 2008) “Computational Fluid Dynamic Analysis of a Direct Write Manufacturing Process,” International Journal of Nanomanufacturing: Special issue on: Experimental and Numerical Methods for Nanomanufacturing Processes.
• Desai Salil, Ravi Shankar, (2007) “Book Chapter 2: Polymers, Composites and Nano Materials”, Bio-Materials & Prototyping Applications in Medicine, Springer Verlag Publishers, ISBN: 0387476822.
• Desai S., Sankar J., Moore A., Harrison B., (2008) “Biomanufacturing of Microcapsules for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications” Industrial Engineers Research Conference, Vancouver, CA.
• Gukan R., Desai S., Xu Z., Pai D., and Sankar J., (2008) “Systematic Studies on Ni-YSZ Anode Material for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Applications,” International Journal of Manufacturing Research, 3(3), 350-359.
• Bidanda B. & Desai S., (2004) “Strategic Planning Models for Virtual Prototyping and Product Development Centers,” International Journal of Product Development, 1(2), 133-146.

• NSF CAREER Award (Faculty Early Career Development), 2009
• Junior Faculty Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, NC A&T SU, 2009
• European Patent: WO0195969 -“Polymeric pressure vessel with integrated inlet valve,” 2001
• American Society of Education Engineers, Southeast sec., New Faculty Research Award, 2008
• Outstanding Young Investigator Award, NC A&T SU, 2008
• Ralph E. Powe Award, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2006
• Department of Defense-UNCFSP, Young Faculty Development Award, 2005
• Rookie Researcher of the Year, NC A&T SU, 2006.
• John Swanson Research Fellow, Center of Micro and Nano Systems, 2003
• Kaufmann Fellow, Kaufmann Foundation Entrepreneurial Internship, 2000
• Intel & NC-LSAMP Undergraduate Research Program Mentor, 2006-2008.

• Dr. J. Sankar, D. Kumar, D. Pai - North Carolina A&T State University
• Drs. Placid Ferreira, John Rogers, N. Aluru, J. Georgiadis, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
• Drs. A. Atala, B. Harrison – Wake Forest University Institute for Regenerative Medicine
• Drs. W. Wagner, Hong Y., University of Pittsburgh

• Drs. Michael Lovell and Bopaya Bidanda – University of Pittsburgh

• Graduated: (MS in IE & CSE) - Elaina McGhee, Chris Dean, Anthony Moore, Chris Chappell & Nitin Dawande (CSE)
• Current: (PhD in IE) - Jessica Perkins, Esho Taye, Wendell Holmes, Man Yang, Ravindra Kaware
  (MS in IE) – Richardson Ardarion 
  (BS in IE) – Tambra Grange, Bryan Hill, Stephen Wynn (REU: Intel & NC- LSAMP)