1

CURRICULUM VITAE

SUVRANU DE

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Suvranu De is the J Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute where he serves as Head of the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering

(MANE) and founding director of the Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine

(CeMSIM). He received his BS from Jadavpur University, India in 1993, MS from the Indian Institute of

Science in 1995 and PhD from MIT in 2001, all in Mechanical Engineering. He joined the Rensselaer

faculty in 2002 as Assistant Professor and was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in 2011 before

being appointed as Head in 2012. He also holds a courtesy appointment as Professor of Surgery at the

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

As Head of the largest department at Rensselaer (with responsibility for 1,400 undergraduate students,

150 graduate students, 50 fulltime faculty and 14 staff), Dr. De reports to the Dean of Engineering and

provides oversight and leadership of all academic, research and operations of the three programs within

MANE. Working with MANE faculty, students and alumni, he has undertaken major strategic planning,

unifying the department around cross-cutting research foci of energy, manufacturing and human health;

initiated the first department-based Industrial Affiliates Program in the history of Rensselaer; undertaken

major curriculum revision exercises with student-centered learning, innovative pedagogy and emphasis on

technological innovation; launched a multi-campus Advanced Professional Studies program for working

professionals; and revamped extramural communications, alumni relations, and diversity initiatives within

the department. As Director of CeMSIM he reports to the Vice President of Research and conducts cross-

cutting, multi-disciplinary research (annual research expenditures exceeding $2.6M) with more than 15

Rensselaer faculty from the Schools of Engineering, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences and

Architecture and over twelve premier research universities, medical schools and industry.

Dr. De’s research is in the area of computational mechanics and its applications to high impact problems

in healthcare. He has authored or co-authored 13 book chapters, 127 papers in peer-reviewed journals and

more than 209 papers appearing in conference proceedings. He has also co-edited two books – one on

Computational Modeling in Biomechanics (Springer, 2010) and the other on Multiscale Modeling in

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology (Springer, 2014). In addition, Dr. De holds 14 copyrights and one

patent. He has been invited to present his research work around the world. He has supervised or is

currently supervising more than 20 graduate students, 23 postdoctoral students and multiple research

scientists and research faculty.

Dr. De is the recipient of the ONR Young Investigator Award (2005), Rensselaer School of Engineering

Research Excellence Award (2008), the James M. Tien ’66 Early Career Award for Faculty (2009) and

the Rensselaer School of Engineering Outstanding Research Team Award (2012). He currently serves on

the editorial boards of the Journal of Computational Surgery, International Journal of Modern

Mechanics, International Journal of Computational Methods, and Computers & Structures as well as

scientific committees of numerous national and international conferences. He is Senior Member of IEEE

and serves as Vice Chair (Awards) of the IEEE Technical Committee on Haptics, Chair of the

Computational Bioengineering Committee of the US Association for Computational Mechanics and

leads/co-leads several committees of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

(SAGES). He has served 5 years on the BTSS study section of the NIH as charter member and as lead of

the Theoretical and Computational Workgroup of the Multiscale Modeling Consortium of the NIH. He is

on the advisory board of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is a member of numerous editorial

2

boards and national technical committees and holds the rank of Fellow of the American Institute for

Medical and Biological Engineering and the International Association for Computational Mechanics.

RESEARCH IMPACT

Dr. De’s research is at the intersection of computational mechanics and healthcare. With more than $20

million in extramural grant funding, he has pioneered the field of “virtual surgery” that involves the

development of novel systems with visual as well as haptic (touch) interfaces, designed to provide

immersive interactive experience where the user is able to touch, feel, and manipulate virtual tissues and

organs through surgical tool handles used in actual surgery. With as many as 440,000 deaths a year,

medical errors, taken as a group, rank as the third leading cause of death in the US, right after cancer and

cardiovascular disease. The goal of virtual surgery systems is to reduce medical errors by providing a

platform for selection, training, credentialing and retraining of physicians, pre-operative planning of

complex surgical procedures, and innovating surgical procedures, devices and platforms for emerging

surgical paradigms. This field sits at the intersection of multiple disciplines including computational

mechanics, computer graphics, high performance computing, haptics, robotics, surgery, biomedical

engineering, human factors engineering and cognitive psychology.

With the singular vision of advancing patient safety through cutting edge computational science and

technology, Dr. De has founded Rensselaer’s Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine

(CeMSIM) as an Institute-wide center of excellence working with faculty from the Schools of

Engineering, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences and Architecture. This is particularly significant as

Rensselaer does not have a medical school of its own. Dr. De has partnered extensively with a large

number of premier medical schools including Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess

Medical Center, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mount Auburn Medical Center, Bringham and Women’s

Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Tuft University Medical School, Yale University School of

Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo, University of

Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas School of Medicine in San Antonio and Baylor

University Medical Center, TX. He also collaborates with industry with SBIR funding and unrestricted

gifts. Many of his research projects have translated into practical implementations. He serves on the

Advisory Board of the Army Research Lab’ s HRED/ATSD and University of Washington’s Center for

Research in Simulation Technologies (CREST) and has a courtesy appointment as Professor of Surgery at

the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX.

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS DEPARTMENT HEAD (MECHANICAL,

AEROSPACE AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC

INSTITUTE, 2012-PRESENT (five years):

DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP

Leadership of the largest department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute which has the characteristics

of a mini-Deanship: (i) it is large with 1,400 undergraduate students (which is nearly a quarter of the

university students, and a third of the School of Engineering), 150 graduate students, 50 fulltime

faculty and 14 staff; (ii) it has three disparate programs (Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear

Engineering), and (iii) it has a wide-ranging set of physical facilities which include a critical nuclear

reactor, a linear accelerator and multiple wind tunnels. As such, this leads to a comprehensive

understanding of how each program fits into the larger academic infrastructure.

Undertook a detailed and comprehensive examination of the department’s strengths, weaknesses,

opportunities and threats through discussions with faculty, students, staff and alumni to develop an

aspirational vision of the department with a strategic five-year plan which resulted in record increase

in research expenditures (up over 40%), largest increase in undergraduate enrollment in the history of

the department (up over 20%) which is now the most diverse (45% increase in women students, 70%

increase in African-American students and 110% increase in Hispanic students) and the largest class

of doctoral students (enrollments up over 20%).

3

Launched comprehensive graduate and undergraduate curricular reform, certification programs, and

extensive industrial engagement.

Oversaw the most comprehensive update of all undergraduate teaching laboratories in the department

and implementation of lab safety protocols.

Created a vibrant, dynamic, positive environment in the department. Energized faculty, staff, students

and alums.

Balanced internal leadership activities (administration, vision, decision-making) with external

leadership activities (development, alumni relations, departmental promotion).

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Enhanced visibility and US News and World Report rankings. Only department in RPI with all three

programs in the top 25 list (Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear ranked 25, 23 and 14, respectively

among all universities and 12, 9 and 2, respectively among private universities in the US).

Responsible for operation of a large academic department with high research activity. Responsible for

managing department budget of $17.0 M, with a research budget of approximately $15 M per year.

Research expenditures in MANE are at an all-time high, up 40%.

Successfully lead all three programs – Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering through

accreditation by the EAC of ABET in 2013. Established protocols within the department to streamline

the ABET continuous improvement process and close the loop every year.

Successfully led the promotion and tenure of multiple faculty members in all three programs.

Aggressively engaged in the hiring of both junior and senior faculty in areas of strategic interest to the

department.

To reduce faculty load in the face of growing student population, aggressively hired lecturers and

Professors of Practice.

Renewed/developed mentorship program for tenure-track and tenured associate professors.

Established a peer teaching review model for the first time for Assistant Professors.

Approached all aspects of department administration with energy and enthusiasm. Created an open-

door policy style of management and an informal (yet effective) main office atmosphere.

Conducted regular departmental meetings (about three per semester) that include faculty, staff and

representation from the student advisory council. Organized two day-long faculty retreats each year.

Reorganized the MANE Strategic Advisory Council by developing by-laws and doubling its size by

aggressive recruitment of prominent alums.

Prioritized and paid timely attention to all matters related to department operations. Provided timely

information, as requested, to the Dean’s Office, Provost, VP of Research and upper administration.

Promoted policies (service, teaching, space, support) that foster growth of the research enterprise.

Nurtured/supported student organizations and professional clubs, even during fiscally challenging

times, by pursuing alternative funding sources.

Performed annual evaluation of large number of faculty and staff.

Carried out oversight responsibility for the nuclear critical reactor facility and the Gaerttner Linear

Accelerator (LINAC) laboratory. Initiated self-audit of the reactor critical facility to facilitate

preparation for annual license renewal by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

SELECTED INITIATIVES

RESEARCH

Engaged in long term vision building of the department by re-organizing and energizing faculty

around three cross-cutting thrusts - Energy Science and Engineering (ESE), Materials, Materials

Processing and Controls (MMPC) and Human Health and Safety (HHS). Developed five-year plan

to nurture the thrusts with workshops, faculty hires, course development and graduate student

recruitment. Details of these thrusts may be found in the 2013 MANE annual report.

Launched the first membership-based Industrial Affiliates Program (see Appendix 1) in MANE to

enhance student recruitment and industry collaborations. This is the first such departmental initiative

4

in the Institute and is being currently adopted by the Institute. Through this program, member

companies receive premium access to MANE students and faculty to become informed about the

department’s research priorities and to facilitate effective hiring decisions based on the quality and

accomplishments of individual graduate and undergraduate students. The Institute has recently

adopted this model to launch an Institute-wide affiliates program.

