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CURRICULUM VITAE
SUVRANU DE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Suvranu De is the J Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute where he serves as Head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
(MANE) and founding director of the Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine
(CeMSIM). He received his BS from Jadavpur University, India in 1993, MS from the Indian Institute of
Science in 1995 and PhD from MIT in 2001, all in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the Rensselaer
faculty in 2002 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 2011 before
being appointed as Head in 2012. He also holds a courtesy appointment as Professor of Surgery at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
As Head of the largest department at Rensselaer (with responsibility for 1,400 undergraduate students,
150 graduate students, 50 fulltime faculty and 14 staff), Dr. De reports to the Dean of Engineering and
provides oversight and leadership of all academic, research and operations of the three programs within
MANE. Working with MANE faculty, students and alumni, he has undertaken major strategic planning,
unifying the department around cross-cutting research foci of energy, manufacturing and human health;
initiated the first department-based Industrial Affiliates Program in the history of Rensselaer; undertaken
major curriculum revision exercises with student-centered learning, innovative pedagogy and emphasis on
technological innovation; launched a multi-campus Advanced Professional Studies program for working
professionals; and revamped extramural communications, alumni relations, and diversity initiatives within
the department. As Director of CeMSIM he reports to the Vice President of Research and conducts cross-
cutting, multi-disciplinary research (annual research expenditures exceeding $2.6M) with more than 15
Rensselaer faculty from the Schools of Engineering, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences and
Architecture and over twelve premier research universities, medical schools and industry.
Dr. De’s research is in the area of computational mechanics and its applications to high impact problems
in healthcare. He has authored or co-authored 13 book chapters, 127 papers in peer-reviewed journals and
more than 209 papers appearing in conference proceedings. He has also co-edited two books – one on
Computational Modeling in Biomechanics (Springer, 2010) and the other on Multiscale Modeling in
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Springer, 2014). In addition, Dr. De holds 14 copyrights and one
patent. He has been invited to present his research work around the world. He has supervised or is
currently supervising more than 20 graduate students, 23 postdoctoral students and multiple research
scientists and research faculty.
Dr. De is the recipient of the ONR Young Investigator Award (2005), Rensselaer School of Engineering
Research Excellence Award (2008), the James M. Tien ’66 Early Career Award for Faculty (2009) and
the Rensselaer School of Engineering Outstanding Research Team Award (2012). He currently serves on
the editorial boards of the Journal of Computational Surgery, International Journal of Modern
Mechanics, International Journal of Computational Methods, and Computers & Structures as well as
scientific committees of numerous national and international conferences. He is Senior Member of IEEE
and serves as Vice Chair (Awards) of the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics, Chair of the
Computational Bioengineering Committee of the US Association for Computational Mechanics and
leads/co-leads several committees of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
(SAGES). He has served 5 years on the BTSS study section of the NIH as charter member and as lead of
the Theoretical and Computational Workgroup of the Multiscale Modeling Consortium of the NIH. He is
on the advisory board of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is a member of numerous editorial
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boards and national technical committees and holds the rank of Fellow of the American Institute for
Medical and Biological Engineering and the International Association for Computational Mechanics.
RESEARCH IMPACT
Dr. De’s research is at the intersection of computational mechanics and healthcare. With more than $20
million in extramural grant funding, he has pioneered the field of “virtual surgery” that involves the
development of novel systems with visual as well as haptic (touch) interfaces, designed to provide
immersive interactive experience where the user is able to touch, feel, and manipulate virtual tissues and
organs through surgical tool handles used in actual surgery. With as many as 440,000 deaths a year,
medical errors, taken as a group, rank as the third leading cause of death in the US, right after cancer and
cardiovascular disease. The goal of virtual surgery systems is to reduce medical errors by providing a
platform for selection, training, credentialing and retraining of physicians, pre-operative planning of
complex surgical procedures, and innovating surgical procedures, devices and platforms for emerging
surgical paradigms. This field sits at the intersection of multiple disciplines including computational
mechanics, computer graphics, high performance computing, haptics, robotics, surgery, biomedical
engineering, human factors engineering and cognitive psychology.
With the singular vision of advancing patient safety through cutting edge computational science and
technology, Dr. De has founded Rensselaer’s Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine
(CeMSIM) as an Institute-wide center of excellence working with faculty from the Schools of
Engineering, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences and Architecture. This is particularly significant as
Rensselaer does not have a medical school of its own. Dr. De has partnered extensively with a large
number of premier medical schools including Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mount Auburn Medical Center, Bringham and Women’s
Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Tuft University Medical School, Yale University School of
Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio and Baylor
University Medical Center, TX. He also collaborates with industry with SBIR funding and unrestricted
gifts. Many of his research projects have translated into practical implementations. He serves on the
Advisory Board of the Army Research Lab’ s HRED/ATSD and University of Washington’s Center for
Research in Simulation Technologies (CREST) and has a courtesy appointment as Professor of Surgery at
the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.
SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS DEPARTMENT HEAD (MECHANICAL,
AEROSPACE AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE, 2012-PRESENT (five years):
DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP
Leadership of the largest department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which has the characteristics
of a mini-Deanship: (i) it is large with 1,400 undergraduate students (which is nearly a quarter of the
university students, and a third of the School of Engineering), 150 graduate students, 50 fulltime
faculty and 14 staff; (ii) it has three disparate programs (Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering), and (iii) it has a wide-ranging set of physical facilities which include a critical nuclear
reactor, a linear accelerator and multiple wind tunnels. As such, this leads to a comprehensive
understanding of how each program fits into the larger academic infrastructure.
Undertook a detailed and comprehensive examination of the department’s strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats through discussions with faculty, students, staff and alumni to develop an
aspirational vision of the department with a strategic five-year plan which resulted in record increase
in research expenditures (up over 40%), largest increase in undergraduate enrollment in the history of
the department (up over 20%) which is now the most diverse (45% increase in women students, 70%
increase in African-American students and 110% increase in Hispanic students) and the largest class
of doctoral students (enrollments up over 20%).
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Launched comprehensive graduate and undergraduate curricular reform, certification programs, and
extensive industrial engagement.
Oversaw the most comprehensive update of all undergraduate teaching laboratories in the department
and implementation of lab safety protocols.
Created a vibrant, dynamic, positive environment in the department. Energized faculty, staff, students
and alums.
Balanced internal leadership activities (administration, vision, decision-making) with external
leadership activities (development, alumni relations, departmental promotion).
ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Enhanced visibility and US News and World Report rankings. Only department in RPI with all three
programs in the top 25 list (Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear ranked 25, 23 and 14, respectively
among all universities and 12, 9 and 2, respectively among private universities in the US).
Responsible for operation of a large academic department with high research activity. Responsible for
managing department budget of $17.0 M, with a research budget of approximately $15 M per year.
Research expenditures in MANE are at an all-time high, up 40%.
Successfully lead all three programs – Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering through
accreditation by the EAC of ABET in 2013. Established protocols within the department to streamline
the ABET continuous improvement process and close the loop every year.
Successfully led the promotion and tenure of multiple faculty members in all three programs.
Aggressively engaged in the hiring of both junior and senior faculty in areas of strategic interest to the
department.
To reduce faculty load in the face of growing student population, aggressively hired lecturers and
Professors of Practice.
Renewed/developed mentorship program for tenure-track and tenured associate professors.
Established a peer teaching review model for the first time for Assistant Professors.
Approached all aspects of department administration with energy and enthusiasm. Created an open-
door policy style of management and an informal (yet effective) main office atmosphere.
Conducted regular departmental meetings (about three per semester) that include faculty, staff and
representation from the student advisory council. Organized two day-long faculty retreats each year.
Reorganized the MANE Strategic Advisory Council by developing by-laws and doubling its size by
aggressive recruitment of prominent alums.
Prioritized and paid timely attention to all matters related to department operations. Provided timely
information, as requested, to the Dean’s Office, Provost, VP of Research and upper administration.
Promoted policies (service, teaching, space, support) that foster growth of the research enterprise.
Nurtured/supported student organizations and professional clubs, even during fiscally challenging
times, by pursuing alternative funding sources.
Performed annual evaluation of large number of faculty and staff.
Carried out oversight responsibility for the nuclear critical reactor facility and the Gaerttner Linear
Accelerator (LINAC) laboratory. Initiated self-audit of the reactor critical facility to facilitate
preparation for annual license renewal by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
SELECTED INITIATIVES
RESEARCH
Engaged in long term vision building of the department by re-organizing and energizing faculty
around three cross-cutting thrusts - Energy Science and Engineering (ESE), Materials, Materials
Processing and Controls (MMPC) and Human Health and Safety (HHS). Developed five-year plan
to nurture the thrusts with workshops, faculty hires, course development and graduate student
recruitment. Details of these thrusts may be found in the 2013 MANE annual report.
Launched the first membership-based Industrial Affiliates Program (see Appendix 1) in MANE to
enhance student recruitment and industry collaborations. This is the first such departmental initiative
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in the Institute and is being currently adopted by the Institute. Through this program, member
companies receive premium access to MANE students and faculty to become informed about the
department’s research priorities and to facilitate effective hiring decisions based on the quality and
accomplishments of individual graduate and undergraduate students. The Institute has recently
adopted this model to launch an Institute-wide affiliates program.
Organized major center-type grant submissions each year through MANE. In 2016, MANE was part
of the successful $70M DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing NNMI grant with an additional $70
matching funds from industry, leading the Northeast node of the manufacturing network. MANE was
also part of a winning $10M DOE Energy Frontiers Research Center. A $50M NSF Engineering
Research Center (ERC) full proposal is currently under consideration from MANE.
Hired five T&TT faculty members, including one underrepresented minority and one woman, with
on-going search for three additional T&TT faculty, two at the career development/full chair level.
Created positions for and hired more than 16 Lecturers and Professors of Practice with three
additional Professor of Practice positions open for hire.
EDUCATION
Established MANE Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum Committees with representations
from all three programs, strategic advisory board and student representation, headed by the
Associated Heads for Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs.
Initiated comprehensive undergraduate curriculum reform focusing on flexibility,
multidisciplinary and leadership:
o Introduced new computational science course in the curriculum for all Mechanical Engineering
students.
o Introduced compulsory computational engineering course for all MANE students with an option to
choose from four courses.
o Introducing interdisciplinarity through (MANE+X) initiative, where ‘X’ is a field outside MANE.
This would allow MANE students to tailor a curriculum, working with their academic advisor that
best caters to individual interests.
o Introducing flexibility through a Engineers with Global Reach (EnGR) initiative. The goal of
this initiative is to educate socially conscious engineers of the twenty-first century who understand
that human progress is predicated on using technology to address the most pressing challenges of
our times. The EnGR track will encompass a comprehensive curriculum with recommended list of
courses, specially tailored Technical Electives, Global Challenge related undergraduate research,
participation in appropriate clubs (e.g., Engineers without Borders), participation in Innovators in
Engineering Seminar Series and one of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program annual meetings of
the National Academy of Engineering.
Initiated MANE.Innovation as an initiative to establish a dynamic environment supporting
innovation as part of the undergraduate curriculum. Technological innovation is the engine of the US
economy, yet national educational programs are deficient in addressing innovation in their curricula.
The MANE.Innovation initiative includes the following multi-pronged approach to address this:
o A set of three new innovation-related courses – Inventors Studios I, II and II. These courses
challenge students to identify major societal needs, ideate novel solutions and implement them
individually or in teams, with guidance from faculty as well as local entrepreneurs. The second in
this sequence counts as a capstone for MANE students. The goal is to have ALL students in
Inventors Studio II file for patents with 5 startups each year. In 2016, there were 14 patent
disclosures and 4 startups from MANE.
o A physical collaboration space constituting the “Innovation Crucible”
o New annual Innovator and Startup Founder’s Awards.
o A culture of innovation through websites and posters.
o A new Innovators in Engineering Seminar Series to invite innovators to campus and engage with
students.
o “Inventors Nightmare” co-curricular activities with case-based scenarios.
o Undergraduate Symposium on Ideation and Innovation with funding from VentureWell.
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Across the board major UG lab upgrades in Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering totaling
more than $0.7M. A new Nuclear Engineering lab is under development for $1.2M.
For the first time in the Institute, initiated a comprehensive lab safety program in MANE. This
included development of instructional videos and requiring all students and staff to undergo training
and then pass a safety quiz to be qualified to work in labs.
Published the first MANE Student Research and Design Journal. This annual journal is to be
published annually by undergraduate students showcasing their research and design efforts.
Graduate curriculum reform :
o Established a structured MS degree program. Introduced research as part of the MEng degree
program.
o Enhanced PhD recruitment efforts, resulting in an increase of over 20% increase in doctoral
students.
o Initiated a new BS-PhD program
o Initiated a new International dual PhD program
o Initiating two new certifications: (1) Computational Science and Engineering and (2) Human-
Machine Collaboration and Cognition
Graduate certification programs: Developed Advanced Professional Studies (APS) for working
professionals in Hartford campus. Professionals and recent graduates with 2-3 years of work
experience can complete their MS degree in an average of three and a half years. Using a blended
approach of online and traditional classes, students can continue their career while pursuing their
graduate degree with concentrations in Energy, Mechanics, or Design and Manufacturing. Grew
this program to about 60 students currently registered.
Oversaw a tenfold increase in the size of the co-terminal master’s degree program through active
recruitment.
Created a comprehensive program involving workshops and one-to-one mentoring to help students
apply for NSF and other graduate fellowships. In 2016, four MANE students received the prestigious
NSF graduate fellowship and two received the NDSEG fellowship.
COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS
Created an inviting and collaborative departmental climate with weekly lunches and group social
events.
Initiated a MANE Honors Committee comprising of members from all three programs to
aggressively promote faculty for internal and external awards. This committee has been very
successful in nominating numerous faculty colleagues each year and helping them win awards and
recognitions including society fellowships.
Initiated the practice of holding two faculty retreats a year with funding made available through a
corporate gift fund.
Empowered the MANE student advisory council by including them in major strategic planning
committees and faculty interviews. Helped develop by-laws.
GLOBAL REACH AND GLOBAL IMPACT
Initiated regular e-bulletins to a mailing list that includes alums and academic leaders in peer
institutions.
Initiated MANE Annual Reports.
Revamped the MANE website. Currently undertaking the next stage of the web-page reform.
Initiated high-profile endowed seminar series on Engineering Design and Rotorcraft.
Engaged in regional community building. Initiated annual Northeast Regional Mechanical
Engineering Department Chairs Summits to discuss issues of common interest. The first summit
was held in 2014 in Boston and the second one in 2015 at RPI followed by a third one at UPenn in
2016. The Summits have taken off and planned for multiple out years. A new ASME group has also
been established for social networking of this group.
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EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY
Oversaw the largest positive uptick in diversity of MANE students. Since Fall of 2012 there has
been an increase in the number of women students by 45%, the number of African American by 70%
and Hispanic students by 110%.
Personal oversight of department faculty search and hiring efforts to broaden gender and ethnic
diversity to meet school of Engineering and Institute diversity goals. Appointed a diversity advocate
in each search committee who would comb through CVs and work with personal connections to
relentlessly promote diversity candidates. This resulted in a successful hiring of female faculty as well
as the first African American faculty member in the past 15 years.
Established MANE Diversity, Women's Affairs and Outreach Committee to evaluate
departmental climate for women and minority faculty, students and staff and develop
recommendations to improve the environment.
Established a new monthly colloquium and lunch series for women students in MANE.
Successfully promoted female faculty members from Assistant to Associate Professor with tenure.
Appointed the first female ABET coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering program.
EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT
Rensselaer centralizes Advancement initiatives, leaving little opportunity for individual Department
Heads to pursue such efforts. However, work closely with the Senior Advancement Officer at the
School of Engineering on strategic planning, gift solicitations, fostering long-term relationships with
potential donors and stewardship.
Initiated engagement with alums by:
o Initiating an annual Emerging Frontiers workshop in the spring to invite successful alumni in
specific areas of strategic interest to MANE, engage them in group discussions with faculty,
present awards and introduce them to students.
o Initiating an annual alumni event (Reconnect with MANE!) inviting all alums of all years to the
MANE department in the Fall.
o New awards for alums for sustained dedication to department.
o Publishing stories of successful alums in MANE Annual Report.
o Distributing regular postcards, e-bulletins and emails to convey department news and success
stories.
