Nellippallil, Anand Balu
Anand Balu Nellippallil
Assistant Professor | College of Engineering and Science: Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Contact Information
F.W. Olin Engineering Complex - 210
Expertise
Personal Overview
Anand Balu Nellippallil is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. Anand received his B.Tech degree in Production Engineering from the University of Calicut, India in 2012 and M.Tech degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India in 2014. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering working with Professors Farrokh Mistree and Janet K. Allen in the Systems Realization Laboratory at the University of Oklahoma (OU) in 2018. After his Ph.D., he worked as a Research Engineer II at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Mississippi State University. Anand’s current research interests are focused on the integrated realization of engineered materials, products, and associated manufacturing processes with emphasis on systems-based robust design, design decision-making under uncertainty, and cloud-based design decision support. In addition to several journal and conference publications, he has co-authored two books (research monographs) on systems-based engineering design and decision-making, focusing on the integrated design of materials, products, and manufacturing processes. He is passionate about a career in academia focused on creating, transmitting, and sharing knowledge, but more importantly, empowering students to develop the ability to learn how to learn and rise to their full potential. Anand directs the Systems Realization Laboratory @ FIT (SRL@FIT).
Anand is the recipient of the 2023 Young Engineer Award (YEA) from the Computers & Information in Engineering (CIE) Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Initiation (ERI) Award in 2023. Anand received the 2018 Provost’s Ph.D. Dissertation Prize for outstanding dissertation in science and engineering at the University of Oklahoma (OU). He also received the Gallogly College of Engineering Dissertation Excellence Award at OU in 2018. He was awarded the Institute Silver Medal for best academic performance by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar in 2014 and the University First Rank Medal by the University of Calicut in 2012.
Educational Background
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2018
M. Tech., Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India, 2014
B. Tech., Production Engineering, Government Engineering College Thrissur, University of Calicut, India, 2012
Professional Experience
Research Engineer II, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS), Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, 2018-2020
Graduate Research Assistant, Systems Realization Laboratory (SRL@OU), University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 2014-2018
Professional Memberships
Additional Responsibilities
Chair, ASME CIE CAPPD Technical Committee (2022-23)
Vice-Chair, ASME CIE CAPPD Technical Committee (2021-22)
Secretary, ASME CIE CAPPD Technical Committee (2020-21)
Current Courses
MEE1024 - Introduction to Mechanical Engineering (Fall 2024)
EGN1000 - Introduction to Engineering (Fall 2023, Fall 2024)
MEE2081 - Applied Mechanics: Statics (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025)
MEE3024 - Computer-Aided Engineering (Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025)
MEE4193 - Mechanical Engineering Design 1 (Assisted with Weekly Lectures, Fall 2021)
MEE5690 - Decision-Making in Engineering Systems Design (Fall 2021)
MEE5555 - Principles of Engineering Design Optimization (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024)
Selected Publications
Books
Nellippallil, A.B., Allen, J.K., Gautham, B.P., Singh, A.K., and Mistree, F., 2020, “Architecting Robust Co-Design of Materials, Products and Manufacturing Processes,” Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-45324-4. Click this link to read more.
Ming, Z., Nellippallil, A.B., Wang, R, Wang, G., Allen. J.K., Mistree, F., 2022, “Architecting a Knowledge-Based Platform for Design Engineering 4.0,”. Springer, https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030905200
Book Chapter
Nellippallil, A.B., Berthelson, P.R., Peterson, L., and Prabhu, R.K., 2022, "Robust Concept Exploration of Driver’s Side Vehicular Impacts for Human-Centric Crashworthiness,” in Book: Multiscale Biomechanical Modeling of the Brain, Academic Press, pp. 153-176, ISBN: 9780128181447 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818144-7.00002-5.
Journals
Perkins, R., Bakhtiarydavijani, A., Sharma, G., Nellippallil, A.B., Hammi, Y., Robinson, T., Prabhu, R., 2023, “Surrogate Modeling of Brain Trauma Risks Associated with Soccer Ball Headers,” ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066476.
