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

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.
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