Regular visits with groups of former students. Some of these visits involve making presentations to
groups about department activities and plans. Host visits to the department by former students.
Actively promoted accomplishments and achievements of faculty and students through various
electronic and print media pieces. Part of a broad effort to present a professional image for the
Department, these promotional pieces are used in development activities.
Meetings with CEO, VP’s and other corporate senior management to develop industry partnerships with the
Institute, the School of Engineering, and a range of high-profile facilities/programs.
Established an Alumni and Public Relations Committee in MANE to actively engage alums with the
department.
Established new endowed colloquium series in Aerospace Engg (jointly with Georgia Tech).
Established new endowed colloquium series in Engineering Design.
Raised funds for new maker/tinker space from Lemelson Foundation.
Raised funds for new endowed scholarships.
New Career Development Chattar Chair in Energy
More than $4M in new gifts to the Department in five year period (2004-2009)
SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS CENTER DIRECTOR (CENTER FOR MODELING,
SIMULATION AND IMAGING IN MEDICINE) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTE, 2010-PRESENT (seven years)
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Assembled multi-disciplinary research team of more than 15 faculty members to establish a School of
Engineering center in 2010 which expanded rapidly to an Institute-wide center in 2013. Currently the
fastest growing center in the Institute.
Help facilitate research collaborations between Institute faculty and clinical and industrial
collaborators.
Grant management and forecasting.
IP development, management and transfer.
Oversight of four staff members.
Created undergraduate summer fellowship program. Support 15-25 undergraduate researchers per
semester.
Established an annual workshop series.
Established a monthly colloquium series.
Developed annual reports.
Established the Computational Simulation Consortium (CoSCo) in 2013 with twelve premier medical
institutions.
Established an IDEAS Workshop series on Virtual Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
in Boston.
Launched the CARGO (Cancer Research Group) initiative, in collaboration of our Biotech Center, to
bring together faculty working in the area of cancer research across the campus.
SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMNETS IN EDUCATION
Firm commitment to undergraduate and graduate education and innovative pedagogy.
Revamped undergraduate introductory courses on Statics and Mechanical Engineering Design.
Developed and teaching undergraduate course on Finite Elements for past 12 years. Introduced
innovative Practicums and hands-on exercises and homework.
Developed two graduate courses: Generalized Finite Element Methods and Multiscale Modeling
Served as Curriculum Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering (2007-2012)
o Assisted the department head in teaching assignments every semester. The process involved
meeting with Mechanical Engineering faculty and coordinating with graduate and
undergraduate course offering goals of the department.
o Introduced a new mathematics course MATH 2010 Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra
course to the Mechanical Engineering curriculum in 2009 to address an ABET concern
regarding inadequate Math credits.
o Working closely with department faculty, thoroughly restructured the ME concentration
electives.
o Undertook year-long ME graduate and undergraduate curriculum revision exercises.
Served as representative of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering
Curriculum Committee (2007-2012)
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP:
Educational Preparation
B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 1993
M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1995
Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001
Professional Experience
10/2000-12/2001 Research Scientist
Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1/2002-2010 Research Affiliate
Research Laboratory of Electronics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
2002-2007 Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering and
Faculty of Information Technology (joint appointment)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2007-2011 Associate Professor with tenure
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
Department of Biomedical Engineering (joint appointment) and
Faculty of Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2010 (Jan-Aug) Visiting Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2010-present Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine
(CeMSIM)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2011-present Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
Department of Biomedical Engineering (joint appointment) and
Faculty of Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2012-present Head
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
2015-present Professor (courtesy appointment)
Department of Surgery,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2015-present J Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Service and Administrative Responsibilities
Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, 2012-present
Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, 2010-present.
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Research Interests
Computational solid mechanics, haptics, virtual reality, medical simulations, real time computing,
multiscale methods.
Graduate and post-doctoral advising:
Served as major professor for 8 PhD students and 6 MS (thesis) students since 2002.
Served as committee member for 22 PhD students since 2002.
Supervised 23 postdoctoral researchers, three research assistant professors, one research scientist, one
research associate, one software engineer and a senior research scientist since 2002.
Currently (2017) advising 10 PhD students and supporting 3 postdoctoral researchers, one Senior
Research Specialist, one Senior Research Scientist, and one Software Engineer.
Course and curriculum Development
Developed two new graduate level courses, restructured two junior/senior level courses and added
substantial content to a freshman level course.
Publications
A. Books
(1) De, S., Hwang, W., and Kuhl, E. (Eds.). (2015). Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and
Mechanobiology. Springer.
(2) De, S., Guilak, F., and Mofrad, M. R. (Eds.). (2010). Computational Modeling in
Biomechanics. Springer.
B. Book Chapters
(1) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2016). Mechanical stabilities and properties of graphene, and its
modification by BN predicted from first-principles calculations. In M. Aliofkhazraei, N.
Ali, W. I. Milne, C. S. Ozkan, S. Mitura, and J. L. Gervasoni (Eds.), Graphene Science
Handbook: Mechanical and Chemical Properties (Vol. 4). CRC Press.
(2) De, S., (2015). Virtual reality simulation in minimally invasive surgery. In D.B. Jones
and S.D. Schwaitzberg (Eds), Operative Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery.
(3) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). Multimodal interactive simulations on the web. In
P. Cozzi and C. Riccio (Eds.), OpenGL Insights. CRC Press.
(4) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2013). Modeling Nonlinear Plasticity of Bone Mineral from
Nanoindentation Data. In S. Li and D. Qian (Eds.), Multiscale Simulations and
Mechanics of Biological Materials. John Wiley & Sons.
(5) Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). Simulator-based training
of NOTES procedures. In A. N. Kalloo, J. Marescaux, and R. Zorron (Eds.), Natural
Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery: Textbook and Video Atlas. John Wiley &
Sons.
(6) Lin, H., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). Haptics. In S. T. Tsuda, D. J. Scott,
and D. B. Jones (Eds.), Textbook of Simulation: Skills & Team Training. Cine-Med, Inc.
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(7) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2012). Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized Protein Structures.
In S. Li and B. Sun (Eds.), Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics. Springer.
(8) De, S., and Rahul. (2010). Recent Advances in Global-Local Multiscale Methods for
Computational Mechanics. In B. H. V. Topping, J. M. Adam, F. J. Pallarés, R. Bru, and
M. L. Romero (Eds.), Developments and Applications in Computational Structures
Technology. Saxe-Coburg Publications, U. K.
(9) De, S., and Lim, Y. J. (2010). Interactive Surgical Simulation Using a Meshfree
Computational Method. In S. De, F. Guilak, and M. Mofrad (Eds.), Computational
Modeling in Biomechanics. Springer.
(10) De, S., and Maciel, A. (2012). Virtual Reality-based Surgical Trainers. In S. T. Tsuda, D.
J. Scott, and D. B. Jones (Eds.), Textbook of Simulation: Skills & Team Training. Cine-
Med, Inc.
(11) Macri, M., and De, S. (2009). A Partition of Unity-Based Multiscale Method. In A. J. M.
Ferreira, E. J. Kansa, G. E. Fasshauer, and V. M. A. Leitao (Eds.), Progress on Meshless
Methods. Springer.
(12) BaniHani, S., and De, S. (2007). Genetic Algorithms for Meshfree Numerical Integration.
In M. Griebel and M. A. Schweitzer (Eds.), Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential
Equations III (Vol. 57, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering).
Springer.
(13) Hiller, J. F., De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2000). On the State-Of-The-Art of Finite Element
Procedures and a Meshless Technique. In B. H. Topping (Ed.), Computational Mechanics
for the Twenty-First Century. Saxe-Coburg Publications, U. K.
C. Journal Articles [6 submitted, 7 accepted, 114 published]
Submitted
(1) Josyula, K., Rahul, De, S. A level sets approach for shock-induced α-γ phase transition of
RDX. Computational Mechanics (invited paper).
(2) Peng, Q., Sun X., Wang, H., Yang, Y., Huang, C., Liu, S., and De, S. Properties of the
Graphene-like Structure of Indium Nitride predicted from first-principles calculations.
Submitted to Scientific Reports.
(3) Peng, Q., and De, S. Mechanical Failure of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer.
Submitted to Philosophical Magazine.
(4) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G. R., and De, S. Mechanical behaviors of β-HMX under shock
loading. Submitted to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
(5) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G.R., Sun, J., Zhang, S., and De, S. van der Waals Density
Functional Theory vdW-DFq for Semihard Materials. Submitted to Nature
Communications.
(6) Wang, G., Liu, G. R., Peng, Q., and De, S. A smoothed particle hydrodynamics method
with ignition and growth model for the simulation of PBX 9501. Submitted to Shock
Waves.
Accepted
(1) Dorozhkin D., Nemani, A., Roberts, K., Ahn, W., Halic, T., Dargar, S., Wang, J., Cao, C.,
Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2016) Face and content validation of a virtual
transluminal endoscopic surgery trainer (VTESTTM
). Surgical Endoscopy [Epub].
(2) Dorozhkin, D., Jones, D.B., Schwaitzberg, S.D., Jones, S.B., Cao, C.G.L., Molina, M.,
Henriques, S., Wang, J., Flinn, J. De, S., and Olasky, J. (2016), OR fire virtual training
simulator: design and face validation. Surgical Endoscopy (accepted)
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(3) Dargar, S., Akyildiz, A., and De, S. (2016). In situ mechanical characterization of
multilayer soft tissue using ultrasound imaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering. Accepted & in print.
(4) Karaki, W., Akyildiz, A., De, S. and Tasciuc, D.A.B. (2016). Energy dissipation in Ex-
Vivo Porcine Liver during Electrosurgery. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical
Engineering. DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2016.2595525
(5) Ye, H., De, S. (2016). Thermal injury of skin and subcutaneous tissues: A review of
experimental approaches and numerical models. Burns. DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.11.014
(6) Rahul, De, S. (2016). A multi-physics model for ultrasonically activated soft tissue.
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. DOI:
10.1016/j.cma.2016.07.026
(7) Wang,G., Liu,G.R., Peng,Q., and De,S. (2016), "A SPH implementation with ignition and
growth and afterburning models for aluminized explosives", International Journal of
Computational Methods.
Published
(1) Demirel, D., Butler, K. L., Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., Spindler, D., Cao, C., Petrusa,
E., Molina, M., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2016), A hierarchical task analysis of
cricothyroidotomy procedure for a virtual airway skills trainer simulator. The American
Journal of Surgery. 212(3), 475-484.
(2) Dargar, S., De, S., and Sankaranarayanan, G. (2016), Development of a Haptic Interface
for the Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery Simulator. IEEE Transactions
on Haptics, 9(3), 333-344.
(3) Gromski, M.A., Ahn, W., Matthes, K. and De, S. (2016), Pre-clinical training for new
NOTES procedures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics, 26(2), 401-412 (invited paper).
(4) Chellali, A., Mentis, H., Miller, A., Ahn, W., Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., De,
S., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Cao, G. L. (2016), Achieving Interface and Environment Fidelity
in the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Trainer. International Journal of Human-Computer
Studies, 96:22-37.
(5) Dargar, S., De, S. and Sankaranarayanan, G. (2016). Development of a haptic interface for
natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery simulation. IEEE Transactions on
Haptics. 9, 333-344.
(6) Rahul, and De, S. (2016). A phase-field model for shock-induced α-γ phase transition of
RDX. International Journal of Plasticity, 88, 140-158.
(7) Josyula, K., Rahul, and De, S. (2016). Quasi-static Response and Texture Evolution of α-
and γ-polymorphs of Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine: A Comparative Study.
Philosophical Magazine. 96, 1790-1808.
(8) Schwaitzberg, S. D., Dorozhkin, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Jones, D. B., and
De, S. (2016). Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): emerging
trends and specifications for a virtual simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 30(1), 190-198.
(9) Peng,Q., Ji,W., Lian,J., Gao,F., Peng,S., Huang,H., and De,S., "A first-principles study of
the avalanche pressure of alpha zirconium", RSC Advances,(2016), 6, 72551 - 72558
(10) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S. (2015). An iterative predictor–corrector approach for modeling
static and kinetic friction in interactive simulations. Graphical Models, 82, 29-42.
(11) Dargar, S., Kennedy, R., Lai, W., Arikatla, V., and De, S. (2015). Towards immersive
virtual reality (iVR): a route to surgical expertise. Journal of computational surgery, 2(1),
1-26.
(12) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Manser, K., Jones, S. B., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S.,
Cao, C. G., and De, S. (2015). Face and construct validation of a next generation virtual
reality (Gen2-VR©) surgical simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 1-7.
(13) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Miller, A., Wakily, H., Jones, S. B., Schwaitzberg, S.,
Jones, D. B., De, S., and Olasky, J. (2015). Face validation of the Virtual Electrosurgery
Skill Trainer (VEST©). Surgical endoscopy, 1-9.
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(14) Schwaitzberg, S. D., Dorozhkin, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Jones, D. B., and
De, S. (2016). Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): emerging
trends and specifications for a virtual simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 30(1), 190-198.
(15) Olasky, J., Sankaranarayanan, G., Seymour, N. E., Magee, J. H., Enquobahrie, A., Lin, M.
C., Aggarwal, R., Brunt, L. M., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Cao, C. G., and De, S. (2015).
Identifying Opportunities for Virtual Reality Simulation in Surgical Education; A Review
of the Proceedings from the Innovation, Design, and Emerging Alliances in Surgery
(IDEAS) Conference: VR Surgery. Surgical innovation, 22(5), 514-521.
(16) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Multiscale modeling of polycrystalline materials with Jacobian-
free multiscale method (JFMM). Computational Mechanics, 55(4), 643-657.
(17) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Analysis of the Jacobian-free multiscale method (JFMM).
Computational Mechanics, 56(5), 769-783.
(18) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2015). Optimization model for web based multimodal
interactive simulations. Expert systems with applications, 42(12), 5245-5255.
(19) Peng, Q., Dearden, A. K., Chen, X. J., Huang, C., Wen, X., and De, S. (2015). Peculiar
pressure effect on Poisson ratio of graphone as a strain damper. Nanoscale, 7(22), 9975-
9979.
(20) Wang, G., Liu, G., Peng, Q., De, S., Feng, D., and Liu, M. (2015). A 3D Smoothed
Particle Hydrodynamics Method with Reactive Flow Model for the Simulation of ANFO.
Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 40(4), 566-575.
(21) Peng, Q., Han, L., Lian, J., Wen, X., Liu, S., Chen, Z., Koratkar, N., and De, S. (2015).
Mechanical degradation of graphene by epoxidation: insights from first-principles
calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(29), 19484-19490.
(22) Peng, Q., Han, L., Wen, X., Liu, S., Chen, Z., Lian, J., and De, S. (2015). Mechanical
properties and stabilities of g-ZnS monolayers. RSC Advances, 5(15), 11240-11247.
(23) Peng, Q., Chen, Z., and De, S. (2015). A density functional theory study of the mechanical
properties of graphane with van der Waals corrections. Mechanics of Advanced Materials
and Structures, 22(9), 717-721.
(24) Peng, Q., Han, L., Wen, X., Liu, S., Chen, Z., Lian, J., and De, S. (2015). Mechanical
properties and stabilities of α-boron monolayers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,
17(3), 2160-2168.
(25) Wang, G., Peng, Q., Liu, G. R., and De, S. (2015). Microscopic study of Equation of State
of β-HMX using reactive molecular dynamics simulations. RSC Advances, 5(69), 55892–
55900.
(26) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G. R., Grimme, S., and De, S. (2015). Predicting Elastic
Properties of β-HMX from First-principles calculations. The Journal of Physical
Chemistry B, 119(18), 5896-5903.
(27) Josyula, K., Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Thermomechanical properties and equation of state
for the γ-polymorph of hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine. RSC Advances, 4(78),
41491-41499.
(28) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Multiscale modeling of irradiated polycrystalline FCC metals.
International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(23), 3919-3930.
(29) De, S., Zamiri, A. R., and Rahul (2014). A fully anisotropic single crystal model for high
strain rate loading conditions with an application to α-RDX. Journal of the Mechanics and
Physics of Solids, 64, 287-301.
(30) Peng, Q., Dearden, A. K., Crean, J., Han, L., Liu, S., Wen, X., and De, S. (2014). New
materials graphyne, graphdiyne, graphone, and graphane: review of properties, synthesis,
and application in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, science and applications, 7(2), 1-29.
(invited review)
(31) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Elastic limit of silicane. Nanoscale, 6(20), 12071-12079.
