A. K. Balaji - Associate Professor
Phone: (801) 587-7772
Fax: (801) 585-9826
e-mail: balaji@eng.utah.edu
Office: 150 KENN B
Laboratory: Sustainable Manufacturing (SuMan) www.suman.utah.edu
Research Laboratory: 016, 031, 152 KENN B
Lab Phone: (801) 581-7105
Education
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2000
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky, 1996
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Sardar Patel University, India, 1993
Research Interests
Sustainable manufacturing; Interfaces between materials, mechanics, and manufacturing; Science of machining processes and modeling of machining performance; Design of advanced cutting tools; Tribology in manufacturing processes; Manufacturing applications in medicine
Teaching
ME EN 2650, Concurrent Engineering I – Manufacturing
ME EN 5960/6960, Sustainable Products and Processes
ME EN 7960, Advanced Analysis of Manufacturing Processes