Ankit Saxena

Mechanical Engineering

Assistant Professor

Contact Information

asaxena@uwyo.edu

EN 2038

SUMMIT LAB RESEARCH WEBSITE
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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Adaptive materials and structures, meta-materials, additive manufacturing, structural health monitoring, energy research (wind, nuclear, hydrogen, oil and gas), aerospace, advanced robotics. 

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, 2024

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Penn State University, 2020

B.S. in Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Delhi Technological University, 2016

 

TEACHING

ME 3450: Properties of Materials

ME 4150: Mechanical Behavior of Materials

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Assistant Professor, 2024-current, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.

American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2022-2024.

Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Penn State University, 2023. 

Graduate Teaching Excellence Liaison, Schreyer Institute of Teaching Excellence,Penn State University, 2022. 

 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Saxena, A., Manogharan, G. & Rahn, C. Adaptive stiffness structures via additively manufactured fluid accumulators. Smart Mater. Struct.34, 015055 (2024).
  2. Shaikh, A. et al.Towards gradient design of TPMS lattices and laser powder bed fusion processing–Role of laser strategies and lattice thickness. Manuf. Lett.41, 1046–1054 (2024).
  3. Shaikh, A., Saxena, A., Griffis, J., Shahed, K. & Manogharan, G. Functionally graded TPMS gyroid structures for additive manufacturing of non-pneumatic tires. Mater. Sci. Addit. Manuf. 3, 5022 (2024).
  4. Saxena, A. Novel Self-Strengthening Metamaterials via Additive Manufacturing - ProQuest. https://www.proquest.com/openview/93b95d04ceb35c10c92c70e4a8dd352f/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=51908.
  5. Saxena, A., Rai, G., Lanari, V., Rahn, C. D. & Manogharan, G. Strain-Coupled Fluidlastic Circuits Inside Metal Additive Manufactured Structures. in doi:10.1115/IMECE2021-69721.
  6. Saxena, A., Pauli, E. M., Haluck, R. S., Fell, B. & Moore, J. Tubular Locomotion and Positioning Using Tip Eversion for Endoscopy. J. Med. Devices14, (2020).
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