Curriculum Vitae Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas - Mechanical and ...

Curriculum Vitae 

Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas 

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 

University at Buffalo 

The State University of New York at Buffalo 

Buffalo, NY 14260 

(716) 645 2593 x2229 (716) 645 3668 Fax 

EDUCATION 

9030 Michael Douglas Dr. 

Clarence Ctr., NY 14032 

(716) 741 8174 

kesh@eng.buffalo.edu 

http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~kesh 

Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University 

Park, 1995 

Thesis Topic: “Virtual Reality Based Interactive Automation of Robotics 

Die Polishing” 

Advisor: Professor David Cannon 

M.Tech Aircraft Production Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 

1987 

Thesis Topic: “Computer Simulation of Investment Casting Process using 

FEM” 

Advisor: Professor O. Prabhaker 

B.Tech NSS College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, University of 

Calicut, India, 1985 

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND FACILITIES DEVELOPED 

� Research Interests: (1) Haptics and Human Computer Interaction; (2) Modeling of 

Bio-mechanical and Bio-engineering Systems; (3) Virtual Reality in Medicine 

� Laboratory: Founded the University at Buffalo Virtual Reality Laboratory: Facilities 

include a variety of state-of-the-art VR hardware and software and haptic devices. 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

8/02 - present Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace 

Engineering, University at Buffalo 

5/03 - present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and 


6/07 - present Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Urological Oncology, 

Roswell Park Cancer Institute 

Last Revised: 7/10/2008 1

8/96 - 8/02 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace 


2/95 - 7/96 Associate Scientist in Virtual Reality, Iowa Center for Emerging 

Manufacturing Technology, Institute for Physical Research and 

Technology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 

8/95 - 7/96 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 

8/90 - 1/95 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering, 

Pennsylvania State University 

1/87 - 7/90 Engineer, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India 

7/85 - 1/87 Management Trainee (Technical), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, India 

AWARDS and HONORS 

Best patent award of 2004 for United States Patent No. 6,752,770 in Western New York 

(1 st out of 160 patents nominated from over 3000 patents granted to Corporations and 

Universities in Western New York). 

Honored as the “Inventor of the Year” for 2004 by Buffalo Niagara Technical Societies 

and Intellectual Property Association for the patent “A System and Method for 

Analyzing a Region Below One or More Layers of Tissue”, United States Patent No. 

6,752,770. Award shared with former doctoral students, Drs. James Mayrose and 

Kevin Chugh. 

UB Career Services Recognition for having favorable impact on the lives of students, 

2005. 

Technology Innovation Award, TIAA-CREF/State University of New York Research 

Foundation (New York State Award), Albany, 2004. 

Nominated by UB for the SUNY Chancellor‟s Teaching Innovation Award, 2004. 

Best Technical Paper Award, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, 

2003, Washington, DC. 

Virtual Glove technology was selected for the prestigious WIRED NextFest technology 

fair, San Francisco, 2003 (one of the 30 inventions selected for the Health Pavilion) 

Selected by Business Week Magazine as one of the 5 Medical Pioneers in United States, 

2002 (based on a survey of peers, citing my research in the use of VR in surgical 

simulation: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/tc_special/medtech.htm). 

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), one of the Best Technical Papers, 2002. 

“VR-Fact: Virtual Factory Software”, nominated for the Nova Award by the Construction 

Industries Forum, 2000. 

Second Place, Kayamori Award for Automation, IEEE International Conference on 

Robotics and Automation, Belgium, 1998 (2 nd out of 540 papers). 

Reifler Faculty Award, University at Buffalo, 1998, 2001. 

ASME Leadership Development Award (LDI), 1997. 

Elected to Sigma Xi Research Honor Society, 1996. 

Iowa State Miller Faculty Fellowship Award, 1996. 

Numerous citations by press (listed at the end of this document). 


PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES and ACTIVITIES 

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Member, 1994 - present 

Chair, Material Handling Division, 2003-2004 

Vice Chair, Material Handling Division, 2001-2002 

Secretary, Material Handling Division, 2000-2001 

Member, e-Resources committee formed to improve web activities, 2000-2001 

Member, Futures Team formed by the Board of Governors, 1999-2000 

Chair, Information Systems Technical Division, 1999-2000 

Leadership Development Intern (LDI), served on Council on Engineering, 1997-1998 

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Member, 1996 - present 

Sigma Xi Research Honor Society, Member, 1995-1996 

American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), Member, 1996-1997 

Conference and Workshop Organizer 

Organizing committee, ASME Winter Congress, Manufacturing Division 

Symposiums, Seattle, 2007 

Session Organizer, Virtual Reality Sessions, ASME IDETC Conference, Las Vegas, 

2007 

Organizing Committee, IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, Bonn, Germany, 2005 and 

Reno Nevada, 2008 

Member, Organizing Committee, ICRA, 1997, 2002, 2004 

ICRA Video Proceedings Committee, 1997-2003 

Co-chair, Army Ontology and Visualization Workshop, Buffalo, NY, 2002 

Chair, Video Proceedings, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and 

Automation (ICRA), Washington, DC, 2002 

Program Chair, MHED, ASME Winter Congress, New York, NY 2001 

Organizing Committee, AIM, Como, Italy, 2001 and Atlanta, GA, 1999 

Co-Organizer, ASME Symposium on Virtual Environments, Nashville, TN, 1999 

Executive Committee and Web Coordinator, IEEE Robotics and Automation 

Conference (ICRA), San Francisco, CA, 2000 

Co-Conference Chair, NIST /ASME Industrial Virtual Reality Conference, Chicago, 

IL, 1999 

Conference Session Chair (partial list) 

ASME, Winter Annual Conference, 1999-2005 

ASME, DETC conference, 2000, 2004 

IEEE, Robotics and Automation Conference, 1998-2002, 2004 

AIM, 2001 

NIST/ASME, VR Symposium, 1999 


Editorship 

Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Computers and Information Sciences in 

Engineering (ASME JCIE), (Guest Editor for Special issue on Haptics, to appear 

in 2008 September) 

Editor, ASME Material Handling Division Newsletter, 2002-2003 

Co-editor, ASME Industrial Virtual Reality, 1999 

Reviewed for 

Promotion and Grant Panel 

Qatar National Research Foundation 

Promotion and Tenure Committee: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

University, Washington State University, Texas A&M University 

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research 

Texas Board of Higher Education 

NSF, Design Manufacturing Industrial Innovation, Materials and Machines Design 

Engineering Program 

NSF, Information and Intelligent Systems and Human Centered Computing 

Journals and Conferences (partial list) 

Computer Aided Design 

International Journal of Production Engineering 

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 

International Journal of Modeling and Simulation 

IEEE Transactions of Systems, Man, and Cybernetics 

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 

IEEE Transactions of Robotics and Automation 

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine 

IEEE Transactions of Pattern Recognition 

IEEE Transactions of Neural Network 

Journal of Research in Engineering Design 

SME Manufacturing Systems 

ASME Journal of Manufacturing Systems 

ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering 

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design 

IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 

NIST/ASME Virtual Reality Conference 

IEEE/ASME AIM Conference 

ASME IMECE Winter Conference 

ASME IDETC/CIE Conference 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference 

Workshops 

Indo-US Workshop on Solid Free Form Fabrication, Bangalore, India, 2007 (speaker) 

France-US Workshop on PLM-SCM, Gaithersburg, MD, 2006 (speaker) 

NATO, Visualization Workshop, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006 (speaker) 

Medical Gaming Workshop, Organized by Stanford University /TATRC, 2006 


IEEE, Visualization Workshop (Viz ‟03), Seattle, WA, 2003 

NATO, Visualization Workshop, Penn State, PA, 2003 (speaker) 

Ontology and Visualization Workshop, University at Buffalo, NY, 2002 (speaker) 

NATO, Fusion and Visualization Workshop, Halden, Norway, 2002 (speaker) 

Rendering, Perception and Graphics Workshop, Cornell University, 1999 

NSF Teaching Scholars Workshop, University at Buffalo, 1998 

2 nd ACM-SIGRAPH Simulation in Virtual Environment (SIVE) Workshop, 

University of Iowa, 1995 (speaker) 

American Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Workshop “Towards Physical 

Interaction and Manipulation”, Stanford University, 1994 (speaker) 

SERVICE 

University Service 

SUNY Senator (Alternate), 2008-2009 

Co-Author, University at Buffalo 2020 Information and Computing Technology 

(ICT) Institutional Strategic Planning White Paper, 2007. 