Organized major center-type grant submissions each year through MANE. In 2016, MANE was part

of the successful $70M DOE Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing NNMI grant with an additional $70

matching funds from industry, leading the Northeast node of the manufacturing network. MANE was

also part of a winning $10M DOE Energy Frontiers Research Center. A $50M NSF Engineering

Research Center (ERC) full proposal is currently under consideration from MANE.

Hired five T&TT faculty members, including one underrepresented minority and one woman, with

on-going search for three additional T&TT faculty, two at the career development/full chair level.

Created positions for and hired more than 16 Lecturers and Professors of Practice with three

additional Professor of Practice positions open for hire.

EDUCATION

Established MANE Graduate and Undergraduate Curriculum Committees with representations

from all three programs, strategic advisory board and student representation, headed by the

Associated Heads for Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs.

Initiated comprehensive undergraduate curriculum reform focusing on flexibility,

multidisciplinary and leadership:

o Introduced new computational science course in the curriculum for all Mechanical Engineering

students.

o Introduced compulsory computational engineering course for all MANE students with an option to

choose from four courses.

o Introducing interdisciplinarity through (MANE+X) initiative, where ‘X’ is a field outside MANE.

This would allow MANE students to tailor a curriculum, working with their academic advisor that

best caters to individual interests.

o Introducing flexibility through a Engineers with Global Reach (EnGR) initiative. The goal of

this initiative is to educate socially conscious engineers of the twenty-first century who understand

that human progress is predicated on using technology to address the most pressing challenges of

our times. The EnGR track will encompass a comprehensive curriculum with recommended list of

courses, specially tailored Technical Electives, Global Challenge related undergraduate research,

participation in appropriate clubs (e.g., Engineers without Borders), participation in Innovators in

Engineering Seminar Series and one of the Grand Challenge Scholars Program annual meetings of

the National Academy of Engineering.

Initiated MANE.Innovation as an initiative to establish a dynamic environment supporting

innovation as part of the undergraduate curriculum. Technological innovation is the engine of the US

economy, yet national educational programs are deficient in addressing innovation in their curricula.

The MANE.Innovation initiative includes the following multi-pronged approach to address this:

o A set of three new innovation-related courses – Inventors Studios I, II and II. These courses

challenge students to identify major societal needs, ideate novel solutions and implement them

individually or in teams, with guidance from faculty as well as local entrepreneurs. The second in

this sequence counts as a capstone for MANE students. The goal is to have ALL students in

Inventors Studio II file for patents with 5 startups each year. In 2016, there were 14 patent

disclosures and 4 startups from MANE.

o A physical collaboration space constituting the “Innovation Crucible”

o New annual Innovator and Startup Founder’s Awards.

o A culture of innovation through websites and posters.

o A new Innovators in Engineering Seminar Series to invite innovators to campus and engage with

students.

o “Inventors Nightmare” co-curricular activities with case-based scenarios.

o Undergraduate Symposium on Ideation and Innovation with funding from VentureWell.

5

Across the board major UG lab upgrades in Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering totaling

more than $0.7M. A new Nuclear Engineering lab is under development for $1.2M.

For the first time in the Institute, initiated a comprehensive lab safety program in MANE. This

included development of instructional videos and requiring all students and staff to undergo training

and then pass a safety quiz to be qualified to work in labs.

Published the first MANE Student Research and Design Journal. This annual journal is to be

published annually by undergraduate students showcasing their research and design efforts.

Graduate curriculum reform :

o Established a structured MS degree program. Introduced research as part of the MEng degree

program.

o Enhanced PhD recruitment efforts, resulting in an increase of over 20% increase in doctoral

students.

o Initiated a new BS-PhD program

o Initiated a new International dual PhD program

o Initiating two new certifications: (1) Computational Science and Engineering and (2) Human-

Machine Collaboration and Cognition

Graduate certification programs: Developed Advanced Professional Studies (APS) for working

professionals in Hartford campus. Professionals and recent graduates with 2-3 years of work

experience can complete their MS degree in an average of three and a half years. Using a blended

approach of online and traditional classes, students can continue their career while pursuing their

graduate degree with concentrations in Energy, Mechanics, or Design and Manufacturing. Grew

this program to about 60 students currently registered.

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

recruitment.

Created a comprehensive program involving workshops and one-to-one mentoring to help students

apply for NSF and other graduate fellowships. In 2016, four MANE students received the prestigious

NSF graduate fellowship and two received the NDSEG fellowship.

COMMUNITY OF SCHOLARS

Created an inviting and collaborative departmental climate with weekly lunches and group social

events.

Initiated a MANE Honors Committee comprising of members from all three programs to

aggressively promote faculty for internal and external awards. This committee has been very

successful in nominating numerous faculty colleagues each year and helping them win awards and

recognitions including society fellowships.

Initiated the practice of holding two faculty retreats a year with funding made available through a

corporate gift fund.

Empowered the MANE student advisory council by including them in major strategic planning

committees and faculty interviews. Helped develop by-laws.

GLOBAL REACH AND GLOBAL IMPACT

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

institutions.

Initiated MANE Annual Reports.

Revamped the MANE website. Currently undertaking the next stage of the web-page reform.

Initiated high-profile endowed seminar series on Engineering Design and Rotorcraft.

Engaged in regional community building. Initiated annual Northeast Regional Mechanical

Engineering Department Chairs Summits to discuss issues of common interest. The first summit

was held in 2014 in Boston and the second one in 2015 at RPI followed by a third one at UPenn in

2016. The Summits have taken off and planned for multiple out years. A new ASME group has also

been established for social networking of this group.

6

EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

Oversaw the largest positive uptick in diversity of MANE students. Since Fall of 2012 there has

been an increase in the number of women students by 45%, the number of African American by 70%

and Hispanic students by 110%.

Personal oversight of department faculty search and hiring efforts to broaden gender and ethnic

diversity to meet school of Engineering and Institute diversity goals. Appointed a diversity advocate

in each search committee who would comb through CVs and work with personal connections to

relentlessly promote diversity candidates. This resulted in a successful hiring of female faculty as well

as the first African American faculty member in the past 15 years.

Established MANE Diversity, Women's Affairs and Outreach Committee to evaluate

departmental climate for women and minority faculty, students and staff and develop

recommendations to improve the environment.

Established a new monthly colloquium and lunch series for women students in MANE.

Successfully promoted female faculty members from Assistant to Associate Professor with tenure.

Appointed the first female ABET coordinator for the Mechanical Engineering program.

EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT

Rensselaer centralizes Advancement initiatives, leaving little opportunity for individual Department

Heads to pursue such efforts. However, work closely with the Senior Advancement Officer at the

School of Engineering on strategic planning, gift solicitations, fostering long-term relationships with

potential donors and stewardship.

Initiated engagement with alums by:

o Initiating an annual Emerging Frontiers workshop in the spring to invite successful alumni in

specific areas of strategic interest to MANE, engage them in group discussions with faculty,

present awards and introduce them to students.

o Initiating an annual alumni event (Reconnect with MANE!) inviting all alums of all years to the

MANE department in the Fall.

o New awards for alums for sustained dedication to department.

o Publishing stories of successful alums in MANE Annual Report.

o Distributing regular postcards, e-bulletins and emails to convey department news and success

stories.

Regular visits with groups of former students. Some of these visits involve making presentations to

groups about department activities and plans. Host visits to the department by former students.

Actively promoted accomplishments and achievements of faculty and students through various

electronic and print media pieces. Part of a broad effort to present a professional image for the

Department, these promotional pieces are used in development activities.

Meetings with CEO, VP’s and other corporate senior management to develop industry partnerships with the

Institute, the School of Engineering, and a range of high-profile facilities/programs.

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

department.

Established new endowed colloquium series in Aerospace Engg (jointly with Georgia Tech).

Established new endowed colloquium series in Engineering Design.

Raised funds for new maker/tinker space from Lemelson Foundation.

Raised funds for new endowed scholarships.

New Career Development Chattar Chair in Energy

More than $4M in new gifts to the Department in five year period (2004-2009)

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS CENTER DIRECTOR (CENTER FOR MODELING,

SIMULATION AND IMAGING IN MEDICINE) AT RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC

INSTITUTE, 2010-PRESENT (seven years)

7

Assembled multi-disciplinary research team of more than 15 faculty members to establish a School of

Engineering center in 2010 which expanded rapidly to an Institute-wide center in 2013. Currently the

fastest growing center in the Institute.

Help facilitate research collaborations between Institute faculty and clinical and industrial

collaborators.

Grant management and forecasting.

IP development, management and transfer.

Oversight of four staff members.

Created undergraduate summer fellowship program. Support 15-25 undergraduate researchers per

semester.

Established an annual workshop series.

Established a monthly colloquium series.

Developed annual reports.

Established the Computational Simulation Consortium (CoSCo) in 2013 with twelve premier medical

institutions.

Established an IDEAS Workshop series on Virtual Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

in Boston.

Launched the CARGO (Cancer Research Group) initiative, in collaboration of our Biotech Center, to

bring together faculty working in the area of cancer research across the campus.

