Cheikh Cisse

Title
WW Adjunct Faculty, College of Aviation
Email
Department
School of Engineering
College
College of Aviation

Areas of Expertise

Airplane Propulsion, Turbomachinery, Airworthiness, Shape Memory Alloys and Ceramics, Materials Science, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Modeling/Analysis, Energy Harvesting Systems.  
Cheikh Cisse

Dr. Cheikh Cissé is an aerospace engineer, research scientist, academic and author. His training and experience place him at the intersection of high-tech industry and academia, with expertise in turbomachinery, structural design, mining and materials science. He is currently a senior propulsion engineer at Boeing and an adjunct professor in the College of Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. 

Cheikh Cissé is known for his scientific contributions to the characterization, multiscale modeling, and design of multifunctional material systems such as shape-memory alloys, nanocomposites and ceramics, piezoelectric materials and aerospace composites. He carried out cutting-edge investigations to better understand the deformation mechanisms, microstructure evolution, and properties improvements of these materials. His works utilize novel computational methods and robust implementation schemes to understand and connect the properties and functionalities of these materials at different length scales. This helps accurately design smart, adaptive and self-healing structures and systems, and sustainable energy systems/harvesting. He has written and co-authored multiples scientific articles. His research works are published peer-reviewed journals including Science, International Journal of Plasticity, Acta Materialia, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Computational Materials Science, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Materials & Design, Mechanics of Materials, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Behavior and Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Composites, and Smart Materials and Structures. In addition, he is a scientific reviewer for multiples international journals.

Cheikh is the author of the book "Pour Une Révolution Industrielle et Minière en Afrique" [French Edition]. In this publication, he diagnoses the economic, political, and social problems related to mining in Africa. He describes the issues such as the unfair contracts, the corruption, the pollution and environmental problems, as well as the lack of commitment of the local governments and investors. He also depicts the origins of the low industrial impact and output of African countries despite their huge mineral assets. Furthermore, he proposed multiple solutions to help improve the economy of the continent and create jobs for millions of young Africans via a better use of these mineral resources and an intensive industrialization of the continent. 

  • Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering: Mechanical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Materials Sciences and Structural Solid Mechanics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
  • M.S. - Master of Science in Executive Engineering, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint Etienne

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • C Cissé, W Zaki, TB Zineb. (2016). A review of constitutive models and modeling techniques for shape memory alloys. International Journal of Plasticity, 76, 244-284.
  • H Hou, E Simsek, T Ma, NS Johnson, S Qian, C Cissé, D Stasak, N AlHasan, L Zhou, Y Hwang, R Radermacher, VI Levitas, MJ Kramer, M Asle-Zaeem, AP Stebner, RT Ott, J Cui, I Takeuchi. (2022). Additively Manufactured High-Performance Elastocaloric Materials with Long Fatigue Life. SMST2022, 34-35
  • C Cissé, M Asle Zaeem. (2020). An Asymmetric Elasto-Plastic Phase-Field Model for Shape Memory Effect, Pseudoelasticity and Thermomechanical Training in Polycrystalline Shape Memory Alloys. Acta Materialia 201, 580-595.
  • C Cissé, W Zaki, X Gu, TB Zineb. (2017). A nonlinear 3D model for iron-based shape memory alloys considering different thermomechanical properties for austenite and martensite and coupling between transformation and plasticity. Mechanics of Materials, 107, 1-21.
  • C Cissé, M Asle Zaeem. (2020). A Phase-Field Model for Non-Isothermal Phase Transformation and Plasticity in Polycrystalline Yttria-Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia. Acta Materialia 191, 111-123.
  • H Hou, E Simsek, T Ma, NS Johnson, S Qian, C Cissé, D Stasak, N AlHasan, L Zhou, Y Hwang, R Radermacher, VI Levitas, MJ Kramer, M Asle-Zaeem, AP Stebner, RT Ott, J Cui, I Takeuchi. (2019). Fatigue-resistant high-performance elastocaloric materials via additive manufacturing. Science, 366 (6469), 1116-1121.
  • C Cissé, M Asle Zaeem. (2021). Design of NiTi-based shape memory microcomposites with enhanced elastocaloric performance by a fully thermomechanical coupled phase-field model. Materials & Design 207, 109898.
  • C Cissé, M Asle Zaeem. (2020). Transformation-Induced Fracture Toughening in CuAlBe Shape Memory Alloys: A Phase-Field Study. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 192, 106144.
  • C Cissé, M Asle Zaeem. (2020). On the elastocaloric effect in CuAlBe shape memory alloys: A quantitative phase-field modeling approach. Computational Materials Science 183, 109808.
  • NV Viet, W Zaki, R Umer, C Cissé (2019). Analytical model for the torsional response of superelastic shape memory alloy circular sections subjected to a loading-unloading cycle. International Journal of Solids and Structures 156, 49-60.
  • C Cissé, W Zaki, T Ben Zineb (2018). Numerical simulation of the behavior of steel T-stubs connected by Fe-based shape memory alloy bolts. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 29 (16), 3284-3292.
  • C Cissé, MA Zaeem. (2020). Defect-induced asymmetrical mechanical behavior in shape memory zirconia: A phase-field investigation. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42 (10), 4296-4310.
  • C Cissé, W Zaki, T Ben Zineb. (2016). A review of modeling techniques for advanced effects in shape memory alloy behavior. Smart Materials and Structures 25 (10), 103001.