Reviewer, UB Internal Research Development Funds (IRDF), 2005-2006 

Initiated new collaboration with Digital Health Center at the Amrita Institute of 

Medical Sciences, Kochi, India (as a part of MOU signed between the two 

institutions) and Institute for Technology Assessment, Harvard Medical School to 

pursue medical virtual reality projects in India, 2007. 

Co-author, Position Paper on Orthopedics Implants and Prostheses. Presented to Dr. 

Chidambaram, Principle Scientific Advisor to the President of India (Lead author: 

Prof. B Ravi, IIT, Bombay, India and Dr. Manish Agarwal, Tata Memorial 

Hospital, Mumbai, India), 2006. 

Represented UB, New York State Assembly, Albany, NY. Met State Representatives 

and Senators to create awareness about UB's role in research and the community, 

2001. 

Represented UB, Science Day celebration at the Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. VR 

Lab was one of two research facilities selected by UB for the event. Briefed 

Senators and Members of Congress about results achieved through Federal 

Grants, 2000. 

School Service 

Freshmen Advisor, 1999-present 

Advisor, Co-Op Program, 1997-2003, 2005-present 

Advisor, Engineering Career Institute, 1997 – 2003 

Mentor, SUNY-Awareness for Minority program, 1997-1999 


Conducted Lab demonstration on Robots and VR devices for Buffalo Area 

Engineering Awareness for Minorities (BEAM) program. Selected high school 

students from the community who had an opportunity to learn and interact in the 

University Environment at UB. 

Seminar, "Current Advances in VR,” for the High School Summer Program in 

Engineering hosted by the NY State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial 

Innovation (NYSCEDII) and the Center for Computational Research (CCR), 

2003. 

Department Service 

Director, Graduate Admissions and Doctoral Program in Bio-engineering, 2006present 

Coordinator, Department Seminars, 2002-2004 

Member, Chair Search Committee for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 2001 

Member, Faculty Search Committee, Systems and Design, 2001, 2006 

Web Coordinator, 1998 – 2001 

Coordinator, Graduate Admission, Systems and Design Group, 2000-2001 

Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Committee, Design and Optimization, 1997-2003 

Member, Mandatory Undergraduate Advisement, 1997-2001 

Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee for ABET, 1998-2002, 2006 

Organized CAD Lab for UB Open house, 1997 - present 

Assisted the Chair in preparing the needs assessment for the department computer 

laboratories, 1998, 2000, 2002 

Community Service 

Developed a virtual reality simulation of alternative designs of the proposed US- 

Canada Peace Bridge. This simulation was ported to an ImmersaDesk 

visualization system. The Bi-National Peace Bridge Review board, as well as 

Buffalo residents, have used this simulation extensively for making their decision 

on the new bridge and urban development options. The work was praised by the 

Buffalo News editorial. 


ACADEMIC COURSES 

Course Number Title Year 

*MAE 501 Simulation in Medicine Fall „07 

*MAE 574 Virtual Reality Research and Applications Spring ‟99, ‟00, ‟01 

'02, ‟03, ‟05 

**MAE 477-577 CAD Applications Fall ‟96, „97, „98, „99 

*MAE 564-464 Manufacturing Automation Spring ‟97, ‟98, ‟99 

‟00, ‟01, ‟02, ‟03, ‟05 

MAE 459 Design Capstone Course Spring, '98, '99, '01 

MAE 501 Individual Problems (various topics) ‟98, ‟99, ‟00, „01 

MAE 499-599 Independent Studies (various programs) ‟97 - present 

*MAE 364 Manufacturing Processes Spring, ‟02, ‟03,‟05, 

**MAE 377 Product Development in the CAD Fall, „00 

ME 322 Manufacturing Systems (at ISU) Fall, ‟95, Spring „96 

*New Course Developed/ **Major Course Revision Note: 4xx and below are 

undergraduate courses, and 5xx are graduate courses. 4xx/5xx signifies cross-listed 

courses for undergraduates/graduates. 

GRADUATE STUDENTS ADVISED 

Ph.D. Thesis 

1. Art Machuca: Starting in Fall 2006 

2. G Sreemathveeravalli: (Mechanical Engineering) 

In progress (Expected 2008) 

(partially funded by NIMA/TA) 

3. Ravishanker Chitayala: October 2007 (Mechanical Engineering) Co-advisor with 

lead advisor Dr. Kenneth Hoffmann. 

Thesis: “Region of Interest Cone Beam Computed Tomography” 

Position: Scientist, University of Minnesota Supercomputing Center 

4. Amrita Chanda: Fall 2007 (Computer Science) 

Thesis: “Bag-of-Fluid: An Interactive Visualization Method for Soft Objects” 

(funded through NSF grant) 

Position: Research Assistant, VR Lab 

5. 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 


6. 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. 

7. 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 

1. Sridhar Karimpuza, Fall 2007 

Thesis: “Evaluation of RoSS: Robotic surgical trainer for da Vinci 

2. Satyajit Sarangi, Fall 2007 

Thesis: “Reconstruction of 3D Surfaces from Point Cloud” 

3. 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 

4. Satyanarayana Hemanth Kumar, Fall 2006 

Thesis: Development of an Augmented Reality System for Surgical Planning” 

5. Venkataraghavan Gourishanker, Fall 2006 

Thesis: “HapStick - A High Fidelity Haptic System for Simulation of Billiards” 

Position: Application Engineer, Sensable Technologies, Boston, MA 

6. Amar Junankar, Fall 2006 

Thesis: “Development of an Interoperability Tool for XGL to B-REP Data 

Conversion in Parasolid” 

7. 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 

8. Mathew Mandiak, Fall 2005 

Thesis: “Haptic Enabled Assembly Application for Enhanced Product Design” 

Position: Design Engineer, Minrad International 

9. Clive D‟Souza, Fall 2005 

Thesis: “A Reverse Engineering Approach to Modeling Reach Envelopes” 

Position: Pursuing Ph.D at UB 


10. Chandresh Mehta, Fall 2005 

Thesis: “A New Reverse Engineering Approach to Reconstruction of 3d CAD- 

Models” 

Position: Pursuing Ph.D at University at Michigan 

11. Suraj Bhat, Fall 2005 

Thesis: “FEM based Guide Wire Simulation using Patient Specific Data” 

Position: Software engineering, NAS Medical Systems, PA 

12. Ajay Anand, Fall 2005 

Thesis: “Finite Element Approach for Virtual Clay Simulation Using Boundary 

Cell Encoding” 

13. Pritul Shah, Fall 2005 

Thesis: “Development of a XGL Based Boundary Representation Data 

Conversion Module for CAD Interoperability” 

Position: Design Engineer, Intel Corporation, OR 

14. Govind Srimathveeravalli, Spring 2005 

Thesis: “Development of a Haptic Based Framework for Machine Mediated Skill 

Transfer” 

Position: Currently pursuing Ph.D at UB 

15. 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 

16. Amit Paygude, Spring 2004 

Thesis: “Development of an Interoperability Tool in Parasolid” 

