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CURRICULUM VITAE

Name Suvranu De Department Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering (primary), Department of Biomedical

Engineering (joint appointment); Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment)

School Engineering Current Rank Professor; Department Head; Center Director

Born in India, lived in the US since 1995, US citizen.

2002-2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, RPI. 2002-2007: Assistant Professor, Information Technology, RPI. 2007- 2011: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Biomedical Engineering (joint appointment), Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment), RPI.

2010- : Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, RPI 2011- : Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Biomedical

Engineering (joint appointment), Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment), RPI.

2012- : Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, RPI.

Table of Contents

I. Educational Preparation ......................................................................................................................... 3 II. Professional Experience ......................................................................................................................... 3III. Teaching ................................................................................................................................................ 4IV. Publications ........................................................................................................................................... 9V. Research Grants and Contracts ............................................................................................................ 31 VI. Editorship of Journals, Review of Manuscripts, Books and Research Proposals ................................ 34VII. Service and Administrative Responsibilities ....................................................................................... 37VIII. Professional and Public Lectures ........................................................................................................ 45IX. Honors and Awards ............................................................................................................................. 48X. Sabbatical Leaves, Off-Campus Study Programs, Foreign Professional Travel ................................. 49 XI. Other Activities .................................................................................................................................... 49

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I. 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

II. Professional Experience

10/2000-12/2001 Research Scientist

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science 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

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III. Teaching

A. Student Thesis Supervision

1. Thesis in Progress

(1) K. Panneerselvam (PhD), “A meshfree computational method for real time interactive simulations”, started Fall 2013.

(2) A. Ryason (PhD), “A novel interface for NOTES”, started Fall 2013 (3) H. Li (PhD), TBD, started Fall 2013. (4) K. Josyula (PhD), " Modeling solid-solid phase transformation of polycrystalline

materials ", started Aug 2012. (5) H. Ye (PhD), " Atomistic investigation of alpha and gamma-RDX structures", started

Aug 2012. (6) Z. Han (PhD), "Developing a Gen2 surgical simulator", started Fall 2012. (7) S. Dargar (PhD), “Design of an interface for transluminal surgeries”, started Aug,

2011. (8) A. Nemani (PhD), "Development of a NOTES simulator", started Jan, 2011.

2. Thesis Completed

a. Masters (6 MS thesis completed)

(1) Alex Herzog, "Trajectory piecewise linear model order reduction for neural mass

modeling" Fall 2012. (2) Arun Nemani, "Task analysis for rigid scope natural orifice transluminal

endoscopic surgery (NOTES) cholecystectomy", Fall 2012. (3) Ajay Malavya, “Stereoscopic Imaging of in vivo Soft Tissue Deformation During

Indentation Loading” Spring 2007. (4) Wei Jin, “Image-Based Rendering for Virtual Surgery,” December 2005. (5) Suleiman Banihani, “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 Beam and Plate Problems,” Fall 2004.

(6) Ali Aslam, “A Comparison of Several Upwind Methods for the Solution of the Convection-Diffusion Equation using the Method of Finite Spheres”, Fall 2003.

b. Doctoral (8 doctoral thesis completed) (1) A.V. Sreekanth (PhD), “Multigrid algorithms for virtual surgery”, graduated

August 2014. Currently postdoc in CeMSIM, RPI. (2) T. Halic, “Design and development of a software framework for multimodal

interactive simulations”, August 2012, now Acxiom Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Central Arkansas.

(3) Rahul, “A block-reconditioned Jacobian-free multiscale method”, December, 2011. Currently postdoc in CeMSIM, RPI.

(4) Lu Zhonghua (jointly with Professor C. Dianfang, Wuhan University of Technology, P.R. China), “Physical Modeling and Real-time Interactive Simulation of Soft Tissue in Virtual Surgery”, October, 2010. Now at the Special Equipment Safety Supervision Inspection Institute of Jiangsu Province, P.R.China.

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(5) Dhannanjay Deo, “A physics driven neural networks-based simulation system (PhyNeSS)”, May 2010. Now at Kitware.

(6) Suleiman Banihani, “On the development and some applications of a genetic algorithms based lookup table approach for efficient numerical integration in the method of finite spheres”, June 2007. Now Associate Professor (tenured) Hashemite University, Jordan.

(7) Michael Macri, “On the development of novel domain discretization, Numerical Integration and Enrichment Strategies for the Method of Finite Spheres,” December 2005. Now at the Army Benet Labs (ARDEC).

(8) Yi-Je Lim, “A Point Associated Finite Field (PAFF) Approach for Virtual Surgery,” November, 2005. Now Chief Operating Officer and Partner of Hstar Technologies, Cambridge, MA.

3. Doctoral Thesis committee membership

(1) Brian Bradke, Advisor: Professor Deepak Vashishth, BMED (2) Chrysovalantis Tsinginos, Advisor: Professor Mourad Zhegal, CIVL. (3) An Jin, Advisor: Advisor: Professor Birsen Yizici, ECSE. (4) Yixiao Zhang, Advisor: Professor Assad Oberai, MANE (5) Jaron Kuppers, Advisor: Professor Dan Walczyk, MANE. (6) Jayanth Mohan, Advisor: Assad Oberai, MANE. (7) James Critchley, “Parallel Computation Methods for Large Multibidy System

Dynamics,” Advisor: Professor Kurt Anderson, MANE. (8) Xiangrong Li, “Mesh modification procedures for general 3D non-manifold

domains”, Advisor: Professor Mark S. Shepahrd, MANE. (9) Michael Sadowsky, Advisor: Professor Kurt Anderson, MANE. (10) Mojtaba Oghbai, Advisor: Professor Kurt Anderson, MANE. (11) Raed Borousli, Advisor: Professor Debbie Kaminski, MANE. (12) Jian Wang, Advisor: Professor Hanchen Huang, MANE. (13) Xiaojnan Luo, Advisor: Professor Mark Shephard, MANE. (14) Chris Munroe: Advisor Professor Daniel Walsczyk, MANE. (15) Tamim Diab: Advisor Professor Deepak Vasishth, BME. (16) Claudia Medina, Advisor Professor Mourad Zhegal, CIVL. (17) Rudranarayan Mukherjee, Advisor Professor Kurt Anderson, MANE. (18) Juying Zhang, Advisor George Xu, MANE. (19) Kishore Bhalerao, Advisor: Professor Kurt Anderson, MANE. (20) Mohammad Poursina, Advisor: Professor Kurt Anderson, MANE. (21) Jayanth Jagalur Mohan, Advisor: Professor Assad Oberai, MANE. (22) Yixiao Yang, Advisor: Professor Assad Oberai, MANE.

4. Postdocs sponsored

(1) Ali Cagdas Akyildiz, Dec 2013-present. (2) Rahul, 2012-present. (3) Qing Peng, Jan 2011-present (4) Kevin Huang, 2012-March, 2013, now Principal Research Engineer at Western

Digital. (5) Junjun Pan, 2012-Sept, 2013, now Research Fellow in Computer Animation

National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University, UK (6) Ranajay Ghosh, June 2009-2012, now Research Scientist, Northeastern

University. (7) Woojin Ahn, June 2009-2012, now Research Assistant Professor, RPI

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(8) Rajeshwar Resapu, Feb 2010-Jan 2011 (9) Shree Krishna, June 2009-Oct 2010, now Associate at Blade Energy Partners (10) Jaesung Eom, September 2008-Jan 2011, now Senior Software Engineer at

Autodesk (11) Amir Zamiri, September 2008-October 2011, now founder and CEO of Zegond (12) Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Dec 2007-Aug 2010, now Research Assistant

Professor at RPI (13) Ravi Bellur-Ramaswamy, Nov 2007-March 2008 (14) Suleiman Banihani, June-Aug, 2007, now at Hashemite University, Jordan as

tenured Associate Professor (15) Leonid Kucherov, Jan07-Nov 2007, now Research Scientist at Tel Aviv University (16) Michael Macri, December 2005-Dec 2006, now at the Army Benet Labs (ARDEC) (17) Anderson Maciel, September 2006-Nov 2007, now Associate Professor at

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (18) Youquan Liu, Nov 2006-Sept 2007, now Full Professor at Chang'an University,

China. 5. Research Assitants sponsored

(1) R. Kennedy, August 2014- present 6. Research Associates sponsored

(2) Denis Dorozhkin, Nov, 2013- present (3) Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Aug 2010-2011. (4) Woojin Ahn, Oct, 2011-2012.

7. Research Assistant Professors sponsored

(1) Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, 2011-present. (2) Woojin Ahn, 2012-present. (3) Brian Allen, 2012-present.

B. 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: NEW GRADUATE COURSES

(1) MANE 6750: Generalized Finite Element Methods

Offered: Spring 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2009, Spring 2011 Description: This course introduces the state-of-the-art numerical techniques for computational mechanics (e.g., partition of unity methods and integral equation-based methods), which overcome long-standing problems associated with traditional finite element methods (e.g., mesh generation, resolution of singularities and exterior problems). Topics discussed in this course include scattered data interpolation, weighted residual methods, fast integral equation methods for exterior problems (with applications to modeling of MEMS devices and 3D interconnect design), and multiresolution solution techniques using wavelets. Students from Mechanical, Civil and Electrical Engineering as well as from Material Science, Computer Science and Mathematics have registered for this course in the past years. All lectures are available as PowerPoint slides which the students can download from the course website. The course evaluation consists of four project-type home works; journal paper discussion paper and a major project which is usually computer intensive. Prerequisite: MANE 4240 or CIVL 4240 or equivalent. Term(s) offered: Spring semester alternate (odd) years. Credit hours: 3

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(2) MANE 6770: Multiscale Computational Modeling

Offered: Spring 2004, 2006, Spring 2008

Description: This course introduces a unified approach of modeling in science and engineering across spatial and temporal scales using particles as well continuum fields, specifically focusing on methods and algorithms that facilitate this bridging. Our goal is to algorithmically develop these methods, and in the process teach the underlying techniques for simulating quantum mechanics, molecular dynamics and continuum phenomena which underpin these multiscale methods. Applications to “real” problems highlight the strengths of these approaches, while stressing the challenges that still need to be surmounted before they can be used in an engineering design toolkit. The course is hands-on. Students learn to use the computational quantum mechanics code Gaussian and write codes as part of home work exercises for molecular dynamics and finite element methods. The course evaluation consists of three in-class examinations, home works and a major course project performed by students in groups of two. The project must bridge at least two spatial/temporal scales and involves actual implementation and a 20-mintue presentation towards the end of the course. Prerequisite: MANE 4240 or equivalent. Term(s) offered: Spring semester alternate (even) years. Credit hours: 3

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

(3) MANE 4240/CIVL 4240: Introduction to Finite Elements

Offered: Fall 2003-current, annually Description: This is a senior level elective finite element course. This was an existing course offered every semester with around 30 students per semester. However, De teach this once every year (the other semester being usually taught by Professor Jacob Fish) and has restructured this course in terms of course contents, home works and projects as described below. The course now covers direct stiffness methods for springs, trusses and frames; introduction to boundary value problems and principle of minimum potential energy; CST, quadrilateral and higher order elements for 2D plane stress/plane strain analysis of linear elastic structures; area coordinates and isoparametric formulation; numerical integration in 1 and 2D; solution of systems of algebraic equations; practical guidelines for mesh generation, analysis and solution interpretation. Student evaluation consists of eight home works, two examinations and two projects. In the “mini project” the students are asked to solve a well-defined design problem, usually on three-dimensional space frames, using commercial software (such as ABAQUS). The “major project” is more open ended. The students, in groups of two, propose a topic in which they choose an engineering system and propose to design/analyze it with certain constraints in mind. The culmination is a project report which provides details of how engineering analysis and design were performed; how and why the physical and mathematical models were chosen and what model verification steps were performed. Linking this project with other design classes that the student might be taking is strongly encouraged. Many groups interact with local industries to identify interesting engineering problems obtaining blueprints of machine parts and data on typical loading conditions. Some of the students in this class are Biomedical engineering majors who choose problems related to the design of biomedical devices or analysis of biomedical systems. All lecture notes are made available to the students as PowerPoint downloadable from the instructor’s course website. Analysis software such as ABAQUS is made available through RPI. Students can download copies of the software on their machines and work from anywhere on or off campus (as long as

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they are connected to the license server on campus). Tutorials are provided as both in-class demonstrations and handouts.

