Dr. Phillip A. Sanger is a professor in the School of Engineering Technology in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute at Purdue University.  At Purdue, Dr. Sanger spearheads the multidisciplinary senior capstone program, both domestic and international, where students solve real problems for industry. Prior to joining Purdue he was the Director of the Center for Rapid Product Realization (the Rapid Center) at Western Carolina University where he worked with hundreds of companies from the Piedmont Megalopolis from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee utilizing this university-based product-development center to grow the economy and enhance the educational experience.

Dr. Sanger received his undergraduate degree in physics from Saint Louis University followed by an appointment as a Fulbright scholar to France where he studied the physics of nuclear reactors and participated in plasma fusion research at the CEA Center at Fonteney aux Roses, France.  Upon returning to the US, he completed his MS and PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Wisconsin Madison.  His thesis explored the effects of 400 GeV protons on the cryogenic materials needed for superconducting magnets. 

Before Dr. Sanger entered the academic world, he had a very successful 25 year career in industry developing, launching and commercializing new technologies.  Many of these technologies are now taken for granted: superconducting magnets for magnetic resonance imaging, high performance accelerator magnets for the Superconducting Super Collider, low cost power electronics for electric automobiles, high temperature power conditioning for the next generation Army tank, high power SiC switches for power utility energy management and energy efficient glass fiber drawing technology.  He has held industry leadership positions at Oxford Superconducting Technology, Westinghouse, Northrop Grumman and the SCC Laboratory. 

His academic career began as Director of the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory at Cleveland State University.  Subsequently Dr. Sanger started the Center for Rapid Product Realization at Western Carolina University where he linked economic development projects with regional industry with the senior capstone projects for engineering students.  The industry sponsored, self-supported, multi-disciplinary senior capstone project program is one of his hallmark career accomplishments. At Purdue, Dr. Sanger expanded the senior capstone projects to include international teams where Purdue students joins students from other international universities to complete a multi-cultural industry project.  Partner universities have included universities from Peru, Poland, Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany.

Dr. Sanger is passionate about his research in successful team dynamics.  He is partnering with colleagues in psychology and engineering education to study whether certain aspects of an individual's personality and style of making decisions and resolving disagreement can be linked to successful team performance. 

In addition to his academic passions, Dr. Sanger and his wife, Terri, have a small vineyard in North Carolina where they enjoy making wine each year.  For recreation Dr. Sanger enjoys hiking, contra dancing, and basket making.

1. Personal data

Last:                Sanger

Surname:         Phillip Albert

Citizenship:     U.S.A.

Education:       Ph.D. (Nuclear Engineering)

Title:                Doctor, Professor

2.Education

1970    B.A.    Physics (Magna cum Laude), Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA

1971    D.E.A. Physique des Réacteurs, Institut National des Sciences et Techniques

                        Nucléaires, Saclay, France

1973    M.S.   Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

1977    Ph.D.   Nuclear Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI, USA

Purdue University

Purdue Polytechnic Institute

School of Engineering Technology

401 N. Grant Street, West Lafayette, NC 47906 USA

5a. Industrial and Commercial Scientific Activities

Twenty six (26) years of executive leadership in industry creating new products and managing multi-million $$, multi-national projects

Lead and completed the first radiation damage assessment for superconducting high energy physics accelerators which was supported by cryogenic experimental data.

Lead and complete the first rope in a pipe Nb₃Sn superconductor which is now being used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) in Cadarache, France.

Member of the team to commercialize the first superconducting magnetic resonance imaging medical magnets.

Lead the design team for the accelerator magnets for the SSC Collider Accelerator

Technical lead on several teams designing the large hadron detector magnets for SSC and magnet systems for fusion research.

Lead teams designing superconducting energy storage systems for utilities, SiC power switches, and hybrid electric power drives for military tanks and buses.  Built the first all SiC power inverter for motor drives.

5b. Academic Scientific Activities

Fifteen (15) years in the University engaging with industry, creating economic development and jobs while mentoring faculty and students.

Created the Rapid Center that assisted over 200 companies develop new products and improve productivity.

Created a senior capstone program with industry to give students real world experience

Created a new industry sponsored final year capstone project program with over 600 multi-disciplinary students with over 70 U.S. companies and international companies.