Position: Parametric Technologies, Pune, India 

17. Kevin Smalley, Spring 2004 

Thesis: “Subsurface 3D Modeling Using Data Glove” 

18. Rahul Patil, Spring 2004 

Thesis: “Application of XGL in Product Lifecycle Management of Large Scale 

CAD Projects” 

Position: Bentley CAD Systems, MD 

19. Ameya Kemerkar, Spring 2004 

Thesis: “Touch based Interactive NURBS modeler using A Force/Position Glove” 

Position: EDS, CA 

20. Navneeth Subramaniam, Fall 2003 


Thesis: “A Methodology For Computing Patient-Specific Information For 

Vascular Intervention” 

Position: GE Medical Visualization Group, Bangalore, India 

21. Urmil Desai, Fall 2003 

Thesis: “A Neural Network Approach to Automated Grouping of 3D CAD 

Models using Feature Signatures” 

Position: Caterpillar, IL 

22. Dhananjay Joshi, Spring 2003 

Thesis: “Tele-haptics: A Framework for Haptics Communication” 

Position: Immersion Corp. Medical Division, MD 

23. Arvind Balajapalee, Spring 2003 

Thesis: “Haptics based Grinding Tool” 

Position: Scientist, NIST 

24. Parijat Bhide, Fall 2002 

Thesis: “Cell Formation using Alternate Process Plans” 

Position: Engineering Consultant 

25. Cartik Sharma, Summer 2001 

Thesis: "Exploration of Haptic Interface for Quantitative Design Analysis" 

Position: Atlantis Components Inc., Boston, MA 

26. Young-Seok Kim, Summer 2001 

Thesis: "Virtual Reality Modeling of an Archeological Site" 

Position: Scientist, Tactus Technologies, NY 

27. Abhishek Sudhir, Summer 2000 

Thesis: "A Virtual Test-bed for Interactive Simulation of Manufacturing 

Systems". 

Position: Software Engineer, Oracle Corp., CA 

28. Abhijeet Roy, Summer 2000 

Thesis: "Development of a Virtual Driving Environment for Inclement Weather 

Conditions" 

Position: Software Engineer, MicroStrategy, VA 

29. Charanjiv Singh, Summer 2000 

Thesis: “A JAVA based Factory Cell Modeling System” 

30. Ameet Shedge, Summer 2000 

Thesis: "An Enterprise Architecture for Cell based Factory Design" 

Position: Software Engineer, GlobalGuru, Columbia, SC 


31. Deepesh Khandelwal, Spring 2000 

Thesis: “Computational Modeling of SFF Design using Pre-fabricates” 

Position: Software Engineer, SUN Microsystems, CA 

32. Jingzi Liu, Fall 1999 

Thesis: “Evaluation of Driving Conditions using Virtual Environment” 

Position: Engineer, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 

33. Deviprasad Taluk, Fall 1999 

Thesis: "Validation of Virtual Assembly Prototypes using FEM" 

Position: Engineer, Wright Paterson Air Force Base, OH 

34. Kirk Stalis; Spring 1999 

Thesis: “Rapid Color Prototype” 

Position: Production Engineer, Dresser Rand Corp., NY 

35. 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 

36. Marc Ernzer, Fall 1998 

Thesis: "Virtual Factory Modeling using Multi Cluster Analysis" 

Position: Pursuing Ph.D at University of Darmstadt, Germany 

37. Lionel Lefort, Spring 1998 

Thesis: "Interactive Virtual Factory for Design of a Shop Floor Layout using 

Single Cluster Analysis," 

Position: Employed in France 

38. Chin Khor, Fall 1996 

Thesis: "Application of a Remote Robot Assisted by a Neural Network in 

Manufacturing” at Iowa State University 

39. Shrivardhan Ghanekar, Spring, 1996 

Thesis: "A NURB based Surfacing Modeling Interface” at Iowa State University 

Position: Design Engineer, Cummins, IN 

M.S Projects (partial list) 

Vishak Nagarajan, Fall 2007 

Sandeep George, Fall 2007 

Jairam Ramachandran, Spring 2005 

Gaurav Kimothi, Fall 2004 

Rageesh Britto, Fall 2004 

Anant Ahulwalia, Fall 2004 


Nikhil Sane, Fall 2003 

Adwait Joshi, Fall 2003 

Anping Chang, Spring 2002 

Mathew Garsley, Spring 2002 

Carlos Lopez, Spring 2001 

Anand Cornelio, Spring 2001 

Full Time Scientist 

Arvind Balajeepalli (Funded by NIST) 2003- 2005 

M.S. Thesis In Progress 

Ankur Baheti 

Amrish Kumar 

John John Kecherry 

Sai Pritam Alboni 

Ashirwad Choweriappa 

Xinlang Li 

Ph.D. Committee Service (partial list) 

Hussain Rangawalla 2007 

C Bang, Spring 2003 

Kurt Hacker, Fall 2001 

Abdul Kasim, Summer 2001 

J. Long, Summer 2001 

Afshin Divani, Spring 2001 

Kenneth English, Spring 2001 

Eliot Winer, Summer 1999 

Honglu Wang, Summer 1999 

Yomi Obidi, Spring 1999 

M.S. Committee Service (partial list) 

Amar Kumar Chhajed 

Luke Ramrath 

Ionis Hatziprokopiou 

Chandramouli Sadasivan 

Jeahoon Seong 

Dan Boardman 

Monu Khalsi 

Amit Srivastava 

Jae-jun Kim 

Young Cao 

Ajith Singh 


GRANTS 

Pending 

“Collaborative Project: An Inter-University Curriculum Initiative In Virtual 

Engineering For Emerging Process Domains” Co-PIs J. Cecil, New Mexico 

State University and Amar Banerjee, Texas A&M University, Submitted to NSF 

$399,467 (SUNY Share), Submitted January, 2008 

“In-Room Computational Tools for Image Guided Surgery” PI: T. Kesavadas, Co- 

PIs: Kenneth Hoffmann et al., resubmission to NIH R01 $1, 997, 661 

resubmission planned based on last reviews, March 2008 (new PI program). 

“A New Haptic System for Rehabilitation of Writing Skills” PI: T. Kesavadas. Full 

proposal resubmitted to Veteran Administration, Merit Review, Rehabilitation 

Research, June 15, 2007, $720,000 (resubmitted after changes). 

Awarded 

Funded By: National Science Foundation (NSF) 

PI: T. Kesavadas 

Co-PI: Ann Bisantz 

Project Title: “Sympathetic Haptics: Learning through Computer Mediated Skill 

Transfer” 

Dates: August 2007 – September 2010 

Amount: $325,000 (CURRENT) 

Funded By: Margret L. Wendt Foundation and Rosewell Park Cancer Institute 


Co-PI: Kurshid Guru 

Dates: June 2007 – May 2009 

Project Title: “Robotic Surgery Enhancement through Simulation and Haptics” 

Amount: Labor: $128,000 Equipment: $ 150,000 (CURRENT) 

Funded By: Oishei Foundation and Rosewell Park Cancer Institute 


Dates: October 2006 – December 2008 

Project Title: “A VR Simulator for Training Surgical Skills on da Vinci® Robot” 

Amount: Year 1: $120,402 (CURRENT) 

Funded By: National Institute of Health (NIH) 

PI: K.R. Hoffman 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, N. Hopkins, S. Rudin 

Dates: November 2003 to October 2007 

Project Title: "Image-guided Treatment Planning for Neuro-intervention" 

Amount: $1,362,275 


Funded By: Dynabil Inc. (through New York State SPIR grant) 


Dates: August 2006 – May 2007 

Project Title: “Development of an Electronic CAD Visualization System” 

Amount: $ 34,141 

Funded By: Charles River Analytics, Boston through a DOD SBIR Phase 2 grant 

PI: A. Bisantz 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas 

Dates: January 2006 to August 2007 

Project Title: “BIFOLD Project” 