(4) MANE 4030: Elements of Mechanical Design Offered: Spring 2007, Spring 2008 Description: This is a junior level design analysis course for Mechanical Engineering students. This course focuses on mechanical design emphasizing complementary efforts of synthesis and analysis for failure prevention. In particular, the following fundamental topics are considered: applied stress analysis involving complex stress fields; deflection and stiffness considerations; impact; failure theories; and material selection. Based on these fundamentals, a variety of mechanical components are investigated including shafts, gears, sliding and rolling contact bearings, fasteners, and brakes. Thoroughly restructured this course in terms of course contents, home works and projects: 1. Developed a structured set of very detailed PowerPoint lecture notes for all the lectures which

are uploaded on the course website for students to access before they come to class. 2. Initiated a weekly problem review session every Wednesday. This is in addition to TA and

instructor office hours. For the large class size (around 150 students per semester), this technique is aimed at increasing student interaction.

3. Student evaluation consists of home works, two in-class examinations and a final. Students are also required to submit a worksheet corresponding to every class where they solve a problem related to that class with much more detailed instructions on how to solve the problem than in the homework problems.

(5) ENGR 1100: Introduction to Engineering Analysis Offered: Spring 2002-2006, Fall 2006, Fall 2008. Description: This freshman level course provides an integrated treatment of Vector Mechanics (Statics) and Linear Algebra. It also emphasizes computer-based matrix methods for solving engineering problems. Students are expected to learn key principles of Statics and Linear Algebra and to demonstrate computer skills with vectors and matrix manipulation. Key innovation in this course was the development of a set of detailed lecture notes that were made available to the students through the course website.

C. Outreach to high school students

De hosts high school students participating in the New Visions program every year in his lab. After an hour's lecture on haptics, the students are provided hands-on demos of interactive simulations. Ms Tammie Boreland, the New Visions teacher acknowledges that this is one of the best experiences for her students. An email from one of the students visiting De’s lab in Nov 2008 clearly indicates student enthusiasm: Dr De, I am one of the New Visions students who visited your lab the other day. I wanted to thank you for this opportunity. My classmates and I all greatly enjoyed your demonstrations. Before meeting you, I had no idea what haptics was. But after having played with a virtual die and liver, this field had us all aghast! Truly the best way to learn is "hands-on", and this is quite literal with haptics. Thanks again for having us, and I hope future students will have this opportunity. -Colin Kueble

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IV. Publications

A. Books

(1) “Virtual surgery”, S. De and G. Sankaranarayanan, Springer, (contract signed, to be published in 2015)

(2) “Multiscale modeling in biomechanics and mechanobiology", S. De, W. Hwang and E. Kuhl, Springer, 2014, ISBN-10: 1447165985.

(3) “Computational Modeling in Biomechanics”, eds. S. De, F. Guilak and M.R.K. Mofrad, Springer, 2010. ISBN-10: 9048135745. Top 25% most downloaded e-books from Springer

with more than 12,000 chapters downloaded.

B. Book Chapters (1) Peng, Q., and De,S., "Mechanical stabilities and properties of graphene, and its

modification by BN predicted from first-principles calculations", in book "Graphene Science Handbook", Vol 4 "Mechanical and Chemical Properties". edited by Z.A. Niknam. (2014) CRC Press/Taylor & Francis.

(2) Halic, T., Ahn, W., De, S., " Multimodal interactive simulations on the web", chapter in OpenGL Insights, A K Peters Ltd/CRC Press, 2012. 2014 CRC Press Best Seller

(3) Zamiri, A., De, S., "Modeling nonlinear plasticity of bone mineral nanoindentation data", Chapter in Multiscale Simulation and Mechanics of Biological Materials, Shaofan Li and Bohua Sun ed., 2012.

(4) Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, Ahn, Woojin, De, S., "Simulation of Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)", chapter in NOTES-Textbook and Video Atlas, in A. Kalloo, J. Marescaux and R. Zorron ed., 2012.

(5) Lin, H., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “Haptics and VBLaST”, Chapter in Simulation in Surgery, Daniel B. Jones and Shawn Tsuda ed., 2011.

(6) Zamiri, A., and De, S., "Mechanics of 3D crystallized protein structures", Chapter in Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics, Shaofan Li and Bohua Sun ed., 2011.

(7) De, S., and Rahul, "Recent Advances in Global-Local Multiscale Methods for Computational Mechanics", in B.H.V. Topping, J.M. Adam, F.J. Pallarés, R. Bru, M.L. Romero, (Editors), "Developments and Applications in Computational Structures Technology", Saxe-Coburg Publications, Stirlingshire, UK, Chapter 2, pp. 25-47, 2010.

(8) De, S. and Lim, Y.J., “Interactive surgical simulation using a meshfree computational method”, Chapter in Computational Methods in Biomechanics, S. De, M.R.K. Mofrad and F. Guilak ed., Springer, 2010.

(9) De, S. and Maciel, A., “The science of virtual environments”, Chapter in Simulation in Surgery, Daniel B. Jones and Shawn Tsuda ed., 2009.

(10) “Modeling of particulate composites with singularities”, Chapter in Advances in Meshless Methods, A. Ferreira, E. Kansa, V. Leitao, G. Fasshaur ed., Springer, 2009.

(11) S. BaniHani and S. De, “Genetic algorithms for meshfree numerical integration”, Chapter in Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations III (Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering), M. Griebel and M.A. Schweitzer ed., Springer, 2006.

(12) J.F. Hiller, S. De and K.J. Bathe, “On the state-of-the-art of finite element procedures and a meshless technique", Chapter in Computational Mechanics for the Twenty-First Century, BHV Topping ed, 2001.

C. Journal Articles [17 submitted, 3 accepted, 77 published - 18 in 2013]

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(1) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Olasky, J., Adra, S., Roberts, K., Panait, L., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D.B. and De. S., “A comparison of NOTES Transvaginal and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Procedures Based upon Task Analysis”, Surgical Endoscopy, submitted.

(2) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S., “A multilevel framework for linear projection constraints in virtual environments”. Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, submitted.

(3) Olasky, J., Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., De, S., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., Schneider, B., and Cao, C. G. L., “ Effects of Sleep Hours and Fatigue on Performances in Laparoscopic Surgery Simulators”. Surgical Endoscopy , submitted.

(4) Peng,Q., Crean,J., Dearden,A., Xu, Y, Liu, S., Huang,C., Wen,X., and De,S., "New materials graphyne, graphdiyne, graphone, and graphane: review of mechanics, physics, chemistry, and application in nanotechnology", Nanotechnology, Science and Applications (invited review), submitted.

(5) Peng, Q., and De, S., "Elastic limit of silicane”, Scientific Reports, submitted (6) Peng, Q., Dearden, A., Chen, X., Huang., C., Wen, X., and De, S., “Peculiar pressure

effect on Poisson ratio of graphone”, Nature Communications, submitted (7) Peng, Q., and De, S.,A first-principles investigation of the crystal structure, elastic

properties, and equation of states of beta-cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine (HMX)", J. Phys. Chem. B., submitted

(8) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Chen, X., Liang, J., Huang, H., and De, S., "Effect of Pressure on the Stability of Self-Interstitials in hcp-Zr", Phys. Rev. B, submitted.

(9) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., Chen, X., and De, S., "Monovacancy in hcp-Zirconium", Phys. Rev. B, submitted.

(10) Peng, Q., and De, S., "Mechanical Failure of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer", submitted to Philosophical Magazine, submitted.

(11) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Chen, Z., and De, S., "First Principles Study of the Mechanical Properties of the Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer with monovacancy", J. Phys.-Cond. Matt, submitted.

(12) Rahul, and De S., “Development of a Jacobian-free multiscale method (JFMM) with application to polycrystalline material modeling”, submitted to Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering.

(13) Rahul, and De S., “Multiscale modeling of irradiated polycrystalline FCC metals”, to be submitted to International Journal of Plasticity.

(14) Halic,T, Ahn, W, and De, S, “pWeb - a high performance parallel computing framework for web-based applications”, submitted to IEEE Services.

(15) Halic,T, Ahn, W, and De, S, “Performance optimization for web-based real-time simulation using mixed integer programming”, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

(16) Arikatla, V.S., De, S. “A fast modified multilevel solver for problems involving time dependent Dirichlet boundary conditions”, Graphical Modeling, submitted.

(17) Arikatla, V.S., De, S. “A multilevel algorithm for interactive cutting of deformable objects in virtual environments”, Visual Computer, submitted.

Accepted

(18) Lu, Z., Arikatla, V. S., Han, Z., Allen, B., and De, S. “A Physics-based Algorithm for Real-time Simulation of Electrosurgery Procedures in Minimally Invasive Surgery.” International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. (Accepted).

(19) Q. Peng, Z. Chen and De, S., “ A density functional theory study of the mechanical properties of graphene with van der Waals corrections”, Mech. Adv. Mater. And Struct. (2013), in press, DOI: 10.1080/15376494.2013.839067.

(20) De S., Zamiri A. R., and Rahul, “A fully anisotropic single crystal model for high strain rate loading conditions with an application to α-RDX”, Journal of the Mechanics and

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Physics of Solids, in press.

Published

(21) Ghosh, R. and De, S., "Z-fiber influence on high speed penetration of 3D orthogonal woven fiber composites”, Mechanics of Materials, 68, 147-163, 2014.

(22) Khan, I., Ahn, W., Anderson, K., and De, S., "A logarithmic complexity floating frame of reference formulation with interpolating splines for multi-flexible-body dynamics", International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 57, 146-153, 2013.

(23) Arikatla, V. S., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “Towards Virtual FLS: Development of a Peg Transfer Simulator”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery (IJMRCS). 2013 [Epub ahead of print].

(24) Allen, B., Jones, D., Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. “Survey-Based Analysis of Fundamental Tasks for Effective Use of Electrosurgical Instruments.” Surgical Endoscopy, 2013 [Epub ahead of print].

(25) Zhang, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla, V.S., Ahn, W., Grosdemouge, C., Rideout, J. M., Epstein, S. K., De, S., Cao, C. G. L, Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D.B. “Characterizing the Learning Curve of the VBLaST (Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer)”, Surgical Endoscopy, 27(10), 3603-3615, 2013.

(26) Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Jones, D. B., and Schwaitzberg, S. “Safe Practices and Common Use of Energy In Minimally Invasive Surgery”, Surgical Endoscopy. 27(9), 3056-3072, 2013.

(27) Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Nemani, A., Ahn, W., Kato, M., Jones, D.B., Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. “Need Analysis for Developing a Virtual Reality NOTES Simulator”, Surgical Endoscopy, 27(5), 1607-1616, 2013.

(28) Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Chellali, A., Cao, C. G. L., and De, S. “Face and Construct Validation of a Virtual Peg Transfer Simulator.” Surgical Endoscopy, 27(5), 1721-1729, 2013.

(29) Peng, Q. and De, S., "Mechanical properties and instabilities of ordered graphene oxide C6O monolayers", RSC Advances, 3, 24337-24344, 2013.

(30) Peng, Q. and De, S., "Outstanding mechanical properties of monolayer MoS2 and its application in elastic energy storage", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 15, 19427—19437, 2013.

(31) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S., "Mechanical Properties of g-GaN: A First Principles Study", Applied Physics A, 113, 483—490, 2013.

(32) Peng, Q., Crean, J., Dearden, A., Huang, C., Wen, X., Bordas, S., and De, S., "Defect engineering of 2D monatonic-layer materials", Modern Physics Letters B, 27, 1330017 (invited review), 2013.

(33) Peng, Q., Chen, X., Ji, W., and De, S., "Chemically tuning mechanics of graphene by BN", Adv. Eng. Mater., 15, 718-727, 2013.