INDUSTRY CAREER

Dr. Cheikh Cissé started his Aerospace career at Honeywell Aerospace, where he worked on various development programs of jet engines such as turbofans, turboshafts and Auxiliary power unit (APU). He participated in the implementation of advanced technologies for these propulsion products. As the focal point and Tech Lead for foreign object debris/damages (FOD), he coordinated activities to develop predictive tools for engine damage and performance loss due to forced response and impact of such as bird, ice or blade pieces also known as rotor burst and fan blade out. He developed various bird models to capture bird strike into jet engines, and led projects such as rig facility development to ensure the fulfillment of pre-flight engine certification. Later, Cheikh joined Boeing as a senior propulsion engineer. His propulsion and aviation expertise includes

  • Ensuring that engine design meets FAR § 33.76 (bird ingestion) and FAR § 33.77 (ice ingestion) requirements;
  • Developing bird and composite material models to improve the simulation accuracy and avoid certification test failure;
  • Proposing and managing collaborative projects with universities and research centers.
  • Conducting FOD sensitivity analysis to influence the design of jet engine components.
  • Providing FOD mitigation strategy for preliminary design review (PDR) and detailed design review (DDR).
  • Investigating abradable damages of the engine casings due to load transfer from (blisk) fan to booster rotor.
  • Leading root cause investigations of mechanical failures in fans, compressors, and nacelles.
  • Selecting appropriate disposition, design and/or fabrication changes to enable rapid and safe resolution.
  • Developing new processes and conducting tests to collect validation data for modeling methods.
  • Integrating forced response and impact analysis best practices into the design workflows.
  • Guiding designs with the use of best practices for mechanical modeling and measurements.

AEROSPACE SERVICES

  • 2022 – 2024 : Delegate of Honeywell Aerospace at the Aerospace Working Group. The LS-DYNA® Aerospace Working Group (AWG) is a partnership of federal agencies (FAA, NASA) corporations (Honeywell Aerospace, Boeing, Airbus, Pratt & Whitney, GE Aerospace, Collins Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce), and universities. We develop and publish aerospace test cases and modeling guidelines for finite element analyses with LS-DYNA. Especially, AWG collaborates with NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the National Aviation Research Plan "Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research" program.
  • 2022 – present : Liaison/Representative at the SAE International G-28 Simulants for Impact and Ingestion Testing Committee. The SAE G-28, Simulants for Impact and Ingestion Testing, is a technical committee in SAE’s General Projects Systems Group with the responsibility to develop and maintain standards for simulating objects utilized in the development and certification of structures and engines for impact or ingestion.
  • 2022 – present : member of the Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE). ASSURE or the Alliance of System Safety for UAS through Research Excellence is a multi-university center designated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as its Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems. ASSURE provides the FAA with the research it needs to quickly, safely and efficiently integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the National Airspace System with minimal changes to the current system.

ACADEMIC CAREER

Cheikh was a Post-doctoral Researcher and Research Associate at the Colorado School of Mines, where he participated in the discovery of a highly efficient and eco-friendly elastocaloric cooling material. While typical elastocaloric materials used for solid-state cooling show a degradation in cooling behavior after hundreds of cycles, laser melting allowed the team to create fatigue-resistant nanocomposite microstructures that can cycle, with consistent cooling capacity, a million times. At the Colorado School of Mines, he advised and guided PhD students in their research. He developed a research proposal that received $470k from the United States Department of Energy to study the multiscale defect formation and domain switching behavior in functional oxides. He also obtained a $390k research grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate the significant enhancement of structural integrity of shape memory ceramics in high cycle fatigue. Furthermore, he also participated in other research proposal developments to raise funds from agencies such as NASA and DARPA. 

ACADEMIC SERVICES

Cheikh is a scientific reviewer for Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Smart Materials and Structures, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, ASME conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems (SMASIS), ASME Turbomachinery Technical Conference & Exposition.

He was the session chair for "Algorithm Development in Materials Science and Engineering — Large Scale Computational Simulations and Microscale Algorithms for Study Structure-Processing Relations" at the TMS conference (The Mineral, Metals & Materials Society).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lab Instructor : Designed and instructed weekly lab sessions, and graded the reports for MECH225 (solid mechanics), MECH335 (fluid mechanics), MECH387 (mechanical design II), PHY121 (physics I)
Teaching assistant : Designed study problems, led tutorials, and graded reports and course projects for ENGR111 (engineering design project), MECH450 (vehicle engineering), MECH387 (machine element design) 

2015  – present: Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME).

2017 – present: Member of the international society for optics and photonics (SPIE).

2022 – present: Member of the aerospace Working Group (AWG)

2022 – present: Member o f the Society of Automotive and Aerospace Engineers (SAE International)