Amount: $111,384 

Funded By: Air Force Office of Scientific Research 

PI: J. Llinas 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, C. Rump, L. Lin, P. Scott, A. Bisantz 

Dates: July 2001 to June 2006 

Project Title: "Natural and Manmade Disaster Management" 

Amount: $2,500,000 

Funded By: University at Buffalo through IRCAF grant 

PIs: T. Kesavadas and C. Hollands 

Dates: January 2005 to March 2006 

Amount: $25,000 

Funded By: National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) 


Dates: March 2004 to May 2005 

Project Title: “Haptic Interface Design for Nano-assembly” 

Amount: $81,384 

Funded By: National Imagery and Mapping Agency (Now NGA) 

PI: Tarun Singh 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, A. Bisantz, R. Nagi, B. Jayaraman, R. Batta 

Dates: August 2003 to May 2005 

Project Title: “Innovative Fusion Capabilities: Tracking, Networking, and 

Visualization" 

Amount: $1,596,860 

Funded By: Office of Academic Telemedicine 


Dates: September 2004 to August 2005 

Project Title: “Development of Virtual Intubation Simulator- Phase II” 

Amount: $25,000 


Funded By: Praxair Corporation, Tonawanda, NY 


Co-PI: K. Chugh 

Dates: June 2003 to June 2004 

Project Title: “XML based CAD Visualization Interface for VR" 

Amount: $24,600 

Funded By: National Science Foundation 

PI: A. Patra 

Co-PI: M. Sheridan, T. Kesavadas, B. Pitman, C.L. Bloebaum, and M. Bursack 

Dates: August 2001 to August 2004 

Project Title: "Information Processing for Integrated Observation and Simulation- 

Based Risk Management of Geophysical Mass Flows" 

Amount: $1,924,981 

Funded By: New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research 

(NYSTAR), UB Center for Advanced Technologies and Tactus Technologies 


Dates: January 2003 to January, 2004 

Project Title: "Development of a commercially viable TacTell-glove" 

Amount: $68,000 

Funded By: National Image Mapping Agency 

PI: James Llinas 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, A.Bisantz, Tom Furlani 

Dates: June, 2001 to July 2002 

Project Title: “Holistic Battle Space Visualization" 

Amount: $ 2,200,000 

Funded By: National Highway Administration, Center for Transportation Injury 

Research 


Co-PI: J. Mayrose 

Dates: October 2000 to December 2001 

Project Title: Development of Virtual Intubation Simulator – Phase I” 

Amount: $108, 000 


(NYSTAR) and Buffalo Technology Transfer 


Co-PI: D. Feinberg 


Project Title: “Development of Living Anatomy Simulator” 

Amount: $92,800 



(NYSTAR) 

PI: C.L. Bloebaum 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, A. Soom, M. Karwan, E. Winer 

Dates: May 2001 to August 2001 

Project Title: “New York Center for Engineering Design and Innovation” 

Amount: $2,500,500 

Funded By: University at Buffalo (Multi Disciplinary Pilot Project Grant) 

PI: S.B. Paley 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas 

Dates: September 2000 to August 2001 

Project Title: "The Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud - A Multimedia 

Interactive Virtual Site Museum" 

Amount: $30,000 

Funded By: Praxair Inc. 

PI: C.L.Bloebaum 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, K.E.Lewis 

Dates: January 2001 to December 2001 

Project Title: "SOLVE - A Multi-package Optimal Design and Visualization Tool" 

Amount: $96,655 


Research 

Dates: February 2000 to August 2000 

Title: “Development of Haptic Feedback System for The Medical Diagnostic” 

(Equipment grant with matching support from UB) 

Amount: $20,800 

Funded By: National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis 


Co-PI: T. Singh 

Dates: January 2000 to June 2000 

Title: “Geographic Information System Tools for Driving Simulator” 

Amount: $5900 


Research 


Co-PI: J. Mayrose 

Topic: "Virtual Human for Medical Diagnostics and Education" 

Dates: January 1999 to August 2000 (80%) 

Amount: $131,000 




Co-PI: C.L. Bloebaum, R. Acharya, R. Nagi 

Title: "Establishment of High Performance Real Time Visualization Laboratory," 

Dates: August 1998 to July 2001 

Amount: $129,414 (with matching funds from UB) (40%) 

Funded By: Roadgard Inc. through New York SPIR grant 

PIs: K.E. Lewis and T. Kesavadas 

Title: “Development of a Profile Measurement System for Onsite and Remote 

Applications” 

Dates: August 1999 to April 2000 

Amount: $14,000 

Funded By: University at Buffalo 


Title: "Modeling of design alternatives for the US-Canada Peace Bridge in a Virtual 

Environment" 

Dates: January 2000 to May 2000 

Amount: $10,000 

Funded By: UB Multi Disciplinary Grant 

PI: D. Ellis 

Co-PIs: T. Kesavadas and J. Mayrose 

Title: "Virtual Diagnosis of Abdomen using Instrumented Glove and Fuzzy Neural 

Network" 

Dates: September1997 to August 1998 

Amount: $20,000 

Funded By: American Axle Manufacturing Company 


Title: "Development of Virtual Factory for Gear Manufacturing" 

Dates: October 1999 to April 2000 

Amount: $ 26,300 

Funded By: Praxair, Inc. 

PI: C.L. Bloebaum 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas and K.E.Lewis 

Title: "Creation of Interactive Design Tool for the Design of Cold Box –Phase III" 

Dates: October 1997 to December 1999 

Amount: $199,000 

Funded By: Honda Motor Company (through Research Initiation Grant) 

PI: T. Singh 

Co-PIs: T. Kesavadas and R.W. Mayne 

Title: "Virtual Driving Simulator for evaluation of Driver Performance under 


Inclement Driving Condition" 

Dates: November 1998 to August 1999 

Amount: $25,000 

Funded By: API Delevan Company through SPIR 


Title: "Design of Flexible Air-Core Delivery System" 

Dates: January 1997 to May 1997 

Amount: $5,400 

Funded By: Society of Manufacturing Engineers Educational Foundation 


Co-PI: R. Nagi, R.W. Mayne and L. Lin 

Title: "Establishment of CAD-CAM laboratory" 


Amount: $40,000 (in kind support) 

Funded By: SME Educational Foundation 


Title: Travel grant from SME Educational Foundation, 


Amount: $500 

Funded By: ASME Leadership Development Initiative Award 


Title: Travel, Registration and Hotel Expenses to attend 4 conference and meetings of 

ASME 

Dates: June 1997 to June 1998 

Amount: $5000 


PI: Daniel Fang 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, J.M. Vance and J. Oliver 

Title: "A Knowledge Integrated Virtual Reality Manufacturing Laboratory," NSF- 

Leadership in Laboratory Development-Division of Undergraduate Studies 

Dates: May 1996 to April 1998 

Amount: $188,000 


PI: James Bernard 

Co-PI: Jim Oliver, T. Kesavadas, J.M. Vance, C. Cruz-Neira, G. Luecke, 

Title: "Acquisition of High Performance Computing System for Numerically 

Intensive Visualization," (Academic Research Infrastructure Award) 

Dates: April 1996 to April 1997 

Amount: $210,000 


Funded By: John Deere Company 

PI: J. Oliver 

Co-PI: T. Kesavadas, J.M. Vance, C. Cruz-Neira, G. Luecke 

Title: "Development of a Synthetic Environment for Design Automation" 

Dates: March 1996 to May 1998 

Amount: $600,000 

PATENTS (2 received, 2 pending, 5 provisional) 

Technology Licensed 

3D Modeling System using Force and Position Input System, Licensed to Tactus 

Technologies Inc. leading to Phase I and II SBIR grants from National Science 

Foundation. This technology is embedded into Tactus Virtual Clay modeling system. 