(34) Peng, Q., Wen, X., and De, S., "Mechanical stabilities of silicene", RSC Adv., 3, 13772—13781, 2013.

(35) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S., "A first-principles study of the mechanical properties of g-GeC", Mechanics of Materials, 64, 135-141, 2013.

(36) Peng, Q., Chen, X., Liu, S., and De, S., "Mechanical stabilities and properties of graphene-like aluminum nitride predicted from first-principles calculations", RSC Adv., 7083—7092, 2013.

(37) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., and De, S., "Axial ratio dependence of the stability of self-interstitials in HCP Structures", J. Nucl. Mater., 437, 293-296, 2013.

(38) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S., "A theoretical analysis of the effect of the hydrogenation of graphene to graphane on its mechanical properties", Phys. Chem. Chem.

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Phys., 15, 2003-2011, 2013. (39) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S., " First-principles study of the effects of mechanical strains on

the radiation hardness of hexagonal boron nitride monolayers", Nanoscale [impact factor: 6.233], 5, 695-703, 2012.

(40) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S., "A first principles investigation of the mechanical properties of g-ZnO: the graphene-like hexagonal zinc oxide monolayer", Comput. Mater. Sci., 68, 320-324, 2012.

(41) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S., " A First Principles Investigation of the Mechanical Properties of g-TlN", Model. Numer. Simul. Mater. Sci., 2, 76-84, 2012.

(42) Peng, Q., Zamiri A., Ji, W., and De, S., " Elastic Properties of Hybrid Graphene/Boron Nitride Monolayer", Acta Mechanica. 223, 2591—2596, 2012.

(43) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S., " Mechanical Properties of Graphyne Monolayers: A First-Principles Study", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 14, 13385-13391, 2012.

(44) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., and De, S., "Stability of Self-interstitials in hcp-Zr", J. Nucl. Mater, 429, 233-236, 2012.

(45) Peng, Q., De, S., "Mechanical properties of hexagonal boron nitride monolayers", Comput. Mater. Sci. 56, 11-17, 2012.

(46) Peng, Q., and De, S. "Tunable Band Gaps of Mono-layer Hexagonal BNC Heterostructures", Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44, 1662--1666, 2012.

(47) De, S., Deo, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., and Arikatla, V. S. “A Physics driven Neural Networks based Simulation System (PhyNNeSS) for multimodal interactive virtual environments involving nonlinear deformable objects”. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 20(4): 289-308, 2011.

(48) Zamiri, A. and De, S., "Multiscale modeling of the anisotropic shock response of -HMX molecular polycrystals", special issue of Interactions and Multiscale Mechanics,: An International Journal, 4(2), 2011.

(49) Sankaranarayanan, G., Adair, J., Halic, T., Gromski, M., Lu, Z., Ahn, W., Jones, D. and De, S., “Validation of a novel laparoscopic adjustable gastric band simulator”, Surgical Endoscopy, 25(4), 1012-1018, 2011.

(50) Krishna, S. and De, S., "A temperature and rate-dependent micromechanical model of Molybdenum under neutron irradiation", Mechanics of Materials, 43, 99-110, 2011.

(51) Rahul, De, S., “An efficient block preconditioner for Jacobian-free global-local multiscale methods”, International journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 87(7), 639-663, 2011.

(52) Maciel, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “Surgical model-view-controller simulation framework for local and collaborative applications”, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 6(4), 457-471, 2011.

(53) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Modeling the anisotropic deformation response of -HMX molecular crystals”, Propellants, Explosives and Pyrotechnics, 36(3), 247-251, 2011.

(54) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite single crystals from nanoindentation data”, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4(2), 146-152, 2011. [among top 10 "hottest articles" of the year]

(55) Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, and De, S., “GPU-based efficient and realistic techniques for bleeding and smoke generation in surgical simulators”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 6(4), 431-443, 2010.

(56) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, X. G., and De, S., “Predictive modeling of lung motion over the entire breathing cycle using measured pressure-volume data, 4D CT images, and finite element analysis”, Medical Physics (in press), submitted in 2009, accepted in 2010.

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(57) Krishna, S., Zamiri, A. and De, S., “Dislocation and defect density-based micromechanical modeling of the mechanical behavior of FCC metals under neutron irradiation”, Philosophical Magazine, 90 (30), 4013-4025, 2010.

(58) Adair, J., Gromski, M., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., and Jones, D., "Simulation in laparoscopic bariatric surgery", Bariatric Times, 7(6), 10-12, 2010.

(59) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Modeling the mechanical response of tetragonal lysozyme crystals”, Langmuir, 26(6), 4251-4257, 2010.

(60) Lin, H., Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla V.S., Mulcare, M., Zhang, L., De, S., Cao C.G.L., Schneider, B., Derevianko, A., Lim, R., Schwaitsberg, S., and Jones, D.B., “Preliminary face and construct validation study of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer”, Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques, 20(2), 153-157, 2010.

(61) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Deformation distribution maps of -HMX molecular crystals”, Physics D: Applied Physics, 43(3), 35404-35410, 2010.

(62) Conde, J., De, S., Hall, R., Johansen, E., Meglan, D., and Peng, G., “Telehealth innovations in health education and training”, Telemedicine and E-Health, 16(1), 2010.

(63) Rahul, De, S., “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, 2009.

(64) Maciel, A., Halic, T., Nedel, N.P. and De, S., “Using PhysX for virtual surgery with force feedback”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 5(3), 341-353, 2009.

(65) Lim, Y.J., Deo, D., Singh, T.P., Jones, D.B., De, S., “In situ measurement and modeling of biomechanical response of human cadaveric soft tissues for use in physics-based laparoscopic surgical simulation”, Surgical Endoscopy, 23(6), 1298-1307, 2009.

(66) De, S. and Johnson, C., “Special issue Preface: Computational Bioengineering”, Engineering with Computers, 25(1), 1-2, 2009.

(67) Banihani, S. and De, S., “A comparison of some model order reduction methods for fast simulation of soft tissue response using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres (PCMFS)” , Engineering with Computers, 25(1), 37-47, 2009.

(68) Kim, J., Ahn, B., De, S. and Srinivasan, M.A., “An efficient soft tissue characterization algorithm from in vivo indentation experiments for medical simulations”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 4, 277-285, 2008.

(69) Maciel, A. and De, S., “An efficient dynamic point algorithm for line-based collision detection in real time virtual environments involving haptics”, Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 19, 151-163, 2008.

(70) Maciel, A., Liu, Y., Ahn, W., Singh, T.P., Dunnican, W. And De, S., “Development of the VBLaSTTM: A Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 3, 131-138, 2008.

(71) Banihani, S. and De, S., “Method of finite spheres solution of micron-scale plasticity based on strain gradient formulation”, Computers & Structures, 86(23), 2109-2122, 2008.

(72) Macri, M. and De, S., “An octree partition of unity method (OctPUM) with enrichments for multiscale modeling of heterogeneous media”, Computers & Structures, 86(7-8), 780-795, 2008.

(73) Kim, J., Choi, C., De, S. and Srinivasan, M.A., “Virtual surgery simulation for medical training using multi-resolution organ models”, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 3(2), 149-158, 2007.

(74) De, S., Guilak, F. and Mofrad, M.R.K., “Special issue preface: Computational Bioengineering”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196, 31-32, 2963-2964, 2007.

(75) Macri, M. and De, S., “Enrichment of the method of finite spheres using geometry independent localized scalable bubbles”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 69(1), 1-32, 2007.

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(76) Banihani, S., and De, S., “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, 2007.

(77) Lim, Y.J. and De, S., “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, 2007. [Top 10 most downloaded articles. This article was also featured on the cover of the journal, Dec 2007 issue]

(78) Lim, Y.J. and De, S., “Physically realistic virtual surgery: modeling nonlinear tissue response using a point-associated finite field (PAFF) approach”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196(31-32), 3011-3024, 2007.

(79) Cysyk, J., De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “A finite element model of the human fingerpad for dynamic simulations”, submitted to Journal of Biomechanical Engineering in 2006.

(80) 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.,Kim, S.J., “Effects of insertion conditions on tissue strain and vascular damage during neuroprosthetic device insertion”, Journal of Neural Engineering 3(3), 196-207, 2006.

(81) Banihani, S. and De, S., “A 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, 2006.

(82) Banihani, S. and De, S., “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 beam and plate problems”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 67(2), 1700-1729, 2006.

(83) De, S., Lim, Y.-J. and Srinivasan, M.A., “Physically realistic virtual surgery using the point-associated finite field (PAFF) approach”, Presence, 15(3), 294-308, 2006.

(84) Macri, M., Tichy, J. and De, S., “Some examples of the method of finite spheres with enrichment”, International Journal of Computational Methods, invited paper, 2(4), 517-541, 2005.

(85) Aslam, A. and De, S., “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, 2005.

(86) Idelsohn, S., De, S. and Orkisz, J., “Special Issue Preface: Meshfree Methods”, 83, 17-18, 1365, 2005.

(87) De, S., Kim, J., Lim, Y.-J., and Srinivasan, M. A., “Point collocation-based method of finite spheres (PCMFS) for real time surgery simulation”, Computers & Structures 83(17-18), 1415-1425, 2005.

(88) Macri, M., Tichy, J. and De, S., “On the application of the method of finite spheres to problems in tribology”, Revue Européenne des Eléments Finis, 14(2-3), 339-366, 2005.

(89) Macri, M., and De, S., “Towards an automatic discretization scheme for the method of finite spheres and its coupling with the finite element method”, Computers & Structures, 83(17-18), 1429-1447, 2005.

(90) Basdogan, C., De, S., Kim, J., Manivannan, M., Srinivasan, M. A., “The role of haptics in medical simulations”, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 24 (2), 56-64, 2004 [59 citations]

(91) De, S., Hong, J.W. and Bathe, K. J., “On the method of finite spheres in applications: towards the use with ADINA and a surgical simulator”, Computational Mechanics, 31, 27-37, 2003.

(92) De, S., “Efficient computation of drag forces on micro-machined devices using a boundary integral equation-based solver”, International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering, 1(2&3), 277-288, 2003.

(93) Macri, M., De, S. and Shephard, M.S., “Hierarchical tree-based discretization in the method of finite spheres”, Computers & Structures, 81, 789-803, 2003

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(94) De, S. and Bathe, K. J., “Displacement/ pressure mixed interpolation in the method of finite spheres”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 51, 275-292, 2001

(95) De, S. and Bathe, K. J., “Towards an efficient meshless computational technique: the method of finite spheres”, Engineering Computations, 18, 170-192, 2001. [29 citations]

(96) De, S. and Bathe, K. J., “The method of finite spheres with improved numerical integration”, Computers & Structures, 79 (22-25), 2183-2196, 2001. [51 citations]

(97) De, S. and Bathe, K. J., “The method of finite spheres”, Computational Mechanics, 25, 329-345, 2000. [108 citations]

D. Publications in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings (1) Peng, Q., Ji., W., and De,S., “A Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of the Hydrogenation of

Graphene to Graphane on Its Mechanical Properties”,American Physical Society March meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2013

(2) Peng,Q., Ji., W., and De, S., “Monovacancy in hcp-Zirconium”,American Physical Society March meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2013

(3) Peng,Q., and De, S., “A real three-dimensional QCDFT model and its applications”, 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2013.

(4) Dargar, S., Lam, B., Horodyski, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. “A Decoupled 2 DOF Force Feedback Mechanism for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer (VTEST)”. Accepted for poster presentation at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference, 2014.

(5) Brino, C., Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., and De, S. “Haptic Interactions During Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery”. Accepted for poster presentation at the IEEE haptics symposium 2014.

(6) Roche, C. A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Matthes. K., and De, S., “ Kinematic Measures for Evaluating Skills in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery”, Accepted for podium presentation at the IEEE haptics symposium 2014.

(7) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., and De, S., “ A Framework for Providing Cognitive Feedback in Surgical Simulators”, Accepted for poster presentation at the IEEE haptics symposium 2014.