(32) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Lian, J., Chen, X. J., Huang, H., Gao, F., and De, S. (2014). Pressure
effect on stabilities of self-Interstitials in HCP-Zirconium. Scientific reports, 4.
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(33) Peng, Q., Rahul, Wang, G., Liu, G. R., and De, S. (2014). Structures, mechanical
properties, equations of state, and electronic properties of β-HMX under hydrostatic
pressures: a DFT-D2 study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(37), 19972-19983.
(34) Dargar, S., Brino, C., Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2015).
Characterization of Force and Torque Interactions During a Simulated Transgastric
Appendectomy Procedure. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 62(3), 890-
899.
(35) Chellali, A., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., Flinn, J. T., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D.
B., De, S., and Cao, C. G. (2015). Preliminary evaluation of the pattern cutting and the
ligating loop virtual laparoscopic trainers. Surgical endoscopy, 29(4), 815-821.
(36) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Olasky, J. S., Adra, S., Roberts, K. E., Panait, L.,
Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2014). A comparison of NOTES
transvaginal and laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures based upon task analysis.
Surgical endoscopy, 28(8), 2443-2451.
(37) Olasky, J., Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., Miller, A., De, S., Jones, D. B.,
Schwaitzberg, S. D., Schneider, B. E., and Cao, C. G. (2014). Effects of sleep hours and
fatigue on performance in laparoscopic surgery simulators. Surgical endoscopy, 28(9),
2564-2568.
(38) Arikatla, V. S., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2014). Towards virtual FLS:
development of a peg transfer simulator. The International Journal of Medical Robotics
and Computer Assisted Surgery, 10(3), 344-355.
(39) Allen, B. F., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S. D., and De, S. (2014). Survey-based analysis
of fundamental tasks for effective use of electrosurgical instruments. Surgical endoscopy,
28(4), 1166-1172.
(40) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2014). Z-fiber influence on high speed penetration of 3D
orthogonal woven fiber composites. Mechanics of materials, 68, 147-163.
(41) Lu, Z., Arikatla, V. S., Han, Z., Allen, B. F., and De, S. (2014). A physics-based
algorithm for real-time simulation of electrosurgery procedures in minimally invasive
surgery. The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery,
10(4), 495-504.
(42) Khan, I. M., Ahn, W., Anderson, K. S., and De, S. (2013). A logarithmic complexity
floating frame of reference formulation with interpolating splines for articulated multi-
flexible-body dynamics. International journal of non-linear mechanics, 57, 146-153.
(43) Zhang, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla, V. S., Ahn, W., Grosdemouge, C., Rideout, J.
M., Epstein, S. K., De, S., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D. B., and Cao, C. G. (2013).
Characterizing the learning curve of the VBLaST-PT©(Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill
Trainer). Surgical endoscopy, 27(10), 3603-3615.
(44) Sankaranarayanan, G., Resapu, R. R., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. (2013).
Common uses and cited complications of energy in surgery. Surgical endoscopy, 27(9),
3056-3072.
(45) Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Nemani, A., Ahn, W., Kato, M., Jones, D. B.,
Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. (2013). Needs analysis for developing a virtual-reality
NOTES simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 27(5), 1607-1616.
(46) Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Chellali, A., De, S., Caroline, G. L.,
Hwabejire, J., DeMoya, M., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B. (2013). Face and construct
validation of a virtual peg transfer simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 27(5), 1721-1729.
(47) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical properties and instabilities of ordered graphene
oxide C 6 O monolayers. RSC Advances, 3(46), 24337-24344.
(48) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2013). Outstanding mechanical properties of monolayer MoS2 and
its application in elastic energy storage. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(44),
19427-19437.
(49) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical properties of g-GaN: a first
principles study. Applied Physics A, 113(2), 483-490.
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(50) Peng, Q., Crean, J., Dearden, A. K., Huang, C., Wen, X., Bordas, S. P., and De, S. (2013).
Defect engineering of 2D monatomic-layer materials. Modern Physics Letters B, 27(23),
1330017. (invited review)
(51) Peng, Q., Chen, X. J., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). Chemically tuning mechanics of graphene
by bn. Advanced Engineering Materials, 15(8), 718-727.
(52) Peng, Q., Wen, X., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical stabilities of silicene. RSC Advances,
3(33), 13772-13781.
(53) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). A first-principles study of the mechanical
properties of g-GeC. Mechanics of Materials, 64, 135-141.
(54) Peng, Q., Chen, X. J., Liu, S., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical stabilities and properties of
graphene-like aluminum nitride predicted from first-principles calculations. RSC
Advances, 3(19), 7083-7092.
(55) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., and De, S. (2013). Axial ratio dependence of the stability of
self-interstitials in HCP structures. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 437(1), 293-296.
(56) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). A theoretical analysis of the effect of the
hydrogenation of graphene to graphane on its mechanical properties. Physical Chemistry
Chemical Physics, 15(6), 2003-2011.
(57) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). First-principles study of the effects of mechanical
strains on the radiation hardness of hexagonal boron nitride monolayers. Nanoscale, 5(2),
695-703.
(58) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). A first principles investigation of the
mechanical properties of g-ZnO: The graphene-like hexagonal zinc oxide monolayer.
Computational Materials Science, 68, 320-324.
(59) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). A first principles investigation of the
mechanical properties of g-TlN. Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Material Science,
2(4), 76-84.
(60) Peng, Q., Zamiri, A. R., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). Elastic properties of hybrid
graphene/boron nitride monolayer. Acta Mechanica, 223(12), 2591-2596.
(61) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). Mechanical properties of graphyne monolayers: a
first-principles study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(38), 13385-13391.
(62) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., and De, S. (2012). Stability of self-interstitial atoms in hcp-
Zr. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 429(1), 233-236.
(63) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). Mechanical properties of the hexagonal boron nitride
monolayer: Ab initio study. Computational Materials Science, 56, 11-17.
(64) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2012). Tunable band gaps of mono-layer hexagonal BNC
heterostructures. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44(7), 1662-
1666.
(65) De, S., Deo, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., and Arikatla, V. S. (2011). A Physics-Driven
Neural Networks-based Simulation System (PhyNNeSS) for Multimodal Interactive
Virtual Environments Involving Nonlinear Deformable Objects. Presence: Teleoperators
& Virtual Environments, 20(4), 289-308.
(66) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2011). Multiscale modeling of the anisotropic shock response
of β-HMX molecular polycrystals. Interaction and multiscale mechanics, 4(2), 139-153.
(special issue)
(67) Sankaranarayanan, G., Adair, J. D., Halic, T., Gromski, M. A., Lu, Z., Ahn, W., Jones, D.
B. and De, S. (2011). Validation of a novel laparoscopic adjustable gastric band simulator.
Surgical endoscopy, 25(4), 1012-1018.
(68) Krishna, S., and De, S. (2011). A temperature and rate-dependent micromechanical model
of molybdenum under neutron irradiation. Mechanics of Materials, 43(2), 99-110.
(69) Rahul, and De, S. (2011). An efficient block preconditioner for Jacobian-free global-local
multiscale methods. International journal for numerical methods in engineering, 87(7),
639-663.
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(70) Maciel, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Halic, T., Arikatla, V. S., Lu, Z., and De, S. (2011).
Surgical model-view-controller simulation software framework for local and collaborative
applications. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 6(4),
457-471.
(71) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2011). Modeling the Anisotropic Deformation Response of β-
HMX Molecular Crystals. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 36(3), 247-251.
(72) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2011). Mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite single crystals
from nanoindentation data. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials,
4(2), 146-152. (among top 10 "hottest articles" of the year)
(73) Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2010). GPU-based efficient realistic
techniques for bleeding and smoke generation in surgical simulators. The International
Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 6(4), 431-443.
(74) Eom, J., Xu, X. G., De, S., and Shi, C. (2010). Predictive modeling of lung motion over
the entire respiratory cycle using measured pressure-volume data, 4DCT images, and
finite-element analysis. Medical physics, 37(8), 4389-4400.
(75) Krishna, S., Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Dislocation and defect density-based
micromechanical modeling of the mechanical behavior of fcc metals under neutron
irradiation. Philosophical Magazine, 90(30), 4013-4025.
(76) Adair, J. D., Gromski, M. A., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Jones, D., and Adair, G.
(2010). Simulation in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric Times, 7(6), 10-12.
(77) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the mechanical response of tetragonal lysozyme
crystals. Langmuir, 26(6), 4251-4257.
(78) Sankaranarayanan, G., Lin, H., Arikatla, V. S., Mulcare, M., Zhang, L., Derevianko, A.,
Lim, R., Fobert, D., Cao, C., Schwaitzberg, S. D., and Jones, D. B. (2010). Preliminary
face and construct validation study of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer. Journal of
Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 20(2), 153-157.
(79) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2010). Deformation distribution maps of β-HMX molecular
crystals. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 43(3), 035404.
(80) Conde, J. G., De, S., Hall, R. W., Johansen, E., Meglan, D., and Peng, G. C. (2010).
Telehealth innovations in health education and training. Telemedicine and e-Health,
16(1), 103-106.
(81) Rahul, and De, S. (2010). An efficient coarse-grained parallel algorithm for matrix-free
global-local multiscale computations on massively parallel systems. International Journal
for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 82(3), 379-402.
(82) Maciel, A., Halic, T., Lu, Z., Nedel, L. P., and De, S. (2009). Using the PhysX engine for
physics-based virtual surgery with force feedback. The International Journal of Medical
Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 5(3), 341-353.
(83) Lim, Y. J., Deo, D., Singh, T. P., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2009). In situ measurement and
modeling of biomechanical response of human cadaveric soft tissues for physics-based
surgical simulation. Surgical endoscopy, 23(6), 1298-1307.
(84) De, S., and Johnson, C. R. (2009). Preface to Engineering with Computers. Special
Edition: computational bioengineering. Engineering with Computers, 25(1), 1-2.
(85) BaniHani, S. M., and De, S. (2009). A comparison of some model order reduction
methods for fast simulation of soft tissue response using the point collocation-based
method of finite spheres. Engineering with computers, 25(1), 37-47.
(86) Kim, J., Ahn, B., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2008). An efficient soft tissue
characterization algorithm from in vivo indentation experiments for medical simulation.
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 4(3), 277-
285.
(87) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). An efficient dynamic point algorithm for line-based
collision detection in real time virtual environments involving haptics. Computer
Animation and Virtual Worlds, 19(2), 151-163.
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(88) Maciel, A., Liu, Y., Ahn, W., Singh, T. P., Dunnican, W., and De, S. (2008).
Development of the VBLaST™: a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer. The
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 4(2), 131-138.
(89) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2008). Method of finite spheres solution of micron-scale
plasticity based on a strain gradient formulation. Computers & Structures, 86(23), 2109-
2122.
(90) Macri, M., and De, S. (2008). An octree partition of unity method (OctPUM) with
enrichments for multiscale modeling of heterogeneous media. Computers & Structures,
86(7), 780-795.
(91) Kim, J., Choi, C., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2007). Virtual surgery simulation for
medical training using multi-resolution organ models. The International Journal of
Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 3(2), 149-158.
(92) De, S., Guilak, F. and Mofrad, M. R. K. (2007). Preface: Special issue in Computational
Bioengineering. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196(31-32),
2963-2964.
(93) Macri, M., and De, S. (2007). Enrichment of the method of finite spheres using geometry-
independent localized scalable bubbles. International journal for numerical methods in
engineering, 69(1), 1-32.
(94) BaniHani, S. M., and De, S. (2007). On the evaluation of the method of finite spheres for
the solution of Reissner–Mindlin plate problems using the numerical inf–sup test.
International journal for numerical methods in engineering, 70(11), 1366-1386.
(95) Lim, Y. J., Jin, W., and De, S. (2007). On some recent advances in multimodal surgery
simulation: A hybrid approach to surgical cutting and the use of video images for
enhanced realism. Presence, 16(6), 563-583. (Top 10 most downloaded articles. This
article was also featured on the cover of the journal, Dec 2007 issue)
(96) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2007). Real time simulation of nonlinear tissue response in virtual
surgery using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres. Computer Methods in
Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196(31), 3011-3024.
(97) Bjornsson, C. S., Oh, S. J., Al-Kofahi, Y. A., Lim, Y. J., Smith, K. L., Turner, J. N., De,
S., Roysam, B., Shain, W. and Kim, S. J. (2006). Effects of insertion conditions on tissue
strain and vascular damage during neuroprosthetic device insertion. Journal of neural
engineering, 3(3), 196.
(98) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2006). Computationally Efficient technique for the solution of
Timoshenko beam and Mindlin-Reissner plate problems using the Method of Finite
Spheres. International Journal of Computational Methods, 3(4), 465-501.
(99) BaniHani, S., and De, S. (2006). Development of a genetic algorithm-based lookup table
approach for efficient numerical integration in the method of finite spheres with
application to the solution of thin beam and plate problems. International journal for
numerical methods in engineering, 67(12), 1700-1729.
(100) De, S., Lim, Y. J., Manivannan, M., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2006). Physically realistic
virtual surgery using the point-associated finite field (PAFF) approach. Presence:
Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(3), 294-308.
(101) Macri, M., Tichy, J., and De, S. (2005). Some examples of the method of finite spheres
with enrichment. International Journal of Computational Methods, 2(04), 517-541.
(102) Aslam, A., and De, S. (2005). A comparison of several numerical methods for the solution
of the Convection-Diffusion Equation using the method of finite spheres. Computational
Mechanics, 36(5), 398-407.
(103) Idelsohn, S., De, S., and Orkisz, J. (2005). Preface: Advances in Meshfree Methods,
Computers & Structures, 83(17-18), 1365.
(104) De, S., Kim, J., Lim, Y. J., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2005). The point collocation-based
method of finite spheres (PCMFS) for real time surgery simulation. Computers &
structures, 83(17), 1515-1525.
(105) Macri, M., Tichy, J., and De, S. (2005). On the application of the method of finite spheres
to problems in tribology. Revue Européenne des Eléments, 14(2-3), 339-366.
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(106) Macri, M., and De, S. (2005). Towards an automatic discretization scheme for the method
of finite spheres and its coupling with the finite element method. Computers & structures,
83(17), 1429-1447.
(107) Basdogan, C., De, S., Kim, J., Muniyandi, M., Kim, H., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2004).
Haptics in minimally invasive surgical simulation and training. Computer Graphics and
Applications, IEEE, 24(2), 56-64.
(108) De, S., Hong, J. W., and Bathe, K. J. (2003). On the method of finite spheres in
applications: towards the use with ADINA and in a surgical simulator. Computational
Mechanics, 31(1-2), 27-37.
(109) De, S. (2003). Efficient Computation of Fluid Drag Forces on Micromachined Devices
Using a Boundary Integral Equation-Based Approach. International Journal for
Multiscale Computational Engineering, 1(2&3), 277-288.
(110) Macri, M., De, S., and Shephard, M. S. (2003). Hierarchical tree-based discretization for
the method of finite spheres. Computers & structures, 81(8), 789-803.
(111) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). Displacement/pressure mixed interpolation in the method
of finite spheres. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 51(3),
275-292.
(112) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). Towards an efficient meshless computational technique:
the method of finite spheres. Engineering Computations, 18(1/2), 170-192.
(113) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). The method of finite spheres with improved numerical
integration. Computers & Structures, 79(22), 2183-2196.
(114) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2000). The method of finite spheres. Computational Mechanics,
25(4), 329-345.
D. Publications in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
(1) Rayason A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Butler, K. L., DeMoya, M., De, S (2016). 3D
Force/Torque Characterization of Emergency Cricothyroidotomy Procedure using an
Instrumental Scalpel. In proceedings of the IEEE 38th Annual Engineering in Medicine and
Biology Society (EMBS) conference. 2145-2148.
(2) Nemani, A., et al. "Objective Surgical Skill Differentiation for Physical and Virtual
Surgical Trainers via Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy." Studies in health technology
and informatics 220 (2016): 256.
(3) Demirel, D., Yu, A., Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ryason, A., Spindler, D., Butler, K.
L., Cao, C., Petrusa, E., Molina, M., Jones, D., De, S., Demoya, M., Jones, S. (2016).
Virtual Airway Skills Trainer (VAST) Simulator. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 22:
NextMed/MMVR22, 220, 91.