SUMMARY OF ACCOMPLISHMNETS IN EDUCATION

Firm commitment to undergraduate and graduate education and innovative pedagogy.

Revamped undergraduate introductory courses on Statics and Mechanical Engineering Design.

Developed and teaching undergraduate course on Finite Elements for past 12 years. Introduced

innovative Practicums and hands-on exercises and homework.

Developed two graduate courses: Generalized Finite Element Methods and Multiscale Modeling

Served as Curriculum Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering (2007-2012)

o Assisted the department head in teaching assignments every semester. The process involved

meeting with Mechanical Engineering faculty and coordinating with graduate and

undergraduate course offering goals of the department.

o Introduced a new mathematics course MATH 2010 Multivariate Calculus and Matrix Algebra

course to the Mechanical Engineering curriculum in 2009 to address an ABET concern

regarding inadequate Math credits.

o Working closely with department faculty, thoroughly restructured the ME concentration

electives.

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

Served as representative of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the School of Engineering

Curriculum Committee (2007-2012)

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP:

Educational Preparation

B.M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 1993

M.E., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1995

Sc.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001

Professional Experience

10/2000-12/2001 Research Scientist

Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

8

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

1/2002-2010 Research Affiliate

Research Laboratory of Electronics

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2002-2007 Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering and

Faculty of Information Technology (joint appointment)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

2007-2011 Associate Professor with tenure

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Department of Biomedical Engineering (joint appointment) and

Faculty of Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

2010 (Jan-Aug) Visiting Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

2010-present Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine

(CeMSIM)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

2011-present Professor

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Department of Biomedical Engineering (joint appointment) and

Faculty of Information Technology and Web Science (joint appointment)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

2012-present Head

Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

2015-present Professor (courtesy appointment)

Department of Surgery,

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

2015-present J Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professor of Engineering

Service and Administrative Responsibilities

Head, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, 2012-present

Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine, 2010-present.

9

Research Interests

Computational solid mechanics, haptics, virtual reality, medical simulations, real time computing,

multiscale methods.

Graduate and post-doctoral advising:

Served as major professor for 8 PhD students and 6 MS (thesis) students since 2002.

Served as committee member for 22 PhD students since 2002.

Supervised 23 postdoctoral researchers, three research assistant professors, one research scientist, one

research associate, one software engineer and a senior research scientist since 2002.

Currently (2017) advising 10 PhD students and supporting 3 postdoctoral researchers, one Senior

Research Specialist, one Senior Research Scientist, and one Software Engineer.

Course and curriculum Development

Developed two new graduate level courses, restructured two junior/senior level courses and added

substantial content to a freshman level course.

Publications

A. Books

(1) De, S., Hwang, W., and Kuhl, E. (Eds.). (2015). Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and

Mechanobiology. Springer.

(2) De, S., Guilak, F., and Mofrad, M. R. (Eds.). (2010). Computational Modeling in

Biomechanics. Springer.

B. Book Chapters

(1) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2016). Mechanical stabilities and properties of graphene, and its

modification by BN predicted from first-principles calculations. In M. Aliofkhazraei, N.

Ali, W. I. Milne, C. S. Ozkan, S. Mitura, and J. L. Gervasoni (Eds.), Graphene Science

Handbook: Mechanical and Chemical Properties (Vol. 4). CRC Press.

(2) De, S., (2015). Virtual reality simulation in minimally invasive surgery. In D.B. Jones

and S.D. Schwaitzberg (Eds), Operative Endoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery.

(3) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). Multimodal interactive simulations on the web. In

P. Cozzi and C. Riccio (Eds.), OpenGL Insights. CRC Press.

(4) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2013). Modeling Nonlinear Plasticity of Bone Mineral from

Nanoindentation Data. In S. Li and D. Qian (Eds.), Multiscale Simulations and

Mechanics of Biological Materials. John Wiley & Sons.

(5) Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). Simulator-based training

of NOTES procedures. In A. N. Kalloo, J. Marescaux, and R. Zorron (Eds.), Natural

Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery: Textbook and Video Atlas. John Wiley &

Sons.

(6) Lin, H., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). Haptics. In S. T. Tsuda, D. J. Scott,

and D. B. Jones (Eds.), Textbook of Simulation: Skills & Team Training. Cine-Med, Inc.

10

(7) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2012). Micromechanics of 3D Crystallized Protein Structures.

In S. Li and B. Sun (Eds.), Advances in Soft Matter Mechanics. Springer.

(8) De, S., and Rahul. (2010). Recent Advances in Global-Local Multiscale Methods for

Computational Mechanics. In B. H. V. Topping, J. M. Adam, F. J. Pallarés, R. Bru, and

M. L. Romero (Eds.), Developments and Applications in Computational Structures

Technology. Saxe-Coburg Publications, U. K.

(9) De, S., and Lim, Y. J. (2010). Interactive Surgical Simulation Using a Meshfree

Computational Method. In S. De, F. Guilak, and M. Mofrad (Eds.), Computational

Modeling in Biomechanics. Springer.

(10) De, S., and Maciel, A. (2012). Virtual Reality-based Surgical Trainers. In S. T. Tsuda, D.

J. Scott, and D. B. Jones (Eds.), Textbook of Simulation: Skills & Team Training. Cine-

Med, Inc.

(11) Macri, M., and De, S. (2009). A Partition of Unity-Based Multiscale Method. In A. J. M.

Ferreira, E. J. Kansa, G. E. Fasshauer, and V. M. A. Leitao (Eds.), Progress on Meshless

Methods. Springer.

(12) BaniHani, S., and De, S. (2007). Genetic Algorithms for Meshfree Numerical Integration.

In M. Griebel and M. A. Schweitzer (Eds.), Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential

Equations III (Vol. 57, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering).

Springer.

(13) Hiller, J. F., De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2000). On the State-Of-The-Art of Finite Element

Procedures and a Meshless Technique. In B. H. Topping (Ed.), Computational Mechanics

for the Twenty-First Century. Saxe-Coburg Publications, U. K.

C. Journal Articles [6 submitted, 7 accepted, 114 published]

Submitted

(1) Josyula, K., Rahul, De, S. A level sets approach for shock-induced α-γ phase transition of

RDX. Computational Mechanics (invited paper).

(2) Peng, Q., Sun X., Wang, H., Yang, Y., Huang, C., Liu, S., and De, S. Properties of the

Graphene-like Structure of Indium Nitride predicted from first-principles calculations.

Submitted to Scientific Reports.

(3) Peng, Q., and De, S. Mechanical Failure of Hexagonal Boron Nitride Monolayer.

Submitted to Philosophical Magazine.

(4) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G. R., and De, S. Mechanical behaviors of β-HMX under shock

loading. Submitted to Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

(5) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G.R., Sun, J., Zhang, S., and De, S. van der Waals Density

Functional Theory vdW-DFq for Semihard Materials. Submitted to Nature

Communications.

(6) Wang, G., Liu, G. R., Peng, Q., and De, S. A smoothed particle hydrodynamics method

with ignition and growth model for the simulation of PBX 9501. Submitted to Shock

Waves.

Accepted

(1) Dorozhkin D., Nemani, A., Roberts, K., Ahn, W., Halic, T., Dargar, S., Wang, J., Cao, C.,

Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2016) Face and content validation of a virtual

transluminal endoscopic surgery trainer (VTESTTM

). Surgical Endoscopy [Epub].

(2) Dorozhkin, D., Jones, D.B., Schwaitzberg, S.D., Jones, S.B., Cao, C.G.L., Molina, M.,

Henriques, S., Wang, J., Flinn, J. De, S., and Olasky, J. (2016), OR fire virtual training

simulator: design and face validation. Surgical Endoscopy (accepted)

11

(3) Dargar, S., Akyildiz, A., and De, S. (2016). In situ mechanical characterization of

multilayer soft tissue using ultrasound imaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical

Engineering. Accepted & in print.

(4) Karaki, W., Akyildiz, A., De, S. and Tasciuc, D.A.B. (2016). Energy dissipation in Ex-

Vivo Porcine Liver during Electrosurgery. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical

Engineering. DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2016.2595525

(5) Ye, H., De, S. (2016). Thermal injury of skin and subcutaneous tissues: A review of

experimental approaches and numerical models. Burns. DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.11.014

(6) Rahul, De, S. (2016). A multi-physics model for ultrasonically activated soft tissue.

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. DOI:

10.1016/j.cma.2016.07.026

(7) Wang,G., Liu,G.R., Peng,Q., and De,S. (2016), "A SPH implementation with ignition and

growth and afterburning models for aluminized explosives", International Journal of

Computational Methods.

Published

(1) Demirel, D., Butler, K. L., Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., Spindler, D., Cao, C., Petrusa,

E., Molina, M., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2016), A hierarchical task analysis of

cricothyroidotomy procedure for a virtual airway skills trainer simulator. The American

Journal of Surgery. 212(3), 475-484.

(2) Dargar, S., De, S., and Sankaranarayanan, G. (2016), Development of a Haptic Interface

for the Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery Simulator. IEEE Transactions

on Haptics, 9(3), 333-344.

(3) Gromski, M.A., Ahn, W., Matthes, K. and De, S. (2016), Pre-clinical training for new

NOTES procedures. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics, 26(2), 401-412 (invited paper).