(8) Nemani, A., Intes, X., and De, S., "Monte Carlo based simulation for evaluating optode fiber placement in prefrontal cortex imagining of motor skills during surgical training. Accepted for poster presentation at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference, 2014.

(9) Allen, B., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D., and De, S. “Toward the Development of a Virtual Electrosurgery Training Simulator”. Accepted for poster presentation at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR) conference, 2014.

(10) V. S. Arikatla and S. De, “A multilevel framework for linear projection constraints,” SIGGRAPH Asia Poster, 2013 (To appear).

(11) Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., and Cao, C.G.L., “Characterization of the Learning Plateau and the Learning Rate of the VBlaST PT Simulator with a Kinematic Objective Performance Metric”, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting , September 2013 57: 668-672.

(12) Olasky, J., Eskander, M., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Chellai, A., Cao, G. L., Feldman, L. S., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B., “The Impact of Simulator Based Electrosurgical Training on Resident Education”. In the proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES), April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(13) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Roberts, K., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D.B., “Time Series Analysis for Rigid Scope NOTES Transvaginal and Laparoscopic

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Cholecystectomy”. In the proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES), April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(14) Kaplan, C., Lanigan, A., Lin., Henry, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ritter, M., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D.B., and De, S., “Exposure to FLS task outweighs Video Gaming Experience for the VBLaST PT”. In the proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES), April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(15) Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., Cao, C. G. L., De, S., Jones, D.B., and Schneider, B., “Effects of Sleep hours and Fatigue on Performance in Laparoscopic Surgery Simulators”. In the proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES), April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(16) Chin, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Kai, M., and De, S., “Objective Performance Measures Using Motion Sensors on an Endoscopic Tool for Evaluating Skills in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184 (2013): 78-84.

(17) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “The Use of Rotational Optical Encoders for Dial Sensing in the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184 (2013): 103-105.

(18) Dargar,S., Solley, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “ The Development of a Haptic Interface for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184 (2013): 106-108.

(19) Dargar, S., Nunno, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “Microsoft Kinect Based Head Tracking for Life Size Collaborative Surgical Simulation Environments”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics. 184 (2013): 109-113.

(20) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G.,Cao, C. G. L., and De, S. “Hierarchical Task Analysis of Hybrid Rigid Scope Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Cholecystectomy Procedures”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184 (2013): 293-297.

(21) Arikatla, V.S., and De, S., “A modified multilevel scheme for internal and external constraints in virtual environments,” Stud Health Technol Inform, 184 (2013), 31–35.

(22) Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Chellali A., Cao GL C., and De S., “Development and Validation of VBLaST-PT: A Virtual Peg Transfer Simulator”. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184 (2013): 31-35.

(23) Ahn, W., Halic, T., and De, S., “Pattern Cutting and Ligating Loop Simulation in Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST©)”. Studies in health technology and informatics, 184 (2013): 1-5.

(24) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. “Performance Optimization of Web-Based Medical Simulation,”. Studies in health technology and informatics, 184 (2013): 168-175.

(25) Kahn, I. M., Ahn, W., Anderson, K. S., and De, S., “Multi-Flexible-Body Simulation Using Interpolating Spline in a Divide-And-Conquer Scheme”. Proceedings of the ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference IDETC/CIE 2013, Aug. 4-7, 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA

(26) De S., and Rahul, “A Block Preconditioned Jacobian-free Multiscale Method (JFMM)”, V International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering 2013; Ibiza, Spain.

(27) Peng, Q., De., S., “Golden Rule of Radiation Hardness: a Study of Strain Effect on Controlled Radiation Damage”, American Physical Society March meeting, Boston, MA. 2012

(28) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S., “A Two-dimensional Jelly: Mechanical properties of graphyne”, 22nd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMMXXII), Baltimore, MD, 2012

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(29) Rahul, and De S., “Multiscale modeling of the mechanical behavior of neutron-irradiated metals”, 22nd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (IWCMM XXII) 2012; Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

(30) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. “The Use of Rotational Optical Endcoders for Dial Sensing in the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic surgical Trainer (VTEST™).” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(31) Dargar, S., Solley, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De. S., “The Development of a Haptic Interface for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer (VTEST™).” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(32) Dargar,S., Nunno, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. “ Microsoft Kinect Based Head Tracking for Life Size Collaborative Surgical Simulation (LS-CollaSSLE).” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(33) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S., “Performance Optimization of Web-Based Medical Simulation,”, Accepted for podium presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(34) Ahn, W., Halic, T., and De, S., “Pattern Cutting Simulation in Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST-PCTM) ,” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(35) Ahn, W., Halic, T., and De, S., “Ligating Loop Simulation in Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST-LLTM),” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(36) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Cao, C., and De, S. “ Hierarchical Task Analysis of Hybrid Rigid Scope Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) Cholecystectomy Proedures.” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(37) Arikatla, V S., De S., “A Modified Multilevel Scheme for Internal and External constraints in Virtual Environments” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(38) Arikatla, V S, Sankaranarayanan, G, Ahn, W., Chellali A., Cao GL C., De S., “Development and Validation of VBLaST-PT: A Virtual Peg Transfer Simulator” Accepted for podium presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(39) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. “A Rigid Scope Haptic Hardware Interface for The Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer (VTEST™).” Accepted for poster presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(40) Chin, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Matthes, K., and De, S. “ Objective Performance Measures Using Motion Sensors on an Endoscopic Tool for Evaluating Skills in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES).” Accepted for podium presentation in the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2013 conference.

(41) Olasky, J., Eskander, M., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Chellai, A., Cao, G. L., Feldman, L. S., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D. B. The Impact of Simulator Based Electrosurgical Training on Resident Education. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES) , April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(42) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Roberts, K., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D.B. Time Series Analysis for Rigid Scope NOTES Transvaginal and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES), April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(43) Kaplan, C., Lanigan, A., Lin., Henry, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ritter, M., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D.B., De, S. Exposure to FLS task outweighs Video Gaming Experience for the VBLaST PT. Acceptedor poster presentation at the 2013 AnnualMeeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES) , April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

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(44) Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., Cao, C. G. L., De, S., Jones, D.B., Schneider, B. Effects of Sleep hours and Fatigue on Performance in Laparoscopic Surgery Simulators. Accepted for poster presentation at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES), April 2013, Baltimore, MD.

(45) Zhang, L., Grosdemouge, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., Anh, W., Sreekanth, A.V., De, S., Jones, D., Schwartzberg, S., Cao, C.G.L. Added Value of Virtual Reality Technology and Force Feedback for Surgical Training Simulators Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation. 2012; 41(0):2288-92.

(46) Halic, T, Ahn, W, and De, S, ‘A framework for web browser-based medical simulation using WebGL’, Stud Health Technol Inform, vol. 173, pp. 149–155, 2012.

(47) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S. Use of a Liner Motion Stroke Potentiometer as a High Precision Sensor for Linear Translation in a Laparoscopic Ligating Loop Simulation. Stud Health Technol Inform ,173 (2012): 105-107.

(48) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S. ToolTrack™: a Compact, Low-cost System for Measuring Surgical Tool Motion. Stud Health Technol Inform ,173 (2012): 108-110.

(49) Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla, A. V., De, S. A Simulation Framework for Tool Tissue Interactions in Robotic Surgery. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 173 (2012): 440-444. [BEST POSTER AWARD]

(50) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, S., De, S., " Automated Real Time Peg and Tool Detection for the FLS Trainer Box", Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

(51) Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S. A Resource Management Tool for Real-time Multimodal Surgical Simulation. Stud Health Technol Inform ,173 (2012): 142-148.

(52) Halic, T., Ahn, W., De, S., " A Framework for Web Browser-Based Medical Simulation Using WebGL", Stud Health Technol Inform , 173 (2012): 149-155.

(53) Ahn, W., Halic, T., Kudsi, Y., Sankaranarayanan, S., Jones, DB., Schwaitzberg, S., De, S., " A Virtual Electrosurgery Simulator for Teaching and Training in Safe Usage of Energy", Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2012.

(54) Feldman, L., Fuchshuber, P., Jones, DB., Schwaitzberg, S. for the FUSE (Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy) Task Force, Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2012.

(55) Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, S.,Nemani, A., Ahn, W., Kato, M., Jones, DB., Schwaitzberg, S., De, S., " Development of a Virtual Reality NOTES Simulator", Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2012.

(56) De, S., Zamiri, A., "Modeling of nanoporous protein crystals", First Thematic Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Validation in Medicine and Biology: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, San Francisco, CA, 2012.

(57) T. Halic, W. Ahn, S. De, "A Framework for 3D Interactive Applications on the Web", SIGGRAPH Asia, Hong Kong, China, Dec 11-15, 2011

(58) Sankaranarayanan, S., Zhonghua, L, De, V., A Fixed Point Proximity Method for Extended Contact Manipulation of Deformable Bodies, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, 2011.

(59) Arikatla, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., “Cost-Efficient Suturing Simulation with Pre-Computed Models”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, 2011.

(60) Zhonghua, L., Arikatla, V., Cheng, D., De, S., “Real-Time Electrocautery Simulation for Laparoscopic Surgical Environments”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, 2011.

(61) Halic, T., De, S., “SML: SoFMIS Meta Language for Surgical Simulation”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, 2011.

(62) Halic, T., Arikatla, V., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., Ahn, W., De, S., “A Software Framework for Multimodal Interactive Simulations (SoFMIS)”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, Long Beach, CA, 2011.

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(63) Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., Dargar, S., Jones, D.B., De, S., “A Tool Interface with Force Feedback for the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skills Trainer (VBLaST)”, Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2011.

(64) Zamiri, A., De, S., “Computational modeling of polycrystalline materials under very high rates of loading”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

(65) Peng, Q., De, S., “An Accelerated Quasicontinuum-DFT (QCDFT) Method and its Application to Radiation Damage Modeling”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

(66) Rahul, De, S., “A Block Preconditioned Jacobian-Free Global-Local Multiscale Method”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

(67) Ghosh, R., De, S., “Micromechanics Based Progressive Damage Modeling of 3D Woven Composites under Ballistic Impact”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

(68) Arikatla, S., De, S., “A Modified Multilevel Solver for Problems with Dynamic Dirichlet Boundary Conditions”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

(69) Ghosh, R. and De, S., "Micromechanis-based progressive damage modeling of 3D woven fiber composites under ballistic impact", 6th MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, MA, 2011.

(70) Eom, J., De, S., "Patient specific characterization of tumor-bearing lung tissue elasticity using 4D CT image data for radiation therapy", 6th MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, MA, 2011.

(71) Arikatla, S., Halic, T., De, S. “Feature detection and Matching using Non-linear Scale-Space”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

(72) Ghosh, R., De, S., “Progressive Damage Modeling of 3D Woven Fiber Composites under Ballistic Loading”, SAMPE 2011.

(73) Zamiri, A., De, S., “Multiscale modeling of protein crystals”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference: Coupled Problems, 2011.

(74) Zamiri, A, and De, S., "Multiscale modeling of the molecular polycrystals in very high rates of loading", International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010.

(75) Krishna, S. and De, S., "A self-consistent multiscale method for modeling the irradiation damage of FCC and BCC metals, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010.

(76) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Micromechanistic modeling of 3D assembled protein materials”, Proceedings of the World Congress in Biomechanics, Singapore, 2010.

(77) Ghosh, R., Gama, B. and De, S., “Micromechanics based damage modeling of 3D woven fiber composites”, SAMPE 2010.

(78) Zamiri, A. and De, S., “Multiscale modeling of protein crystals; application to tetragonal lysozyme”, First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010.

(79) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, G.X. and De, S., “in vivo characterization of lung tissue properties from 4D T images for cancer radiation therapy”, Proceedings of the World Congress in Biomechanics, Singapore, 2010.

(80) De, S., “Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree approach”, International Workshops in Advances in Computational Mechanics, Yokohama, Japan, 2010.

