Curriculum Vitae Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas - Mechanical and ...
Curriculum Vitae Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas - Mechanical and ...
Curriculum Vitae Thenkurussi (Kesh) Kesavadas - Mechanical and ...
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Funded By: John Deere Company<br />
PI: J. Oliver<br />
Co-PI: T. <strong>Kesavadas</strong>, J.M. Vance, C. Cruz-Neira, G. Luecke<br />
Title: "Development of a Synthetic Environment for Design Automation"<br />
Dates: March 1996 to May 1998<br />
Amount: $600,000<br />
PATENTS (2 received, 2 pending, 5 provisional)<br />
Technology Licensed<br />
3D Modeling System using Force <strong>and</strong> Position Input System, Licensed to Tactus<br />
Technologies Inc. leading to Phase I <strong>and</strong> II SBIR grants from National Science<br />
Foundation. This technology is embedded into Tactus Virtual Clay modeling system.<br />
Pending<br />
3D Modeling System using Force <strong>and</strong> Position Input System, United States Patent<br />
application filed on Nov 11, 2005 (full non-provisional pending), with Ameya<br />
Kamerkar <strong>and</strong> Ajay An<strong>and</strong>.<br />
Fingertip Digitizer, full non-provisional patent to be filed by, July 24, 2007, with Young Seok<br />
Kim<br />
Received<br />
Rapid Informational Prototypes, including Rapid Colored Prototypes, United States<br />
Patent No. 6654656, Nov 23, 2003, with Kirk Stalis.<br />
A System <strong>and</strong> Method for Analyzing a Region Below One or More Layers of Tissue,<br />
United States Patent No. 6,752,770, June 22, 2004, with James Mayrose <strong>and</strong><br />
Kevin Chugh.<br />
Provisional<br />
HapStick: Novel Haptic Interface for Gaming <strong>and</strong> Entertainment, Disclosure filed, April,<br />
2007<br />
Electronic Data Visualizer, Disclosure filed, May 2007<br />
Fingertip Digitizer, provisional patent filed on, July, 2006, with Young Seok Kim.<br />
Haptic Kymograph, provisional patent filed, Nov, 2004, with Young Seok Kim.<br />
Sympathetic Haptics, provisional patent filed, August, 2003, with Dhananjay Joshi.<br />
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