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

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
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