(81) Eom, J., and De, S., “A point collocation-based residual free bubble method”, Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, 2010.

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(82) De, S., and Rahul, “Recent advances in global-local multiscale methods for computational Mechanics”, 10th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology (ECT2010) 2010, Valencia, Spain.

(83) De, S., and Rahul, “A block preconditioning strategy for Jacobian-free global-local multiscale methods”, 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010) 2010, Sydney, Australia.

(84) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, G.X. and De, S., “Dynamic respiratory simulation for lung cancer treatment based on patient specific 4D CT and nonlinear finite element method”, Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010.

(85) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Multiscale modeling of the molecular polycrystals at very high rate of loadings”, ASME IMECE2010, Vancouver, Canada, 2010

(86) Rahul and De, S., “A block preconditioned Jacobian-free multiscale method”, 1st International Conference on Advances in Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’10) 2010, Jeju Island, Korea.

(87) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Modeling the effect of microstructure on anisotropic shock response of polycrystalline HMX”, Gordon Research Conference on Energetic Materials, Tilton, NH, June 13-18, 2010.

(88) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Thermomechanical modeling of polycrystalline energetic materials using a multiscale approach,” 14th International Detonation Symposium, Idaho, April 11-16, 2010.

(89) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Effect of the microstructure and crystal orientation on the shock response of β-HMX polycrystals”, 14th International Detonation Symposium, Idaho, April 11-16, 2010.

(90) Arikatla, S. A. and De, S., “A two-grid iterative approach for real time haptics mediated interactive simulation of deformable objects”, Proceedings of the Haptics Symposium, 2010.

(91) Lu, Z., Sankaranarayanan, G., Deo, D., Chen, D., De, S., “Towards Physics-based interactive simulation of electrocautery procedures using PhysX”, Proceedings of the Haptics Symposium, 2010.

(92) Deo, D. and De, S., “A higher order polynomial reproducing radial basis function neural network (HOPR-RBFN) for real-time interactive simulations of nonlinear deformable bodies with haptic feedback”, Proceedings of the Haptics Symposium, 2010.

(93) Halic, T. and De, S., “Lightweight bleeding and smoke effects for surgical simulators”, Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 2010.

(94) Deo, D. and De, S., “A machine learning-based scalable approach for real time soft tissue simulation”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.

(95) Deo, D., Singh, T.P., Dunnican, W., and De, S., “Development of a glove-based wearable system for objective assessment of laparoscopic skills and some observations for a peg transfer task”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.

(96) Sankaranarayanana, G., Deo, D., and, De, S., “Hybrid network architecture for interactive multi-user surgical simulator with scalable deformable models”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.[Best poster award]

(97) Banhani, S., Dutkin, M., Ali, S., Sreekanth, A.V., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “Plug-and-play tool handles for laparoscopic surgery simulators”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.

(98) Deo, D., and De, S., “Characterization of anisotropy in viscoelastic properties of intra-abdominal soft tissues”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.

(99) Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S., “Real time knot detection for suturing simulation”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.

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(100) Sankaranarayanan, G., Sreekanth, A.V., Lin, H., Jones, D.B., and De, S., “Face validation of the virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©)” Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:17, 2009.

(101) Deo, D., and De, S., “PhyNeSS: A physics-driven neural networks-based surgery simulation system with force feedback”, World Haptics Conference, 2009.

(102) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Modeling the anisotropic plasticity of HMX molecular crystals for particulate composite energetic materials”, 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, 2009.

(103) 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., Jones, D.G., “ Advances towards virtual reality fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery(FLS)”, Proceedings of the Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2009.

(104) Shi, C, Eom, J, Vines, D, and De, S, and Xu G.X., “Physics-based patient-specific respiration modeling for 4D treatment planning”, ASTRO '09 1-5 November, 2009, Chicago

(105) Eom J, Shi C, Xu, G.X., and De, S., “Modeling respiratory motion for cancer radiation therapy based on patient-specific 4DCT data”, MICCAI '09; 20-24 September, 2009, Imperial College London, UK (Acceptance rate is 27%)

(106) Eom, J., De, S., Xu, X.G, Shi C., and Vines, D., “Physics-based respiration modeling for radiation treatment using patient-specific PV curve” AAPM 2009 51th Annual meeting; July 26~30, 2009, Anaheim, CA.

(107) Guo B, He W, Eom J, De S, Xu ., X.G., and Shi, C., “4D predictive patient-specific anatomical model based on 4D CT data: a feasibility study,” AAPM 2009 51th Annual meeting, July 26-30, 2009, Anaheim, CA.

(108) Deo, D, and De, S., “PhyNeSS: A Physics-driven Neural Networks-based Surgery Simulation System with Force Feedback”, 24th International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Berlin, Germany, 2009.

(109) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, X.G. and De, S., “Development of a patient-specific nonlinear finite element model model for the Simulation of lung motion during cancer radiation therapy”, Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC2009) June 17-21, Resort at Squaw Creek, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA.

(110) Eom, J., Xu, X.G. and De, S., “Modeling of lung motion for cancer radiation therapy”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.

(111) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Modeling the anisotropic plasticity of HMX molecular srystals for particulate composite energetic materials”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.

(112) Arikatla, S.A., and De, S., “Multiresolution modeling for haptics mediated interactive simulations”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.

(113) Rahul, and De, S., “Efficient implementation of hierarchical multiscale methods on massively parallel systems”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.

(114) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Computational micromechanics of protein crystals”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.

(115) Zamiri, A., and De, S., “Modeling the anisotropic plastic deformation of hydroxyapatite single crystals based on nanoindentation data”, 3rd International Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues, Clearwater Beach, Fl, 2009.

(116) Liu, Y., Jiao, S., Wu, W. and De, S., “GPU accelerated fast FEM deformation simulation”, Proceedings of the IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, 2008.

(117) De, S., Ahn, W., Lee, D.Y. and Jones, D.B., “Novel virtual Lap-band® simulator could promote patient safety”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:16, 2008.

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(118) Maciel, A. and De, S., “An efficient Dynamic Point© algorithm for line-based collision detection in real time virtual environments involving haptics”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:16, 2008.

(119) Maciel, A. and De, S., “Physics-based real time laparoscopic electrosurgery simulation”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:16, 2008.

(120) Liu, Y. and De, S., “CUDA-based real time surgical simulation”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16, 2008.

(121) Maciel, A., Liu, Y., Ahn, W., Singh, T.P., Dunnican, W. and De, S., “Towards a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:16, 2008.

(122) Maciel, A. and De, S., “A new line-based algorithm for real time haptic interactions with virtual environments”, Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 2008.

(123) Deo, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De,S., “Joint motion and force analysis for objective assessment of laparoscopic skills”, Proceedings of the Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 2008.

(124) Ahn, W., Jones, D.B., Lee, D.Y. and De, S., “Modeling of the Lap-band® for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding operation”, Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 2008.

(125) Lim, Y.J., Deo, D. and De, S., “In situ measurement and modeling of human cadaveric soft tissue mechanical properties for use in real time surgical simulation”, Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC2008), 2008.

(126) Macri, M. and De, S., “An enrichment-based multiscale partition of unity method”, Proceedings of the Computational Structures Technology Conference, Athens, Greece, 2008.

(127) De, S., “Digital surgery using a meshfree method”, Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8), Venice, Italy, 2008

(128) De, S. and BaniHani, S., “Reduced order modeling using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres”, Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 2007.

(129) Deo, D., De, S. and Singh, T.P., “Physics-based stereoscopic suturing simulation with force feedback and continuous multipoint interactions for training on the da Vinci ® surgical system”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:15, 2007.

(130) Deo, D., De, S. and Kalyanaraman, S., ”A scalable intermediate representation for remote interaction with soft tissues”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:15, 2007.

(131) Dunnican, W.J., Jahraus, C., Kimball, R., Singh, T.P., Ata , A., De, S., “Stereoscopic versus traditional two-dimensional visualization for training modules”, Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons 2007 Annual Meeting.

(132) Macri, M. and De, S., “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous media using meshfree enrichments”, International Conference on Computational Methods, Hiroshima, Japan, April 2007.

(133) Banihani, S. and De, S., “Comparison of some MOR Methods for surgical simulation using PCMFS”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, LA, 2007.

(134) Banihani, S. and De, S., “Numerical inf-sup test of the method of finite spheres for the solution of plate problems”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, LA, 2007.

(135) Macri, M. and De, S., “A multiscale octree partition of unity method”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, LA, 2007.

(136) De, S. and Macri, M., “Multiscale modeling using meshfree enrichments”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshless Methods, Porto, Portugal, 2007.

(137) Jin, W., Lim, Y.J, Singh, T.P. and De, S., “Use of surgical videos for realistic simulation of surgical procedures”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:14, 2006.

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(138) Lim, Y.J., Jones, D.B., Singh, T.P., and De, S., “Measurement of the mechanical response of intra-abdominal organs of fresh human cadavers for use in surgical simulation”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:14, 2006.

(139) Schmitt, C., Rusak, Z. and De, S., “Numerical solution of advection and Burgers equations using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres (PCMFS)”, AIAA Meeting, San Francisco, 2006.

(140) Lim, Y.J., Jones, D.B., Singh, T.P., and De, S., “In situ measurement of cadaveric soft tissue mechanical properties and fulcrum force measurement for use in physics-based surgical simulation”, Proceedings of IEEE VR2006 Conference,Washington DC, 2006.

(141) Lim, Y., J., “Modeling of cadaveric soft tissue for use in physics-based surgical simulation”, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA, 2006.

(142) Macri, M., and De, S., “Multiscale modeling of materials with microstructure using the method of finite spheres with enrichments”, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA, 2006.

(143) Lim, Y.J., and De, S., “Using the point associated finite field (PAFF) for nonlinear real time surgery simulation”, Eurohaptics, Paris, France, 2006.

(144) Macri, M. and De, S., “Modeling the bulk mechanical response of heterogeneous explosives based on microstructural information”, 13th International Detonation Symposium, Norfolk, VA, 2006

(145) Lim, Y.J., and De, S., “A meshfree computational methodology for surgical simulation”, 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2006

(146) Lim, Y.J. and De, S., “Real time techniques for nonlinear tissue deformation in surgical simulation”, 9th MICCAI Conference, Copenahgen, Denmark, 2006.

(147) Banihani, S., and De, S., “The solution of functionally graded problems using the method of finite spheres and a genetic algorithm-based numerical integratio9n approach”, 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, LA, 2006.

(148) Schmitt, C., Rusak, Z. and De, S., “Solution of hyperbolic equations using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres”, Proceedings of the American Physical Society, 2005.

(149) 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., Shain,W., “Cortical neural prostheses – controlling the biological interface”, 2005 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, October, 2005.

(150) 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., Shain,W., “Ex vivo assessment of tissue damage due to neuroprosthetic device insertion”, Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, November, 2005.

(151) De, S., “On the development of a Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT)-accelerated Fast Stokes Solver for drag force computation on MEMS devices”, ASME 2005 International Design Engineering Technical Conference (5th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control Biomedical Engineering, Long Beach, CA, September, 2005.

(152) 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., Shain, W, “Cortical neural prostheses insertion: removing the mystery”, Brain-Computer Interface Technology: Third International Meeting, June, 2005.

(153) Macri, M., BaniHani, S., Aslam, A. and De, S., “Some recent advances in the method of finite spheres: practical implementation, stability analysis and application to multiscale modeling”, Third International Workshop on Meshfree Methods, Bonn, Germany, 2005.

(154) Macri, M. and De, S., “Enrichment of the method of finite spheres with localized bubbles”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, 2005

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(155) Lim, Y.-J., and De, S., “Real time simulation of nonlinear soft tissue response in minimally invasive surgical procedures using a meshfree approach”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, 2005

(156) Macri, M. and De, S., “Some examples of the method of finite spheres with enrichment”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005.

(157) BaniHani, S., and De, S., “On the use of genetic algorithms for numerical integration of meshfree methods”, Proc. of the Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2005

(158) De, S., Lim, Y-J. and Jones, D.B., “Importance of Haptics in minimally invasive surgical simulation and training”, Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons 2005 Annual Meeting, 2005.