(4) Dargar, S., Akyildiz, A. C., and S. De. (2016). Development of a Soft Tissue Elastography
Robotic Arm (STiERA). Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 22: NextMed/MMVR22 220, 77.
(5) Karaki, W., Akyildiz, A. C., Tasciuc, D. A. B., and De, S. (2016). Measurement of
Temperature Dependent Apparent Specific Heat Capacity in Electrosurgery. Medicine
Meets Virtual Reality 22: NextMed/MMVR22, 220, 171.
(6) Josyula, K., Rahul, De, S. (2016). In silico study of the α-γ phase transformation of
hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) under hydrostatic loading. MRS Fall Meeting
and Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts.
(7) Rahul, De, S., (2016). Modeling of thermomechanical damage of ultrasonically activated
soft tissue. VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and
Engineering. Crete Island, Greece.
(8) Josyula, K., Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Thermomechanical Properties and Equation of State
of γ-RDX. In 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. San Diego, CA.
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(9) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Phase-field modeling of the α-γ phase transformation of RDX. In
13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. San Diego, CA.
(10) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Phase-field modeling of shock-induced α-γ phase transformation
of RDX. In 19th Biennial APS Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter.
Tampa, FL.
(11) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX with Jacobian-free
Newton-Krylov method. In VI International Conference on Computational Methods for
Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering. Venice, Italy.
(12) Arikatla, S. V., Ortiz, R., Thompson, D., Adams, D., Enquobahrie, A., and De, S. (2015). A
hybrid approach to simulate tissue behavior during surgical simulation. In 4th International
Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering. France.
(13) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2015). Predicting Elastic Properties of β-HMX from First-principles
Calculations. In American Physical Society (APS) March meeting. San Antonio, TX.
(14) Butler, K., Petrusa, E., Spindler, D., Ryason, A., Demeril, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., Cao,
C. G. L., Molina, M., Jones, D. B., De, S., and Demoya, M. (2015). A Hierarchical Task
Analysis of Cricothyroidtomy Procedure for a Virtual Airway Skills Trainer (VAST©)
Simulator. In Proceedings of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE). Seattle, WA.
(15) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Miller, A., Wakily, H., Jones, S. B., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones,
D. B., De, S., and Olasky, J. (2015). Face validation of the Virtual Electrosurgery Skill
Trainer (VEST©). In Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of American
Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Nashville, TN.
(16) Nemani, A., Intes, X., and De, S. (2015). Surgical motor skill differentiation via functional
near infrared spectroscopy. In North East Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC).
Troy, NY.
(17) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2015). Pressure effect on stabilities of self-Interstitials in HCP-
Zirconium. In American Physical Society (APS) March meeting. San Antonio, TX.
(18) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G. R., and De, S. (2015). Modeling the material strength and
equations of state of beta-HMX from both first-principles calculations and molecular
dynamics simulations. In 19th Biennial APS Conference on Shock Compression of
Condensed Matter. Tampa, FL.
(19) Liu, G. R., Peng, Q., Wang, G., and De, S. (2015). A Molecular Dynamics simulation of
Hugoniot curves of HMX using ReaxFF and its application in SPH modeling of macroscale
terminal effects. In 19th Biennial APS Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed
Matter. Tampa, FL.
(20) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2015). Multiscale modeling of the nanoindentation of bcc iron using
QCDFT method. In 13th U.S. National Congress for Computational Mechanics. San
Diego, CA.
(21) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX. In MRS Fall
Meeting & Exhibit. Boston, MA.
(22) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Continuum modeling of the α-γ phase transformation of RDX. In
15th International Detonation Symposium. San Francisco, CA.
(23) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Phase-field modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX. In 15th
International Detonation Symposium. San Francisco, CA.
(24) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Phase-field modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX. In
15th International Detonation Symposium. San Francisco, CA.
(25) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). A first-principles investigation of the equation of states and
molecular hot spots of β-HMX. In 15th International Detonation Symposium. San
Francisco, CA.
(26) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). A first-principles investigation of the crystal structure, elastic
properties, and equation of states of β-cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine (HMX). In
Gordon Research Seminar on Energetic materials. Newry, ME.
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(27) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Outstanding mechanical properties of monolayer MoS2 and its
application in elastic energy storage. In American Physical Society (APS) March meeting.
Denver, CO.
(28) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Elastic limit of silicane. In 17th U.S. National Congress on
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. East Lansing, MI.
(29) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Crystal structure, elastic properties, and equation of states of
β-HMX: A DFT-D2 study. In Gordon Research Conference on Energetic materials.
Newry, ME.
(30) Halic, T., Ahn, W., De, S. (2014). pWeb: A High-Performance, Parallel-Computing
Framework for Web-Browser-Based Medical Simulation. In Studies in Health Technology
and Informatics, 196, 150-154.
(31) Dargar, S., Lam, B., Horodyski, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2014). A Decoupled
2 DOF Force Feedback Mechanism for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical
Trainer (VTESTTM
). In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 86-88.
(32) Brino, C., Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., and De, S. (2014). Haptic
Interactions During Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. In Proceedings of
IEEE haptics symposium (HAPTICS), 617-622.
(33) Roche, C. A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Matthes. K., and De, S. (2014). Kinematic
Measures for Evaluating Skills in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. In
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 339-345.
(34) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., and De, S. (2014). A Framework for Providing Cognitive
Feedback in Surgical Simulators. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196,
369-371.
(35) Nemani, A., Intes, X., and De, S. (2014). Monte Carlo based simulation for evaluating
optode fiber placement in prefrontal cortex imagining of motor skills during surgical
training. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 339-345.
(36) Ahn, W., Dargar, S., Halic T., Lee, J., Li, B., Pan, J., Sankaranarayanan, G., Roberts, K.,
and De, S. (2014). Development of a virtual reality simulator for natural orifice
translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) cholecystetctomy procedure. In Studies in
Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 1-5.
(37) Ahn, W., Dargar, S., Halic T., Sankaranarayanan, G., Roberts, K., and De, S. (2014).
Preliminary face validation of a virtual transluminal endoscopic surgery trainer (VTEST).
In Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal
Surgeons (SAGES). Salt Lake City, UT.
(38) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Chellai, A., Mentis, H., Jones, S. B., Jones, D. B.,
Schwaitzberg, S., De, S., and Cao, C. G. L. (2014). Preliminary Validation of a Novel
VR2© (VR within VR) Simulator for Surgical Education. In Proceedings of the 2014
Association of Surgical Education Meeting (ASE). Chicago, IL.
(39) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2014). System Characterization of a novel
haptic interface for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery simulation. In
Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine Conference (EMBC). Chicago, IL.
(40) Li, B., Sankaranarayanan, G., Jones, S. B., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., De, S., and Cao,
C. G. L. (2014). A new virtual reality surgical trainer with distractions for situated and
cognitive training. In Proceedings of the 2014 Association of Surgical Education Meeting
(ASE). Chicago, IL.
(41) Chellali, A., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., Flinn J. T., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D. B.,
De, S., and Cao, C. G. (2014). Preliminary evaluation of the pattern cutting and the ligating
loop virtual laparoscopic trainers. In Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the
Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Salt Lake City, UT.
(42) Allen, B., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D., and De, S. (2014). Toward the Development of a
Virtual Electrosurgery Training Simulator. In Studies in Health Technology and
Informatics, 196, 11-13.
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(43) Peng, Q., Ji., W., and De, S. (2013). A Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of the
Hydrogenation of Graphene to Graphane on Its Mechanical Properties. In American
Physical Society March meeting. Baltimore, MD.
(44) Peng, Q., Ji., W., and De, S. (2013). Monovacancy in hcp-Zirconium. In American Physical
Society March meeting. Baltimore, MD.
(45) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2013). A real three-dimensional QCDFT model and its applications.
In 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Raleigh, NC.
(46) Rahul, and De, S. (2013). Phase-field modeling of deformation twinning in β-HMX. In
12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Raleigh, NC.
(47) Rahul, and De, S. (2013). Multiscale modeling of irradiated polycrystalline FCC metals. In
12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Raleigh, NC.
(48) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S. (2013). A multilevel framework for linear projection constraints.
In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia.
(49) Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., and Cao, C. G. L. (2013). Characterization of the Learning
Plateau and the Learning Rate of the VBlaST PT Simulator with a Kinematic Objective
Performance Metric. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual
Meeting, 57, 668-672.
(50) Olasky, J., Eskander, M., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Chellai, A., Cao, G. L.,
Feldman, L. S., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B. (2013). The Impact of Simulator Based
Electrosurgical Training on Resident Education. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual
Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.
(51) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Roberts, K., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B.
(2013). Time Series Analysis for Rigid Scope NOTES Transvaginal and Laparoscopic
Cholecystectomy. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American
Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.
(52) Kaplan, C., Lanigan, A., Lin., Henry, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ritter, M., Schwaitzberg,
S., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2013). Exposure to FLS task outweighs Video Gaming
Experience for the VBLaST PT. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society
of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.
(53) Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., Cao, C. G. L., De, S., Jones, D. B., and
Schneider, B. (2013). Effects of Sleep hours and Fatigue on Performance in Laparoscopic
Surgery Simulators. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American
Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.
(54) Chin, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Kai, M., and De, S. (2013). Objective
Performance Measures Using Motion Sensors on an Endoscopic Tool for Evaluating Skills
in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). In Studies in Health
Technology and Informatics, 184, 78-84.
(55) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2013). The Use of Rotational Optical
Encoders for Dial Sensing in the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer. In
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 103-105.
(56) Dargar, S., Solley, T., Nemani, A., Brino, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2013). The
Development of a Haptic Interface for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical
Trainer. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 106-108.
(57) Dargar, S., Nunno, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2013). Microsoft Kinect Based
Head Tracking for Life Size Collaborative Surgical Simulation Environments. In Studies in
Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 109-113.
(58) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G.,Cao, C. G. L., and De, S. (2013). Hierarchical Task
Analysis of Hybrid Rigid Scope Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery
(NOTES) Cholecystectomy Procedures. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics,
184, 293-297.
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(59) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S. (2013). A modified multilevel scheme for internal and external
constraints in virtual environments. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184,
31-35.
(60) Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Chellali A., Cao, C.G.L., and De S.
(2013). Development and Validation of VBLaST-PT: A Virtual Peg Transfer Simulator. In
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 31-35.
(61) Ahn, W., Halic, T., and De, S. (2013). Pattern Cutting and Ligating Loop Simulation in
Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST©). In Studies in health technology and
informatics, 184, 1-5.
(62) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2013). Performance Optimization of Web-Based Medical
Simulation. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 184, 168-175.
(63) Kahn, I. M., Ahn, W., Anderson, K. S., and De, S. (2013). Multi-Flexible-Body Simulation
Using Interpolating Spline in a Divide-And-Conquer Scheme. In Proceedings of the ASME
2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and
Information in Engineering Conference. Portland, OR.
(64) De, S., and Rahul (2013). A Block Preconditioned Jacobian-free Multiscale Method
(JFMM). In V International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems
in Science and Engineering. Ibiza, Spain.
(65) Peng, Q., and De., S. (2012). Golden Rule of Radiation Hardness: a Study of Strain Effect
on Controlled Radiation Damage. In American Physical Society March meeting. Boston,
MA.
(66) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). A Two-dimensional Jelly: Mechanical properties of
graphyne. In 22nd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials.
Baltimore, MD.
(67) Rahul, and De, S. (2012). Multiscale modeling of the mechanical behavior of neutron-
irradiated metals. In 22nd
International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of
Materials. Baltimore, MD.
(68) Zhang, L., Grosdemouge, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Sreekanth, A. V., De, S.,
Jones, D., Schwartzberg, S., and Cao, C. G. L. (2012). Added Value of Virtual Reality
Technology and Force Feedback for Surgical Training Simulators. In Work: A Journal of
Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 41, 2288-2292.
(69) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). A framework for web browser-based medical
simulation using WebGL. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 173, 149-155.
(70) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). Use of a Liner Motion Stroke
Potentiometer as a High Precision Sensor for Linear Translation in a Laparoscopic Ligating
Loop Simulation. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 173, 105-107.
(71) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). ToolTrack™: a Compact, Low-cost
System for Measuring Surgical Tool Motion. In Studies in health technology and
informatics, 173, 108-110.
(72) Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla, A. V., De, S. (2012). A Simulation Framework for Tool
Tissue Interactions in Robotic Surgery. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics,
173, 440-444. (BEST POSTER AWARD)
(73) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, S., and De, S. (2012). Automated Real Time Peg and Tool
Detection for the FLS Trainer Box. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.
(74) Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). A Resource Management Tool for
Real-time Multimodal Surgical Simulation. In Studies in health technology and
informatics, 173, 142-148.
(75) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). A Framework for Web Browser-Based Medical
Simulation Using WebGL. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 173, 149-155.
(76) Ahn, W., Halic, T., Kudsi, Y., Sankaranarayanan, S., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., and
De, S. (2012). A Virtual Electrosurgery Simulator for Teaching and Training in Safe Usage
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of Energy. In Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic
Surgeons. San Diego, CA.
(77) Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, G., Nemani, A., Ahn, W., Kato, M., Jones, D. B.,
Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. (2012). Development of a Virtual Reality NOTES Simulator.
In Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. San
Diego, CA.
(78) De, S., and Zamiri, A. (2012). Modeling of nanoporous protein crystals. In First Thematic
Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Validation in Medicine and Biology:
Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. San Francisco, CA.
(79) Halic, T., Ahn, W., De, S. (2011). A Framework for 3D Interactive Applications on the
Web. In SIGGRAPH Asia. Hong Kong, China.
(80) Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., and De, S. (2011). A Fixed Point Proximity Method
for Extended Contact Manipulation of Deformable Bodies. In Medicine Meets Virtual
Reality. Long Beach, CA.
(81) Arikatla, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2011). Cost-Efficient Suturing Simulation
with Pre-Computed Models. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.
(82) Zhonghua, L., Arikatla, V., Cheng, D., and De, S. (2011). Real-Time Electrocautery
Simulation for Laparoscopic Surgical Environments. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality.
Long Beach, CA.
(83) Halic, T., and De, S. (2011). SML: SoFMIS Meta Language for Surgical Simulation. In
Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.
(84) Halic, T., Arikatla, V., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2011). A
Software Framework for Multimodal Interactive Simulations (SoFMIS). In Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.
(85) Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., Dargar, S., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2011). A Tool
Interface with Force Feedback for the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skills Trainer (VBLaST).
In Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. San
Antonio, TX.
(86) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2011). Computational modeling of polycrystalline materials under
very high rates of loading. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.
(87) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2011). An Accelerated Quasicontinuum-DFT (QCDFT) Method and
its Application to Radiation Damage Modeling. In Proceedings of the US National
Congress on Computational Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.
(88) Rahul, and De, S. (2011). A Block Preconditioned Jacobian-Free Global-Local Multiscale
Method. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Minneapolis, MN.
(89) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2011). Micromechanics Based Progressive Damage Modeling of 3D
Woven Composites under Ballistic Impact. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on
Computational Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.
(90) Arikatla, S., and De, S. (2011). A Modified Multilevel Solver for Problems with Dynamic
Dirichlet Boundary Conditions. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on
Computational Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.
(91) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2011). Micromechanis-based progressive damage modeling of 3D
woven fiber composites under ballistic impact. In 6th MIT Conference on Computational
Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Boston, MA.
(92) Eom, J., and De, S. (2011). Patient specific characterization of tumor-bearing lung tissue
elasticity using 4D CT image data for radiation therapy. In 6th MIT Conference on
Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Boston, MA.
(93) Arikatla, S., Halic, T., and De, S. (2011). Feature detection and Matching using Non-linear
Scale-Space. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Minneapolis, MN.
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(94) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2011). Progressive Damage Modeling of 3D Woven Fiber
Composites under Ballistic Loading. In Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of
Material and Process Engineering. Long Beach, CA.
(95) Zamiri, A. R., Zandi-Atashbar, A., and De, S (2011). Thermomechanics of 3D Assembled
Enzymes. In ECCOMAS Thematic Conference: Coupled Problems. Kos Island, Greece.
(96) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Multiscale modeling of the molecular polycrystals in very
high rates of loading. In International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.
Vancouver, Canada.
(97) Krishna, S., and De, S. (2010). A self-consistent multiscale method for modeling the
irradiation damage of FCC and BCC metals. In International Mechanical Engineering
Congress and Exposition. Vancouver, Canada.