(4) Chellali, A., Mentis, H., Miller, A., Ahn, W., Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., De,

S., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Cao, G. L. (2016), Achieving Interface and Environment Fidelity

in the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Trainer. International Journal of Human-Computer

Studies, 96:22-37.

(5) Dargar, S., De, S. and Sankaranarayanan, G. (2016). Development of a haptic interface for

natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery simulation. IEEE Transactions on

Haptics. 9, 333-344.

(6) Rahul, and De, S. (2016). A phase-field model for shock-induced α-γ phase transition of

RDX. International Journal of Plasticity, 88, 140-158.

(7) Josyula, K., Rahul, and De, S. (2016). Quasi-static Response and Texture Evolution of α-

and γ-polymorphs of Cyclotrimethylene Trinitramine: A Comparative Study.

Philosophical Magazine. 96, 1790-1808.

(8) Schwaitzberg, S. D., Dorozhkin, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Jones, D. B., and

De, S. (2016). Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): emerging

trends and specifications for a virtual simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 30(1), 190-198.

(9) Peng,Q., Ji,W., Lian,J., Gao,F., Peng,S., Huang,H., and De,S., "A first-principles study of

the avalanche pressure of alpha zirconium", RSC Advances,(2016), 6, 72551 - 72558

(10) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S. (2015). An iterative predictor–corrector approach for modeling

static and kinetic friction in interactive simulations. Graphical Models, 82, 29-42.

(11) Dargar, S., Kennedy, R., Lai, W., Arikatla, V., and De, S. (2015). Towards immersive

virtual reality (iVR): a route to surgical expertise. Journal of computational surgery, 2(1),

1-26.

(12) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Manser, K., Jones, S. B., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S.,

Cao, C. G., and De, S. (2015). Face and construct validation of a next generation virtual

reality (Gen2-VR©) surgical simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 1-7.

(13) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Miller, A., Wakily, H., Jones, S. B., Schwaitzberg, S.,

Jones, D. B., De, S., and Olasky, J. (2015). Face validation of the Virtual Electrosurgery

Skill Trainer (VEST©). Surgical endoscopy, 1-9.

12

(14) Schwaitzberg, S. D., Dorozhkin, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Jones, D. B., and

De, S. (2016). Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES): emerging

trends and specifications for a virtual simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 30(1), 190-198.

(15) Olasky, J., Sankaranarayanan, G., Seymour, N. E., Magee, J. H., Enquobahrie, A., Lin, M.

C., Aggarwal, R., Brunt, L. M., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Cao, C. G., and De, S. (2015).

Identifying Opportunities for Virtual Reality Simulation in Surgical Education; A Review

of the Proceedings from the Innovation, Design, and Emerging Alliances in Surgery

(IDEAS) Conference: VR Surgery. Surgical innovation, 22(5), 514-521.

(16) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Multiscale modeling of polycrystalline materials with Jacobian-

free multiscale method (JFMM). Computational Mechanics, 55(4), 643-657.

(17) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Analysis of the Jacobian-free multiscale method (JFMM).

Computational Mechanics, 56(5), 769-783.

(18) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2015). Optimization model for web based multimodal

interactive simulations. Expert systems with applications, 42(12), 5245-5255.

(19) Peng, Q., Dearden, A. K., Chen, X. J., Huang, C., Wen, X., and De, S. (2015). Peculiar

pressure effect on Poisson ratio of graphone as a strain damper. Nanoscale, 7(22), 9975-

9979.

(20) Wang, G., Liu, G., Peng, Q., De, S., Feng, D., and Liu, M. (2015). A 3D Smoothed

Particle Hydrodynamics Method with Reactive Flow Model for the Simulation of ANFO.

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 40(4), 566-575.

(21) Peng, Q., Han, L., Lian, J., Wen, X., Liu, S., Chen, Z., Koratkar, N., and De, S. (2015).

Mechanical degradation of graphene by epoxidation: insights from first-principles

calculations. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(29), 19484-19490.

(22) Peng, Q., Han, L., Wen, X., Liu, S., Chen, Z., Lian, J., and De, S. (2015). Mechanical

properties and stabilities of g-ZnS monolayers. RSC Advances, 5(15), 11240-11247.

(23) Peng, Q., Chen, Z., and De, S. (2015). A density functional theory study of the mechanical

properties of graphane with van der Waals corrections. Mechanics of Advanced Materials

and Structures, 22(9), 717-721.

(24) Peng, Q., Han, L., Wen, X., Liu, S., Chen, Z., Lian, J., and De, S. (2015). Mechanical

properties and stabilities of α-boron monolayers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics,

17(3), 2160-2168.

(25) Wang, G., Peng, Q., Liu, G. R., and De, S. (2015). Microscopic study of Equation of State

of β-HMX using reactive molecular dynamics simulations. RSC Advances, 5(69), 55892–

55900.

(26) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G. R., Grimme, S., and De, S. (2015). Predicting Elastic

Properties of β-HMX from First-principles calculations. The Journal of Physical

Chemistry B, 119(18), 5896-5903.

(27) Josyula, K., Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Thermomechanical properties and equation of state

for the γ-polymorph of hexahydro-1, 3, 5-trinitro-1, 3, 5-triazine. RSC Advances, 4(78),

41491-41499.

(28) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Multiscale modeling of irradiated polycrystalline FCC metals.

International Journal of Solids and Structures, 51(23), 3919-3930.

(29) De, S., Zamiri, A. R., and Rahul (2014). A fully anisotropic single crystal model for high

strain rate loading conditions with an application to α-RDX. Journal of the Mechanics and

Physics of Solids, 64, 287-301.

(30) Peng, Q., Dearden, A. K., Crean, J., Han, L., Liu, S., Wen, X., and De, S. (2014). New

materials graphyne, graphdiyne, graphone, and graphane: review of properties, synthesis,

and application in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology, science and applications, 7(2), 1-29.

(invited review)

(31) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Elastic limit of silicane. Nanoscale, 6(20), 12071-12079.

(32) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Lian, J., Chen, X. J., Huang, H., Gao, F., and De, S. (2014). Pressure

effect on stabilities of self-Interstitials in HCP-Zirconium. Scientific reports, 4.

13

(33) Peng, Q., Rahul, Wang, G., Liu, G. R., and De, S. (2014). Structures, mechanical

properties, equations of state, and electronic properties of β-HMX under hydrostatic

pressures: a DFT-D2 study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(37), 19972-19983.

(34) Dargar, S., Brino, C., Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2015).

Characterization of Force and Torque Interactions During a Simulated Transgastric

Appendectomy Procedure. Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 62(3), 890-

899.

(35) Chellali, A., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., Flinn, J. T., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D.

B., De, S., and Cao, C. G. (2015). Preliminary evaluation of the pattern cutting and the

ligating loop virtual laparoscopic trainers. Surgical endoscopy, 29(4), 815-821.

(36) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Olasky, J. S., Adra, S., Roberts, K. E., Panait, L.,

Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2014). A comparison of NOTES

transvaginal and laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures based upon task analysis.

Surgical endoscopy, 28(8), 2443-2451.

(37) Olasky, J., Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., Miller, A., De, S., Jones, D. B.,

Schwaitzberg, S. D., Schneider, B. E., and Cao, C. G. (2014). Effects of sleep hours and

fatigue on performance in laparoscopic surgery simulators. Surgical endoscopy, 28(9),

2564-2568.

(38) Arikatla, V. S., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2014). Towards virtual FLS:

development of a peg transfer simulator. The International Journal of Medical Robotics

and Computer Assisted Surgery, 10(3), 344-355.

(39) Allen, B. F., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S. D., and De, S. (2014). Survey-based analysis

of fundamental tasks for effective use of electrosurgical instruments. Surgical endoscopy,

28(4), 1166-1172.

(40) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2014). Z-fiber influence on high speed penetration of 3D

orthogonal woven fiber composites. Mechanics of materials, 68, 147-163.

(41) Lu, Z., Arikatla, V. S., Han, Z., Allen, B. F., and De, S. (2014). A physics-based

algorithm for real-time simulation of electrosurgery procedures in minimally invasive

surgery. The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery,

10(4), 495-504.

(42) Khan, I. M., Ahn, W., Anderson, K. S., and De, S. (2013). A logarithmic complexity

floating frame of reference formulation with interpolating splines for articulated multi-

flexible-body dynamics. International journal of non-linear mechanics, 57, 146-153.

(43) Zhang, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla, V. S., Ahn, W., Grosdemouge, C., Rideout, J.

M., Epstein, S. K., De, S., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D. B., and Cao, C. G. (2013).

Characterizing the learning curve of the VBLaST-PT©(Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill

Trainer). Surgical endoscopy, 27(10), 3603-3615.

(44) Sankaranarayanan, G., Resapu, R. R., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. (2013).

Common uses and cited complications of energy in surgery. Surgical endoscopy, 27(9),

3056-3072.

(45) Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., Nemani, A., Ahn, W., Kato, M., Jones, D. B.,

Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. (2013). Needs analysis for developing a virtual-reality

NOTES simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 27(5), 1607-1616.

(46) Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Chellali, A., De, S., Caroline, G. L.,

Hwabejire, J., DeMoya, M., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B. (2013). Face and construct

validation of a virtual peg transfer simulator. Surgical endoscopy, 27(5), 1721-1729.