Pending 

3D Modeling System using Force and Position Input System, United States Patent 

application filed on Nov 11, 2005 (full non-provisional pending), with Ameya 

Kamerkar and Ajay Anand. 

Fingertip Digitizer, full non-provisional patent to be filed by, July 24, 2007, with Young Seok 

Kim 

Received 

Rapid Informational Prototypes, including Rapid Colored Prototypes, United States 

Patent No. 6654656, Nov 23, 2003, with Kirk Stalis. 

A System and Method for Analyzing a Region Below One or More Layers of Tissue, 

United States Patent No. 6,752,770, June 22, 2004, with James Mayrose and 

Kevin Chugh. 

Provisional 

HapStick: Novel Haptic Interface for Gaming and Entertainment, Disclosure filed, April, 

2007 

Electronic Data Visualizer, Disclosure filed, May 2007 

Fingertip Digitizer, provisional patent filed on, July, 2006, with Young Seok Kim. 

Haptic Kymograph, provisional patent filed, Nov, 2004, with Young Seok Kim. 

Sympathetic Haptics, provisional patent filed, August, 2003, with Dhananjay Joshi. 


PUBLICATIONS 

Book 

1. Banerjee, P., and Kesavadas, T., (Editors) “Industrial Virtual Reality: Manufacturing 

and Design Tool for the Next Millennium”, ASME Press, 1999. 

Book Chapters 

1. Kesavadas, T., and Balajapalee, A., “Advances in Haptic Simulations in Design and 

Manufacturing,” Handbook of Industrial Information Technology, CRC Press, 

Chapter 67, 2004. 

2. 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. 

3. 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 pp. 879-884, 

1997. 

4. 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 pp. 803-808, 1992. 

Journal Papers (under revision or review) 

1. Kim, Y.-S., Britto, R., and Kesavadas, T., “Remote Haptic Diagnosis of Arterial 

Pressure Pulse using Two Different Touch Interfaces: A Phantom and a Low-Cost 

Vibrator” IEEE Transaction on System, Man and Cybernetics - Part A (submitted 

after major revision January 2008) 

2. Srimathveeravalli, G., and Kesavadas, T., “Evaluation of Training Techniques for 

Interpersonal Skill Transfer and Development of a Prototype Framework Using 

Haptic Attributes” under review, IEEE Transactions on Haptics (submitted January 

2008) 

3. Srimathveeravalli, G., Kumar A., and Kesavadas, T., “Comparative Study: Virtual 

Fixtures and Shared Control for Rehabilitation of Fine Motor Skills” Submitted to 

ASME Journal of Computers and Information Sciences in Engineering – (submitted 

September 2007 - recommended for acceptance as an applications paper) 


Journal Papers (Published) 

1. Kesavadas, T., and Nagaraja, V., “Analysis of Stress Developed due to Interaction of 

Catheter-Plaque interaction during Neuro-endovascular Surgical Procedures” to 

appear in the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 

June 2008. 

2. Kumar, A., Seshadri, S., Baheti, A., Govindarajan S., Kesavadas, T., and Guru, K., 

“Virtual Reality Surgical Trainer for Robotic Urological Procedures” to appear in the 

Journal of Urology, May 2008. 

3. Bhandwale, A., and Kesavadas, T., “A Methodology to Incorporate Product Mix 

Variations in Cellular Manufacturing” Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing v.17 (1): 

pp 75-81, 2008. 

4. Sengupta, A., Kesavadas, T., Baier, R, and Hoffmann, K.R., “Identification of critical 

areas of carotid stent navigation by measurement of resistive forces, in vitro, using 

silicone phantoms” International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and 

Surgery v.2 (1): pp138-145, 2007. 

5. Arulesan, V., Kesavadas, T., and Hoffmann, K.R., “Analysis of stress developed in 

artery walls during neuro-endovascular surgical procedures” International Journal of 

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery v.2 (1): pp218-221, 2007. 

6. Kim, Y.S, Kesavadas, T., and Paley, S., “The UB Virtual Site Museum: An Example 

of Research and Education Implemented in the Virtual Environment” Presence v.15 

(3) MIT press, June, 2006. (0.95 to 1.85 between 2003-2005) 

7. Myers J., Mayrose J., David, E., Anand, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Virtual Reality 

Simulation Model for Emergency Airway Management Training” Academic 

Emergency Medicine, v.12, n.8, pp. 794-795, 2005. (1.89) 

8. Bhide P., Bhandwale, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Cell Formation Using Multiple Process 

Plan” Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, v.16, pp.53-65, 2005. (0.6) 

9. Smalley, K., and Kesavadas, T., “Development of a Method for Surface and 

Subsurface Modeling Using Force and Position Sensors” Studies in Health 

Technology and Informatics, v.111, pp. 482-7, 2005. 

10. Balajapalee, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Value Addition of Haptics in Complex 

Manufacturing Applications” ASME Journal of Computers and Information Sciences 

in Engineering, V(4) N(2), 2004. (1.46) 

11. Kesavadas, T., and Ernzer, M., “Design of an Interactive Virtual Factory using Cell 

Formation Methodologies,” Journal of Advanced Manufacturing, v.2(2):229-245, 

2003. 


12. Mayrose J., Kesavadas T., Chugh K., Dhananjay J., Ellis D.G., “Utilization of Virtual 

Reality for Endotracheal Intubation Training,” Resuscitation, v.59(1), pp.133-138, 

2003. (1.376) 

13. Deviprasad, T., and Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Prototyping of Assembly Components" 

Journal of Manufacturing Systems, v. 22 (1), pp.16-27, 2003. 

14. Fienberg, D.A., Kesavadas, T., Pape, D., “Development of an Interactive Teaching 

System based on Motion Synchrony between Physical and Virtual Models” Studies in 

Health Technology and Informatics, v. 94, pp. 79-85, 2003. 

15. Kesavadas, T. and Subramaniam, H., "Experimental Study of Virtual Tools with 

Attributes", IIE Transactions, v.35, 9333-940, 2003. (0.565) 

16. Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K., Joshi, D., "A Virtual Environment for 

Esophageal Intubation Training" - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, v. 

81, pp 221-227, 2002. 

17. Chugh. K., Kesavadas, T. and Mayrose, J., "Development of the Virtual Human 

Abdomen: Algorithms and Methodologies" ACM-SIGGRAPH, pp.170-171, 2001. 

18. Mayrose, J., Chugh, K., and Kesavadas, T., “Material Property Determination Of 

Sub-Surface Objects in A Viscoelastic Environment” Biomedical Sciences 

Instrumentation. v 36, pp. 313-317, 2000. 

19. Singh, T., Kesavadas, T., Mayne, R.M. Kim, J., 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, v108 (6), 2000. 

20. 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, pp. 405-415, 1999. 

21. 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. pp. 201-208, 1999. 

22. Kesavadas, T. and Subramanium, H., "Flexible Virtual Tools For Programming 

Robotic Finishing Operations" The Industrial Robot. v 25 n 4, pp. 268-275, 1998. 

23. 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. v 1 n 2 pp.71-90, 1995. 


24. 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 pp. 139-148, 1994. 

Journal Papers under Preparation 

1. Anand, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Finite Element Approach for Virtual Clay Simulation 

Using Boundary Cell Encoding” CAD Journal, planned September 2007. 

2. Bhat, S., Kesavadas, T., and Hoffmann, K.R., “A Physically-Based Model for Guide- 

Wire Simulation on Using Clinical Patient-Specific Data,” International Journal of 

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, planned November 2007. 

3. Kim, Y.S., and Kesavadas, T., “Fingertip Digitizer: A Real-time Haptic Sensing 

System for Dynamic and Active Tactile Tasks” To be submitted to IEEE Multimedia, 

planned August 2007. 