(98) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Micromechanistic modeling of 3D assembled protein
materials. In Proceedings of the World Congress in Biomechanics. Singapore.
(99) Ghosh, R., Gama, B., and De, S. (2010). Micromechanics based damage modeling of 3D
woven fiber composites. In Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material
and Process Engineering. Salt Lake City, UT.
(100) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Multiscale modeling of protein crystals: application to
tetragonal lysozyme. In First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine and
Biology. Houston, TX.
(101) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, G. X., and De, S. (2010). In vivo characterization of lung tissue
properties from 4D CT images for cancer radiation therapy. In Proceedings of the World
Congress of Biomechanics, Singapore.
(102) De, S. (2010). Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree
approach. In International Workshops in Advances in Computational Mechanics.
Yokohama, Japan.
(103) Eom, J., and De, S. (2010). A point collocation-based residual free bubble method. In
Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics. Paris, France.
(104) De, S., and Rahul (2010). Recent advances in global-local multiscale methods for
computational Mechanics. In 10th International Conference on Engineering Computational
Technology. Valencia, Spain.
(105) De, S., and Rahul (2010). A block preconditioning strategy for Jacobian-free global-local
multiscale methods. In 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics. Sydney,
Australia.
(106) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, G. X. and De, S. (2010). Dynamic respiratory simulation for lung
cancer treatment based on patient specific 4D CT and nonlinear finite element method. In
Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology
and Surgery. Geneva, Switzerland.
(107) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Multiscale modeling of the molecular polycrystals at very
high rate of loadings. In ASME IMECE2010. Vancouver, Canada.
(108) Rahul, and De, S. (2010). A block preconditioned Jacobian-free multiscale method. In 1st
International Conference on Advances in Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics. Jeju
Island, Korea.
(109) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Modeling the effect of microstructure on anisotropic shock
response of polycrystalline HMX. In Gordon Research Conference on Energetic Materials.
Tilton, NH.
(110) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Thermomechanical modeling of polycrystalline energetic
materials using a multiscale approach. In 14th International Detonation Symposium. Coeur
d'Alene, ID.
(111) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Effect of the microstructure and crystal orientation on the
shock response of β-HMX polycrystals. In 14th International Detonation Symposium,
Coeur d'Alene, ID.
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(112) Arikatla, S. A., and De, S. (2010). A two-grid iterative approach for real time haptics
mediated interactive simulation of deformable objects. In Proceedings of the Haptics
Symposium. Waltham, MA.
(113) Lu, Z., Sankaranarayanan, G., Deo, D., Chen, D., and De, S. (2010). Towards Physics-
based interactive simulation of electrocautery procedures using PhysX. In Proceedings of
the Haptics Symposium. Waltham, MA.
(114) Deo, D., and De, S. (2010). A higher order polynomial reproducing radial basis function
neural network (HOPR-RBFN) for real-time interactive simulations of nonlinear
deformable bodies with haptic feedback. In Proceedings of the Haptics Symposium.
Waltham, MA.
(115) Halic, T., and De, S. (2010). Lightweight bleeding and smoke effects for surgical
simulators. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. Waltham, MA.
(116) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). A machine learning-based scalable approach for real time soft
tissue simulation. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.
(117) Deo, D., Singh, T. P., Dunnican, W., and De, S. (2009). Development of a glove-based
wearable system for objective assessment of laparoscopic skills and some observations for
a peg transfer task. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.
(118) Sankaranarayanana, G., Deo, D., and, De, S. (2009). Hybrid network architecture for
interactive multi-user surgical simulator with scalable deformable models. In Medicine
Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.(Best poster award)
(119) Banihani, S., Dutkin, M., Ali, S., Sreekanth, A. V., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S.
(2009). Plug-and-play tool handles for laparoscopic surgery simulators. In Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.
(120) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). Characterization of anisotropy in viscoelastic properties of
intra-abdominal soft tissues. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.
(121) Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2009). Real time knot detection for suturing simulation.
In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.
(122) Sankaranarayanan, G., Sreekanth, A. V., Lin, H., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2009). Face
validation of the virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©). In Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.
(123) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). PhyNeSS: A physics-driven neural networks-based surgery
simulation system with force feedback. In World Haptics Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.
(124) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the anisotropic plasticity of HMX molecular
crystals for particulate composite energetic materials. In ASME International Mechanical
Engineering Congress and Exposition. Lake Buena Vista, FL.
(125) Lin, H., Sankaranarayanan, G., Sreekanth, A. V., Mulcare, M., Zhang, L., De, S., Cao, C.,
Schneider, B., Derevianko, A., Lim, R., Fobert, D., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D.G.
(2009). Advances towards virtual reality fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery(FLS). In
Proceedings of the Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Phoenix, AZ.
(126) Shi, C., Eom, J., Vines, D., De, S., and Xu G. X. (2009). Physics-based patient-specific
respiration modeling for 4D treatment planning. In ASTRO '09. Chicago, IL.
(127) Eom J., Shi C., Xu, G. X., and De, S. (2009). Modeling respiratory motion for cancer
radiation therapy based on patient-specific 4DCT data. In MICCAI '09. London, UK.
(Acceptance rate is 27%).
(128) Eom, J., De, S., Xu, X. G., Shi C., and Vines, D. (2009). Physics-based respiration
modeling for radiation treatment using patient-specific PV curve. In AAPM 2009 51th
Annual meeting. Anaheim, CA.
(129) Guo, B., He, W., Eom, J., De, S., Xu, X. G., and Shi, C. (2009). 4D predictive patient-
specific anatomical model based on 4D CT data: a feasibility study. In AAPM 2009 51th
Annual meeting. Anaheim, CA.
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(130) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). PhyNeSS: A Physics-driven Neural Networks-based Surgery
Simulation System with Force Feedback. In 24th International Congress and Exhibition on
Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Berlin, Germany.
(131) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, X. G., and De, S. (2009). Development of a patient-specific nonlinear
finite element model model for the Simulation of lung motion during cancer radiation
therapy. In Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference
(SBC2009). Lake Tahoe, CA.
(132) Eom, J., Xu, X. G., and De, S. (2009). Modeling of lung motion for cancer radiation
therapy. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Columbus, OH.
(133) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the anisotropic plasticity of HMX molecular
crystals for particulate composite energetic materials. In Proceedings of the US National
Congress on Computational Mechanics. Columbus, OH.
(134) Arikatla, S. A., and De, S. (2009). Multiresolution modeling for haptics mediated
interactive simulations. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics. Columbus, OH.
(135) Rahul, and De, S. (2009). Efficient implementation of hierarchical multiscale methods on
massively parallel systems. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics. Columbus, OH.
(136) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Computational micromechanics of protein crystals. In
Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Columbus, OH.
(137) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the anisotropic plastic deformation of
hydroxyapatite single crystals based on nanoindentation data. In 3rd
International
Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues. Clearwater Beach, FL.
(138) Liu, Y., Jiao, S., Wu, W., and De, S. (2008). GPU accelerated fast FEM deformation
simulation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems.
Macau.
(139) De, S., Ahn, W., Lee, D. Y., and Jones, D. B. (2008). Novel virtual Lap-band® simulator
could promote patient safety. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.
(140) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). An efficient Dynamic Point© algorithm for line-based
collision detection in real time virtual environments involving haptics. In Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.
(141) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). Physics-based real time laparoscopic electrosurgery
simulation. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.
(142) Liu, Y., and De, S. (2008). CUDA-based real time surgical simulation. In Medicine Meets
Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.
(143) Maciel, A., Liu, Y., Ahn, W., Singh, T. P., Dunnican, W., and De, S. (2008). Towards a
virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach,
CA.
(144) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). A new line-based algorithm for real time haptic interactions
with virtual environments. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. Reno,
NV.
(145) Deo, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2008). Joint motion and force analysis for
objective assessment of laparoscopic skills. In Proceedings of the Society for
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Philadelphia, PA.
(146) Ahn, W., Jones, D. B., Lee, D. Y., and De, S. (2008). Modeling of the Lap-band® for
laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding operation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual
Reality Conference. Reno, NV.
(147) Lim, Y. J., Deo, D., and De, S. (2008). In situ measurement and modeling of human
cadaveric soft tissue mechanical properties for use in real time surgical simulation. In
Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC2008). Marco
Island, FL.
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(148) Macri, M., and De, S. (2008). An enrichment-based multiscale partition of unity method. In
Proceedings of the Computational Structures Technology Conference. Athens, Greece.
(149) De, S. (2008). Digital surgery using a meshfree method. In Proceedings of the 8th World
Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8). Venice, Italy.
(150) De, S., and BaniHani, S. (2007). Reduced order modeling using the point collocation-based
method of finite spheres. In Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Kyoto, Japan.
(151) Deo, D., De, S., and Singh, T. P. (2007). Physics-based stereoscopic suturing simulation
with force feedback and continuous multipoint interactions for training on the da Vinci ®
surgical system. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 115-120.
(152) Deo, D., De, S., and Kalyanaraman, S. A scalable intermediate representation for remote
interaction with soft tissues. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 112-
114.
(153) Dunnican, W. J., Jahraus, C., Kimball, R., Singh, T. P., Ata, A., and De, S. (2007).
Stereoscopic versus traditional two-dimensional visualization for training modules. In
Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Las Vegas,
NV.
(154) Macri, M., and De, S. (2007). Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous media using meshfree
enrichments. In International Conference on Computational Methods. Hiroshima, Japan.
(155) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2007). Comparison of some MOR Methods for surgical
simulation using PCMFS. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics. San Francisco, CA.
(156) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2007). Numerical inf-sup test of the method of finite spheres for
the solution of plate problems. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on
Computational Mechanics. San Francisco, CA.
(157) Macri, M., and De, S. (2007). A multiscale octree partition of unity method. In Proceedings
of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. San Francisco, CA.
(158) De, S., and Macri, M. (2007). Multiscale modeling using meshfree enrichments. In
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshless Methods. Porto, Portugal.
(159) Jin, W., Lim, Y. J., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2006). Use of surgical videos for realistic
simulation of surgical procedures. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 119,
234-239.
(160) Lim, Y. J., Jones, D. B., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2006). Measurement of the mechanical
response of intra-abdominal organs of fresh human cadavers for use in surgical simulation.
In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 119, 322-327.
(161) Schmitt, C., Rusak, Z., and De, S. (2006). Numerical solution of advection and Burgers
equations using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres (PCMFS). In AIAA
Meeting. San Francisco.
(162) Lim, Y. J., Jones, D. B., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2006). In situ measurement of cadaveric
soft tissue mechanical properties and fulcrum force measurement for use in physics-based
surgical simulation. In Proceedings of IEEE VR2006 Conference. Washington D. C.
(163) Lim, Y. J. and De, S. (2006). Modeling of cadaveric soft tissue for use in physics-based
surgical simulation. In 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. Los Angeles.
(164) Macri, M., and De, S. (2006). Multiscale modeling of materials with microstructure using
the method of finite spheres with enrichments. In 7th World Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Los Angeles.
(165) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2006). Using the point associated finite field (PAFF) for nonlinear
real time surgery simulation. In Eurohaptics. Paris, France.
(166) Macri, M., and De, S. Modeling the bulk mechanical response of heterogeneous explosives
based on microstructural information. In 13th International Detonation Symposium.
Norfolk, VA.
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(167) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2006). A meshfree computational methodology for surgical
simulation. In 5th World Congress of Biomechanics. Munich, Germany.
(168) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2006). Real time techniques for nonlinear tissue deformation in
surgical simulation. In 9th MICCAI Conference. Copenahgen, Denmark.
(169) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2006). The solution of functionally graded problems using the
method of finite spheres and a genetic algorithm-based numerical integration approach. In
7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. Los Angeles.
(170) Schmitt, C., Rusak, Z., and De, S. (2005). Solution of hyperbolic equations using the point
collocation-based method of finite spheres. In 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid
Dynamics (APS). Chicago, IL.
(171) Bjornsson, C. S., Oh, S. J., Al-Kohafi, Y., Lim, Y. J., Smith, K. L., Turner J. N., De, S.,
Kim, S. J., Roysam, B., and Shain,W. (2005). Cortical neural prostheses – controlling the
biological interface. In 2005 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
Baltimore, MD.
(172) Bjornsson, C. S., Oh, S. J., Al-Kohafi, Y., Lim, Y. J., Smith, K. L., Turner J. N., De, S.,
Kim, S. J., Roysam, B., and Shain,W. (2005). Ex vivo assessment of tissue damage due to
neuroprosthetic device insertion. In Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience.
Washington D. C.
(173) De, S. (2005). On the development of a Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT)-accelerated Fast
Stokes Solver for drag force computation on MEMS devices. In ASME 2005 International
Design Engineering Technical Conference (5th International Conference on Multibody
Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control). Long Beach, CA.
(174) Bjornsson, C. S., Smith, K. L., Oh, S. J., Al-Kofahi Y., Lim Y. J., Lin G., LeBlanc D.,
Turner J. N., De, S., Roysam, B., Kim, S. J., and Shain, W. (2005). Cortical neural
prostheses insertion: removing the mystery. In Brain-Computer Interface Technology:
Third International Meeting. Rensselaerville, NY.
(175) Macri, M., BaniHani, S., Aslam, A., and De, S. (2005). Some recent advances in the
method of finite spheres: practical implementation, stability analysis and application to
multiscale modeling. In Third International Workshop on Meshfree Methods. Bonn,
Germany.
(176) Macri, M., and De, S. (2005). Enrichment of the method of finite spheres with localized
bubbles. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Austin, TX.
(177) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2005). Real time simulation of nonlinear soft tissue response in
minimally invasive surgical procedures using a meshfree approach. In Proceedings of the
US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Austin, TX.
(178) Macri, M., and De, S. (2005). Some examples of the method of finite spheres with
enrichment. In ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods. Lisbon, Portugal.
(179) BaniHani, S., and De, S. (2005). On the use of genetic algorithms for numerical integration
of meshfree methods. In Proceedings of the Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid
and Solid Mechanics. Cambridge, MA.
(180) De, S., Lim, Y. J., and Jones, D. B. (2005). Importance of Haptics in minimally invasive
surgical simulation and training. In Proceedings of the Society for American
Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons 2005 Annual Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
(181) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2005). Nonlinear Tissue Response Modeling for Physically Realistic
Virtual Surgery using PAFF. In Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference. Pisa, Italy.
(182) Lim, Y. J., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2005). Improved virtual surgical cutting based on
physical experiments. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 111, 301-307.
(183) Jin, W., Lim, Y. J., Xu, G., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2005). Improving the realism of virtual
surgery. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 111, 227-233.
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(184) Macri, M., and De, S. (2004). A comparison of several techniques of coupling the method
of finite spheres to the finite element method. In Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on
Computational Mechanics. Beijing, China. (keynote lecture, organizer, and session chair)
(185) De, S. (2004). Some practical issues in the implementation of meshfree methods with
reference to the method of finite spheres. Proceedings of the Seventh International
Conference on Computational Structures Technology. Lisbon, Portugal. (keynote lecture,
organizer, and session chair)
(186) De, S., and Macri, M. (2004). Automatic preprocessing in the method of finite spheres. In
Proceedings of the ECCOMAS Conference. Jyvaskyla, Finland. (session chair)
(187) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2004). Some advances in the use of meshfree methods and the
implementation of surgical cutting in multimodal virtual environments. In Proceedings of
IEEE VR2004 Conference. Chicago.
(188) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2004). Realistic simulation of surgical cutting of soft tissues in real
time with force feedback. In Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 12. Newport
Beach, CA.
(189) Macri, M., and De, S. (2003). An automatic preprocessing environment for the method of
finite spheres. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Albuquerque, NM.
(190) De, S. (2003). Physically-based real time surgical simulation. In Proceedings of the US
National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Albuquerque, NM.
(191) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2003). An Integral Equation Based Multiresolution
Modeling Scheme for Multimodal Medical Simulations. In Proceedings of the IEEE
VR2003 Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
(192) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2003). Physically based hybrid approach in real
time surgical simulation with force feedback. In Studies in Health Technology and
Informatics, 94, 158-164.
(193) Macri, M., and De, S. (2003). An octree based discretization for the method of finite
spheres. In Proceedings of the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid
Mechanics. Cambridge, MA. (keynote lecture, organizer, and session chair)
(194) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2003). A hybrid modeling scheme for tissue
simulation in virtual reality based medical trainers. In Proceedings of the Second MIT
Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Cambridge, MA.