(47) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical properties and instabilities of ordered graphene

oxide C 6 O monolayers. RSC Advances, 3(46), 24337-24344.

(48) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2013). Outstanding mechanical properties of monolayer MoS2 and

its application in elastic energy storage. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(44),

19427-19437.

(49) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical properties of g-GaN: a first

principles study. Applied Physics A, 113(2), 483-490.

14

(50) Peng, Q., Crean, J., Dearden, A. K., Huang, C., Wen, X., Bordas, S. P., and De, S. (2013).

Defect engineering of 2D monatomic-layer materials. Modern Physics Letters B, 27(23),

1330017. (invited review)

(51) Peng, Q., Chen, X. J., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). Chemically tuning mechanics of graphene

by bn. Advanced Engineering Materials, 15(8), 718-727.

(52) Peng, Q., Wen, X., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical stabilities of silicene. RSC Advances,

3(33), 13772-13781.

(53) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). A first-principles study of the mechanical

properties of g-GeC. Mechanics of Materials, 64, 135-141.

(54) Peng, Q., Chen, X. J., Liu, S., and De, S. (2013). Mechanical stabilities and properties of

graphene-like aluminum nitride predicted from first-principles calculations. RSC

Advances, 3(19), 7083-7092.

(55) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., and De, S. (2013). Axial ratio dependence of the stability of

self-interstitials in HCP structures. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 437(1), 293-296.

(56) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). A theoretical analysis of the effect of the

hydrogenation of graphene to graphane on its mechanical properties. Physical Chemistry

Chemical Physics, 15(6), 2003-2011.

(57) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). First-principles study of the effects of mechanical

strains on the radiation hardness of hexagonal boron nitride monolayers. Nanoscale, 5(2),

695-703.

(58) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2013). A first principles investigation of the

mechanical properties of g-ZnO: The graphene-like hexagonal zinc oxide monolayer.

Computational Materials Science, 68, 320-324.

(59) Peng, Q., Liang, C., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). A first principles investigation of the

mechanical properties of g-TlN. Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Material Science,

2(4), 76-84.

(60) Peng, Q., Zamiri, A. R., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). Elastic properties of hybrid

graphene/boron nitride monolayer. Acta Mechanica, 223(12), 2591-2596.

(61) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). Mechanical properties of graphyne monolayers: a

first-principles study. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 14(38), 13385-13391.

(62) Peng, Q., Ji, W., Huang, H., and De, S. (2012). Stability of self-interstitial atoms in hcp-

Zr. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 429(1), 233-236.

(63) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). Mechanical properties of the hexagonal boron nitride

monolayer: Ab initio study. Computational Materials Science, 56, 11-17.

(64) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2012). Tunable band gaps of mono-layer hexagonal BNC

heterostructures. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 44(7), 1662-

1666.

(65) De, S., Deo, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., and Arikatla, V. S. (2011). A Physics-Driven

Neural Networks-based Simulation System (PhyNNeSS) for Multimodal Interactive

Virtual Environments Involving Nonlinear Deformable Objects. Presence: Teleoperators

& Virtual Environments, 20(4), 289-308.

(66) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2011). Multiscale modeling of the anisotropic shock response

of β-HMX molecular polycrystals. Interaction and multiscale mechanics, 4(2), 139-153.

(special issue)

(67) Sankaranarayanan, G., Adair, J. D., Halic, T., Gromski, M. A., Lu, Z., Ahn, W., Jones, D.

B. and De, S. (2011). Validation of a novel laparoscopic adjustable gastric band simulator.

Surgical endoscopy, 25(4), 1012-1018.

(68) Krishna, S., and De, S. (2011). A temperature and rate-dependent micromechanical model

of molybdenum under neutron irradiation. Mechanics of Materials, 43(2), 99-110.

(69) Rahul, and De, S. (2011). An efficient block preconditioner for Jacobian-free global-local

multiscale methods. International journal for numerical methods in engineering, 87(7),

639-663.

15

(70) Maciel, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Halic, T., Arikatla, V. S., Lu, Z., and De, S. (2011).

Surgical model-view-controller simulation software framework for local and collaborative

applications. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 6(4),

457-471.

(71) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2011). Modeling the Anisotropic Deformation Response of β-

HMX Molecular Crystals. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 36(3), 247-251.

(72) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2011). Mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite single crystals

from nanoindentation data. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials,

4(2), 146-152. (among top 10 "hottest articles" of the year)

(73) Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2010). GPU-based efficient realistic

techniques for bleeding and smoke generation in surgical simulators. The International

Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 6(4), 431-443.

(74) Eom, J., Xu, X. G., De, S., and Shi, C. (2010). Predictive modeling of lung motion over

the entire respiratory cycle using measured pressure-volume data, 4DCT images, and

finite-element analysis. Medical physics, 37(8), 4389-4400.

(75) Krishna, S., Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Dislocation and defect density-based

micromechanical modeling of the mechanical behavior of fcc metals under neutron

irradiation. Philosophical Magazine, 90(30), 4013-4025.

(76) Adair, J. D., Gromski, M. A., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Jones, D., and Adair, G.

(2010). Simulation in Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery. Bariatric Times, 7(6), 10-12.

(77) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the mechanical response of tetragonal lysozyme

crystals. Langmuir, 26(6), 4251-4257.

(78) Sankaranarayanan, G., Lin, H., Arikatla, V. S., Mulcare, M., Zhang, L., Derevianko, A.,

Lim, R., Fobert, D., Cao, C., Schwaitzberg, S. D., and Jones, D. B. (2010). Preliminary

face and construct validation study of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer. Journal of

Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 20(2), 153-157.

(79) Zamiri, A. R., and De, S. (2010). Deformation distribution maps of β-HMX molecular

crystals. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 43(3), 035404.

(80) Conde, J. G., De, S., Hall, R. W., Johansen, E., Meglan, D., and Peng, G. C. (2010).

Telehealth innovations in health education and training. Telemedicine and e-Health,

16(1), 103-106.

(81) Rahul, and De, S. (2010). An efficient coarse-grained parallel algorithm for matrix-free

global-local multiscale computations on massively parallel systems. International Journal

for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 82(3), 379-402.

(82) Maciel, A., Halic, T., Lu, Z., Nedel, L. P., and De, S. (2009). Using the PhysX engine for

physics-based virtual surgery with force feedback. The International Journal of Medical

Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 5(3), 341-353.

(83) Lim, Y. J., Deo, D., Singh, T. P., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2009). In situ measurement and

modeling of biomechanical response of human cadaveric soft tissues for physics-based

surgical simulation. Surgical endoscopy, 23(6), 1298-1307.

(84) De, S., and Johnson, C. R. (2009). Preface to Engineering with Computers. Special

Edition: computational bioengineering. Engineering with Computers, 25(1), 1-2.

(85) BaniHani, S. M., and De, S. (2009). A comparison of some model order reduction

methods for fast simulation of soft tissue response using the point collocation-based

method of finite spheres. Engineering with computers, 25(1), 37-47.

(86) Kim, J., Ahn, B., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2008). An efficient soft tissue

characterization algorithm from in vivo indentation experiments for medical simulation.

The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 4(3), 277-

285.

(87) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). An efficient dynamic point algorithm for line-based

collision detection in real time virtual environments involving haptics. Computer

Animation and Virtual Worlds, 19(2), 151-163.

16

(88) Maciel, A., Liu, Y., Ahn, W., Singh, T. P., Dunnican, W., and De, S. (2008).

Development of the VBLaST™: a virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer. The

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 4(2), 131-138.

(89) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2008). Method of finite spheres solution of micron-scale

plasticity based on a strain gradient formulation. Computers & Structures, 86(23), 2109-

2122.

(90) Macri, M., and De, S. (2008). An octree partition of unity method (OctPUM) with

enrichments for multiscale modeling of heterogeneous media. Computers & Structures,

86(7), 780-795.

(91) Kim, J., Choi, C., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2007). Virtual surgery simulation for

medical training using multi-resolution organ models. The International Journal of

Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 3(2), 149-158.

(92) De, S., Guilak, F. and Mofrad, M. R. K. (2007). Preface: Special issue in Computational

Bioengineering. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196(31-32),

2963-2964.

(93) Macri, M., and De, S. (2007). Enrichment of the method of finite spheres using geometry-

independent localized scalable bubbles. International journal for numerical methods in

engineering, 69(1), 1-32.

(94) BaniHani, S. M., and De, S. (2007). On the evaluation of the method of finite spheres for

the solution of Reissner–Mindlin plate problems using the numerical inf–sup test.

International journal for numerical methods in engineering, 70(11), 1366-1386.

(95) Lim, Y. J., Jin, W., and De, S. (2007). On some recent advances in multimodal surgery

simulation: A hybrid approach to surgical cutting and the use of video images for

enhanced realism. Presence, 16(6), 563-583. (Top 10 most downloaded articles. This

article was also featured on the cover of the journal, Dec 2007 issue)

(96) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2007). Real time simulation of nonlinear tissue response in virtual

surgery using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres. Computer Methods in

Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 196(31), 3011-3024.

(97) Bjornsson, C. S., Oh, S. J., Al-Kofahi, Y. A., Lim, Y. J., Smith, K. L., Turner, J. N., De,

S., Roysam, B., Shain, W. and Kim, S. J. (2006). Effects of insertion conditions on tissue

strain and vascular damage during neuroprosthetic device insertion. Journal of neural

engineering, 3(3), 196.