Refereed Live Demonstration 

1. Kim, Y.-S., and Kesavadas, T., “Fingertip Digitizer: Touch Screen and Touch 

Painting System,” Emerging Technologies, SIGGRAPH 2006: The 33rd International 

Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 

Boston, MA. August 2006. (Only 35 demos selected this year – acceptance 20-25%). 

Full-Length Peer-Reviewed International Conference Papers 

1. George, S., and Kesavadas, T., “A Low Cost Low Cost Augmented Reality for 

Training of MRI-guided Needle Biopsy of the Spine” To Be presented at the 

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference, Long Beach, CA January 28- 

30, 2008 (Also to appear in Studies in Health Care Informatics) 

2. Srimathveeravalli, G., Gourishankar, V., and Kesavadas, T., “Comparative Study: 

Virtual Fixtures and Shared Control for Rehabilitation 

of Fine Motor Skills” World Haptics Conference, Tsukuba, Japan, March 22-24, 

2007. (acceptance 20-22% for oral presentation). 

3. Gourishankar, V., Srimathveeravalli, G., and Kesavadas, T., “HapStick: A High 

Fidelity Haptic Simulation for Billiards” World Haptics Conference, Tsukuba, Japan, 

March 22-24, 2007. (acceptance 20-22% for oral presentation). 

4. Mehta, C., and Kesavadas, T., “A Framework for Three Dimensional Solid Model 

Reconstruction” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conference, 

Philadelphia, PA. in CD-ROM proceedings, September 2006. 

5. Kim, Y.-S., and Kesavadas, T., “Fingertip Digitizer: Applying haptics and 

biomechanics to tactile input technology,” paper selected for Sketches, SIGGRAPH 


2006: The 33rd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and 

Interactive Techniques, Boston, MA. August 2006 (acceptance 17-19%). 

6. Kim, Y.-S., and Kesavadas, T., “Material property recognition by active tapping for 

fingertip digitizing”. IEEE 14 th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual 

Environment & Teleoperator System, pp.133-139, Alexandria, VA. March, 2006 

(acceptance 20-22%). 

7. Mandiak, M., and Kesavadas, T., “Virtual Product Development through a Haptic 

Interface” Virtual Reality Symposium, ASME Winter Congress, Orlando, FL. CD- 

ROM proceedings. November 2005. 

8. Bhat, B., Kesavadas, T., and Hoffmann, K.H., “A Physically-Based Model for Guide- 

Wire Simulation on Patient-Specific Data,” Computer Aided Radiology and Surgery 

Conference, Berlin, Germany, in proceedings, June 2005 (acceptance 18-25%). 

9. Kim, Y.-S., Shah, P., Mandiak, M., and Kesavadas, T., “Development of Integrated 

GUI Framework for Post-Disaster Data Fusion Visualization”, Fusion 2006, 

Philadelphia, PA. June 2005. 

10. Srimathveeravalli, G., and Kesavadas, T., “Motor Skill Training Assistance Using 

Haptic Attributes”, World Haptics Congress, Pisa, Italy, in CDROM proceedings, 

March 2005. (acceptance 22%) 

11. Kesavadas, T., Agrawal, R., Hoffmann, K.H., “Configuration-Space Technique For 

Calculating Stent-Fitness Measures for The Planning of Neuro-Endovascular 

Interventions” Medical Imaging Conference, International Society of Optical 

Engineering, San Diego, February 2005. (acceptance 25%) 

12. Smalley, K., and Kesavadas, T., “Development of a Method for Surface and 

Subsurface Modeling Using Force and Position Sensors” Medicine Meets Virtual 

Reality, Long Beach, CA, January 2005. (acceptance 20% for oral presentation) 

13. Kim, Y.-S and Kesavadas, T. “Haptic Kymograph: Towards Transmission of 

Diagnostic Vital Signs” Eurohaptics, Munich, Germany, June 2004. 

14. Kim, Y.-S, and Kesavadas, T., “Automated Dynamic Symbology for Visualization of 

High Level Fusion” Fusion 04, Stockholm, Sweden, June-July 2004. 

15. 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, September 2004. 

16. Bhandwale, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Impact of Product Mix Variations on Material 

Handling for Cellular Manufacturing” ASME International Mechanical Engineering 

Congress and R&D Expo Anaheim, CA, November 2004. 


17. Srimathveeravalli, G., Subramanian, N., and Kesavadas, T., “A Scenario Generation 

Tool for DDF Simulation Testbeds”, Winter Simulation Conference (WSC '04), 

Washington D.C., December 2004. 

18. Subramaniam, N., Kesavadas, T., and Hoffmann, K.R., “Geometry Based Metrics For 

Planning of Neuro-Endovascular Therapy” Computer Assisted Radiology and 

Surgery Conference (CARS 04), Chicago, IL, June 26, 2004. (acceptance 23%) 

19. Subramaniam, N., and Kesavadas, T., “A Prototype Virtual Reality System for 

Preoperative Planning of Neuro-Endovascular Interventions” Medicine Meets Virtual 

Reality (MMVR 12) in Newport Beach, CA, January 2004. (20% for oral 

presentation). 

20. Chanda, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Real-Time Volume Haptic Rendering of Non-Linear 

Viscoelastic Behavior of Soft Tissue through Dynamic Atomic Unit Approach” 

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 12) in Newport Beach, CA, January 2004. 

(acceptance 20% for oral presentation). 

21. Joshi, D., and Kesavadas, T., “Framework for Network Based Manufacturing 

Training Through Telehaptics” ASME International Mechanical Engineering 

Congress And R&D Expo Washington D.C., November 2003. (Won the Best 

Technical Paper Award). 

22. Bhandwale, A., Kesavadas, T, English, K., Bloebaum, C, Lewis, K, 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. 

23. 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 47 th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2003. 

24. Joshi, D., and Kesavadas, T., “A Framework for Haptics Based Collaborative Design 

Environment” International Symposium on Product Lifecycle Management, 

Bangalore, India, Appeared in the CD Rom proceedings, July 2003. 

25. Joshi, D., and Kesavadas, T., “Tele-Haptics: A Framework for Haptics 

Communications” Laval European Virtual Reality Conference, Laval, France, 

appeared in the proceedings, May 2003. 

26. 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, November 2002. 


27. Feinberg, D.A., Kesavadas, T., Pape, D., “Development of an Interactive Teaching 

System based on Motion Synchrony between Physical and Virtual Models” appeared 

in the Proceedings of the Medicine Meets VR conference, January 2003. 

28. Sharma, C., and Kesavadas, T., “Investigation of Haptic Framework for Quantitative 

Design Analysis in Virtual Environments” 7th International Symposium on Virtual 

Systems and Multimedia, Berkeley USA. Appeared in the IEEE Computer Society 

Proceedings, pp 844-850, 2001. 

29. Kim, Y.-S, Kesavadas, T., Paley, S., 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, 2001. 

30. Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K., Joshi, D., "A Virtual Environment for 

Esophageal Intubation Training" Proceedings of the Medicine Meets VR conference, 

January 2002. 

31. Balijepalli, A., and Kesavadas, T., “An Exploratory Haptic Based Path Planning and 

Training Tool,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 

Washington D.C, April 2002. 

32. 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, Pittsburgh USA. 

September 2001. 

33. Kesavadas, T., and Sudhir, A., “Control of Transient Phase for Discrete Event 

Simulation using Computational Steering” AIM „01, Como, Italy, July 2001. 

34. Khandelwal, D., and Kesavadas, T., “A Computational Approach to Multi-material 

Solid Free Form Fabrication Using Simulated Annealing,” ASME DETC Conference, 

Baltimore, MD, September 2000. 

