Sanna Siddiqui

Dr. Sanna F. Siddiqui is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Florida Polytechnic University. She is also a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation 2024 CAREER Award. During her time at Florida Polytechnic University, Dr. Siddiqui has led the development of the aerospace concentration, enhanced the materials and advanced manufacturing concentration with the development of new courses in fatigue and failure analysis in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and has been instrumental in the initiation of the (4 + 1) master’s degree Program at Florida Polytechnic University. Siddiqui further established the Order of the Engineer Link Chapter at Florida Poly, and actively leads Order of the Engineer ceremonies.

Siddiqui’s research expertise is in the mechanical and material characterization of additively manufactured materials for use in aircraft structural and engine components. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed journal and conference publications. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation Grant and the U.S. Department of the AirForce. Siddiqui has received the 2020 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Young Engineer Turbo Expo Participation Award, Florida Poly’s Ablaze 2021 Excellence in Research Award, and the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science 2023 Ad Astra Young Alumni Award.

Siddiqui is very interested in promoting women and minorities in engineering disciplines and was the recipient of Florida Poly’s Women in STEM 2023 Academic Award. She was an invited speaker at the 2023 International Day of Women and Girls in Science Day at Florida Poly and is a former recipient of the 2016 Athena International Emerging Women Leader Fellowship and the 2015 Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, which is awarded to only 35 fellows internationally each year.

During her time as a student at the University of Central Florida, she held positions at Lockheed Martin Corporation and was the recipient of several honors and awards, including Order of the Engineer, President’s Honor Roll, Who’s Who Among Students at the University of Central Florida, and the Prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

Siddiqui’s doctoral dissertation work, entitled “Characterization of Anisotropic Mechanical Performance of As-Built Additively Manufactured Metals,” has received much recognition, including nomination for the 2019 Outstanding Dissertation Award at the University of Central Florida, first and second place distinction in engineering at the 2017 UCF Graduate Research Forum, and Florida Statewide Graduate Research Symposium respectively, including honorable mention for best student-authored paper in the materials division at the 2017 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), and honorable mention distinction from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the 2017 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship Program.

Awards and Honors

• National Science Foundation Grant #2338178: “CAREER: Bridging Research & Education in Delineating Fatigue Performance & Damage Mechanisms in Metal Fused Filament Fabricated Inconel 718,” 2024-2029
• National Science Foundation Grant #2055027: “Deformation Mechanisms Governing Torsional Fatigue Failure of Additively Manufactured Metals at Hight Temperature,” 2021-2024
• Florida Polytechnic University’s Women in STEM Academic Achievement Award, 2023
• Florida Polytechnic University’s Ablaze Excellence in Research Award, 2021
• Florida Polytechnic University’s Tech Fee Grant, 2021
• American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s Young Engineer Turbo Expo Participation Award, 2020
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program, 2013-18
• Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship, 2015-16
• Athena International Emerging Women Leader Fellowship, 2016-17

Education

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2018
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2014
• B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, 2012

Expertise

• Metal Additive Manufacturing
• Mechanics of Materials
• Fatigue and Fracture Analysis
• Thermal Barrier Coatings
• 3D Printed Polymer Matrix Composites

Professional Activities

• Reviewer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Turbo Expo Conference-2021-current
• Reviewer, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 2019-current
• Reviewer, Engineering Failure Analysis Journal, 2022-current
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

Select Publications

• Siddiqui, S.F. and Araiza, E. (2023), “Microstructural defects governing torsional fatigue failure of additively manufactured as built and heat-treated Inconel 718,” Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol 144, 106975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2022.106975.
• Siddiqui, S.F., O’Nora, N. & Gordon, A.P. Modeling the Progressive Amplitude and Pulsating Tension Fatigue Response of Laser-Powder Bed Fusion Stainless Steel GP1. JOM(2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05656-8.
• Siddiqui, S.F., Rivera, K., Ruiz-Candelario, I., and Gordon, A.P. (2021), “Progressive Amplitude Fatigue Performance of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel Superalloy.” TMS 2021 150th Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65261-6_10.
• Siddiqui, S.F. and Gordon, A.P. (2020), “Cyclic shear response of additively manufactured Inconel 718”, Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 26 No. 7, pp. 1237-1248. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-09-2018-0243.
• Siddiqui, S.F., Irmak, F., Fasoro, A.A. et al. Torsional Fatigue Failure of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel of Reduced Specimen Size. JOM 72, 440–447 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/ s11837-019-03842-9.
• Siddiqui, S.F., and Gordon, A.P. (2020),”Torsional Fatigue of Heat-Treated Direct Metal Laser Sintered Inconel 718.” Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition.
• Siddiqui, S.F., Irmak, F., Fasoro, A.A., and Gordon, A.P. (2020), “Axial-Torsional Fatigue of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel GP1.” Proceedings of the AIAA SciTech 2020 Conference.
• Siddiqui, S.F., Irmak, F., O’Nora, N. and Gordon, A.P. (2019), “Modeling the Torsional Cyclic Response of Direct Metal Laser Sintered Inconel 718.” Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2019: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition. Volume 6: Ceramics; Controls, Diagnostics, and Instrumentation; Education; Manufacturing Materials and Metallurgy. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. June 17–21, 2019. V006T24A015. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2019-91056.
• Siddiqui, S. F., Fasoro, A. A., Cole, C., and Gordon, A. P. (2019). “Mechanical Characterization and Modeling of Direct Metal Laser Sintered Stainless Steel GP1.” ASME. Eng. Mater. Technol. July 2019; 141(3): 031009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4042867.
• Siddiqui, S. F., O’Nora, N., Fasoro, A. A., & Gordon, A. P. (2017, November). Modeling the Influence of build orientation on the monotonic and cyclic response of additively manufactured stainless steel GP1/17-4PH. In ASME 2017 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. “Honorable Mention for Best Student-Authored Paper Award in Materials Processing.”
• Siddiqui, S.F., Fasoro, A.A., & Gordon, A.P. (2017). Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of Ni-based Superalloys – A Mechanics of Materials Review. Additive Manufacturing Handbook: Product Development for the Defense Industry, Badiru, A.B., Valencia, V.V., & Liu, D. (Eds.), Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, pp. 225-249.
• Siddiqui, S.F., Knipe, K., Manero, A., Meid, C., Wischek, J., Okasinski, J., Almer, J., Karlsson, A.M., Bartsch, M., & Raghavan, S. (2013). Synchrotron X-Ray Measurement Techniques for Thermal Barrier Coated Cylindrical Samples under Thermal Gradients. Rev. of Sci. Instrum. 84 (8), 083904. Knipe, K., Manero, A., Siddiqui, S.F., Meid, C., Wischek, J., Okasinski, J., Almer, J., Karlsson, A.M., Bartsch, M., & Raghavan, S. (2014). Strain response of Thermal Barrier Coatings captured under extreme engine environments through Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction. Nature Communications, 5, 4559.