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Publications

Books ... Back to top

  • Pat Banerjee and T. Kesavadas (Editors) “Industrial Virtual Reality: Manufacturing and Design Tool for the Next Millennium” Published by ASME Press, 1999.

Journal, Conference Papers and Book Chapters


2007 ... Back to top

  • Srimathveeravalli G, Gourishankar V and Kesavadas T, "Comparative Study: Virtual Fixtures and Shared Control for Rehabilitation of Fine Motor Skills" Presented at the 2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium On Haptic Interfaces For Virtual Envir. & Teleoperator Systems (HAPTICS’07), March 2007.


2006 ... Back to top

  • Srimathveeravalli G, Gourishankar V and Kesavadas T, "Haptic Attributes and Human Motor Skills" Presented at the 14th Symposium On Haptic Interfaces For Virtual Envir. & Teleoperator Systs. (HAPTICS’06) IEEE 2006.


2005 ... Back to top

  • Srimathveeravalli G and Kesavadas T, "Motor Skill Training Assistance Using Haptic Attributes" World Haptics Conference 2005, Pisa Italy, IEEE Computer Society Proceedings.
  • Bhat, S., Mehta, C., D'Souze, C. and Kesavadas, T. "3D Real-Time FEM Based Guide Wire Simulator with Force Feedback". Presented at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: MMVR13. Long Beach, CA. January 26-29, 2005.
  • Kim, Y. S., and Kesavadas, T., "The Haptic Kymograph: A Diagnostic Tele-Haptic Device for Sensation of Vital Signs". Presented at Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: MMVR13. Long Beach, CA. January 26-29, 2005.
  • Srimathveeravalli, G., and Kesavadas, T., "Motor Skill Training Assistance Using Haptic Attributes". Presented at World Haptics Conference: WHC05. Pisa, Italy. March 18-20, 2005
  • Kim, Y. S., and Kesavadas, T., "Diagnostics of Arterial Pressure Pulse using Haptic Kymograph: Remote Diagnostics of Vital Signs through a Telehaptic Device".
    Presented at World Haptics Conference: WHC05. Pisa, Italy. March 18-20, 2005


2004 ... Back to top

  • Kim, Y. S., and Kesavadas, T., “Automated Dynamic Symbology for Visualization of High Level Fusion”, Fusion 04, Stockholm, June 27- July 1, 2004.
  • Kamerkar, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Touch Based Interactive NURBS Modeler using a Force/Position Input Glove”, ASME Design and Technology Conferences, Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2004.
  • Bhandwale, A. and Kesavadas, T., “Impact of Product Mix Variations on Material Handling for Cellular Manufacturing”, To be presented at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress And R&D Expo Anaheim. CA, November 15-21, 2004.
  • Srimathveeravalli, G., Subramanian, N., and Kesavadas, T., “A Scenario Generation Tool for DDF Simulation Testbeds”, 2004 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC '04), Washington DC, Dec 5- 8, 2004.
  • Balajapalee, A. and Kesavadas, T., “Value Addition of Haptics in Complex Manufacturing Applications”, ASME Journal of Computers and Information Sciences in Engineering (ASME JCIE). To appear in V(4) N(2) June 2004.
  • Bhide, P., Kesavadas, T. and Bhandwale A. “Cell Formation using Multiple Process Plans”, To appear in the Journal for Intelligent Manufacturing.
  • Kesavadas, T. “Advances in Haptic Simulations in Design and Manufacturing,” Handbook of Industrial Information Technology, CRC Press, To appear in Fall 2004
  • Kim, Y. S. and Kesavadas, T., “Haptic Kymograph: Towards transmission of diagnostic vital signs”, Proceedings of the Eurohaptics, Munich, June 5-7, 2004.
  • Subramaniam, N., Kesavadas, T. and Hoffmann, K. R. “Geometry based metrics for planning of neuro-endovascular therapy”, To be presented at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery Conference (CARS 04), Chicago, June 26, 2004. Also to appear in the proceedings.
  • Subramaniam, N. and Kesavadas, T., “A Prototype Virtual Reality System for Preoperative Planning of Neuro-Endovascular Interventions”, Appeared in the proceedings of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 12) in Newport Beach, CA, January 16-17, 2004.
  • Chanda, A. and Kesavadas, T., “Real-Time Volume Haptic Rendering of Non-Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of Soft Tissue through Dynamic Atomic Unit Approach”, Appeared in the proceedings of the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 12) in Newport Beach, CA, January 16-17, 2004.


