Calvin Blignault (4 Septemba 1979 - 21 Agosti 2010) alikuwa mhandisi wa mitambo wa nchini Afrika Kusini. Blignault alisoma shule za Msingi za Kabega Park na Hoërskool Framesby Sekondari. Alipata sifa zake za NDip, BTech, MTech na DTech kama mhandisi wa mitambo. Alimaliza shahada zake za uzamili na uzamivu katika uhandisi wa mitambo katika Chuo Kikuu cha Nelson Mandela Metropolitan (NMMU) huko Port Elizabeth, Afrika Kusini . Akiwa Port Elizabeth Technikon (PE Technikon) alifanya utafiti wa kiwango cha kimataifa akiwa kama mwanafunzi wa shahada ya uzamili. Mnamo 2002. Kuanzia Machi 2007 alizindua mradi uliofadhiliwa na kikundi huko TWI juu ya ukuzaji wa lahaja mpya ya kulehemu kwa msuguano kwa joto la juu, vifaa vya chini vya conductivity ikijumuisha aloi za titanium . Calvin Blignault: A friction stir weld tool-force and response surface model characterizing tool performance and weld joint integrity: a thesis ... for the degree of Doctor Technologiae: Mechanical Engineering. Port Elizabeth, RSA, 2006, available in NMMU and TWI libraries Mike Russell, Calvin Blignault, Nathan Horrex, Christoph Wiesner: Recent developments in friction stir welding and friction materials processing of Titanium and Titanium alloys, 6th FSW Symposium in St Saveur, Canada, 10–13 Oct 2006, and IIW in Dubrovnik, Doc.