(98) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2006). Computationally Efficient technique for the solution of

Timoshenko beam and Mindlin-Reissner plate problems using the Method of Finite

Spheres. International Journal of Computational Methods, 3(4), 465-501.

(99) BaniHani, S., and De, S. (2006). Development of a genetic algorithm-based lookup table

approach for efficient numerical integration in the method of finite spheres with

application to the solution of thin beam and plate problems. International journal for

numerical methods in engineering, 67(12), 1700-1729.

(100) De, S., Lim, Y. J., Manivannan, M., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2006). Physically realistic

virtual surgery using the point-associated finite field (PAFF) approach. Presence:

Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(3), 294-308.

(101) Macri, M., Tichy, J., and De, S. (2005). Some examples of the method of finite spheres

with enrichment. International Journal of Computational Methods, 2(04), 517-541.

(102) Aslam, A., and De, S. (2005). A comparison of several numerical methods for the solution

of the Convection-Diffusion Equation using the method of finite spheres. Computational

Mechanics, 36(5), 398-407.

(103) Idelsohn, S., De, S., and Orkisz, J. (2005). Preface: Advances in Meshfree Methods,

Computers & Structures, 83(17-18), 1365.

(104) De, S., Kim, J., Lim, Y. J., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2005). The point collocation-based

method of finite spheres (PCMFS) for real time surgery simulation. Computers &

structures, 83(17), 1515-1525.

(105) Macri, M., Tichy, J., and De, S. (2005). On the application of the method of finite spheres

to problems in tribology. Revue Européenne des Eléments, 14(2-3), 339-366.

17

(106) Macri, M., and De, S. (2005). Towards an automatic discretization scheme for the method

of finite spheres and its coupling with the finite element method. Computers & structures,

83(17), 1429-1447.

(107) Basdogan, C., De, S., Kim, J., Muniyandi, M., Kim, H., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2004).

Haptics in minimally invasive surgical simulation and training. Computer Graphics and

Applications, IEEE, 24(2), 56-64.

(108) De, S., Hong, J. W., and Bathe, K. J. (2003). On the method of finite spheres in

applications: towards the use with ADINA and in a surgical simulator. Computational

Mechanics, 31(1-2), 27-37.

(109) De, S. (2003). Efficient Computation of Fluid Drag Forces on Micromachined Devices

Using a Boundary Integral Equation-Based Approach. International Journal for

Multiscale Computational Engineering, 1(2&3), 277-288.

(110) Macri, M., De, S., and Shephard, M. S. (2003). Hierarchical tree-based discretization for

the method of finite spheres. Computers & structures, 81(8), 789-803.

(111) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). Displacement/pressure mixed interpolation in the method

of finite spheres. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 51(3),

275-292.

(112) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). Towards an efficient meshless computational technique:

the method of finite spheres. Engineering Computations, 18(1/2), 170-192.

(113) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). The method of finite spheres with improved numerical

integration. Computers & Structures, 79(22), 2183-2196.

(114) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2000). The method of finite spheres. Computational Mechanics,

25(4), 329-345.

D. Publications in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings

(1) Rayason A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Butler, K. L., DeMoya, M., De, S (2016). 3D

Force/Torque Characterization of Emergency Cricothyroidotomy Procedure using an

Instrumental Scalpel. In proceedings of the IEEE 38th Annual Engineering in Medicine and

Biology Society (EMBS) conference. 2145-2148.

(2) Nemani, A., et al. "Objective Surgical Skill Differentiation for Physical and Virtual

Surgical Trainers via Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy." Studies in health technology

and informatics 220 (2016): 256.

(3) Demirel, D., Yu, A., Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ryason, A., Spindler, D., Butler, K.

L., Cao, C., Petrusa, E., Molina, M., Jones, D., De, S., Demoya, M., Jones, S. (2016).

Virtual Airway Skills Trainer (VAST) Simulator. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 22:

NextMed/MMVR22, 220, 91.

(4) Dargar, S., Akyildiz, A. C., and S. De. (2016). Development of a Soft Tissue Elastography

Robotic Arm (STiERA). Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 22: NextMed/MMVR22 220, 77.

(5) Karaki, W., Akyildiz, A. C., Tasciuc, D. A. B., and De, S. (2016). Measurement of

Temperature Dependent Apparent Specific Heat Capacity in Electrosurgery. Medicine

Meets Virtual Reality 22: NextMed/MMVR22, 220, 171.

(6) Josyula, K., Rahul, De, S. (2016). In silico study of the α-γ phase transformation of

hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) under hydrostatic loading. MRS Fall Meeting

and Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts.

(7) Rahul, De, S., (2016). Modeling of thermomechanical damage of ultrasonically activated

soft tissue. VII European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and

Engineering. Crete Island, Greece.

(8) Josyula, K., Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Thermomechanical Properties and Equation of State

of γ-RDX. In 13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. San Diego, CA.

18

(9) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Phase-field modeling of the α-γ phase transformation of RDX. In

13th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. San Diego, CA.

(10) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Phase-field modeling of shock-induced α-γ phase transformation

of RDX. In 19th Biennial APS Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter.

Tampa, FL.

(11) Rahul, and De, S. (2015). Modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX with Jacobian-free

Newton-Krylov method. In VI International Conference on Computational Methods for

Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering. Venice, Italy.

(12) Arikatla, S. V., Ortiz, R., Thompson, D., Adams, D., Enquobahrie, A., and De, S. (2015). A

hybrid approach to simulate tissue behavior during surgical simulation. In 4th International

Conference on Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering. France.

(13) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2015). Predicting Elastic Properties of β-HMX from First-principles

Calculations. In American Physical Society (APS) March meeting. San Antonio, TX.

(14) Butler, K., Petrusa, E., Spindler, D., Ryason, A., Demeril, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., Cao,

C. G. L., Molina, M., Jones, D. B., De, S., and Demoya, M. (2015). A Hierarchical Task

Analysis of Cricothyroidtomy Procedure for a Virtual Airway Skills Trainer (VAST©)

Simulator. In Proceedings of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE). Seattle, WA.

(15) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Miller, A., Wakily, H., Jones, S. B., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones,

D. B., De, S., and Olasky, J. (2015). Face validation of the Virtual Electrosurgery Skill

Trainer (VEST©). In Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of American

Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Nashville, TN.

(16) Nemani, A., Intes, X., and De, S. (2015). Surgical motor skill differentiation via functional

near infrared spectroscopy. In North East Biomedical Engineering Conference (NEBEC).

Troy, NY.

(17) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2015). Pressure effect on stabilities of self-Interstitials in HCP-

Zirconium. In American Physical Society (APS) March meeting. San Antonio, TX.

(18) Peng, Q., Wang, G., Liu, G. R., and De, S. (2015). Modeling the material strength and

equations of state of beta-HMX from both first-principles calculations and molecular

dynamics simulations. In 19th Biennial APS Conference on Shock Compression of

Condensed Matter. Tampa, FL.

(19) Liu, G. R., Peng, Q., Wang, G., and De, S. (2015). A Molecular Dynamics simulation of

Hugoniot curves of HMX using ReaxFF and its application in SPH modeling of macroscale

terminal effects. In 19th Biennial APS Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed

Matter. Tampa, FL.

(20) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2015). Multiscale modeling of the nanoindentation of bcc iron using

QCDFT method. In 13th U.S. National Congress for Computational Mechanics. San

Diego, CA.

(21) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX. In MRS Fall

Meeting & Exhibit. Boston, MA.

(22) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Continuum modeling of the α-γ phase transformation of RDX. In

15th International Detonation Symposium. San Francisco, CA.

(23) Rahul, and De, S. (2014). Phase-field modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX. In 15th

International Detonation Symposium. San Francisco, CA.

(24) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Phase-field modeling of deformation twinning of β-HMX. In

15th International Detonation Symposium. San Francisco, CA.

(25) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). A first-principles investigation of the equation of states and

molecular hot spots of β-HMX. In 15th International Detonation Symposium. San

Francisco, CA.

(26) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). A first-principles investigation of the crystal structure, elastic

properties, and equation of states of β-cyclotetramethylene tetranitramine (HMX). In

Gordon Research Seminar on Energetic materials. Newry, ME.

19

(27) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Outstanding mechanical properties of monolayer MoS2 and its

application in elastic energy storage. In American Physical Society (APS) March meeting.

Denver, CO.

(28) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Elastic limit of silicane. In 17th U.S. National Congress on

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. East Lansing, MI.

(29) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2014). Crystal structure, elastic properties, and equation of states of

β-HMX: A DFT-D2 study. In Gordon Research Conference on Energetic materials.

Newry, ME.

(30) Halic, T., Ahn, W., De, S. (2014). pWeb: A High-Performance, Parallel-Computing

Framework for Web-Browser-Based Medical Simulation. In Studies in Health Technology

and Informatics, 196, 150-154.

(31) Dargar, S., Lam, B., Horodyski, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2014). A Decoupled

2 DOF Force Feedback Mechanism for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical

Trainer (VTESTTM

). In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 86-88.

(32) Brino, C., Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Matthes, K., and De, S. (2014). Haptic

Interactions During Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. In Proceedings of

IEEE haptics symposium (HAPTICS), 617-622.