(195) De, S., Hong, J. W., and Bathe, K. J. (2002). The method of finite spheres: A generalization
of the finite element technique. In Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics.
Busan, Korea.
(196) De, S., Hong, J.W., and Bathe, K.J. (2002). Further developments and some applications in
the method of finite spheres. In Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics.
Vienna, Austria. (session chair)
(197) De, S., and Bathe, K.J. (2002). Analysis of incompressible media using the method of finite
spheres and some improvements in efficiency. In Fourteenth U.S. National Congress on
Theoretical and Computational Mechanics. Blacksburg, VA.
(198) De, S., Wang, X., and White, J. K. (2002). Efficiency improvements in Fast Stokes solvers.
In Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(199) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M.A. (2002). Computationally efficient techniques for real
time surgical simulation with force feedback. In IEEE VR2002 Conference. Orlando, FL.
(200) Tay, B., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2002). In vivo force response of intra-abdominal
soft tissues for the simulation of laparoscopic procedures. In Medicine Meets Virtual
Reality: 10. Newport Beach, CA.
(201) De, S., Kim, J., Manivannan, M., Srinivasan, M. A., and Rattner, D. (2002). Multimodal
simulation of Laparoscopic Heller myotomy using a meshless technique. In Medicine
Meets Virtual Reality: 10. Newport Beach, CA.
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(202) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). The method of finite spheres with improved numerical
integration. In Sixth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Dearborn, MI.
(203) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent
developments. First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.
Cambridge, MA. (keynote lecture, organizer, and session chair)
(204) De, S., Kim, J., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2001). Virtual surgery simulation using a
collocation-based method of finite spheres. In First MIT Conference on Computational
Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA.
(205) De, S., Kim, J., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2001). A meshless numerical technique for
physically based real time medical simulations. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 9.
Newport Beach, CA.
(206) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2000). The method of finite spheres: some advances in efficiency
and incompressible analysis. In International Conference on Computational Engineering
and Sciences. Los Angeles, NV.
(207) Bathe, K. J., Rugonyi, S., and De, S. (1999). On the current state of the finite element
methods -- solids and structures with full coupling to fluid flows. In Proceedings of the
International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Edinburgh, Scotland.
(208) De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (1999). Thin walled models for haptic and graphical
rendering of soft tissues in surgical simulations. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 7. San
Franscisco.
(209) De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (1998). Rapid rendering of tool-tissue interactions in surgical
simulations: thin walled membrane models. In The Third PHANTOM Users Group
Workshop. Dedham, MA.
B. Copyrights, Patents and Licenses [14 copyrights and 1 patent]
Patents:
1. US patent #8511362 B2 (Aug 20, 2013): Consolidating and curing of thermoset composite
parts by pressing between a heated rigid mold and customized rubber-face mold. This patent
was originally owned by Kintz Plastics, but now forms the background patent for Vistex
Composites, LLC.
Copyrights:
(1) VBLaST-PT©
Authors : Venkata Arikatla, Tansel Halic, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Suvranu De
Abstract: Peg transfer (PT) is one of the tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic
Surgery) for practicing transfer of six pegs from one post to another in a both hands using
surgical tools. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©) has been developed to
provide a tool for computerized objective assessment. VBLaST-PT©
allows the user to
practice the peg transfer procedure within a virtual environment. The user’s performance is
recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in terms of completion time, and errors
during cutting.
(2) VBLaST-PC©
Authors : Woojin Ahn, Tansel Halic, Suvranu De
Abstract: Pattern cutting (PC) is one of the tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic
Surgery) for practicing cutting a gauze along a designated pattern (black circle) with
laparoscopic grasper and scissor. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©) has
been developed to provide a tool for computerized objective assessment. VBLaST-PC©
allows the user to practice the pattern cutting procedure within a virtual environment. The
user’s performance is recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in terms of
completion time, and errors during cutting.
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(3) VBLaST-LL©
Authors : Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Suvranu De
Abstract: Ligating loop (LL) is one of the tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic
Surgery) for practicing placement of an endoloop. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer
(VBLaST©) has been developed to provide a tool for computerized objective assessment.
VBLaST-LL©
allows the user to practice the ligating loop procedure within a virtual
environment. The user’s performance is recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in
terms of completion time, and errors during cutting.
(4) VBLaST-SS©
Authors: Woojin Ahn, Tansel Halic, Suvranu De
Abstract: Surgical Suturing (SS) is one of tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic
Surgery) for practicing intracorporeal and extracorporeal suturing skills with laparoscopic
graspers. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©) has been developed to provide
a tool for computerized objective assessment. VBLaST-SS©
allows surgical suturing (SS) to
be performed within a virtual environment. Both intracorporeal and extracorporeal knot tying
is possible. The novel computer software has been coupled with innovative hardware
intefaces. Performance metrics are recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in terms
of completion time, and errors during cutting.
(5) V-Band©
Authors: Woojin Ahn, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Tansel Halic, Lu Zhonghua, Suvranu De
Abstract: This computer software is capable of generating a virtual environment for
practicing the laparascopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure on a computer
based on the pars flaccida technique.
(6) VEST©
Authors: Tansel Halic, Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De
Abstract: The virtual electrosurgical skill trainer (VEST) has been developed to simulate
electrosurgical skills using a computer. The computing efficiency of the method enables to
run burning simulation in ubiquitous computing environments through web browsers,
utilizing both CPU and GPU computational resources. The CPU side computations are used
to solve the diffusion equation in real-time, while the pixel shader (GPU) renders the
temperature.
(7) SoFMIS©
Author: Tansel Halic, Sreekanth A. Venkata, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Zhonghua Lu,
Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De
Abstract: The development of a multimodal interactive simulation is a very elaborate task due
to the various complex software components involved, which run simultaneously at very high
rates with maximum CPU load. We have developed software framework for multimodal
interactive simulations (SoFMIS©) that can be used to rapidly create interactive simulations
such as surgical simulations. The framework consists of modules with each of them have a
specific tasks such as collision detection, physics based simulation, networking etc.
Moreover, SoFMIS© has real-time profiler and memory management system that can used to
maintain computational resources at optimal or predefined level in the simulation. SoFMIS©
offers great flexibility and customization allowing simulation developers and researchers to
concentrate on the simulation logic rather than component development
(8) Π-SoFMIS©
Authors: Tansel Halic, Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De
Abstract: Π-SoFMIS© is a platform independent software framework for multimodal
interactive simulations which is based purely on the web browser. Rendering module based
on WebGL deals with visualization of the scene, texture management, and specifying
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material properties and lighting effects. The simulation module is responsible for physics
simulation such as deformation or collision detection. The hardware integration module
handles the incorporation of the various hardware interfaces such as haptic device. Π-
SoFMIS© can be applied to various platform independent applications that require 3D
graphics technology on the web, i.e. visualization, computer animation, gaming, and medical
simulation.
(9) DynamicPoint©
Authors: Anderson Maciel, Suvranu De
Abstract: This is a software that allows very efficient collision detection in interactive virtual
environments using a line-based representation of the haptic cursor. The gold standard of
haptic interactions with virtual objects is the point-based paradigm where the haptic cursor is
treated as a point. This is inadequate when surgical tools interact with soft tissues. Treating
the tool as a line object is important, but computationally highly demanding. The
DynamicPoint© algorithm overcomes this problem. In this technique, the tool segment is
represented by its end points and a “dynamic point”, which is chosen to be the closest point
on the line to any potentially colliding triangle. The position of the dynamic point on the line
is updated at haptic frequencies and hence to the user, due to inherent latencies of the order of
1 ms in the human haptic system, it is virtually indistinguishable from a line, just as static
frames presented 30 times per second generates the illusion of motion in real time graphics.
For convex objects, the algorithm does not slow down irrespective of how complex the
simulation scenario may be.
(10) PhyNNeSS©
Authors: Dhannanjay Deo, Suvranu De
Abstract: Physics-based modeling of soft biological tissues, especially when the response is
nonlinear, is the most challenging task in the development of real time simulation systems for
minimally invasive surgical procedures. Since the solution of nonlinear problems must be
iterative, severe limitations are imposed on how complex a scenario that can be rendered in
real time. Dr. De has developed a physics-driven neural networks-based simulation system to
overcome this long-standing technical challenge. The first step is an off-line pre-computation
step, in which a finite element model of the organ is created and a database is generated by
applying carefully prescribed displacements to each node. In the next step, the data in
condensed into a set of coefficients describing neurons of a Radial Basis Function (RBF)
network. During real-time computation, these neural networks are used to reconstruct the
deformation fields as well as the reaction forces at the surgical tool tip. This technique is not
only extremely rapid, but also scalable – which implies that there is a ‘control knob’ which
can be turned up or down to control the accuracy of the solution with little effort.
(11) PAFF©
Authors: Suvranu De
Abstract: Simulating complex surgical procedures is a highly demanding task which may
involve cutting, tearing and burning of tissue. Most importantly, these simulations must be
performed in real time. Real time graphics requires an update rate of thirty frames per second
to generate the illusion of motion. However, for smooth haptic interactions a much higher
update rate of a thousand times a second must be realized. Existing computational methods
are not adequate as they can neither support severe interactions such as surgical cutting nor
can they perform in real time. To overcome this challenge, Dr. De has developed a novel
computational software known as PAFF© which is a general and powerful method for
simulating the response of matter that is ideally suited to rapid computations. Matter is
represented as a collection of particles or “nodes”. The particles possess finite (spherical)
“influence zones”/ “fields” which overlap and pass through each other, much like clouds. The
interlocking of these influence zones allows the particles to move in a coordinated fashion
under elastic force fields (just as magnetic particles would move under the influence of each
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others magnetic fields). PAFF© allows at least three orders of magnitude speedups compared
to traditional methods and is a key enabler of interactive computing.
(12) VAST©
Authors: Suvranu De, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Saurabh Dargar
Abstract: The virtual airway skill trainer (VAST) is being developed to simulate airway
management skills using a computer. The simulator involves a novel hardware component
that allows the user to feel the virtual patient entirely through haptic (touch) feedback. A head
mounted display system is used to immerse the user in the clinical environment of an
operating room or intensive care unit. SoFMIS is used as a platform to generate highly
realistic scenarios corresponding to the difficult airway.
(13) p-Web©
Authors: Tansel Halic, Suvranu De
Abstract: the p-Web has been developed as a new language and compiler for parallelization
of client-side web applications on the web. The new language is built upon web workers for
multithreaded programming in HTML5. The language provides fundamental functionalities
of parallel programming languages as well as the fork/join parallel model which is not
supported by web workers. The language compiler automatically generates an equivalent
parallel script that complies with the HTML5 standard.
(14) SML©
Authors: Tansel Halic, Suvranu De
Abstract: The Surgical Event Meta Language (SML) has been developed to provide feedback
based upon discrete "events" (e.g., bleeding). Using context free grammar, SML seeks to
easily create logical actions based on events and make the flow of the simulation manageable.
Functions of modules or newly implemented components may be easily connected to each
other to carry out the simulation logic. This language, unlike other similar approaches, can
express functionality and semantics because it does not require extra effort to define semantic
bindings and actions.
Research Grants and Contracts
Annual research expenditure exceeding $2.6 million.
(1) Title: NIH R01 CA197491 “Development and validation of a virtual endoluminal surgery
simulator (VESS)”
Sponsor: NIH /NCI
Funds: $2.0M
Duration: 8/25/2016 - 7/31/2020
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, University of Central
Arkansas
(2) Title: “Bio-mathematical Models of Aggregated Tissues and Organ Properties”
Sponsor: CFD Research Corporation
Funds: $42.5K
Duration: 8/22/2016 - 2/21/2017
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: SBIR Phase I grant subcontracting from CFDRC.
(3) Title: “Advanced virtual simulator for fundamentals of laparoscopic surgical training and
credentialing”
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Sponsor: Kitware, Inc
Funds: $160K
Duration: 7/21/2015 - 6/30/2017
Effort: PI(100%)
Associates: Phase II SBIR grant from NIH, subcontracting from Kitware, Inc.
(4) Title: NIH R01 HL119248 “Development and validation of a virtual airway skill trainer
(VAST)”
Agency: NIH/NHLBI
Funds: $2,996,556
Duration: 4/01/2014-3/31/2018
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Massachusetts
General Hospital, Wright State University.
(5) Title: NIH R44OD018334 SBIR PHASE II: “Approach Specific, Multi GPU, Multi Tool,
High Realism Neurosurgery Simulation”
Agency: NIH/NINDS
Funds: $1,932,231 – RPI share $218K
Duration: 09/26/2013 – 05/31/2016
Effort: Co- PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontracting from Kitware.
(6) Title: NIH R01 EB014305 “Development and validation of a virtual electrosurgical skill
trainer (VEST)”
Agency: NIH/NIBIB
Funds: $3,020, 485
Duration: 9/01/2012-8/31/2016
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Wright State
University.
(7) Title: Title: “A Novel Multiscale QM-MD-SPH Computational Method for Heterogeneous
Multicomponent Reactive Systems”
Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Funds: $405,674
Duration: 09/01/2012-08/31/2017
Effort: Co-PI (subcontract from University of Cincinnati)
Associates: Prof. G.R. Liu, University of Cincinnati.
(8) Title: “Investigation of the role of solid-solid phase transformation in the sensitivity of
polycrystalline energetic materials"
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
Funds: $400,000
Duration: 06/01/2012-05/31/2017
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: None.
(9) Title: NIH R01 EB5807 “Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery”, Agency: NIH/NIBIB
Funds: $3,012,179
Duration: 8/05/2011-07/31/2016
Effort: PI (100%)
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Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($120,532) and
Tufts University ($408,934).
(10) Title: NIH R01 EB 9362 “Developing Physically-Based Virtual Simulation Technology for
Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)”
Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB
Funds: $3,051,817
Duration: 6/01/2011-05/31/2016
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($442,000) and
Tufts University ($354,603).
(11) Title: NIH R01 EB10037 “Development and validation of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill
trainer (VBLaST)”,
Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB
Funds: $2,973,790
Duration: 06/01/2010-05/31/2015
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($340,000) and
Tufts University ($427, 171).
(12) Title: Title: DoD SBIR Phase II “THEO- Tactile and Haptics Enabled Open Surgery
Simulator”
Agency: US Army Medical Research and Material Command
Funds: $240,713
Duration: 04/23/2012-7/28/2014
Effort: PI (subcontract from Infocitex Inc.)
Associates: Infocitex Inc.
(13) Title: “A Self-Consistent Multiscale Method for Modeling the Effects of Neutron Irradiation
on the Mechanical Properties of BCC and FCC Metals”
Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Funds: $976,035; 50% (i.e., $488,018) to PI (Suvranu De)
Duration: 04/01/2009-03/31/2013
Effort: PI (50%)
Associates: Hanchen Huang (Co-PI, subcontractor) at University of Connecticut
(14) Title: “Nonlinear multiscale modeling of 3D woven fiber composites under ballistic loading”
Agency: Army Research Office
Duration: 05/01/2009-04/30/2013
Funds: $351,676
Effort: PI (100%)
(15) Title: NIH R01 LM009362 “4D Visible Human Modeling for Radiation Dosimetry”
Sponsor: NIH/NLM
Funds: $2,167, 629; 25% (i.e., $541, 907) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)
Duration: 04/01/2007-03/31/2012
Effort: Co-PI (25%)
Associates: George Xu (PI 50%), Subcontractors: CTRC in San Antonio (Dr Shi)
(16) Title: “Development of a Self-Consistent Multiscale Method for Coupled Nonlinear Micro
Macro Analysis of Heterogeneous Explosives”
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Sponsor: Office of Naval Research
Funds: $316, 503
Duration: 05/01/2008-04/30/2012
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: None.
