An Interview with Professor Ashok Saxena

Professor Saxena, President and CTO, WireTough Cylinders, Bristol,
Virginia, USA, and Distinguished Professor (retired) and Dean
Emeritus, University of Arkansas.
Prof. Saxena had a long career in the field of Materials which began as
a Research Metallurgist in National Steel Corporation in Weirton, West
Virginia in 1974, followed by an appointment as Fellow Scientist at
Westinghouse R&D Center, Regents’ Professor, and Chair of the
School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech, and as
Distinguished Professor and Dean of Engineering, and later as Provost
and Vice-Chancellor at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
During this period, Professor Saxena developed many courses for UG
and PG programs and headed the Materials Science and Engineering
department for many years. Prof. Saxena’s work on Creep and Creep-
Fatigue Crack growth of metallic materials is known to every
metallurgist and mechanical engineer and is a part of textbooks and
has led to several ASTM Standards.
Abhinesh Verma, a student of IIT Ropar interviewed Prof. Saxena. This
interview is shared here, and it was a pleasure and was very inspiring
speaking with the legendary professor.