2003 ... Back to top

  • Kesavadas, T., and Ernzer, M., “Design of an Interactive Virtual Factory using Cell Formation Methodologies”, Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, 2003:Vol 2(2):229-245
  • Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K., Joshi, D. and Ellis, D.G., “Utilization of Virtual Reality for Endotracheal Intubation Training”, Resuscitation, 2003;59(1):133-138.
  • Singh, T., Kesavadas, T., Mayne, R. M., Kim, J. J. and Roy, A., "Design of Hardware/Algorithms for Enhancement of Driver-Vehicle Performance in Inclement Conditions Using a Virtual Environment", SAE Transactions - Journal of Passenger Car - Mechanical Systems, - (cited by SAE as one of the best papers of the year).
  • Deviprasad, T. and Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Prototyping of Assembly Components", Journal of Manufacturing Systems, v. 22 No. 1 2003, pp 16-27.
  • Fienberg, D. A., Kesavadas, T. and Pape, D., “Development of an Interactive Teaching System based on Motion Synchrony between Physical and Virtual Models”, State of Health Technology and Informatics, v. 94, 2003, pp 79-85.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Subramaniam, H., "Experimental Study of Virtual Tools with Attributes", IIE Transactions, 35, 9333-940, 2003.
  • Joshi, D. and Kesavadas, T., “Framework For Network Based Manufacturing Training Through Telehaptics”, In Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress And R&D Expo Washington D.C., November 16-21, 2003 (Won the Best Technical Paper Award).
  • Bhandwale, A., Kesavadas, T., English, K., Bloebaum, C., Lewis, K. and Chugh, K., “Interactive Design And Visualization of a Chemical Plant”, In Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress And R&D Expo Washington D.C., November 16-21, 2003.
  • Basapur S., Bisantz A., and Kesavadas, T., “The effect of display modality on decision-making in uncertainty”, In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 47th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October, 2003.
  • Joshi, D. and Kesavadas, T., “A Framework for Haptics Based Collaborative Design Environment”, International Symposium on Product Lifecycle Management, Bangalore, India, July, 2003, Appeared in the CD Rom proceedings.
  • Joshi, D. and Kesavadas, T., “Tele-Haptics: A Framework for Haptics Communications” Laval European Virtual Reality Conference, Laval, France, May 2003, Appeared in the proceedings.


2002 ... Back to top

  • Sheridan, M. F., Bloebaum, C. L., Kesavadas, T., Patra, A. K, and Winer, E., “Visualization and Communication in Risk Management of Landslides”, In C.A. Brebbia (editor), Risk Analysis III, WIT Press, Southampton, pp. 691-701, 2002.
  • Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K. and Joshi, D., "A Virtual Environment for Esophageal Intubation Training" - State of Health Technology and Informatics, v. 81 2002, pp 221-227.
  • Balijepalli, A., and Kesavadas, T., "An Exploratory Haptic Based Path Planning and Training Tool for Polishing", Appeared in the proceeding of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress in New Orleans, Nov. 2002.
  • Kevin C., Kesavadas, T. and Mayrose, J., "Development of the Virtual Human Abdomen: Algorithms and Methodologies" ACM-SIGGRAPH, 2001, pp.170-171.
  • Sharma, C. and Kesavadas, T., "Investigation of haptic framework for quantitative design analysis in virtual environments " 7th International Symposium on Virtual Systems and Multimedia 2001, Berkeley USA. Appeared in the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings, pp 844-850.
  • Kim, Y. S., Kesavadas, T., Paley, S. and Sanders, D., "Real Time Animation of King Ashur-nasir-pal II in the Virtual Recreated Northwest Palace" 7th International Symposium on Virtual Systems and Multimedia 2001, Berkeley USA. Appeared in the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings, pp 128-136.
  • Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K. and Joshi, D., "A Virtual Environment for Esophageal Intubation Training", Appeared in the Proceedings of the Medicine Meets VR conference, January 2002.
  • Balijepalli, A., and Kesavadas, T., "An Exploratory Haptic Based Path Planning and Training Tool", Presented at IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation to be held in Washington D.C, April 2002, CD – Rom proceedings.