(159) Lim, Y-J. and De, S., “Nonlinear Tissue Response Modeling for Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery using PAFF”, Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference, Pisa, Italy, 2005.

(160) Lim, Y.-J, Jones, D.B. and De, S., “Improved virtual surgical cutting based on physical experiments”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:13, 2005.

(161) Jin, W., Lim, Y-J., Xu, G., Singh, T.P. and De, S., “Improving the realism of virtual surgery”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:13, 2005.

(162) Macri, M. and De, S., “A comparison of several techniques of coupling the method of finite spheres to the finite element method”, Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, September 5-10, 2004 keynote lecture, organizer and session chair.

(163) De, S., “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, 2004. keynote lecture, organizer and session chair

(164) De, S. and Macri, M., “Automatic preprocessing in the method of finite spheres”, Proceedings of the ECCOMAS Conference, Jyvaskyla, Finland, July 24-28, 2004. session chair.

(165) Lim, Y-J. and De, S., “Some advances in the use of meshfree methods and the implementation of surgical cutting in multimodal virtual environments”, Proceedings of IEEE VR2004 Conference, Chicago, 2004.

(166) Lim, Y-J. and De, S., “Realistic simulation of surgical cutting of soft tissues in real time with force feedback”, Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:12, Newport Beach, 2004.

(167) Macri, M., and De, S., “An automatic preprocessing environment for the method of finite spheres”, Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, 2003.

(168) De, S., “Physically-based real time surgical simulation”, Proc. of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, 2003.

(169) Kim, J., De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “An Integral Equation Based Multiresolution Modeling Scheme for Multimodal Medical Simulations”, Proc. of the IEEE VR2003 Conference, Los Angeles, California, 2003

(170) Kim, J., De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “Physically based hybrid approach in real time surgical simulation with force feedback”, Proc. of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:11, 2003.

(171) Macri, M., and De, S., “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. keynote lecture, organizer and session chair

(172) Kim, J., De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “A hybrid modeling scheme for tissue simulation in virtual reality based medical trainers”, Proc. of the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2003.

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(173) De, S., Hong, J. W., and Bathe, K.J., “The method of finite spheres: A generalization of the finite element technique”, Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Busan, Korea, Aug, 2002.

(174) De, S., Hong, J.W. and Bathe, K.J., “Further developments and some applications in the method of finite spheres”, Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, July, 2002, session chair.

(175) De, S. and Bathe, K.J., “Analysis of incompressible media using the method of finite spheres and some improvements in efficiency”, Fourteenth U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Computational Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA, June, 2002.

(176) De, S., Wang, X. and White, J.K., “Efficiency improvements in Fast Stokes solvers”, Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, San Juan, Puerto Rico, April, 2002.

(177) Kim, J., De, S. and Srinivasan, M.A., “Computationally efficient techniques for real time surgical simulation with force feedback”, IEEE VR2002 Conference, Orlando, Florida, March, 2002

(178) Tay, B., De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “ In vivo force response of intra-abdominal soft tissues for the simulation of laparoscopic procedures”, accepted for presentation to Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:10, Newport Beach, January, 2002

(179) De, S, Kim, J., Manivannan, M., Srinivasan, M. A. and Rattner, D., “Multimodal simulation of Laparoscopic Heller myotomy using a meshless technique”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:10, Newport Beach, 2002.

(180) De, S. and Bathe, K. J, “The method of finite spheres with improved numerical integration”, Sixth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dearborn, MI, August, 2001

(181) De, S. and Bathe, K. J., “The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent developments”, First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, M.I.T, 2001 keynote lecture, organizer and session chair

(182) De, S., Kim, J. and Srinivasan, M. A., “Virtual surgery simulation using a collocation-based method of finite spheres”, First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, M.I.T, 2001.

(183) De, S., Kim, J. and Srinivasan, M. A.,“A meshless numerical technique for physically based real time medical simulations”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:9, Newport Beach, 2001.

(184) De, S. and Bathe, K. J., “The method of finite spheres: some advances in efficiency and incompressible analysis”, International Conference on Computational Engineering and Sciences, Los Angeles, Aug. 2000.

(185) solids and structures with full coupling to fluid flows”. Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1999.

(186) De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “Thin walled models for haptic and graphical rendering of soft tissues in surgical simulations”, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality:7, San Franscisco, 1999

(187) De, S. and Srinivasan, M. A., “Rapid rendering of tool-tissue interactions in surgical simulations: thin walled membrane models”, The Third PHANToM User's Group Workshop, Deadham, Oct, 1998.

B. Copyrights, Patents and Licenses Copyrights: (1) VAST©

Authors: Suvranu De, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Saurabh Dargar

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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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

(5) 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.

(6) 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.

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(7) 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.

(8) 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.

(9) 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.

(10) 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

(11) 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 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.

(12) DynamicPoint©

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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.

(13) 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.

(14) 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 others magnetic fields). PAFF© allows at least three orders of magnitude speedups compared to traditional methods and is a key enabler of interactive computing.

C. Media Reports De has been widely quoted in the media. A search on Google with “Suvranu De”+ “news” returns more than 12,200 news articles. Notably, De’s work has been featured on CBS, NBC, Fox News

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and YNN in 2010 and 2011 and on the “Animal Planet” show of the Discovery Channel on February 14, 2007. Highlights of a few major references to De's research in public media include: (1) New Scientist Magazine (UK) publishes "Virtual blood and smoke give gore to student

surgeons", Jan 26, 2011. (2) CBS, NBC, Fox News and YNN coverage of De's lab, September, 2011. (3) Times Union, "Grant to develop medical tech tools", July 16, 2010. (4) De interviews for IEEE Spectrum, 2010. (5) De interviewed for News Week in 2010. (6) Tech Valley News, "RPI to model metal maladies", October 15, 2009. (7) De interviewed by Scientific American in Fall 08. (8) De interviewed for an article in Seed Magazine in Fall 08. (9) New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/science) “Art and science, virtual

and real, under one big roof”, September 2008. (10) Times Union “Researchers add twist of time: RPI professors win $2M grant to include

fourth dimension in simulation that studies effects of radiation” June 2007. (11) Rensselaer Engineering News, “Breakthrough by numbers”, Summer 2007. (12) Rensselaer News (http://news.rpi.edu) “Virtual Patient” To Simulate Real-Time Organ

Motions for Radiation Therapy”, May 2007. (13) NIH/NIBIB e-Advances (http://www.nibib.nih.gov/HealthEdu/eAdvances/30Nov07)

“Virtual reality – Advances in surgery simulation”, Nov 2007. (14) Intern Daily (http://www.interndaily.com/reports/) “Virtual patient to simulate real-time

organ motions for radiation therapy”, May 2007. (15) Associated Press news, September 2006. (16) CIO Insight Magazine, September 2006. (17) NYSTAR News, “RPI develops new approaches to training surgeons”, September 2006. (18) PC Magazine (http://www.mywire.com/a/PCMagazine/Bombsniffing-Bot/1796140)

“Practiced hands”, September 2006. (19) Outpatient Surgery Magazine

(http://www.outpatientsurgery.net/newsletter/eweekly/2006/08/21.php) “Surgical simulator aims for realism”, September 2006.

(20) London Science Museum (http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/antenna) August, 2006. (21) eWeek.com (http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Researchers-Devise-Virtual-

Surgery-Simulator/) “Researchers devise virtual surgery simulator” August, 2006. (22) Medgadget: internet journal of emerging medical technologies

(http://medgadget.com/archives/2006/08/minimally_invas.html) “Minimally invasive surgery digital sim” August, 2006.

(23) New Scientist Magazine (UK) (http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/08/playing-doctor.html), “Playing

doctor”, August 2006. (24) Discovery Channel News (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/08/23) “Virtual tools offer

3-D access to organs”, August 2006. (25) Wired News (http://www.wired.com/medtech/health/news/2006/08/71536) “Pass the

virtual scalpel, Nurse”, August, 2006. (26) 50+ Health (UK)

(http://www.50plushealth.co.uk/index.cfm?articleid=4153&ArticleAction=print) “Medical advances – digital surgery to train surgeons”, August 2006.

(27) Rensselaer Engineering News, “VIP-Man (visible photographic man) will greatly augment our understanding of how electrons, neutrons and protons pass through human tissues”, Winter 2006.

(28) Unbounded Medicine (http://www.unboundedmedicine.com/2006/08/10/surgery-simulator/) “Surgery simulator” October, 2005.

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(29) Business Review (http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2004/04/19/daily6.html) “RPI professor to use grant money for surgery simulation”, April, 2004.

(30) "Kaigai (Overseas) Report" of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a semi-governmental organization affiliated with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry published our news in Japanese (http://www.nedo.go.jp/kankobutsu/report/931/931-13.pdf) May 2004.

(31) Medical News Today (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/7423.php) “Simulator could substantially reduce operating room errors”, April 2004.

D. Exhibits Title: Transfizzle Venue: The Arts Center of the Captial Region (265 River Street). Date: April 23, 2003 Undergraduate student Michael Rabinovich developed and used a “Haptic Glove” to “move” sound through a 16-speaker grid in a performance with Professor Perry Cook of Princeton University. To quote the Times Union:

“A "haptic glove" will be another electronic instrument featured in the program. It's one of the newest developments in high-tech wearable computer gear and was created by electronic arts student Michael Rabinovich and Suvranu De, an Assistant Professor of mechanical, aerospace and nuclear engineering at RPI. Rabinovich will wear the glove in a duet with Cook to manipulate sounds in the room using a tiny computer embedded in the glove..” Tuesday, April 22, 2003, Times Union

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V. Research Grants and Contracts A. Proposals Approved and Funded

Extramural grants A total of 19 extramural grants (13 as PI and 6 as Co-PI). Grants 1-9 are currently active with annual research expenditure exceeding $2.5 million.

(1) Title: NIH R01 “Development and validation of a virtual airway skill trainer (VAST)”

Agency: NIH/NHLBI Funds: $2,996,556 Duration: 4/01/2014-3/31/2017 Effort: PI (100%) Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Massachusetts General Hospital, Wright State University.

(2) Title: NIH 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.

(3) Title: NIH R01 “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.

(4) 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.

(5) 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.

(6) 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

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Effort: PI (subcontract from Infocitex Inc.) Associates: Infocitex Inc.

(7) Title: NIH R01 “Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery”, Agency: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $3,012,179 Duration: 8/05/2011-07/31/2015

Effort: PI (100%) Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($120,532) and Tufts University ($408,934). (8) Title: NIH R01 “Developing Physically-Based Virtual Simulation Technology for Natural

Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)”

Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $3,051,817 Duration: 6/01/2011-05/31/2015 Effort: PI (100%) Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($442,000) and Tufts University ($354,603).

(9) Title: NIH R01 “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).

(10) 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 (11) 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%)

(12) Title: NIH R01 grant “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)

(13) Title: “Development of a Self-Consistent Multiscale Method for Coupled Nonlinear Micro

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Macro Analysis of Heterogeneous Explosives” Sponsor: Office of Naval Research

Funds: $316, 503 Duration: 05/01/2008-04/30/2012 Effort: PI (100%) Associates: None.

(14) Title: NIH R01 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)

(15) 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%)

(16) 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

(17) 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

(18) 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%)

(19) 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%)

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Rensselaer internal grants

(20) Title: “Haptics medicated collaborative performance” Sponsor: EMPAC/RPI (seed grant) Funds: $25,000 Duration: 11/2 yr Effort: team member

Associates: Curtis Bahn (PI), Tomie Hahn (Co-PI), Pauline Oleveros (Co-PI), Michael Century, Jonas Braasch, Chris Chafe (Stanford).