(33) Roche, C. A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Matthes. K., and De, S. (2014). Kinematic

Measures for Evaluating Skills in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. In

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 339-345.

(34) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., and De, S. (2014). A Framework for Providing Cognitive

Feedback in Surgical Simulators. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196,

369-371.

(35) Nemani, A., Intes, X., and De, S. (2014). Monte Carlo based simulation for evaluating

optode fiber placement in prefrontal cortex imagining of motor skills during surgical

training. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 339-345.

(36) Ahn, W., Dargar, S., Halic T., Lee, J., Li, B., Pan, J., Sankaranarayanan, G., Roberts, K.,

and De, S. (2014). Development of a virtual reality simulator for natural orifice

translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) cholecystetctomy procedure. In Studies in

Health Technology and Informatics, 196, 1-5.

(37) Ahn, W., Dargar, S., Halic T., Sankaranarayanan, G., Roberts, K., and De, S. (2014).

Preliminary face validation of a virtual transluminal endoscopic surgery trainer (VTEST).

In Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal

Surgeons (SAGES). Salt Lake City, UT.

(38) Sankaranarayanan, G., Li, B., Chellai, A., Mentis, H., Jones, S. B., Jones, D. B.,

Schwaitzberg, S., De, S., and Cao, C. G. L. (2014). Preliminary Validation of a Novel

VR2© (VR within VR) Simulator for Surgical Education. In Proceedings of the 2014

Association of Surgical Education Meeting (ASE). Chicago, IL.

(39) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2014). System Characterization of a novel

haptic interface for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery simulation. In

Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine Conference (EMBC). Chicago, IL.

(40) Li, B., Sankaranarayanan, G., Jones, S. B., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., De, S., and Cao,

C. G. L. (2014). A new virtual reality surgical trainer with distractions for situated and

cognitive training. In Proceedings of the 2014 Association of Surgical Education Meeting

(ASE). Chicago, IL.

(41) Chellali, A., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., Flinn J. T., Schwaitzberg, S. D., Jones, D. B.,

De, S., and Cao, C. G. (2014). Preliminary evaluation of the pattern cutting and the ligating

loop virtual laparoscopic trainers. In Proceedings of the 2014 Annual Meeting of the

Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Salt Lake City, UT.

(42) Allen, B., Schwaitzberg, S., Jones, D., and De, S. (2014). Toward the Development of a

Virtual Electrosurgery Training Simulator. In Studies in Health Technology and

Informatics, 196, 11-13.

20

(43) Peng, Q., Ji., W., and De, S. (2013). A Theoretical Analysis of the Effect of the

Hydrogenation of Graphene to Graphane on Its Mechanical Properties. In American

Physical Society March meeting. Baltimore, MD.

(44) Peng, Q., Ji., W., and De, S. (2013). Monovacancy in hcp-Zirconium. In American Physical

Society March meeting. Baltimore, MD.

(45) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2013). A real three-dimensional QCDFT model and its applications.

In 12th U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Raleigh, NC.

(46) Rahul, and De, S. (2013). Phase-field modeling of deformation twinning in β-HMX. In

12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Raleigh, NC.

(47) Rahul, and De, S. (2013). Multiscale modeling of irradiated polycrystalline FCC metals. In

12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Raleigh, NC.

(48) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S. (2013). A multilevel framework for linear projection constraints.

In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia.

(49) Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., and Cao, C. G. L. (2013). Characterization of the Learning

Plateau and the Learning Rate of the VBlaST PT Simulator with a Kinematic Objective

Performance Metric. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

Meeting, 57, 668-672.

(50) Olasky, J., Eskander, M., Ahn, W., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Chellai, A., Cao, G. L.,

Feldman, L. S., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B. (2013). The Impact of Simulator Based

Electrosurgical Training on Resident Education. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual

Meeting of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.

(51) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., De, S., Roberts, K., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D. B.

(2013). Time Series Analysis for Rigid Scope NOTES Transvaginal and Laparoscopic

Cholecystectomy. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American

Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.

(52) Kaplan, C., Lanigan, A., Lin., Henry, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ritter, M., Schwaitzberg,

S., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2013). Exposure to FLS task outweighs Video Gaming

Experience for the VBLaST PT. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society

of American Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.

(53) Chellali, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhang, L., Cao, C. G. L., De, S., Jones, D. B., and

Schneider, B. (2013). Effects of Sleep hours and Fatigue on Performance in Laparoscopic

Surgery Simulators. In Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of American

Gastrointestinal Surgeons (SAGES). Baltimore, MD.

(54) Chin, L., Sankaranarayanan, G., Dargar, S., Kai, M., and De, S. (2013). Objective

Performance Measures Using Motion Sensors on an Endoscopic Tool for Evaluating Skills

in Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). In Studies in Health

Technology and Informatics, 184, 78-84.

(55) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2013). The Use of Rotational Optical

Encoders for Dial Sensing in the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical Trainer. In

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 103-105.

(56) Dargar, S., Solley, T., Nemani, A., Brino, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2013). The

Development of a Haptic Interface for the Virtual Translumenal Endoscopic Surgical

Trainer. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 106-108.

(57) Dargar, S., Nunno, A., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2013). Microsoft Kinect Based

Head Tracking for Life Size Collaborative Surgical Simulation Environments. In Studies in

Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 109-113.

(58) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, G.,Cao, C. G. L., and De, S. (2013). Hierarchical Task

Analysis of Hybrid Rigid Scope Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery

(NOTES) Cholecystectomy Procedures. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics,

184, 293-297.

21

(59) Arikatla, V. S., and De, S. (2013). A modified multilevel scheme for internal and external

constraints in virtual environments. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184,

31-35.

(60) Arikatla, V. S., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Chellali A., Cao, C.G.L., and De S.

(2013). Development and Validation of VBLaST-PT: A Virtual Peg Transfer Simulator. In

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 184, 31-35.

(61) Ahn, W., Halic, T., and De, S. (2013). Pattern Cutting and Ligating Loop Simulation in

Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer (VBLaST©). In Studies in health technology and

informatics, 184, 1-5.

(62) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2013). Performance Optimization of Web-Based Medical

Simulation. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 184, 168-175.

(63) Kahn, I. M., Ahn, W., Anderson, K. S., and De, S. (2013). Multi-Flexible-Body Simulation

Using Interpolating Spline in a Divide-And-Conquer Scheme. In Proceedings of the ASME

2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and

Information in Engineering Conference. Portland, OR.

(64) De, S., and Rahul (2013). A Block Preconditioned Jacobian-free Multiscale Method

(JFMM). In V International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems

in Science and Engineering. Ibiza, Spain.

(65) Peng, Q., and De., S. (2012). Golden Rule of Radiation Hardness: a Study of Strain Effect

on Controlled Radiation Damage. In American Physical Society March meeting. Boston,

MA.

(66) Peng, Q., Ji, W., and De, S. (2012). A Two-dimensional Jelly: Mechanical properties of

graphyne. In 22nd International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials.

Baltimore, MD.

(67) Rahul, and De, S. (2012). Multiscale modeling of the mechanical behavior of neutron-

irradiated metals. In 22nd

International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of

Materials. Baltimore, MD.

(68) Zhang, L., Grosdemouge, C., Sankaranarayanan, G., Ahn, W., Sreekanth, A. V., De, S.,

Jones, D., Schwartzberg, S., and Cao, C. G. L. (2012). Added Value of Virtual Reality

Technology and Force Feedback for Surgical Training Simulators. In Work: A Journal of

Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 41, 2288-2292.

(69) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). A framework for web browser-based medical

simulation using WebGL. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 173, 149-155.

(70) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). Use of a Liner Motion Stroke

Potentiometer as a High Precision Sensor for Linear Translation in a Laparoscopic Ligating

Loop Simulation. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 173, 105-107.

(71) Dargar, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). ToolTrack™: a Compact, Low-cost

System for Measuring Surgical Tool Motion. In Studies in health technology and

informatics, 173, 108-110.

(72) Sankaranarayanan, G., Arikatla, A. V., De, S. (2012). A Simulation Framework for Tool

Tissue Interactions in Robotic Surgery. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics,

173, 440-444. (BEST POSTER AWARD)

(73) Nemani, A., Sankaranarayanan, S., and De, S. (2012). Automated Real Time Peg and Tool

Detection for the FLS Trainer Box. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.

(74) Halic, T., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2012). A Resource Management Tool for

Real-time Multimodal Surgical Simulation. In Studies in health technology and

informatics, 173, 142-148.

(75) Halic, T., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2012). A Framework for Web Browser-Based Medical

Simulation Using WebGL. In Studies in health technology and informatics, 173, 149-155.

(76) Ahn, W., Halic, T., Kudsi, Y., Sankaranarayanan, S., Jones, D. B., Schwaitzberg, S., and

De, S. (2012). A Virtual Electrosurgery Simulator for Teaching and Training in Safe Usage

22

of Energy. In Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic

Surgeons. San Diego, CA.

(77) Matthes, K., Sankaranarayanan, G., Nemani, A., Ahn, W., Kato, M., Jones, D. B.,

Schwaitzberg, S., and De, S. (2012). Development of a Virtual Reality NOTES Simulator.

In Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. San

Diego, CA.