1999~2001 ... Back to top

  • Sharma, C. and Kesavadas, T., "A Haptics based Virtual Environment for Engineering Design and Manufacturing applications", ASME Design and Engineering Technical Conference, Computers and Information in Engineering September 10-13, 2001, Pittsburgh USA. CD Rom Proceedings.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Sudhir, A., "Control of Transient Phase for Discrete Event Simulation using Computational Steering" presented at the AIM ‘01, July 2001 in Italy. CD-ROM Proceedings.
  • Mayrose, J., Chugh, K. and Kesavadas, T., “Material Property Determination Of Sub-Surface Objects In A Viscoelastic Environment” Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation. v 36 2000. pp 313-317.
  • Khandelwal, D. and Kesavadas, T., “A Computational Approach to Multi-material Solid Free Form Fabrication Using Simulated Annealing,” Presented at the ASME DETC Conference, Baltimore, MD, September 2000. CD-ROM Proceedings.
  • Mayrose J., Chugh K. and Kesavadas T., "A Non-invasive Tool for Quantitative Measurement of Soft Tissue Properties," Oral Presented at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, June 2000.
  • Chugh K., Mayrose J. and Kesavadas T., "The Atomic Unit Method: A Physically Based Volumetric Model for Interactive Tissue Simulation," Presented at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, June 2000.
  • Sudhir, A. and Kesavadas, T., “Computational Steering of Manufacturing Steering using Virtual Reality” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco, April 2000.
  • Singh, T., Kesavadas, T., Mayne, R., Kim, J-J., Roy, A., "Design of Hardware/Algorithms for Enhancement of Driver-Vehicle Performance in Inclement Conditions Using a Virtual Environment", Presented at the SAE 2000 World Congress, March 6-9, Detroit, MI, SAE Technical Paper Series.
  • Khandelwal, D., and Kesavadas, T., “Computational Approach To Multi-Material Solid Freeform Fabrication Using Simulated Annealing”, Journal of Materials Processing & Manufacturing Science. v 7 n 4 1999. pp 405-415.
  • Kesavadas, T., and Ernzer, M. “Design Of An Interactive Virtual Factory Using Cell Formation Methodologies”, Industrial VR: Manufacturing and Design Tool for the Next Millennium, ASME Press, 1999. pp 201-208.
  • Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., Narayanasamy, S., “One-Dimensional Approach To Viscoelastic Material Stiffness Calculations” ASME Bioengineering, Bed. v 43 1999. pp 227-228.
  • Taluk, D. and Kesavadas, T., "VPAVE: An Interactive Tool for Validating Assembly Components in Virtual Environment using Finite Element Simulation", Presented at the NIST-ASME Industrial Virtual Reality Symposium, Chicago, Nov.1 and 2, 1999.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Subramaniam, H., "Experimental Study of Virtual Tools with Attributes", Presented at the NIST-ASME Industrial Virtual Reality Symposium, Chicago, Nov.1 and 2, 1999.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Ernzer, M., "Design of Virtual Factory Using Cell Formation Methodologies," Industrial Virtual Reality: Manufacturing and Design Tool for the Next Millennium, Nov. 14-19, 1999, Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Ernzer, M. and Kesavadas, T., “Interactive Design Of A Virtual Factory Using Cellular Manufacturing System” Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation. v 3 1999. pp 2428-2433.
  • Kesavadas, T., "Visualization Tool for Factory Design," 5th International Symposium on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Dundee, Scotland, Sept. 1-3, 1999. Web based proceedings.
  • Ernzer, M and Kesavadas, T., "Design of Virtual Factory using Cell Formation Techniques" presented at the IEEE Robotics and Automation conference in Detroit, May 1999. On CD-ROM.
  • Ernzer, M and Kesavadas, T., “Design of Virtual Factory using Cell Formation Techniques” Refereed Video segment and presentation at the IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference in Detroit, May 1999. On-IEEE video.