(17) Title: NIH R01 EB5807 grant “Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery”
Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB
Funds: $1,396,897 of which $71,016 is subcontract to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Duration: 06/01/2006-06/31/2011
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: Subcontractors: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA ($71,016)
(18) Title: “Curing of Advanced Composite Laminate parts by Thermal Processing – A Proof-of-
Concept Demonstration”
Agency: NYSERDA
Duration: 05/01/2009-06/01/2010
Funds: $75,000; 40% (i.e., $30K) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)
Effort: Co-PI (40%)
Associates: Dan Walczyk (PI, 60%)
(19) Title: “An integrated multiscale framework for the simulation of detonation problems”
Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Award
Funds: $298,701
Duration: 6/1/2005 - 1/31/2009
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates: None
(20) Title: NIH R21 grant “Realistic techniques for virtual surgery”
Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB
Funds: $347,141
Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007
Effort: PI (100%)
Associates : None
(21) Title: “NER: Exploring nanoscale flow mapping using an AFM based technique”
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Funds: Total award $129,945; 50% (i.e., $64,972) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)
Duration: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2006
Effort: Co-PI (50%)
Associates: Professor Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc (PI, 50%)
(22) Title: “Exploratory study of soil compaction modeling using continuum and micromechanistic
approaches”
Sponsor: Transtech Systems, Inc
Funds: Total award $25,000, 50% (i.e., $12,500) to PI (Suvranu De)
Duration: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2005
Effort: PI (50%)
Associates: Professor Mourad Zeghal (Co-PI, 50%)
Journal Editorships
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a. Editorial board, Journal of Computational Surgery, Springer, 2013-present.
b. Editorial board, International Journal of Modern Mechanics, Science Tech Publisher,
2013-present.
c. Editorial board, International Journal of Computational Methods, World Scientific
Publisher, 2012-present.
d. Editorial board, Computers & Structures, Elsevier, 2003-present.
e. Guest editor, special issue on Computational Bioengineering, Engineering with
Computers, 2008.
f. Guest editor, special issue on Computational Bioengineering, Computer Methods in
Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2006.
g. Guest editor, special issue on Meshfree Methods, Computers & Structures, 2005.
Conference Editorial Boards
1. Scientific Organizing Committee, 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
San Diego, CA, 2015.
2. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Sixth International Conference on Computational
Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, San Servolo, Spain, 2015.
3. International Scientific Committee, First Pan-American Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Buenos Aires, 2015.
4. Steering Committee, Multiscale Modeling Consortium, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 2015.
5. Editorial board, Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,
Naples, Italy, 2014.
6. Technical Advisory Board, 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
Raleigh, 2013
7. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Fifth International Conference on Computational
Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Ibiza, Spain, 2013.
8. Scientific Advisory Board, Fifth Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics,
Singapore, 2013.
9. Editorial Board, Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures
Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2012.
10. International Scientific Committee, International Workshop on Computational Mechanics
of Materials IWCMM XXII, Baltimore, MD, 2012.
11. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Fourth International Conference on Computational
Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece, 2011.
12. Technical Advisory Board of the 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
Minnesota, 2011.
13. Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference on Advances in Interaction and
Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’11), Seoul, Korea, 2011.
14. Executive Committee (Track Chair), First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for
Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010.
15. Editorial board, Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,
Valencia, Spain, 2010.
16. Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference on Advances in Interaction and
Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’10), Jeju, Korea, 2010.
17. Technical Advisory Board of the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
Columbus, 2009.
18. Editorial board, Ninth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,
Athens, Greece, 2008.
19. Technical Advisory Board of the 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
San Francisco, 2007
20. Member of the Scientific Committee, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshless
Methods, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005, 2007.
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21. Scientific Advisory Board, MIT Conferences on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics,
Cambridge, MA, 2005
22. Editorial board, Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology
to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.
Journal and Conference Reviews
1. Peer Reviewer for Surgical Endoscopy
2. Peer reviewer of Journal of Theoretical Biology
3. Peer reviewer of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface
4. Peer reviewer of Journal of Biomechanics
5. On the panel of reviewers for Mathematical Reviews (highly respected journal for reviews of
mathematical works published by the American Mathematical Society)
6. Peer reviewer of Computers & Structures, an international journal (Elsevier Press). Reviews
relating to meshfree techniques and computational mechanics in general.
7. Peer reviewer of Applied Numerical Mathematics, an international journal (IMACS).
Reviews relating to numerical techniques for partial differential equations.
8. Peer reviewer of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering
9. Peer reviewer of Engineering with Computers
10. Peer reviewer of Computational Mechanics
11. Peer reviewer of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering
12. Peer reviewer of Presence
13. Peer reviewer of Sandwich Structures and Materials
14. Peer reviewer of Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
15. Peer reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology
16. Peer reviewer of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer
17. Peer reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
18. Peer reviewer of Graphical Models
19. Peer reviewer of Medical Engineering and Physics
20. Peer reviewer of Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making
21. Peer reviewer of Computers & Graphics
22. Peer reviewer for numerous conference proceedings including the “Haptics Symposium”
organized within the IEEE VR conference, the US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics, the World Congresses of Computational Mechanics, ASME Summer
Bioengineering Conference, CST, ICRA, etc.
Peer reviewer of national funding agencies:
1. Charter member of the National Institutes of Health study section on Biotechnology and
Surgical Sciences (BTSS). Average time commitment is 300 hours per year for three review
cycles.
2. Reviewer of the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong.
3. US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.
4. Peer reviewer of Quatar National Research Fund
5. Multiple panels of the NSF, AFOSR and NIH.
Professional Societies
1. American Academy of Mechanics, 2013-present
2. Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2016-present.
3. American Association for Engineering Education, 2016-present. (was member Nov 2002-
Jan 2007)
4. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015-present.
5. Association for Surgical Education, since 2011.
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6. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Life member (since 2010)
7. IEEE, 2008-present
8. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2010-present.
9. United States Association for Computational Mechanics, 2000-present.
10. International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2000-present.
Advisory Boards 1. Advisory board of the Mechanical Engineering department of Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology, the #1 undergraduate engineering college in the country.
2. Advisory Board of the Army Research Lab’s HRED/ATSD and University of Washington’s
Center for Research in Simulation Technologies (CREST)
Session chairmanship:
1. ECCOMAS Congress 2016, Crete, Greece, session chair for two session, 2016.
2. 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego, CA, 2015.
3. ECCOMAS Sixth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled
Problems in Science and Engineering, San Servolo, Spain, 2015.
4. ECCOMAS Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled
Problems in Science and Engineering, Ibiza, Spain, 2013.
5. International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials IWCMM XXII, (3
sessions), Baltimore, MD, 2012
6. 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (2 sessions), Minneapolis, MN,
2011.
7. 6th MIT Conference of Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (2 sessions), Boston,
MA, 2011.
8. ECCOMAS Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled
Problems in Science and Engineering (1 session), Kos, Greece, 2011.
9. First Global Conference in NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology (1 session),
Houston, TX, 2010.
10. Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics (1 session), Paris, France,
2010
11. International Workshops on Advances in Computational Mechanics (1 session),
Yokohama, Japan, 2010.
12. 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (4 sessions), Columbus, OH,
2009
13. 9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, (1 session),
Athens, Greece, 2008
14. 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (3 sessions), Venice, Italy, 2008.
15. Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (2 sessions), Kyoto, Japan,
2007
16. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), San Francisco, CA,
Computer Methods in Bioengineering, July 2007.
17. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), San Francisco, CA,
Partition of Unity Finite Element and Meshless Methods, July 2007.
18. International Conference on Computational Methods, (1 session), Hiroshima, Japan,
Meshfree Methods, 2007.
19. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Meshfree and Related Methods (1
session), LA, 2006.
20. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Computational Bioengineering (2
sessions), LA, 2006.
21. Third International Workshop on Meshfree Methods (1 session), Bonn, Germany, 2005
22. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods (1 session), Lisbon, Portugal,
July 2005.
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23. 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), Austin, TX,
Meshfree methods, July 2005.
24. 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, Computational
Bioengineering (3 sessions), July 2005.
25. Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,
USA, Meshfree methods (3 sessions), June 2005.
26. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Meshfree methods (1 session),
Beijing, China, September 5-10, 2004
27. Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Meshfree
methods (1 session), Lisbon, Portugal, 2004
28. ECCOMAS Conference, Meshfree methods (1 session), Jyvaskyla, Finland, July 24-28,
2004.
29. 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Meshfree
methods (3 sessions), July 2003.
30. Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,
USA, Meshfree methods sessions (8 sessions), June 2003.
31. Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,
USA, Soft tissue modeling (2 sessions), June 2003
32. Fifth World congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, Meshfree methods
(1 session), July 2002.
33. First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,
USA, Meshfree methods (4 sessions), June 2001.
Professional committee membership and chairmanship:
1. Co-chair, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
committee on Development, 2016-present.
2. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
committee on Curriculum, 2016-present.
3. Workgroup leader, Theoretical and Computational Methods Workgroup of the Multiscale
Modeling (MSM). 2010-2014.
4. Chair, Committee on Computational Bioengineering of the US Association for
Computational Mechanics (USACM), 2002-present.
5. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
committee on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), 2011-present. Leading a
sub-committee on reviewing Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) for Board
certification.
6. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
committee on the Fundamentals of the Safe Use of Energy (FUSE), 2011-present.
7. Member of the Executive Committee, Vice-Chair for Awards and Public Relations, IEEE
Technical Committee on Haptics (TCH), 2008-present. Initiated the TCH Early Career
Award in 2008 to recognize exceptional researchers in haptics below the age of 40.
Formed an Awards Committee composed of three other members to select awardees.
8. Member, Committee on Meshfree Methods of the US Association for Computational
Mechanics (USACM), 2001-present
Major organizational activities
1. Main organizer, North East Mechanical Engineering Department Chairs Summit, Troy,
NY, Aug 14-15, 2015
2. Co-organizer, North East Mechanical Engineering Department Chairs Summit, Boston,
MA, Aug 22-23, 2014
3. Co-organizer, IDEAS Workshop on Virtual Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, Boston, MA, 2013.
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4. Track chair, co-organized the track on Multiscale Modeling and Experiment in Biology
and Medicine within the Second Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine
and Biology, Boston, MA, 2013.
5. Organizer of session on Concurrent multi-length scale modeling: from finite elements to
atoms and electrons, 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh,
2013.
6. Organizer of session on Multi-scale modeling and simulation: from quantum to
continuum, 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Singapore, 2013.
7. Organizer of Learning Center on Virtual Surgery, SAGES Annual Meeting, Baltimore,
2013.
8. General Chair: First USACM Thematic Conference on Multiscale Methods and
Validation in Medicine and Biology: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, San Francisco,
Feb 2012. Organized the conference from scratch. The aim of the conference was to
develop a community around an emerging theme. Invited 91 participants.
9. Co-organizer of invited session on " Multiresolution biomechanics: from nano to macro",
Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in
Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece, 2011.
10. Organizer of symposium on "Multiscale problems in biomechanics" at the 48th Annual
Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, IL,
2011.
11. Organizer of mini-symposia on "multiscale modeling" and "computational biomechanics"
at the 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minnesota, USA, 2011.
12. Organizer of mini-symposia on "modeling composites under high strain rate loading" and
"image based modeling of biological systems " at the 6th MIT Conference on
Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, MA, 2011.
13. Member of Steering Committee of ASME NEMB, Houston, TX, Jan 2010.
14. Track chair, organized seven minisymposia within the First Global Conference on
NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010.
15. Organized symposium (1 session) on "Multiscale modeling of soft matter" at the
International Mechanical Engineering Exposition and Conference, Vancouver, BC,
Canada, 2010 16. Organized symposium (4 sessions) on “Multiscale modeling of biomolecular mechanics”,
First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX,
2010
17. Organized one minisymposium on “Multiscale modeling for micro and nano
applications” in the Conference on Advances in Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics
(AIMM’10) 2010, Jeju Island, Korea
18. Organized one minisymposium on “Computational mechanics of biomaterials” in the
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2010.
19. Organized one minisymposium (4 sessions with 2 keynotes) on “Meshfree and Particle
Methods” in the Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris,
France, 2010.
20. Organized one minisymposium on “Computational Nano-Biomechancis” in the 9th
World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.
21. Organized one minisymposium on “Multiscale modeling of bimolecular mechanics” in
the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia,
2010.
22. Organized one minisymposium on “Meshfree and Particle Methods” in the 9th World
Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.
23. Organized one minisymposium on “Efficient and reliable multiscale modeling techniques for
practical applications” in the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics
(WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.
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24. Organized minisymposium (3 sessions with one keynote) on “Efficient and Reliable
Multiscale Modeling Techniques for Practical Applications” in the 10th US National
Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3 sessions), Columbus, OH, 2009.
25. Organized minisymposium (3 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational
Bioengineering” in the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3
sessions), Columbus, OH, 2009.
26. Organized minisymposium (1 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational Mechanics
in Haptics” in the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3 sessions),
Columbus, OH, 2009.
27. Organized minisymposium (2 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational Methods in
virtual and computer-planned surgery” in the 8th World Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Venice, Italy, 2008.
28. Organized a minisymposium (6 sessions with 2 keynotes) on “Computational Methods in
Bioengineering” in the 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics held in
San Francisco, LA, 2007.
29. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions with 1 keynote) on “Computational Biology,
Biomechanics and Biomedicine” in the 9th US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics held in San Francisco, LA, 2007.
30. Organized a minisymposium (9 sessions and 4 keynotes) on “Computational
Bioengineering” in the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics held in LA,
2006.
31. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions and 3 keynotes) on “Meshfree and Particle
Methods” in the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics held in LA, 2006.
32. Organized a session on “Multiscale modeling and analysis” in the 5th ASME International
Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, Long Beach, CA,
2005.
33. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 3rd
MIT
Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics to be held in Cambridge, MA,
2005.
34. Organized a minisymposium (9 sessions with 5 keynotes) on “Computational
Bioengineering” in the 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics held in
Austin, TX, 2005.
35. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 8th US National
Congress on Computational Mechanics held in Austin, TX, 2005.
36. Organized a minisymposium (2 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the Seventh
International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Lisbon, Portugal,
2004
37. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 6th World
Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004 in collaboration with
Professor Sergio Idelsohn of Argentina, Professor Janusz Orkisz of Poland.
38. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions) on “meshfree methods” in June 2003 for the
Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics in collaboration
with Professor Sergio Idelsohn of Argentina, Professor Janusz Orkisz of Poland and Dr.
Larry Libersky of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
39. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions with 5 keynotes) on “Computational
Bioengineering” for the 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003.
40. Organized a session on “soft tissue modeling” June 2003 for the Second MIT Conference
on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.
41. Organized a minisymposium (8 sessions) on “meshfree methods” as part of the First MIT
Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (June, 2001).
Invited and Keynote Lectures:
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(1) “A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer: development and validation”, 10th
International NOTES WIDER Barcelona, Spain, Nov 22, 2016.
(2) “NIH-funded Research Consortium”, American College of Surgeons-Accredited Education
Institutes Postgraduate Course, Boston, MA, Sept 17, 2016
(3) “Jacobian free multiscale methods: applications to radiation damage”, IUTAM Symposium
on Integrated Computational Structure-Material Modeling of Deformation and Failure
Under Extreme Conditions”, Baltimore, MD, June 20, 2016.
(4) “State-of-the-art in VR-based Simulation Science”, NIBIB-NODDK Workshop on
Simulation Science, NIH Bethesda Campus, June 10, 2016.
(5) “Virtual Surgery”, University of Nebraska Medical School, May 18, 2016.
(6) “Jacobian free multiscale methods: applications to radiation damage”, US Army
Workshop on High Fidelity Simulation Based Virtual Testing of Composite Materials and
Structures, Miami, April 19-20, 2016
(7) “Virtual Surgery”, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical
Engineering Seminar, April 13, 2016.
(8) “Virtual Surgery”, Penn State, Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, March
29, 2016.
(9) “VEST-Virtual Electrosurgical Skill Trainer”, Panel on OR Team - Only Teams Can
Prevent OR Fires in SAGES 2016 Conference, Boston, MA, March, 2016.
(10) “Virtual Surgery”, Multiscale Modeling Consortium Meeting, NIH, Bethesda, MD, Sept,
2015.
(11) “VTEST- A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer”, invited talk at the 2015
NOSCAR summit, July, 2015.
(12) “Modeling of deformation twinning of b-HMX using the Jacobian-free Newton Krylov
Method”, In VI International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled
Problems in Science and Engineering. Venice, Italy, May 2015.
(13) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San
Antonio, March, 2015.
(14) “Virtual Surgery”, 5th Annual International Conference in Computational Surgery, NIH,
Bethesda, MD, Jan, 2015.
(15) “Development and validation of a NOTES simulator”, 8th International NOTES WIDER
Barcelona, Spain, Dec 2014.
(16) “Virtual Surgery”, Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, University of
Texas at Austin, Nov 2014.
(17) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Florida State
University, Oct 2014.