Wan, S., Wang, G., Ming, Z., Nellippallil, A.B., Allen, J.K., Mistree F., and Ming, Z., 2023, “Knowledge Graph-Based Surrogate Modeling Method Representation and Recommendation,” Advanced Engineering Informatics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2024.102706, Impact Factor: 8.8
Baby, M., Guptan, A., Broussard, J., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2024, “A Decision Support Framework for Robust Multilevel Co-Design Exploration of Manufacturing Supply Networks,” ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065369, Impact Factor: 3.441
Guo, L., Nellippallil, A.B., Smith, W., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2024, “An Enhanced Adaptive Linear Programming Algorithm Using Rule-based Parameter Learning,” Algorithms, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/a17020088
Baby, M., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2024, “An Information-Decision Framework for the Multilevel Co-Design of Products, Materials, and Manufacturing Processes,” Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 59, pp. 102271, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aei.2023.102271 , Impact Factor: 8.8
Baby, M., Sushil, R.R., Ramu, P., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F., and Nellippallil, A.B.#, 2023, “Robust, Co-Design Exploration of Multilevel Product, Material, and Manufacturing Process Systems,” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-023-00324-4, Impact Factor: 3.7
Allen, J.K., Nellippallil, A.B., Ming, Z., Milisavljevic-Syed, J., and Mistree, F., 2023, “Designing Evolving Cyber‐Physical‐Social Systems: Research Opportunities,” ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 060815. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062883
Deka, A., Nellippallil, A.B., and Hall, J., 2022, “Integrated Design Exploration of Products, Materials, and Processes in Additive Manufacturing using Inverse Design Method,” International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM)
Nellippallil, A.B., Berthelson, P.R., Peterson, L., and Prabhu, R., 2022, “A Computational Framework for Human-Centric Vehicular Crashworthiness Design and Decision-making under Uncertainty,” ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part B: Mechanical Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053515
Suk, H., Sharma, A., Nellippallil, A.B., Das, A., and Hall, J., 2021, “Socio-Technical Modeling to Manage Power Distribution for Microgrid Systems with Limited Production Capacity,” ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, vol. 144, no. 1, pp. 011010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052328
Wang, R., Nellippallil, A.B., Wang, G., Yan, Y., Allen, J.K. and Mistree, F., 2021, “A Process Knowledge Representation Approach for Decision Support in Design of Complex Engineered Systems,” Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 48, pp.101257.
Ming, Z., Nellippallil, A.B., Wang, G., Yan, Y., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2020, “A Performance Based Method for Information Acquisition in Engineering Design under Multi-Parameter Uncertainty,” Information Sciences, vol. 546, pp. 1186-1207. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2020.09.034. Journal Impact Factor: 5.91
Nellippallil, A.B., Mohan, P., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2020, "An Inverse, Decision‐Based Design Method for Robust Concept Exploration," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, DOI: 10.1115/1.4045877.
Wang, R., Nellippallil, A.B., Wang, G., Yan, Y., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2019, “Ontology-based Uncertainty Management Approach in Designing of Robust Decision Workflows, Journal of Engineering Design, DOI: 10.1080/09544828.2019.1668918.
Alizadeh, R., Liangyue, J., Nellippallil, A.B., Wang, G., Hao, J., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2019, “Ensemble of Surrogates and Cross-validation for Rapid and Accurate Predictions using Small Data Sets,” Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, DOI: 10.1017/S089006041900026X.
Nellippallil, A.B., Ming, Z., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2019, “Cloud-Based Materials and Product Realization – Fostering ICME via Industry 4.0,” Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation, DOI: 10.1007/s40192-019-00139-2.
Nellippallil, A.B., Rangaraj, V., Gautham, B.P., Singh, A.K., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2018, " An Inverse, Decision-Based Design Method for Integrated Design Exploration of Materials, Products and Manufacturing Processes," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. vol.140, no. 11, pp. 111403-111403-17.
Ming, Z., Nellippallil, A.B., Yan, Y., Wang, G., Goh, C.-H., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2018, "PDSIDES – A Knowledge-based Platform for Decision Support in The Design of Engineering Systems," ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering. vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 041001.