35. Sudhir, A., and Kesavadas, T., “Computational Steering of Manufacturing Steering 

using Virtual Reality” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 

San Francisco, April 2000. 

36. Singh, T., Kesavadas, T., Mayne, R., Kim, J-J., Roy, A., "Design of 


Conditions Using a Virtual Environment", SAE World Congress, March 6-9, Detroit, 

MI, SAE Technical Paper Series, March 2000. 

37. Taluk, D., and Kesavadas, T., "VPAVE: An Interactive Tool for Validating Assembly 

Components in Virtual Environment using Finite Element Simulation", NIST-ASME 

Industrial Virtual Reality Symposium, Chicago, IL, November 1999. 


38. Kesavadas, T., and Subramaniam, H., "Experimental Study of Virtual Tools with 

Attributes", NIST-ASME Industrial Virtual Reality Symposium, Chicago, November 

1999. 

39. Kesavadas, T., and Ernzer, M., "Design of Virtual Factory Using Cell Formation 

Methodologies," Industrial Virtual Reality: Manufacturing and Design Tool for the 

Next Millennium, Nashville, TN, November, 1999. 

40. Ernzer, M., and Kesavadas, T., “Interactive Design Of A Virtual Factory Using 

Cellular Manufacturing System” Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on 

Robotics & Automation. v 3 pp. 2428-2433, April 1999. . 

41. Kesavadas, T., "Visualization Tool for Factory Design," 5 th International Symposium 

on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Dundee, Scotland, September 1999. 

42. Ernzer, M., and Kesavadas, T., "Design of Virtual Factory using Cell Formation 

Techniques" IEEE Robotics and Automation conference in Detroit, MI, May 1999. 

43. Ernzer, M., and Kesavadas, T., “Design of Virtual Factory using Cell Formation 

Techniques” Refereed Video segment and oral presentation at the IEEE Robotics and 

Automation Conference in Detroit, on-IEEE video, May 1999. 

44. 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 pp.. 338-343, April 1998. 

45. Lefort, L., and Kesavadas, T., “Interactive Virtual Factory for Design of a Shopfloor 

Using Single Cluster Analysis" IEEE International Conference on Robotics and 

Automation. v 1 pp 266-271, Lueven, Belgium, May 1998. (2 nd place, best paper 

award in Automation). 

46. Kesavadas, T., and Khor, C., "A Neural Network Based Interactive Programming of a 

Deburring Robot in a Virtual Environment", ASME Manufacturing Division 

Conference Proceedings, Dallas, TX, MED-Vol. 6-1, pp. 273-280, November 1997. 

47. Kesavadas, T., and Subramani, H., Taluk., D., and Khor, C., "Virtual Tools Aided by 

Neural Network Path Planner for Welding Operation," Applied Neural Network in 

Engineering (ANNIE `97) Conference at St. Louis, MO, November 1997. 

48. Kesavadas, T., "Augmented Reality: Applications to Design and Manufacturing," 

ASME 1996 Design Engineering Technical Conference, Published in the CD ROM 

proceedings. Aug 18-22, 1996. 


49. Kesavadas, T., and Cannon, D. J., “Virtual Tools with Attributes for Robotic Based 

Intermediate Manufacturing Processes” Proceedings - IEEE International Conference 

on Robotics and Automation. v 2 pp. 1845-1850, Minneapolis, MN, April 1996. 

50. Kesavadas, T., and Cannon, D.J., "Objective Control of a Robotic Die Polishing 

Operation in a V-PAD Environment," ISIR'93 (International Symposium on 

Intelligent Robotics), pp. 405-414, Bangalore, India, January 1993. 

51. Kesavadas, T., Kuo, R., and 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 1992. 

52. 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. 

Peer-Reviewed Short Paper 

1. Mayrose J., Chugh K., and Kesavadas T., "A Non-invasive Tool for Quantitative 

Measurement of Soft Tissue Properties," World Congress on Medical Physics and 

Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, June 2000. 

2. Chugh K., Mayrose J., and Kesavadas T., "The Atomic Unit Method: A Physically 

Based Volumetric Model for Interactive Tissue Simulation," World Congress on 

Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, June 2000. 

3. Mayrose, J., Kesavadas, T., and Narayanasamy, S., “One-Dimensional Approach To 

Viscoelastic Material Stiffness Calculations” ASME Bioengineering, Bed. v 43. pp 

227-228, November 1999. 

Posters 

1. Kesavadas T., Seshadri S., Srimathveeravalli. G., and Guru K., “Design and 

Development of RoSS: a Virtual Reality Simulator for da Vinci Surgical System” to 

be presented at the Computer Aided Radiology and Surgery Conference, Barcelona, 

Spain, June 2008. 

2. Baheti A., Seshadri S., Kumar A., Srimathveeravalli. G., Kesavadas, T., and Guru, K., 

“RoSS: Virtual Reality Robotic Surgical Simulator for the da Vinci Surgical System” 

to be presented at the IEEE Haptics Conference, Reno, NV, March 2007. (peer 

reviewed) 


3. Srimathveeravalli G., Arulesan V., and Kesavadas T., “Data Acquisition and 

Development of a Trocar Insertion Simulator Using Synthetic Tissue Models” 

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, February 2007. (peer reviewed) 

4. Sengupta, A., Kesavadas, T., Baeir R, Hoffmann, K.R., “Evaluating Tool-Artery 

Interaction Force during Endovascular Neurosurgery for Developing Haptic Engine” 

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, February 2007. (peer reviewed) 

5. Srimathveeravalli G, Gourishankar V and Kesavadas T “Haptic Attributes and 

Human Motor Skills” presented at IEEE 14 th Symposium On Haptic Interfaces For 

Virtual Envir. & Teleoperator Systs. March 2006.(peer reviewed) 

6. Kesavadas,T., Srimathveeravalli, G., and Arulesan, V., “Parametric Modeling and 

Simulation of Trocar Insertion” Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA., 

January 2006. (peer reviewed) 

7. Kim, Y.S., Britto, R.G., and Kesavadas, T., “Diagnostics of Arterial Pressure Pulse 

using Haptic Kymograph: Remote Diagnostics of Vital Signs through a Tele-haptic 

Device”, World Haptics Congress, Pisa, Italy, March 2005. (peer reviewed) 

8. Kim, Y.S., and Kesavadas, T., “The Haptic Kymograph: A Diagnostic Tele-Haptic 

Device for Sensation of Vital Signs” Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, 

CA, January 2005. (peer reviewed) 

9. Bhat, S., Mehta, C., D‟Souza, C., and Kesavadas, T., “3D Real Time FEM Based 

Guide Wire Simulator with Force Feedback”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long 

Beach, CA, January 2005. (peer reviewed) 

10. Subramaniam, N., Kesavadas, T., and Patra, A, “Visualization of Geo-Physical Mass 

Simulation” IEEE Visualization „03, Seattle, Washington, October 2003. (Peer 

reviewed) 

11. Kesavadas, T., Subramanian, N., Hoffmann, K.R., Gopal, A., “Development of 

Virtual Tools with Intelligent Attributes for Neuro-Endovascular Intervention” 

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 17 th International Congress and 

Exhibition, London, UK, June 2003. (peer reviewed) 

12. Kesavadas, T., Chanda, A., “Haptic Rendering through a Dynamic Atomic Unit 

Approach: Towards Non-Linear, Viscoelastic, Anisotropic Behavior” Computer 

Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 17 th International Congress and Exhibition, London, 

UK, June 2003. (peer reviewed) 

13. Kesavadas, T., Chugh, K., and Mayrose, J., “Validating the Atomic Unit Approach to 

Physically Based Modeling for Virtual Reality”, UB Research Festival, May 2001. 


14. Kesavadas, T., Paley, S., Kim, Y.S., “Virtual Reconstruction of an Assyrian Palace” 

UB Research Festival, May 2001. 