(18) “VTEST- A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer”, invited talk at the 2014
NOSCAR summit, July, 2014.
(19) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern
University, April 2014.
(20) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of
Southern California, February 2014.
(21) Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland,
College Park, February 2014.
(22) “Virtual Surgery”, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California
Los Angeles, January 2014.
(23) “Technical challenges in virtual surgery”, invited lecture at the IDEAS Workshop in
Boston, MA, Nov 2013.
(24) “Virtual brain surgery”, Invited lecture and Course Faculty at the Neurosurgery Simulation
Symposium at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Nov 2013.
(25) “NOTES simulators: design and development”, Invited lecture and faculty at the 8th
International NOSCAR® Summit, Chicago, IL, July 2013.
(26) “Virtual surgery”, Plenary speech at the 11th International Symposium on Computer
Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2013.
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(27) "Towards highly realistic real time medical simulations", Inaugural Symposium on
Simulation and Visualization, University of Texas at San Antonio, SiViRT, Nov 12, 2012.
(28) "Virtual NOTES", invited lecture at the 7th International NOTES® summit, sponsored by
the ASGE and SAGES/NOSCAR, Chicago, June 12-14, 2012.
(29) "Is virtual reality ready for prime time?" lunch presentation at the Leadership Retreat of
the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) in Boston,
November 2011. This is a rare honor for an engineer to be invited to deliver such a lecture
to the Leadership of the largest surgical society in the country. The other lunch speaker at
this retreat was a past President of the society.
(30) "On some recent advances in virtual surgery", University of Nebraska, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, November, 2011.
(31) "Multiscale modeling of protein crystals", Fourth International Conference on
Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece,
2011.
(32) "Some advances in development and validation of virtual surgical systems", Institute of
Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, USA, March 2011.
(33) “Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree approach”,
International Workshops in Advances in Computational Mechanics, Yokohama, Japan,
2010.
(34) "A Jacobian-free multiscale method, block preconditioning and radiation hardening",
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010.
(35) “Recent advances in global-local multiscale methods for computational Mechanics”, 10th
International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology (ECT2010) 2010,
Valencia, Spain.
(36) “Some advances in surgical simulation”, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and
Engineering (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 2010.
(37) “Recent advances in laparoscopic surgical simulation”, Korea Institute of Science and
Engineering (KIST), Seoul, Korea, 2010.
(38) “Modeling the anisotropic plastic deformation of hydroxyapatite single crystals based on
nanoindentation data”, invited lecture at the International Conference on Mechanics of
Biomaterials and Tissues, Clearwater Beach, Fl, 2009.
(39) “The future of surgical simulation”, Future of Telehealth: Essential Tools and
Technologies for Clinical Research and Care, organized by NIH, Natcher Conference
Centeron NIH campus, 2009.
(40) “Multiscale modeling of HMX crystals”, Nano-scale materials and modeling symposium
organized by the Watervliet Arsenal, 2009.
(41) “Multiscale modeling of hydroxapatite”, symposium of Materiomics-materials science of
biological protein materials, Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and
Materials, 2009.
(42) “Novel advances in numerical integration in meshfree methods”, symposium on Meshfree
and Innovative Numerical Methods, Second International Symposium on Computational
Mechanics (ISCM II), Hong Kong, 2009.
(43) “Some experiences in developing numerical integration methods for the method of finite
spheres”, Maryland Workshop on Meshless Methods, Generalized Finite Element
Methods, and Related Approaches, University of Maryland, College Oark (NSF
sponsored), March, 2009.
(44) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Advanced Solid Rocket Propulsion
Program Planning Meeting, Arlington, VA, September, 2008.
(45) “An enrichment-based multiscale partition of unity method”, 9th International Conference
on Computational Structures Technology, Athens, Greece, September 2008.
(46) “Interactive visualization in science and engineering” 3rd
SIPI-NSF ASEET Workshop,
Albuquerque, NM, August, 2008.
(47) “Some advances in digital surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia
University, March 2008.
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(48) “From multiscale modeling to virtual surgery: some applications of a meshfree method”,
Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, April 2008.
(49) “Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree approach”, in the
Scientific Computing Applications in Surgical Simulation workshop organized by the
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at UCLA, Jan 2008.
(50) “Reduced order modeling using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres”,
Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 2007
(51) “Multiscale modeling using meshfree enrichments”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on
Meshfree Methods, July 2007, Porto, Portugal.
(52) “Multiscale meshfree methods”, International Conference on Computational Methods,
Hiroshima, Japan, April 2007.
(53) “From multiscale modeling to virtual surgery: some applications of meshfree methods”,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, March 2007.
(54) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Maryland, May 2006.
(55) “Haptics and its application to digital surgery”, RPI CATS seminar series, February 15,
2006.
(56) “In the land of the feelies”, Interface: EMPAC seminar series, RPI, Jan 31, 2006.
(57) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Materials Theory Seminar, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Nov, 2005
(58) “Multiscale modeling of explosives”, Department of Mathematics, RPI, Nov 2005.
(59) “Computational Mechanics without a mesh”, Mechanics Seminar Series, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, MIT, September 2005.
(60) “Some Recent Advances in the Method of Finite Spheres: Practical Implementation,
Stability Analysis and Application to Multiscale Modeling”, September 2005, Bonn,
Germany.
(61) “On the use of genetic algorithms for numerical integration in meshfree methods”,
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods, July 2005, Lisbon, Portugal.
(62) “Towards the development of a truly meshfree method”, Nov 2004, International
Workshops on Advances in Computational Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan.
(63) “Towards an automatic discretization scheme for the method of finite spheres” invited
lecture, minisymposium on “Meshfree Methods” 6th World Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004.
(64) “Towards the development of an efficient truly meshfree method and an application to
virtual surgery”, Nov 2004, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
(65) “Techniques for virtual surgery”, June 2004, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,
Boston, MA
(66) “Realistic techniques for virtual surgery”, April 2004, Purdue University.
(67) “Meshfree methods and surgery simulation”, April, 2004, Robotics group, RPI.
(68) “Some practical issues in the implementation of meshfree methods with reference to the
method of finite spheres”, Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures
Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.
(69) “An octree based discretization for the method of finite spheres”, Proc. of the Second MIT
Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2003.
(70) “Rapid computational tools in modeling and simulation”, April 15, 2002, Center for
Automation Technologies, RPI.
(71) “Virtual laparoscopic surgery simulation”, April 11, 2002, Inverse problems seminar
series, Department of Mathematics, RPI.
(72) “Towards an efficient truly meshless computational technique: the method of finite
spheres”, April 9, 2002, Computer Science departmental seminar, RPI.
(73) “Virtual surgery simulation”, March 27, 2002, Biomedical Engineering departmental
seminar, RPI.
(74) “The method of finite spheres”, October, 2001, Continuum Mechanics Seminar Series,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT
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(75) “The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent developments”, First MIT Conference
on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2001.
Honors and Awards
1. Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2016
2. Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2016
3. J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professorship, 2015.
4. 2015 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award
5. 2014 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award
6. 2013 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award
7. 2012 Rensselaer School of Engineering Outstanding Team Award.
8. 2012 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 9. Senior Member of IEEE in 2011.
10. Student Rahul receives conference fellowship from US National Congress on Computational
Mechanics, Minneapolis, USA, 2011.
11. Chair of the Awards Committee of the IEEE TCH, 2011.
12. 2010 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 13. Students Rahul and Zamiri receive Conference Fellowship from the World Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, 2010.
14. James M. Tien ’66 Early Career Award for Faculty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009.
15. 2009 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 16. Best poster award, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2009
17. Student, A.V. Sreekanth awarded Conference Fellowship from the US National Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.
18. 2008 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 19. Rensselaer School of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2008
20. Chair of the Awards Committee of the IEEE TCH, 2008.
21. Appointed judge of student competition organized in the 7th World Congress on Computational
Mechanics, LA 2006 and US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2007.
22. 2007 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 23. Student, Michel Macri, received Conference Fellowship from the 7
th World Congress on
Computational Mechanics, LA 2006.
24. Student Suleiman BaniHani received NSF fellowship to attend the 7th World Congress on
Computational Mechanics, LA 2006.
25. 2005 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 26. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 2005
27. NSF Fellowship (2000$): Summer Institute on Nanoscale Mechanics, Bio-inspired Structures
and Potential Applications, Northwestern University, June 2005.
28. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the 8th US National Congress
on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, July 2005.
29. NSF Fellowship: USACM Workshop on Computational Nanomechanics of Materials, Chicago,
IL, April 29-30, 2004.
30. Appointed judge of the following (industry sponsored) awards at the Haptics Symposium held in
Chicago, 2004:
SensAble Best Paper Award
SensAble Best Student Paper Award
Immersion Best Commercial Potential Award
Immersion Best Poster Award
Immersion Best Demonstration Award
31. Student, Michel Macri, received Conference Fellowship from the 6th World Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004.
32. “Who’s Who in Computational Science and Engineering” published by Saxe-Coburg
Publications, UK, 2003.
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33. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the Second MIT Conference
on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June 2003
34. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the 7th US National Congress
on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 2003.
35. Conference Fellowship from the First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid
Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June 2001.
36. MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Assistantship 1995-2000.
37. Sastri Memorial Gold Medal from the department of Mechanical Engineering for outstanding
performance, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1995.
38. Commendation from the Senate of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for outstanding
performance in 1995.
39. Jadavpur University Gold Medal for outstanding performance in1993.
40. S.M. Bose Gold-Centred Silver Medal from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in 1993.
41. Best Mechanical Engineering Student of The Year award by Jessop & Co., Calcutta, in 1993.
42. Srish Chandra Bir Pratap Memorial Bronze Medal from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in
1992.
43. Jyotish Chandra Maitra Memorial Silver Medal for the best student in Junior class in 1992.
44. Professor G. C. Sen Memorial Scholarship in 1992.
Sabbatical Leaves, Off-Campus Study Programs, Foreign Professional Travel
Sabbatical Leave: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Spring 2010
Working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (Department of Surgery)
APPENDIX 1:
MANE INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM:
Launched the first department-based Industrial Affiliates Program at Rensselaer in 2014. The focus of the
program is to develop mutually beneficial relationships with industry based on enhanced student
recruitment opportunities with the potential for vigorous exchange of ideas and exploration of research
collaborations. Through this program, member companies receive premium access to MANE students and
faculty to become informed about the department’s research priorities and to facilitate effective hiring
decisions based on the quality and accomplishments of individual graduate and undergraduate students.
Member benefits include:
Access to Student for Talent Recruitment: Early and continuous student access is critical to
successfully engage students and is recommended long before an undergraduate student begins to
work with the placement office or a graduate student begins an active job search. Through a faculty
liaison, Industrial Affiliate Members have ample and continuous opportunities to interact with
Rensselaer students, including the student leadership of professional societies and award winning
clubs.
Invitation to MANE Annual Co-terminal Student Presentation Day: MANE co-terminal students
represent the best of our undergraduate students who have continued on for an additional year to
complete 30 credits of coursework beyond BS degree requirements. As part of their curriculum, co-
terminal students must complete 6 credits of research activities under the supervision of MANE
faculty. An Annual Co-terminal Student Presentation Day is organized to showcase their work. All
Industrial Affiliate Members are invited to attend this event.
Faculty Liaison: One or more MANE faculty are assigned as liaison/s for each member company
based on mutual agreement. Each faculty liaison supports the member company and provides
recommendations of students for recruitment and/or potential research opportunities. With the help of
the faculty liaison, member companies have competitive advantage to recruit top graduate and
undergraduate students at Rensselaer.
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Invitation to join the MANE Strategic Advisory Council (SAC): Each member company is
invited to participate on the MANE Strategic Advisory Council (SAC), subject to its by-laws. The
SAC addresses the overall and long-term directions of MANE. Membership in this council enables
member companies to provide recommendations to MANE based on the current needs of industry.
Invitation to Present a Technical Seminar: Each member company can, if desired, host a Technical
Seminar at Rensselaer to prospective graduate and undergraduate students and faculty. This is an
opportunity to present current company activities to students and faculty and solicit future employees.
Dedicated staff time has been offered to the affiliates to answer all questions related to student
recruitment, facilitate faculty interactions, arrangement of visits, and development of promotional
materials. The entire model and fee structure was developed working with several stakeholders including
industrial contacts, members of the Strategic Advisory Council, MANE faculty, Institute Advancement
and the office of Corporate and Foundations Relations. A 2-page membership agreement was developed
with assistance from the General Counsel’s office. A list of companies that hire most heavily from
MANE was compiled and MANE alums in top positions in those companies were contacted and provided
information regarding the launch of the new program. Follow-up calls and visits were organized to sign
up members.
With significant personal attention, support from faculty colleagues and industrial contacts, the program
is rapidly emerging as a very successful model, recruiting top-notch companies such as GE, Boeing,
Lockheed Martin, United Technologies and others and bringing them closer to MANE faculty and
students. All fees collected through this program now support scholarships to minority and under-
represented students, undergraduate classroom innovation, and student clubs including Formula SAE,
hybrid and electric car clubs, the design-build-fly, ASME robotics and rocket clubs that MANE students
are engaged with. A percentage of the fees are directed to the faculty liaison as unrestricted funds to
his/her incentive account to support undergraduate student research. Faculty are also encouraged to
pursue additional research relationships with the industrial affiliate companies, engaging both graduate
and undergraduate students, creating an innovation ecosystem that is directly related to cutting-edge
industrial R&D. In addition to increased resources, an advantage of this program is the ability of MANE
faculty to now bring together a consortium of companies to pursue large-scale center-type research
activities. A $50M (full) proposal to the NSF Engineering Research Center has been submitted recently
with support from MANE industrial affiliates, which is pending decision.
The MANE Industrial Affiliates model was presented to the entire Institute in a meeting of the Deans and
Department heads last year and is now being adopted by the Institute.
APPENDIX 2:
COMMITMENT TO INTERDISCIPLIANRY COLLABORATIONS:
Developed an institute-wide research center from scratch, bringing together more than 15 faculty
from the schools of Engineering, Science, Architecture and Humanities and Social Sciences with
expenditures exceeding $4.0M per year. The Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in
Medicine (CeMSIM) was established as a truly interdisciplinary endeavor that seeks to develop
advanced modeling, simulation and imaging technology for healthcare, and transition those
technologies to clinical practice – from the lab bench to the hospital bedside. Established a thriving
hub of translational healthcare research at Rensselaer is particularly challenging as it does not have a
medical school of its own. This has been overcome by establishing research partnerships over a
decade with 12 premier medical centers in the country including Massachusetts General Hospital,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mount Auburn Medical Center,
Bringham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Tuft University Medical School, Yale
University School of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University
at Buffalo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas School of
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Medicine in San Antonio and Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX. In addition to
facilitating research, CeMSIM has recently launched the CARGO (Cancer Research Group)
initiative, in collaboration of our Biotech Center, to bring together faculty working in the area of
cancer research across the campus.
Successfully bridged the three academic programs within MANE (Mechanical, Aerospace and
Nuclear Engineering) by developing three cross-cutting research themes that span the three programs
- Energy Science and Engineering (ESE), Materials, Materials Processing and Controls (MMPC) and
Human Health and Safety (HHS). This was done through a systematic process which included a six-
month-long SWOT analysis of these three areas in 2012 and developing a guiding document of how
to progress research, offer courses and hire new faculty to support them. Details of these areas and
associated faculty may be found on the MANE website (mane.rpi.edu). However, the refocusing
around three cross-cutting research directions was not done at the expense of program autonomy.
Each program is independently accredited by the EAS of ABET and ranked in the top 25 of all such
programs listed in the US News and World Report. Individual program directors for Mechanical,
Aerospace and Nuclear engineering were appointed to represent these programs in their respective
professional societies and work with program faculty in matters related to graduate and undergraduate
curriculum.
Working with the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences on Art_X@Rensselaer
which is a unique interdisciplinary program to help Rensselaer students discover the art in science and
technology, as well as the science and technology in art. A key feature of this initiative is to bring
engineers and scientists closer to artists and architects and cross-fertilize courses with ideas from
multiple disciplines. Infusion of art into MANE innovation-related and design courses have been
initiated with the goal of emphasizing the importance of form relative to function in engineering
design. Pop-up courses are being planned that provide interesting information at the intersection of
disciplines to students in an on-demand fashion to compliment semester-long courses. Student life
and union clubs are being engaged, corporations and foundations are being contacted and interested
faculty are being recruited to successfully launch the program.