Wang, R., Nellippallil, A.B., Wang, G., Yan, Y., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2018, “Systematic Design Space Exploration using a Template-Based Ontological Method,” Advanced Engineering Informatics, vol. 36, pp. 163-177.
Nellippallil, A. B., Song, K. N., Goh, C.-H., Zagade, P., Gautham, B., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., 2017, "A Goal-Oriented, Sequential, Inverse Design Method for the Horizontal Integration of a Multi-Stage Hot Rod Rolling System," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, vol. 139, no. 3, pp. 031403.
Nellippallil, A.B., De, P.S., Gupta, A., Goyal, S., and Singh, A.K., 2016, "Hot Rolling of a Non-Heat Treatable Aluminum Alloy: Thermo-Mechanical and Microstructure Evolution Model", Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, vol. 70, no. 5, pp. 1387-1398.
Refereed Conference Publications
Baby, M., Mukundan, P., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2024, “A Framework to Support Co-Design Exploration of Manufacturing Supply Networks for Resilience,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Washington DC, USA. Paper Number: IDETC2024-146295.
Digonta, H.M.D., Baby, M., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2024, “Multilevel Decision Support Framework for the Simultaneous Design Exploration of Material Structures and Processes,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Washington DC, USA. Paper Number: IDETC2024-146330.
Baby, M., Guptan, A., Broussard, J., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2023, “A Framework to Support Multilevel Robust Co-Design of Manufacturing Supply Networks,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Boston, USA. Paper Number: 117145.
Balaji, N., Baby, M., Sushil, R.R., Sharma, G., Ramu, P., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2023, “Efficient Many Objective Robust Design Space Visualization and Exploration Using iSOM,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Boston, USA. Paper Number: 117199.
Baby, M., and Nellippallil, A.B., 2022, “An Information-Decision Framework to Support Cooperative Decision Making in the Top-Down Design of Cyber-Physical-Manufacturing Systems,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number: IDETC2022-90836.
Sushil, R.R., Baby, M., Sharma, G., Nellippallil, A.B., and Ramu, P., 2022, “Data Driven Integrated Design Space Exploration Using ISOM,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number: IDETC2022- 89895.
Sharma, G., Nellippallil, A.B., Yingling, R., Lee, N.Y., Shores, A., Miralami, R., Stone, T.W., and Prabhu, R.K., 2021, “Multi-Objective Robust Design Exploration of a Canine Ventricular Shunt for Managing Hydrocephalus,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Paper Number IDETC2021-67353.
Deka, A., Nellippallil, A.B., and Hall, J., 2021, “Goal-Oriented Inverse Design (GOID) of Feedstock Filament for Fused Deposition Modeling,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Paper Number IDETC 2021-70503.
Suk, H., Sharma, A., Nellippallil, A.B., Das, A., and Hall, J., 2020, “A Framework for Improving Rural Microgrid Sustainability through Integrated Socio-Technical Considerations,” In Design for Tomorrow—Volume 3 (pp. 285-295), Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0084-5_23
Nellippallil, A.B., Berthelson, P.R., Peterson, L., and Prabhu, R., 2020, “Head and Neck Injury Risk Criteria-Based Robust Design for Vehicular Crashworthiness,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number IDETC2020-22539. Invited for ASME Journal of Mechanical Design Special Issue.
Yingling, R., Nellippallil, A.B., Register, M., Hannan, T., Simmons, J., Shores, A., and Prabhu, R., 2020, “Multi-Objective Design Exploration of a Canine Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt for Hydrocephalus,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number IDETC2020-22696.
Nair, A.V., Nellippallil, A.B., Das, A., Hall, J., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2020, “Identifying Sustainable Solutions for Water, Energy and Sanitation Needs in Off-Grid Indian Villages,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number IDETC2020-22507.
Guo, L., Nellippallil, A.B., Smith, W., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2020, “Adaptive Linear Programming Algorithm with Parameter Learning for Managing Engineering-Design Problems,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number IDETC2020-22602.