15. Kesavadas, T., and Sudhir, A., “High Performance Computing in Manufacturing 

Simulation” High Performance Computing Conference, Bangalore, India, December 

2001. (peer reviewed). 

16. 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). 

17. 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). 

18. 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, 

University at Buffalo, April 1999. 

Seminars and Invited Talks 

1. Kesavadas, T., “Advances in Simulation based Training and its Impact on Medical 

Informatics” Keynote Address, Indian Association of Medical Informatics Annual 

Conference, Kochi, India November 16, 2007. 

2. Kesavadas, T., “Sympathetic Haptics: A Novel Paradigm for Training of Motor Skill” 

Invited graduate seminar series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA October, 

19, 2007 

3. Kesavadas, T., “Development of Virtual Trocar Insertion Simulator” Indo-US 

Workshop on Rapid Prototyping and Tissue Engineering, Bangalore, India, February 

2007. 

4. Kesavadas, T., “Knowledge Interchange Standards for Product Development” OMG 

Workshop on Knowledge Information, San Francisco, CA, February 2005. 

5. Kesavadas, T., “Virtual Clay: Innovative Technique for Modeling Animated 

Characters” Walt Disney Feature Film Studios, Burbank, CA, November 2004. 

6. Kesavadas, T., “Sympathetic Haptics: Towards Adding Sensation of Touch in Virtual 

Environments” Distinguished Lecture, Amrita Institute, Ettimadai, India, September 

2004. 

7. Kesavadas, T., “Virtual Reality and Its Applications in Engineering” Distinguished 

lecture, Indian Institute of Engineers, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India, 

September 2004. 


8. Kesavadas, T., “A New Concept in Modeling Free Form Surfaces using an Innovative 

Force Position Glove Interface”, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, August 

2004. 

9. Kesavadas, T., “Sympathetic Haptics: Towards Adding Sensation of Touch in Virtual 

Environments” Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Bangalore, India, 

August 2004. 

10. Kesavadas, T “Advances in Haptics Enhanced Virtual Manufacturing Applications” 

Purdue University, April 2004. 

11. Kesavadas, T., “Virtual Journey through Neurovasculature” Grand Rounds, 

Department of Neurosurgery, Millard Fillmore Hospital and University at Buffalo 

Medical School, November 2003. 

12. Kesavadas, T., “New Approaches in the Use of Haptics in Design and 

Manufacturing” National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 

Gaithersburg, MD, September 26 2003. 

13. Kesavadas, T., “Haptics Enhanced Manufacturing Applications” Praxair Seminar, 

Deptartment of Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo, February 2003. 

14. Kesavadas, T., "Recent Advances in the Applications of VR Simulators in Surgery" 

Grand Rounds, University of Miami, Department of Neurosurgery, School of 

Medicine, April 2002. 

15. Kesavadas, T., "Modeling of Textures for Skill Enhancement Using Haptic 

Simulators" SYMAX 2002, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, January 2002. 

16. Kesavadas, T., "Panel on Supply Chain Collaboration", ASME IMECE 2001, New 

York, November 2001. 

17. Kesavadas, T., “Application of VR in Modeling Manufacturing Processes” Texas 

A&M University, March 2001. 

18. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality: A Real Tool" Computer Society of India, 

Coimbatore, India, December 2000. 

19. Singh, T., Kesavadas, T., Mayne, R.W., Kim, J-J., Roy, A., "Design of 


Conditions Using a Virtual Environment", Honda Research Initiation Grantees 

Conference, Columbus, OH, April 1999. 

20. Kesavadas, T., “VRML Teaching Tools in Manufacturing Automation Course” Web 

based teaching seminar, Engineering Node Services, University at Buffalo, 1998. 


21. Subramani, H., Taluk, D., Mathew, B., Lefort, L., Kesavadas, T., "Robotic Execution 

of Manufacturing Tasks in Virtual Space," ASME Graduate Students Regional 

Conference held at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, April 

1997. 

22. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality and Off-line Simulation" Off-line Programming and 

Simulation Workshop, Boeing Corporation and Robotics Industries Association, 

Seattle, October, 1997. 

23. Kesavadas, T., "Future Directions: Flexible Automation of Robotic Deburring And 

Grinding Using Virtual Tools," Invited talk, Robotic Industries Association, Annual 

workshop of Grinding and Deburring at Minneapolis, MN, June 1996. 

24. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Interaction: A Tool for Robots in Real World" ACM- 

SIGRAPH, First Annual Symposium on Computer Simulation and Graphics, 

University of Iowa, July 1995. 

25. Kesavadas, T. and Cannon, D.J., "A Virtual Reality based Robotic Grass Mowing 

Operation Assisted by a Neural Network," workshop of American Artificial 

Intelligence (AAAI) session on "Towards Physical Interaction and Manipulation" at 

Stanford University, March 1994. 

26. Kesavadas, T., "Applications of Virtual Reality in Agricultural Industry," Invited talk, 

American Agricultural Machinery Annual Conference, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 

1996. 

27. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality Is Here - Get Ready For It" Invited talk, Cedar Valley 

Manufacturing Associations and Iowa Chamber of Commerce, Waterloo, Iowa, May 

1996. 

28. Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality based Interactive Automation," Mechanical and 

Aerospace Engineering Department, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, June 1996. 

CITATIONS by PRESS 

Fingertip Digitizer, presented in SIGGRAPH 2006, was featured on Discovery Channel 

and in the Boston Globe. 

Live presentation on G4TV called „Screen Saver‟ to demonstrate the Virtual Clay 

Modeling System, on January 14, 2005. This show was recorded in front of a live 

studio audience in Hollywood, CA. 


Profiled in Design News (October 2004) Business Week (July 2002), Rediff (August 

2002), India Abroad (August 2002), The Week (August 2003 - largest selling Indian 

Magazine). 

Yahoo! Internet Life cited the VR Lab in September 2001, while ranking UB in 

America's Top 10 Wired Universities. 

Virtual Clay was featured in Mechanical Engineering Magazine, Design News, Popular 

Mechanics, BBC Technology Radio Show, WBFO, Tech TV Screensaver, etc., in 

2004/2005. 

Public Interest Virtual Reality Peace Bridge Project, developed in the University at 

Buffalo, VR Lab was commended in the Buffalo News editorial write up and was 

featured in local CBS, NBC, PBS, and ABC Television affiliates. 

Virtual Factory and Manufacturing was featured in Popular Science (September 1999), 

Aviation Week and Space Technology (June 1999), Engineering News Record 

(ENR), Technical Insight, Science Today, Business First. 

Medical VR was featured in the Wall Street Journal, Discover Magazine, TV Tokyo, 

KNBC (Silicon Valley), WBFO 88.7, CBS Radio, Buffalo News, Jerusalem Post, 

London Daily News, Chile Post, Business Week, MSNBC, BBC, rueters.com, 

webMD.com, etc. Appeared on National CBS radio, KNTV-Silicon Valley, TV 

Tokyo, Adelphia Cable, Local ABC, NBC and Adelphia Television Channels on the 

evening news. 

VR based Architectural Reconstruction of 8 th Century BC Assyrian Palace was featured 

in the CNN Headline News on 3/10/03, Chronicles of Higher Education, Discovery 

Channel, New York Times and UB Today magazine. Also appeared in BBC Series 

„Hidden Bidders‟ on September 4, 2003. 

ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITES 

Co- Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Tactus Technologies (www.vfrog.net), 

Getzville, NY (August, 2004 – present). 

Tactus Technologies develops virtual reality simulation systems for K-12 education and 

industrial training with grants from NIH, NSF and Department of Education. 

VR Lab Web Page: www.vrlab.buffalo.edu

Curriculum Vitae Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas - Mechanical and ...

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