6. Other activities and membership in organizations (selected)

 1974-Present- Lifetime member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

            (IEEE)

1982- 1996      Member and 1996 Conference Chairman and Board Member of the Applied

            Superconductivity Conference Board

1994    Member of US Department of Energy review team of the SSC Expressions of Interest (Duncanville, TX April 1994) and a member of US Large Hadron Collider Accelerator Project review (1998-2001)

2004- present  Member with several leadership roles in the American Society for Engineering Education, Elected Program Chair 2015-2017 International Division

            Member of the organizing committee of 2016 International Forum, Paper Referee

            2005-2015, Session Chair 2006-2010

2011-Present   Member of International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP)

2012-Present   Member and Reviewer for the International Journal for Engineering

            Pedagogy

2014    Principal Organizer and Lecturer for a Project Based Learning-Industry Sponsored

(two week workshop for the faculty of UTEC - Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología faculty in Lima Peru)

2014    Guest Lecturer for Innovation/ Product Development during the three day

            Global Village on the Move (GVOTM) executive development workshop in

            Kazan, Russia

2015-2016--Fulbright Specialist to Northern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk,

            Federation of Russia to create a multi-disciplinary project management and

            professional training program for undergraduate students and executives from the

            Arkhangelsk region in the areas of economic development and project management

            using project based learning,

2016    Algaryth Distinguished Professor, Republic of Tartarstan, Russian Federation.

2017    Award: International Engineering Educator Honoris Causa, by the International

            Society of Engineering Education ( IGIP)

Patents

5,473,301 issued Dec. 5, 1995 entitled Energy Storage Inductor Apparatus

6,016,007 issued Jan. 18, 2000 entitled: Power Electronics Cooling Apparatus

6,498,713 issued Dec. 24, 2002 entitled Low Inductance Capacitor and a Method for

            Minimizing Inductance in a Snubber Circuit

20,090,163,837 (US) issued Jun 25, 2009 entitled Knee flexion devices and methods of    using the same
 

7.Selected Grants and Publications

During Dr. Sanger’s 40 year career, he has lead and managed 64 grants totaling $22,500,000 and 65 articles and papers in peer reviewed, Scopus publications

Refereed Publications

Sanger, P.A, Pavlova, I.V., Ivanov, V.G, Applying Androgogy and PBL Approaches to Enhance Continuing Professional Education in Russia (2016), 2016 Annual SEFI (Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs) Conference, Helsinki, Finland

Sanger, P.A., I.V. Pavlova, Shageeva, F.T., Khatsrinova, O.Y., Ivanov, V.G., Introducing Project Based Learning into Traditional Russian Engineering Education, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer International Publishing, New York, USA

Sanger, P.A., Filling in Cultural Awareness Gaps for International Senior Capstone Projects, (2015), Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Engineering Education, Torquay, Victoria, Australia.

Sanger, P.A., Ziyatdinova, J.N., Mishchenko, E.S., Nguyen, P., Cross Cultural Diversity between Western Cultures and Its Impact on Educating Global Engineers (2015), Conference of the International Association of Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP), Florence, Italy.

Sanger, P.A., Ziyatdinova, J.N., Project Based Learning: Real World Experiential Projects Creating the 21st Century Engineer, (2014) Conference of the International Association of Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP), Dubai, UAE

Sanger, P.A.; Ziyatdinova, J.N., Bridging the Communication Gap of a Foreign Speaking Instructor in Hands On Pedagogy // Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2013 International Conference on //Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICL.2013.6644617 // Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): 433- 435, Kazan, Russia

Sanger, P., Ziyatdinova, J. N., and Ivanov, V.G., “An Experiment in Project Based Learning: A Comparison of Attitudes between Russia and America”, (2012) American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, San Antonio, TX

P. Sanger, “Integrating Project Management, Product Design with Industry Sponsored Projects provides Stimulating Senior Capstone Experiences”, International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, Vol. 1 (2), 13 (2011)

A.K. Agarwal, S. Seshadri, M. MacMillan, S.S. Mani, J. Casady, P. Sanger, P. Shah, ”4H SiC p-n Diodes and Gate Turnoff Thyristors for high Power, High Temperature Applications”, Solid State Electronics, Vol. 44 (2), 303 (2000)

S. Seshadri, W.B. Hall,. J.C. Kotvas, P.A. Sanger, “100 kHz Operation of SiC Junction Controlled Thysistor (JCT) Switches Used in an All SiC PWM Inverter”, Material Science Forum, 338-3, 1403 (2000)

P.A.Sanger, (Invited Paper)  “Present Status of MRI Magnets at Oxford” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, MAG-21 (2), 436 (1985)

P. Sanger, E. Adam, G. Grabinsky, E. Gregory, E. Ioriatti, and G. Rothchild, “The Trials and Tribulations of Fabricating the pipe for the Rope in a Pipe Nb₃Sn Superconductor”, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials, 28, 751 (1982)

C.J. Heyne, D.T. Hackworth, S.K. Singh, J.L. Young and P.A. Sanger, ”Westinghouse Design of a Forced Flow Nb₃Sn Test Coil for the Large Coil Program”, 8th Symposium of Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, IEEE Pub. No. 79CH1441-5 NPS, November 1979, p. 1148

P.A.Sanger, “Radiation Damage Limitations for the Fermilab Energy Doubler/Saver”, IEEE Transaction on Nuclear Physics, NS-24 (3), 1334 (1977)

P.A.Sanger, B.P.Strauss, R.W.Boom, G.L.Kulcinski ,“Damage to Stabilizing materials by 400 GeV Protons” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, MAG-13 (1), 852 (1977)