~1998 ... Back to top

  • Kesavadas, T. and Subramanium, H., "Flexible Virtual Tools For Programming Robotic Finishing Operations" The Industrial Robot. v 25 n 4 1998. p 268-275.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Subramaniam, H., "Object oriented model of behavior encoded virtual tools" Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. v 1 1998. Pp. 338-343.
  • Lefort, L. and Kesavadas, T., "Interactive virtual factory for design of a shopfloor using single cluster analysis Proceedings" - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. v 1 1998. pp 266-271, Lueven, Belgium. (Placed Second in the Best Paper Award Selection).
  • Kesavadas, T., Khor, C., Subramaniam, H., Taluk, D., "Programming Of A Virtual Robot Assisted By A Neural Network For Manufacturing Applications" ASME Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks. v 7 1997. pp 879-884.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Khor, C., "A Neural Network Based Interactive Programming of a Deburring Robot in a Virtual Environment", ASME Manufacturing Division Conference Proceedings, November, Dallas, Nov. 20, 1997, MED-Vol. 6-1, pp273-280.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Subramani, H., Taluk., D., and Khor, C., "Virtual Tools Aided by Neural Network Path Planner for Welding Operation," presented at the Applied Neural Network in Engineering (ANNIE `97) conference at St. Louise, MO, Nov. 1997.
  • Kesavadas, T., "Augmented Reality: Applications to Design and Manufacturing," ASME 1996 Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 18-22, 1996. Published in the CD ROM proceedings.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Cannon, D. J., Virtual tools with attributes for robotic based intermediate manufacturing processes [Conference Paper] Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. v 2 1996. Pp. 1845-1850.
  • Kesavadas, T., and Cannon, D.J., "Virtual Tools that Carry Attributes for Interactively Specifying Intermediate Manufacturing Processes," Journal of Virtual Reality Applications, Research and Development. Vol. 1 1995, No.2, Page 71-90.
  • Cannon, D.J., Thomas, G., Wang, C., Kesavadas, T. "Virtual Reality Based Point-And-Direct Robotic System With Instrumented Glove" International Journal of Industrial Engineering - Applications & Practice. v 1 n 2 Jun 1994. p 139-148.
  • Kesavadas, T. and Cannon, D.J., "Objective Control of a Robotic Die Polishing Operation in a V-PAD Environment," presented at ISIR'93 (International Symposium on Intelligent Robotics), Bangalore, India, January 7-9, 1993, Page 405-414.
  • Kesavadas, T., Kuo, R J., Cannon, D J., "Intelligent Robotic Die Polishing System Using A Neural Network" ASME Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks. v 2 1992. pp 803-808.
  • Kesavadas, T., Kuo, R., Cannon, D.J., "An Intelligent Robotic Die Polishing System Using a Neural Network," presented at ANNIE'92 (Artificial Neural Network In Engineering), St. Louis, MO, November 15-18, 1992.
  • Kesavadas, T., Madhusudana, K., Ganesh, N., and Prabhaker, O., "Computer Simulation of a Turbine Blade Solidification," (based on first author's Masters thesis) presented at the annual symposium of the Indian Institute of Metals, New Delhi, India, November, 1988.


Posters ... Back to top

  • Subramaniam, N, Kesavadas, T and Patra, A, “Visualization of Geo-Physical Mass Simulation” IEEE Visualization ‘03, Seattle, Washington, October 19-24, 2003. (Peer reviewed)
  • Kesavadas, T., Subramanian, N., Hoffmann, KR., Gopal, A., “Development of Virtual Tools with Intelligent Attributes for Neuro-Endovascular Intervention” Appear in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2003, 17th International Congress and Exhibition, London, UK. (Peer reviewed)
  • Kesavadas, T., Chanda, A., “Haptic Rendering through a Dynamic Atomic Unit Approach: Towards Non-Linear, Viscoelastic, Anisotropic Behavior” Appear in Proceedings of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 2003, 17th International Congress and Exhibition, London, UK. (Peer reviewed)
  • Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K., and Mayrose, J., “Validating the Atomic Unit Approach to Physically Based Modeling for Virtual Reality”, UB Research Festival, May 17, 2001.
  • Kesavadas, T., Paley, S., Kim, Y.S., “Virtual Reconstruction of an Assyrian Palace” UB Research Festival, May 17, 2001.
  • Kesavadas, T., and Sudhir, A., “High Performance Computing in Manufacturing Simulation” High Performance Computing Conference, Bangalore, India, December 18 to 21, 2000, Bangalore, India (Peer reviewed).
  • Chugh, K., Kesavadas, T., and Mayrose, J., "Experimental Evaluation of a Fine Grained Approach to Physically Based 3-D Modeling for Virtual Reality", Kingston, Canada, May 2000 (Peer reviewed).
  • Chugh, K., Kesavadas, T., and Mayrose, J., “Fine Grained Approach to Physically Based 3-D Modeling for Virtual Reality", Graphics Interface '99, Kingston, Canada, June 1999 (Peer reviewed).
  • Chugh, K., Kesavadas, T., and Mayrose, J., "A Fine Grained Approach to Physically Based 3-D Modeling for Virtual Reality", Sigma-Xi Research Poster Competition, UB, April 29, 1999.