(21) Title: “Teletouch: Networked Haptics in Shared Virtual Environments” Sponsor: RPI PI: Professor Suvranu De (50%) Co-PI: Professor Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, ECSE, RPI, (50%) Funds: Total award $30,000 + one semester of Institutional RA support for one student ; 50%

(i.e. 15,000$) to PI (Suvranu De) Duration: 01/01/2006-06/30/2007

(22) Title: “Development of an ultra-high resolution AFM-based nano-PIV technique” Sponsor: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Seed Funds PI: Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc Co-PI: Professor Suvranu De (50%) Funds: Total award $37, 500, 50% ($18,750) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)

Start date: Jan 2004 for one year

B. Proposals Submitted and Pending

(1) Title: “Development and validation of a virtual airway skill trainer (VAST)”

Agency: NIH/NHLBI Date submitted: July, 2013 Funds Requested: $3 Million Duration: 4 yr Effort: PI (100%) Associates: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Wright State University, Massachusetts general Hospital

(2) Title: “Development and Validation of a Virtual Emergency Obstetric Care Simulator (VEmOCS)”

Agency: NIH/NIHCD

Date submitted: October, 2013 Funds Requested: $3 Million Duration: 4 yr Effort: PI (100%) Associates: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Wright State University

VI. Editorship of Journals, Review of Manuscripts, Books and Research Proposals

A. Journal Editorships

a. Editorial board, Journal of Computational Surgery, Springer, 2013-present.

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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.

B. Conference Editorial Boards 1. Technical Advisory Board, 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Raleigh, 2013 2. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Fifth International Conference on Computational

Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Ibiza, Spain, 2013. 3. Scientific Advisory Board, Fifth Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Singapore, 2013. 4. Editorial Board, Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures

Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2012. 5. International Scientific Committee, International Workshop on Computational Mechanics

of Materials IWCMM XXII, Baltimore, MD, 2012. 6. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Fourth International Conference on Computational

Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece, 2011. 7. Technical Advisory Board of the 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Minnesota, 2011. 8. Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference on Advances in Interaction and

Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’11), Seoul, Korea, 2011. 9. Executive Committee (Track Chair), First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for

Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010. 10. Editorial board, Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,

Valencia, Spain, 2010. 11. Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference on Advances in Interaction and

Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’10), Jeju, Korea, 2010. 12. Technical Advisory Board of the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Columbus, 2009. 13. Editorial board, Ninth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,

Athens, Greece, 2008. 14. Technical Advisory Board of the 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

San Francisco, 2007 15. Member of the Scientific Committee, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshless

Methods, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005, 2007. 16. Scientific Advisory Board, MIT Conferences on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics,

Cambridge, MA, 2005 17. Editorial board, Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology

to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 2004. C. 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

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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.

E. 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, 2010. 3. US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Feb 2009. 4. National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2008/05 ZEB1

OSR-E (M1) S reviewer. 5. National Institutes of Health Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2008/05

ZRG1 BST-G (30) reviewer. 6. Peer reviewer of Quatar National Research Fund, 2007 7. Served on a peer review panel for the CISE directorate of the NSF, March 2006. 8. Served on a peer review panel for the CISE directorate of the NSF, March 2004. 9. Chair, Panel review committee, Directorate of Engineering, National Science Foundation,

April 2003. 10. Peer reviewer of proposals submitted to AFOSR through the National Materials Advisory

Board of the National Academies, 2002, 2003. 11. Served on a peer review panel for the CISE directorate of the NSF, March, 2002. 12. Peer reviewer for NSF/INT- Cooperative Science Program, 2002. F. Book and Chapter Reviews

1. An Introduction to the Finite Element Method: Theory, Programming, Applications, 1e,

Thompson, John Wiley, 2005. 2. A First Course in Finite Element Method, Fourth Edition, Darryl Logan, Thomson/Nelson

Higher Education, 2005. 3. Chapter of “Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering”, John Wiley & Sons, 2007.

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VII. Service and Administrative Responsibilities A. Service and Administrative Responsibilities at University

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMNETS AS DEPARTMENT HEAD (MECHANICAL, AEROSPACE AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, 2012-PRESENT

DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP

Leadership of the largest department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which has the characteristics of a mini-Deanship: (i) it is large (1,300 students, 50 faculty and 14 staff). (ii) it has three disparate programs (Aero, Mechanical and Nuclear), and (iii) it encompasses nearly a quarter of the university students, and a third of the population of the School of Engineering. As such, this leads to a comprehensive understanding of how each program fits into the larger academic infrastructure.

Developed concurrent department themes, Community of Scholars and Global Visibility. 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

Responsible for operation of a large academic department with high research activity. Responsible for managing department budget of $15.5 M, with a research budget of approximately $14 M per year.

Successfully lead all three programs – Mechanical, Aeronautical and Nuclear through accreditation by the EAC of ABET in 2013.

Established protocols within the department to stream line 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, 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.

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.

Performed annual evaluation of large number of faculty and staff.

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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.

USNWR ranking for the Mechanical Engineering program climbed three steps in two years from 27 to 23. Only department in RPI with all programs in top 25.

SELECTED INITIATIVES

Engaged in long term vision building of the department by taking down entrenched silos 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). Details of these thrusts may be found in the 2013 MANE annual report.

Established an Industrial Affiliates Program in MANE to enhance student recruitment and industry collaborations. This is the first such departmental initiative in the Institute.

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.

Initiated MANE.Innovation as an initiative to build an innovation spine in the MANE undergraduate curriculum.

Initiated graduate curriculum reform which included the establishment of a structured MS degree program. Introduced research as part of the MEng degree program.

Oversaw a tenfold increase in the size of the co-terminal master’s degree program through active recruitment.

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.

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.

Initiated regular e-bulletins to a mailing list that includes alums and academic leaders in peer institutions.

Initiated MANE Annual Reports. 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.

Engaged in regional community building. Co-organized a two-day Northeast Regional Mechanical Engineering Department Chairs Summit in Boston in August 2014 to discuss core Mechanical Engineering undergraduate curriculum and diversity in Mechanical Engineering programs. Established this as a new ASME group with social networking capabilities.

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EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

Personal oversight of department faculty search and hiring efforts to broaden gender and ethnic diversity to meet school of Engineering and Institute diversity goals. This resulted in a successful hiring of a female faculty member.

Established a 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 one female faculty member from Assistant to Associate Professor

with tenure. Successfully nominated the first female faculty member in the institute for a career

development chair in MANE. Appointed the first female ABET coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering program. Successfully hired junior T&TT female faculty member in MANE.

EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

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 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.

Initiated an annual alumni event (Reconnect with MANE!) inviting all alums of all years to the MANE department in the Fall with a special cocktail reception for the 50th year reunion class.

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.

Established an Alumni and Public Relations Committee in MANE to actively engage alums with the department.

Established a new endowed lecture (jointly with Georgia Tech) and student fellowships in MANE.

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMNETS AS CENTER DIRECTOR (CENTER FOR MODELING, SIMULATION AND IMAGING IN MEDICINE) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC CINSTITUTE, 2010-PRESENT

Assembled multi-disciplinary research team of more than 16 faculty members to establish a School of Engineering center in 2010 which expanded rapidly to an Institute-wide center in 2013.

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.

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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.

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMNETS AS CURRICULUM COORDINATOR (MECHANICAL, AEROSPACE AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC CINSTITUTE, 2007-2012

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.

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.

Working closely with department faculty, thoroughly restructured the ME concentration electives.

Undertook year-long ME graduate and undergraduate curriculum revision exercises.

1. Other Service and Administration Activities

(1) On the Search Committee of the Director of the Center for Materials, Devices and

Integrated Systems (cMDIS), 2013. (2) On the search Committee of the Clark and Crossan Chair of BMED, 2012. (3) On the search committee of the Director of Research for Experimental Media and

Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) 2009, 2010. (4) On departmental faculty search committee (Design and Manufacturing), 2009, 2010. (5) Presented curriculum revision plans to MANE Department Advisory Board 2008. (6) Presented to NSF sponsored Conference of Tribal Colleges at the Southwestern

Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, 2008 (7) Conducted MANE curriculum revision exercise as part of 2008 MANE departmental

summer retreat. (8) Presented overview of MANE department to students and their parents on the

“Medalist Day” 2007. (9) Presented curriculum revision plans to MANE Department Advisory Board 2007 (10) Presented MANE curriculum revision plans to departmental strategic planning

meeting, 2007 (11) Conducted Freshman Advising Seminar for incoming students in 2002. (12) On the interview panel for the SoE Dean 2006. (13) Conducted Freshman Advising Seminar for incoming students in 2002.

2. Undergraduate Student Advising and Counseling (number and year)

1. Advised more than 30 undergraduate researchers in MANE, BMED and CSCI as

URP students. 2. Undergraduate advisor to 30 students, class of 2014 3. Undergraduate advisor to 50 students, class of 2010 4. Undergraduate advisor to 22 students with Aero/Mech majors, class of 2006.

Counseled freshmen and their parents.

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5. Representative of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering in the Faculty of Information Technology.

3. Graduate Student Advising and Counseling (number and year)

40 students (2001-present)

B. Professional Societies

1. Association for Surgical Education, since 2011. 2. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Life member (since 2010) 3. IEEE, 2008-present 4. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2010-present. 5. American Academy of Mechanics, 2010-present. 6. Sigma Xi, member of the Rensselaer chapter, 2002-present. 7. United States Association for Computational Mechanics, 2000-present. 8. Unites States Association for Engineering Education, 2002-present Session chairmanship: 1. ECCOMAS Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled

Problems in Science and Engineering, Ibiza, Spain, 2013. 2. International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials IWCMM XXII, (3

sessions), Baltimore, MD, 2012 3. 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (2 sessions), Minneapolis, MN,

2011. 4. 6th MIT Conference of Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (2 sessions), Boston,

MA, 2011. 5. ECCOMAS Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled

Problems in Science and Engineering (1 session), Kos, Greece, 2011. 6. First Global Conference in NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology (1 session),

Houston, TX, 2010. 7. Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics (1 session), Paris, France,

2010 8. International Workshops on Advances in Computational Mechanics (1 session),

Yokohama, Japan, 2010. 9. 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (4 sessions), Columbus, OH,

2009 10. 9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, (1 session),

Athens, Greece, 2008 11. 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (3 sessions), Venice, Italy, 2008. 12. Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (2 sessions), Kyoto, Japan,

2007 13. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), San Francisco, CA,

Computer Methods in Bioengineering, July 2007. 14. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), San Francisco, CA,

Partition of Unity Finite Element and Meshless Methods, July 2007. 15. International Conference on Computational Methods, (1 session), Hiroshima, Japan,

Meshfree Methods, 2007. 16. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Meshfree and Related Methods (1

session), LA, 2006. 17. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Computational Bioengineering (2

sessions), LA, 2006. 18. Third International Workshop on Meshfree Methods (1 session), Bonn, Germany, 2005

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19. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods (1 session), Lisbon, Portugal, July 2005.

20. 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), Austin, TX, Meshfree methods, July 2005.

21. 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, Computational Bioengineering (3 sessions), July 2005.

22. Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, USA, Meshfree methods (3 sessions), June 2005.

23. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Meshfree methods (1 session), Beijing, China, September 5-10, 2004

24. Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Meshfree methods (1 session), Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

25. ECCOMAS Conference, Meshfree methods (1 session), Jyvaskyla, Finland, July 24-28, 2004.

26. 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Meshfree methods (3 sessions), July 2003.

27. Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, USA, Meshfree methods sessions (8 sessions), June 2003.

28. Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, USA, Soft tissue modeling (2 sessions), June 2003

29. Fifth World congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, Meshfree methods (1 session), July 2002.

30. First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, USA, Meshfree methods (4 sessions), June 2001.

Professional committee membership and chairmanship: 1. Workgroup leader, Theoretical and Computational Methods Workgroup of the Multiscale

Modeling (MSM). This consortium has been set up by a an interagency modeling and analysis group (IMAG) comprised of staff from 17 NIH components, four NSF directorates, two Department of Energy (DOE) components, five Department of Defense (DOD) components, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the United States Department of Veterans Administration(USDVA) to provide a forum for discussion on matters related to MSM research and provide them with a thorough briefing of the current advances in the field and future directions. 2010-present.

