Phone: (801) 587-7772
e-mail: balaji@mech.utah.edu
Office: 2155 MEK
Lab: 0121 MEK
Sustainable Manufacturing Laboratory

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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