Ph.D. Dissertations ... Back to top

  • Ravishanker Chitayala: October 2006 (Mechanical Engineering)
    Thesis : "Region of Interest Cone Beam Computed Tomography".
    Position: Scientist, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Center
  • Young-Seok Kim: December 2005 (Mechanical Engineering)
    Thesis: "Fingertip Digitizer: A Real-time, Finger Mounted Haptic Sensor System for Active, Dynamic, and Visco-elastic Touch".
    Position: Scientist, Tactus Technologies, NY
  • Kevin Chugh: January 2001 (Computer Science)
    Thesis: "An Object-oriented Approach to Physically-Based Human Tissue Modeling For Virtual Reality Applications".
    Position: President and Chief Scientist, Tactus Technologies, NY
  • James Mayrose: August 2000 (Mechanical Engineering)
    Thesis: "A Physically Based Deformable Model for Real Time Haptic Simulation of Soft Tissue Palpation".
    Position: Assistant Professor, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY


M.S. Thesis ... Back to top

  • Veluppillai Arulesan, Fall 2006
    Thesis: "Analysis of Stresses Generated in Artery Walls during Neuro-Endovascular Surgery using FEM"
    Position: Software Engineer, Immersion Medical Systems, MD
  • Satyanarayana Hemanth Kumar, Fall 2006
    Thesis: "Development of an Augumented Reality System for Surgical Planning"

  • Venkataraghavan Gourishanker, Fall 2006
    Thesis: "HapStick - A High Fidelity Haptic System for Simulation of Billiards"
    Position: Application Engineer, Sensable Technologies, Boston, MA
  • Amar Junankar, Fall 2006
    Thesis: "Development of an Interoperability Tool for XGL to B-REP Data Conversion in Parasolid"

  • Anandita Sengupata, Fall 2006
    Thesis: "In Vitro Measurement Of Tool-Artery Interaction Forces During Endovascular Neuro-Surgery Using Silicone Phantoms"
    Position: Product Engineer, Boston Scientific
  • Mathew Mandiak, Fall 2005
    Thesis: "Haptic Enabled Assembly Application for Enhanced Product Design"
    Position: Design Engineer, Minrad International
  • Clive D'Souza, Fall 2005
    Thesis: "Reverse Engineering Approach to Modeling Reach Envelopes"
    Position: Pursuing Ph.D at UB
  • Chandresh Mehta, Fall 2005
    Thesis: "A New Reverse Engineering Approach to Reconstruction of 3d CAD-Models"
    Position: Pursuing Ph.D at University at Michigan
  • Suraj Bhat, Fall 2005
    Thesis: "FEM based Guide Wire Simulation using Patient Specific Data"
    Position: Software engineering, NAS Medical Systems, PA
  • Ajay Anand, Fall 2005
    Thesis: "Finite Element Approach for Virtual Clay Simulation Using Boundary Cell Encoding"