2. Chair, Committee on Computational Bioengineering of the US Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM), 2002-present. Accomplishments include publication of two journal special issues, development of an edited volume, organizing the largest minisymposium in the National and World Congresses of Computational Mechanics and organizing yearly student best-paper contests.

3. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) committee on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), 2011-present.

4. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) committee on the Fundamentals of the Safe Use of Energy (FUSE), 2011-present.

5. Member, ASME Nano Council. The Nano Council was formed in 2009 to continue the work of the ASME Nano Institute.

6. 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.

7. Member, Committee on Meshfree Methods of the US Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM), 2001-present

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Organizational activities 1. Co-organizer, IDEAS Workshop on Virtual Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

Center, Boston, MA, 2013. 2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Organizer of session on Multi-scale modeling and simulation: from quantum to continuum, 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Singapore, 2013.

5. Organizer of Learning Center on Virtual Surgery, SAGES Annual Meeting, Baltimore, 2013.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Organizer of symposium on "Multiscale problems in biomechanics" at the 48th Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, IL, 2011.

9. Organizer of mini-symposia on "multiscale modeling" and "computational biomechanics" at the 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minnesota, USA, 2011.

10. 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.

11. Member of Steering Committee of ASME NEMB, Houston, TX, Jan 2010. 12. Track chair, organized seven minisymposia within the First Global Conference on

NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010. 13. Organized symposium (1 session) on "Multiscale modeling of soft matter" at the

International Mechanical Engineering Exposition and Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2010

14. Organized symposium (4 sessions) on “Multiscale modeling of biomolecular mechanics”, First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010

15. 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

16. Organized one minisymposium on “Computational mechanics of biomaterials” in the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2010.

17. Organized one minisymposium (4 sessions with 2 keynotes) on “Meshfree and Particle Methods” in the Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris, France, 2010.

18. Organized one minisymposium on “Computational Nano-Biomechancis” in the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.

19. Organized one minisymposium on “Multiscale modeling of bimolecular mechanics” in the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.

20. Organized one minisymposium on “Meshfree and Particle Methods” in the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.

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21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Organized minisymposium (3 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational Bioengineering” in the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3 sessions), Columbus, OH, 2009.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. Organized a minisymposium (9 sessions and 4 keynotes) on “Computational Bioengineering” in the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics held in LA, 2006.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics held in Austin, TX, 2005.

34. Organized a minisymposium (2 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

35. 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.

36. 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.

37. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions with 5 keynotes) on “Computational Bioengineering” for the 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003.

38. Organized a session on “soft tissue modeling” June 2003 for the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.

39. Organized a minisymposium (8 sessions) on “meshfree methods” as part of the First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (June, 2001).

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C. Community and Public Service

Major letters of reference

Wrote 1 letter of promotion to the rank of Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles, Summer 2014.

Wrote 1 letter for promotion to Full Professor in the Department of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Fall 2013.

Wrote a letter of reference for a Dean’s position, Fall 2013. Wrote 1 P&T letter to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

(KAIST), Fall 2013. Wrote 1 P&T letter to Columbia University Civil Engg dept, Fall 2012 Wrote one letter of recommendation for Chair in Aerospace Engg department of

University of Cincinnati, Fall 2012. Wrote 1 P&T letter for Boston University Mechanical Engineering department,

Summer 2012. Wrote 1 P&T letter for Florida International University Mechanical Engineering

department, summer 2012. Wrote a letter for a Chair position in the School of Engineering at Columbia

University, Fall 2011. Wrote 1 promotion letter for Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology,

Mechanical Engineering department, Spring 2011. Wrote 1 promotion letter for UT San Antonio Mechanical Engg department, Summer

2010.

VIII. Professional and Public Lectures Invited and Keynote Lectures:

(1) “VTEST- A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer”, invited talk at the 2014 NOSCAR summit, July, 2014.

(2) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University, April 2014.

(3) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, February 2014.

(4) Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, February 2014.

(5) “Virtual Surgery”, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California Los Angeles, January 2014.

(6) “Technical challenges in virtual surgery”, invited lecture at the IDEAS Workshop in Boston, MA, Nov 2013.

(7) “Virtual brain surgery”, Invited lecture and Course Faculty at the Neurosurgery Simulation Symposium at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Nov 2013.

(8) “NOTES simulators: design and development”, Invited lecture and faculty at the 8th International NOSCAR® Summit, Chicago, IL, July 2013.

(9) “Virtual surgery”, Plenary speech at the 11th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2013.

(10) "Towards highly realistic real time medical simulations", Inaugural Symposium on Simulation and Visualization, University of Texas at San Antonio, SiViRT, Nov 12, 2012.

(11) "Virtual NOTES", invited lecture at the 7th International NOTES® summit, sponsored by the ASGE and SAGES/NOSCAR, Chicago, June 12-14, 2012.

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(12) "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.

(13) "On some recent advances in virtual surgery", University of Nebraska, Department of Mechanical Engineering, November, 2011.

(14) "Multiscale modeling of protein crystals", Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece, 2011.

(15) "Some advances in development and validation of virtual surgical systems", Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, USA, March 2011.

(16) “Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree approach”, International Workshops in Advances in Computational Mechanics, Yokohama, Japan, 2010.

(17) "A Jacobian-free multiscale method, block preconditioning and radiation hardening", Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010.

(18) “Recent advances in global-local multiscale methods for computational Mechanics”, 10th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology (ECT2010) 2010, Valencia, Spain.

(19) “Some advances in surgical simulation”, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Engineering (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 2010.

(20) “Recent advances in laparoscopic surgical simulation”, Korea Institute of Science and Engineering (KIST), Seoul, Korea, 2010.

(21) “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.

(22) “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.

(23) “Multiscale modeling of HMX crystals”, Nano-scale materials and modeling symposium organized by the Watervliet Arsenal, 2009.

(24) “Multiscale modeling of hydroxapatite”, symposium of Materiomics-materials science of biological protein materials, Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and Materials, 2009.

(25) “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.

(26) “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.

(27) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Advanced Solid Rocket Propulsion Program Planning Meeting, Arlington, VA, September, 2008.

(28) “An enrichment-based multiscale partition of unity method”, 9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Athens, Greece, September 2008.

(29) “Interactive visualization in science and engineering” 3rd SIPI-NSF ASEET Workshop, Albuquerque, NM, August, 2008.

(30) “Some advances in digital surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, March 2008.

(31) “From multiscale modeling to virtual surgery: some applications of a meshfree method”, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, April 2008.

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(32) “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.

(33) “Reduced order modeling using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres”, Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 2007

(34) “Multiscale modeling using meshfree enrichments”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods, July 2007, Porto, Portugal.

(35) “Multiscale meshfree methods”, International Conference on Computational Methods, Hiroshima, Japan, April 2007.

(36) “From multiscale modeling to virtual surgery: some applications of meshfree methods”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, March 2007.

(37) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, May 2006.

(38) “Haptics and its application to digital surgery”, RPI CATS seminar series, February 15, 2006.

(39) “In the land of the feelies”, Interface: EMPAC seminar series, RPI, Jan 31, 2006. (40) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Materials Theory Seminar, Los

Alamos National Laboratory, Nov, 2005 (41) “Multiscale modeling of explosives”, Department of Mathematics, RPI, Nov 2005. (42) “Computational Mechanics without a mesh”, Mechanics Seminar Series, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, MIT, September 2005. (43) “Some Recent Advances in the Method of Finite Spheres: Practical Implementation,

Stability Analysis and Application to Multiscale Modeling”, September 2005, Bonn, Germany.

(44) “On the use of genetic algorithms for numerical integration in meshfree methods”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods, July 2005, Lisbon, Portugal.

(45) “Towards the development of a truly meshfree method”, Nov 2004, International Workshops on Advances in Computational Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan.

(46) “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.

(47) “Towards the development of an efficient truly meshfree method and an application to virtual surgery”, Nov 2004, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

(48) “Techniques for virtual surgery”, June 2004, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

(49) “Realistic techniques for virtual surgery”, April 2004, Purdue University. (50) “Meshfree methods and surgery simulation”, April, 2004, Robotics group, RPI. (51) “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.

(52) “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.

(53) “Rapid computational tools in modeling and simulation”, April 15, 2002, Center for Automation Technologies, RPI.

(54) “Virtual laparoscopic surgery simulation”, April 11, 2002, Inverse problems seminar series, Department of Mathematics, RPI.

(55) “Towards an efficient truly meshless computational technique: the method of finite spheres”, April 9, 2002, Computer Science departmental seminar, RPI.

(56) “Virtual surgery simulation”, March 27, 2002, Biomedical Engineering departmental seminar, RPI.

(57) “The method of finite spheres”, October, 2001, Continuum Mechanics Seminar Series, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

(58) “The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent developments”, First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2001.

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IX. Honors and Awards

1. 2013 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 2. 2012 Rensselaer School of Engineering Outstanding Team Award. 3. 2012 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 4. Senior Member of IEEE in 2011. 5. Student Rahul receives conference fellowship from US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Minneapolis, USA, 2011. 6. Chair of the Awards Committee of the IEEE TCH, 2011. 7. 2010 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 8. Students Rahul and Zamiri receive Conference Fellowship from the World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, 2010. 9. James M. Tien ’66 Early Career Award for Faculty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009. 10. 2009 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 11. Best poster award, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2009 12. Student, A.V. Sreekanth awarded Conference Fellowship from the US National Congress on

Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009. 13. 2008 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 14. Rensselaer School of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2008 15. Chair of the Awards Committee of the IEEE TCH, 2008. 16. Appointed judge of student competition organized in the 7th World Congress on Computational

Mechanics, LA 2006 and US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2007. 17. 2007 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 18. Student, Michel Macri, received Conference Fellowship from the 7th World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, LA 2006. 19. Student Suleiman BaniHani received NSF fellowship to attend the 7th World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, LA 2006. 20. 2005 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 21. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 2005 22. NSF Fellowship (2000$): Summer Institute on Nanoscale Mechanics, Bio-inspired Structures

and Potential Applications, Northwestern University, June 2005. 23. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the 8th US National Congress

on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, July 2005. 24. NSF Fellowship: USACM Workshop on Computational Nanomechanics of Materials, Chicago,

IL, April 29-30, 2004. 25. 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

26. Student, Michel Macri, received Conference Fellowship from the 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004.

27. “Who’s Who in Computational Science and Engineering” published by Saxe-Coburg Publications, UK, 2003.

28. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June 2003

29. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 2003.

30. Conference Fellowship from the First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June 2001.

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31. MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Assistantship 1995-2000. 32. Sastri Memorial Gold Medal from the department of Mechanical Engineering for outstanding

performance, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1995. 33. Commendation from the Senate of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for outstanding

performance in 1995. 34. Jadavpur University Gold Medal for outstanding performance in1993. 35. S.M. Bose Gold-Centred Silver Medal from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in 1993. 36. Best Mechanical Engineering Student of The Year award by Jessop & Co., Calcutta, in 1993. 37. Srish Chandra Bir Pratap Memorial Bronze Medal from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in

1992. 38. Jyotish Chandra Maitra Memorial Silver Medal for the best student in Junior class in 1992. 39. Professor G. C. Sen Memorial Scholarship in 1992.

X. Sabbatical Leaves, Off-Campus Study Programs, Foreign Professional Travel

(Give dates and topics.) Sabbatical Leave: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Spring 2010 Working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (Department of Surgery)

XI. Other Activities

(List other relevant activities such as consulting (include name of company and days per year), expert witness, or significant activities not included in previous categories.) Initiated collaborations with native American tribal colleges in New Mexico. Visited Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in 2008. Worked with Professor Nader Vadee of SIPI to develop proposals to the NSF IGERT and TULIP programs. In 2010, a contingent from Navajo Technical College visited RPI to open up avenues of outreach/collaborations between Rensselaer's School of Engineering and NTC and to sign a memorandum of understanding between the two institutes. Three areas are currently being considered for further collaboration: 1) advanced manufacturing, 2) high performance computing, and 3) digital arts.