Suk, H., Sharma, A., Nellippallil, A.B., Das, A., Hall, J., 2020, “Microgrid Power Management with Integrated Quality of Life Considerations,” ASME Design Automation Conference, St. Louis, MO, USA. Paper Number IDETC2020-22525.
Nellippallil, A.B., Mohan, P., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2019, “Inverse Thermo-Mechanical Processing (ITMP) Design of a Steel Rod during Hot Rolling Process,” ASME Design Automation Conference 2019, Anaheim, California, USA. Paper Number: IDETC2019- 97390.
Fonville, T.R., Nellippallil, A.B., Horstemeyer, M.F., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2019, “A Goal-Oriented, Inverse Decision-Based Design Method for Multi-Component Product Design,” ASME Design Automation Conference, Anaheim, California, USA. Paper Number: IDETC2019-97388.
Nellippallil, A.B., Mohan, P., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2018, "Robust Concept Exploration of Materials, Products and Associated Manufacturing Processes," ASME Design Automation Conference, Quebec City, Canada. Paper Number: DETC2018-85913.
Nellippallil, A.B., Rangaraj, V., Gautham, B.P., Singh, A.K., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2017, "A Goal-Oriented, Inverse Decision-Based Design Method to Achieve the Vertical and Horizontal Integration of Models in a Hot-Rod Rolling Process Chain," ASME Design Automation Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Paper Number DETC2017‐67570.
Ming, Z., Nellippallil, A.B., Yan, Y., Wang, G., Goh, C.-H., Allen, J.K., and Mistree, F., 2017, "PDSIDES – A Knowledge-based Platform for Decision Support in The Design of Engineering Systems," ASME Design Automation Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Paper Number DETC2017‐67562.
Nellippallil, A.B., Shukla, R., Ardham, S., Goh, C-H., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F., 2017, “Exploration of Solution Space to Study Thermo-Mechanical Behavior of AA5083 Al-Alloy During Hot Rolling Process”, ASME Design Automation Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Paper Number DETC2017‐68173. Recognized as Paper of Distinction by ASME DAC.
Nellippallil, A.B., Rangaraj, V., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F., Gautham, B.P., and Singh, A.K., 2017, "A Decision-Based Design Method to Explore the Solution Space for Microstructure After Cooling Stage to Realize the End Mechanical Properties of Hot Rolled Product," 4th World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME 2017), Yipsilanti, Michigan, pp. 353-363.
Nellippallil, A.B., Song, K.N., Goh, C-H., Zagade, P., Gautham, B.P., Allen, J.K., Mistree, F., 2016, “A Goal Oriented, Sequential Process Design of a Multi-Stage Hot Rod Rolling System”, ASME Design Automation Conference, Charlotte, NC, USA. Paper Number DETC2016-59402.
Recognition & Awards
- 2023 Young Engineer Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Computers & Information in Engineering (CIE) Division
- National Science Foundation Engineering Research Initiation Award - NSF ERI Award, 2023
- 2018 Provost’s Ph.D. Dissertation Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Science and Engineering, University of Oklahoma, April 2019
- Gallogly College of Engineering Dissertation Excellence Award 2018, University of Oklahoma, October 2018
- Paper of Distinction, The ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2017). Paper Number: DETC2017-68173
- Frank Chuck Scholarship for Outstanding Academic and Research Performance, University of Oklahoma, 2017
- Chevron Scholarship for Outstanding Academic and Research Performance, University of Oklahoma, 2017
- Frank Chuck Scholarship for Outstanding Academic and Research Performance, University of Oklahoma, 2016
- Institute Silver Medal for Best Academic Performance, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, 2014
- University First Rank Medal for the years 2008-2012 for being the top-scoring undergraduate student in the University of Calicut, 2012
Research
Area: Systems-Based Robust Co-Design of Complex Engineered Systems Under Uncertainty
Topics: Systems design, robust co-design, uncertainty management, integrated design of materials, products and associated manufacturing processes, cloud-based design decision support
Availability:
Available to talk in Room 210 OEC if not busy.
Email: anellippallil@fit.edu