  • Pritul Shah, Fall 2005
    Thesis: "Development of a XGL Based Boundary Representation Data Conversion Module for CAD Interoperability"
    Position: Design Engineer, Intel Corporation, OR
  • Govind Srimathveeravalli, Spring 2005
    Thesis: "Development of a Haptic Based Framework for Machine Mediated Skill Transfer"
    Position: Pursuing Ph.D at UB
  • Amit Bhandwale, Fall 2004
    Thesis: "Development of a Methodology to Incorporate New Parts and Machines into an Existing Cellular Manufacturing System"
    Position: Parametric Technologies, Pune, India
  • Amit Paygude, Spring 2004
    Thesis: "Development of an Interoperability Tool in Parasolid"
    Position: Parametric Technologies, Pune, India
  • Kevin Smalley, Spring 2004
    Thesis: “Subsurface 3D modeling using Data Glove”
  • Rahul Patil, Spring 2004
    Thesis: “Application of XGL in Product Lifecycle Management of Large Scale CAD projects”
    Position: Bentley Systems, MD
  • Ameya Kemerkar, Spring 2004
    Thesis: “Touch based in Interactive NURBS modeler using A Force/Position Glove”
    Position: Mechanical Design Engineer, NVIDIA Corp, CA
  • Navneeth Subramaniam, Fall 2003
    Thesis: “A methodology for computing patient-specific information for vascular intervention”
    Position: GE Medical Visualization Group, Bangalore, India
  • Urmil Desai, Fall 2003
    Thesis: “A Neural Network Approach to Automated Grouping of 3D CAD models using Feature Signatures”
    Position: Caterpillar, IL
  • Dhananjay Joshi, Spring 2003
    Thesis: “Tele-haptics: A framework for Haptics Communication”
    Position: Immersion Corp. Medical Division, MD
  • Arvind Balajapalee, Spring 2003
    Thesis: “Haptics based grinding Tool”
    Position: Scientist, NIST
  • Parijat Bhide, Fall 2002
    Thesis: “Cell Formation using Alternate Process Plans”
    Position: Engineering Consultant
  • Cartik Sharma, Summer 2001
    Thesis: "Exploration of Haptic Interface for Quantitative Design Analysis"
    Position: Atlantis Components Inc., Boston, MA
  • Young-Seok Kim, Summer 2001
    Thesis: "Virtual Reality Modeling of an Archeological Site"
     Position: Scientist, Tactus Technologies, NY
  • Abhishek Sudhir, Summer 2000
    Thesis: "A Virtual Testbed for Interactive Simulation of Manufacturing Systems".
    Position: Software Engineer, Oracle Corp., CA
  • Abhijeet Roy, Summer 2000
    Thesis: "Development of a Virtual Driving Environment for Inclement Weather Conditions"
    Position: Software Engineer, MicroStrategy, VA
  • Charanjiv Singh, Summer 200
    Thesis: “A JAVA based Factory Cell Modeling System”
  • Ameet Shedge, Summer 2000
    Thesis: "A Enterprise Architecture for Cell based Factory Design"
    Position: Software Engineer, GlobalGuru, Columbia, SC
  • Deepesh Khandelwal, Spring 2000
    Thesis: “Computational modeling of SFF Design using Pre-fabricates”
    Position: Software Engineer, SUN Microsystems, CA
  • Jingzi Liu, Fall 1999
    Thesis: “Evaluation of Driving Conditions using Virtual Environment”
    Position: Engineer, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH
  • Deviprasad Taluk, Fall 1999
    Thesis: "Validation of Virtual Assembly Prototypes using FEM"
    Position: Engineer, Wright Peterson Airforce Base, OH
  • Kirk Stalis, Spring 1999
    Thesis: “Rapid Color Prototype”
    Position: Production Engineer, Dresser Rand Corp., NY
  • Hari Subramani, Fall 1998
    Thesis: "Design of Virtual Tools with Intelligent Attributes and Behaviors and its application to Manufacturing"
    Position: Software Engineer, Visualization, ESRI, CA
  • Marc Ernzer, Fall 1998
    Thesis: "Virtual Factory Modeling using Multi Cluster Analysis" MS - Fall 1998 Position: Pursuing Ph.D in University of Darmstadt, Germany
  • Lionel Lefort, Spring 1998
    Thesis: "Interactive Virtual Factory for Design of a shop floor layout using Single Cluster Analysis,"
    Position: Employed in France
  • Chin Khor, Fall 1996
    Thesis: "Application of a Remote Robot Assisted by a Neural Network in Manufacturing” at Iowa State University
  • Shrivardhan Ghanekar, Spring 1996
    Thesis: "A NURB based Surfacing Modeling Interface” at Iowa State University
    Position: Design Engineer, Cummins, IN


M.S. Projects ... Back to top

  • Nikhil Sane, Fall 2003
  • Adwait Joshi, Fall 2003
    Position: Visualization group, Intel, OR
  • Anping Chang, Spring 2002
    Project title: "JAVA Applet based factory simulation system"
  • Mathew Garsley, Spring 2002
    Project title: "Modeling Machines for a Virtual Reality-Based Manufacturing Environment Using Photogrammetry"
    Position: Engineer, American Axle Company, Buffalo.
  • Carlos Lopez, Spring 2001
    Project title: "Study of Viscous Torsional Vibration Damper Using Finite Element Analysis"
    Position: Lecturer in Bogota, Columbia
  • Anand Cornelio, Spring 2001
    Project Title: "High Speed Laser Welding of Stainless Steel"
    Position: Project Leader, Garret Engine Systems, Honeywell, Inc., CA

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