(78) De, S., and Zamiri, A. (2012). Modeling of nanoporous protein crystals. In First Thematic

Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Validation in Medicine and Biology:

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. San Francisco, CA.

(79) Halic, T., Ahn, W., De, S. (2011). A Framework for 3D Interactive Applications on the

Web. In SIGGRAPH Asia. Hong Kong, China.

(80) Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., and De, S. (2011). A Fixed Point Proximity Method

for Extended Contact Manipulation of Deformable Bodies. In Medicine Meets Virtual

Reality. Long Beach, CA.

(81) Arikatla, S., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2011). Cost-Efficient Suturing Simulation

with Pre-Computed Models. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.

(82) Zhonghua, L., Arikatla, V., Cheng, D., and De, S. (2011). Real-Time Electrocautery

Simulation for Laparoscopic Surgical Environments. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality.

Long Beach, CA.

(83) Halic, T., and De, S. (2011). SML: SoFMIS Meta Language for Surgical Simulation. In

Medicine Meets Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.

(84) Halic, T., Arikatla, V., Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., Ahn, W., and De, S. (2011). A

Software Framework for Multimodal Interactive Simulations (SoFMIS). In Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality. Long Beach, CA.

(85) Sankaranarayanan, G., Zhonghua, L., Dargar, S., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2011). A Tool

Interface with Force Feedback for the Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skills Trainer (VBLaST).

In Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. San

Antonio, TX.

(86) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2011). Computational modeling of polycrystalline materials under

very high rates of loading. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.

(87) Peng, Q., and De, S. (2011). An Accelerated Quasicontinuum-DFT (QCDFT) Method and

its Application to Radiation Damage Modeling. In Proceedings of the US National

Congress on Computational Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.

(88) Rahul, and De, S. (2011). A Block Preconditioned Jacobian-Free Global-Local Multiscale

Method. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Minneapolis, MN.

(89) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2011). Micromechanics Based Progressive Damage Modeling of 3D

Woven Composites under Ballistic Impact. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on

Computational Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.

(90) Arikatla, S., and De, S. (2011). A Modified Multilevel Solver for Problems with Dynamic

Dirichlet Boundary Conditions. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on

Computational Mechanics. Minneapolis, MN.

(91) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2011). Micromechanis-based progressive damage modeling of 3D

woven fiber composites under ballistic impact. In 6th MIT Conference on Computational

Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Boston, MA.

(92) Eom, J., and De, S. (2011). Patient specific characterization of tumor-bearing lung tissue

elasticity using 4D CT image data for radiation therapy. In 6th MIT Conference on

Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Boston, MA.

(93) Arikatla, S., Halic, T., and De, S. (2011). Feature detection and Matching using Non-linear

Scale-Space. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Minneapolis, MN.

23

(94) Ghosh, R., and De, S. (2011). Progressive Damage Modeling of 3D Woven Fiber

Composites under Ballistic Loading. In Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of

Material and Process Engineering. Long Beach, CA.

(95) Zamiri, A. R., Zandi-Atashbar, A., and De, S (2011). Thermomechanics of 3D Assembled

Enzymes. In ECCOMAS Thematic Conference: Coupled Problems. Kos Island, Greece.

(96) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Multiscale modeling of the molecular polycrystals in very

high rates of loading. In International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition.

Vancouver, Canada.

(97) Krishna, S., and De, S. (2010). A self-consistent multiscale method for modeling the

irradiation damage of FCC and BCC metals. In International Mechanical Engineering

Congress and Exposition. Vancouver, Canada.

(98) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Micromechanistic modeling of 3D assembled protein

materials. In Proceedings of the World Congress in Biomechanics. Singapore.

(99) Ghosh, R., Gama, B., and De, S. (2010). Micromechanics based damage modeling of 3D

woven fiber composites. In Proceedings of the Society for the Advancement of Material

and Process Engineering. Salt Lake City, UT.

(100) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Multiscale modeling of protein crystals: application to

tetragonal lysozyme. In First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine and

Biology. Houston, TX.

(101) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, G. X., and De, S. (2010). In vivo characterization of lung tissue

properties from 4D CT images for cancer radiation therapy. In Proceedings of the World

Congress of Biomechanics, Singapore.

(102) De, S. (2010). Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree

approach. In International Workshops in Advances in Computational Mechanics.

Yokohama, Japan.

(103) Eom, J., and De, S. (2010). A point collocation-based residual free bubble method. In

Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics. Paris, France.

(104) De, S., and Rahul (2010). Recent advances in global-local multiscale methods for

computational Mechanics. In 10th International Conference on Engineering Computational

Technology. Valencia, Spain.

(105) De, S., and Rahul (2010). A block preconditioning strategy for Jacobian-free global-local

multiscale methods. In 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics. Sydney,

Australia.

(106) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, G. X. and De, S. (2010). Dynamic respiratory simulation for lung

cancer treatment based on patient specific 4D CT and nonlinear finite element method. In

Proceedings of the International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology

and Surgery. Geneva, Switzerland.

(107) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Multiscale modeling of the molecular polycrystals at very

high rate of loadings. In ASME IMECE2010. Vancouver, Canada.

(108) Rahul, and De, S. (2010). A block preconditioned Jacobian-free multiscale method. In 1st

International Conference on Advances in Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics. Jeju

Island, Korea.

(109) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Modeling the effect of microstructure on anisotropic shock

response of polycrystalline HMX. In Gordon Research Conference on Energetic Materials.

Tilton, NH.

(110) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Thermomechanical modeling of polycrystalline energetic

materials using a multiscale approach. In 14th International Detonation Symposium. Coeur

d'Alene, ID.

(111) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2010). Effect of the microstructure and crystal orientation on the

shock response of β-HMX polycrystals. In 14th International Detonation Symposium,

Coeur d'Alene, ID.

24

(112) Arikatla, S. A., and De, S. (2010). A two-grid iterative approach for real time haptics

mediated interactive simulation of deformable objects. In Proceedings of the Haptics

Symposium. Waltham, MA.

(113) Lu, Z., Sankaranarayanan, G., Deo, D., Chen, D., and De, S. (2010). Towards Physics-

based interactive simulation of electrocautery procedures using PhysX. In Proceedings of

the Haptics Symposium. Waltham, MA.

(114) Deo, D., and De, S. (2010). A higher order polynomial reproducing radial basis function

neural network (HOPR-RBFN) for real-time interactive simulations of nonlinear

deformable bodies with haptic feedback. In Proceedings of the Haptics Symposium.

Waltham, MA.

(115) Halic, T., and De, S. (2010). Lightweight bleeding and smoke effects for surgical

simulators. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. Waltham, MA.

(116) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). A machine learning-based scalable approach for real time soft

tissue simulation. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.

(117) Deo, D., Singh, T. P., Dunnican, W., and De, S. (2009). Development of a glove-based

wearable system for objective assessment of laparoscopic skills and some observations for

a peg transfer task. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.

(118) Sankaranarayanana, G., Deo, D., and, De, S. (2009). Hybrid network architecture for

interactive multi-user surgical simulator with scalable deformable models. In Medicine

Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.(Best poster award)

(119) Banihani, S., Dutkin, M., Ali, S., Sreekanth, A. V., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S.

(2009). Plug-and-play tool handles for laparoscopic surgery simulators. In Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.

(120) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). Characterization of anisotropy in viscoelastic properties of

intra-abdominal soft tissues. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.

(121) Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2009). Real time knot detection for suturing simulation.

In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.

(122) Sankaranarayanan, G., Sreekanth, A. V., Lin, H., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2009). Face

validation of the virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©). In Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality: 17. Long Beach, CA.

(123) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). PhyNeSS: A physics-driven neural networks-based surgery

simulation system with force feedback. In World Haptics Conference. Salt Lake City, UT.

(124) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the anisotropic plasticity of HMX molecular

crystals for particulate composite energetic materials. In ASME International Mechanical

Engineering Congress and Exposition. Lake Buena Vista, FL.

(125) Lin, H., Sankaranarayanan, G., Sreekanth, A. V., Mulcare, M., Zhang, L., De, S., Cao, C.,

Schneider, B., Derevianko, A., Lim, R., Fobert, D., Schwaitzberg, S., and Jones, D.G.

(2009). Advances towards virtual reality fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery(FLS). In

Proceedings of the Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Phoenix, AZ.

(126) Shi, C., Eom, J., Vines, D., De, S., and Xu G. X. (2009). Physics-based patient-specific

respiration modeling for 4D treatment planning. In ASTRO '09. Chicago, IL.

(127) Eom J., Shi C., Xu, G. X., and De, S. (2009). Modeling respiratory motion for cancer

radiation therapy based on patient-specific 4DCT data. In MICCAI '09. London, UK.

(Acceptance rate is 27%).

(128) Eom, J., De, S., Xu, X. G., Shi C., and Vines, D. (2009). Physics-based respiration

modeling for radiation treatment using patient-specific PV curve. In AAPM 2009 51th

Annual meeting. Anaheim, CA.

(129) Guo, B., He, W., Eom, J., De, S., Xu, X. G., and Shi, C. (2009). 4D predictive patient-

specific anatomical model based on 4D CT data: a feasibility study. In AAPM 2009 51th

Annual meeting. Anaheim, CA.

25

(130) Deo, D., and De, S. (2009). PhyNeSS: A Physics-driven Neural Networks-based Surgery

Simulation System with Force Feedback. In 24th International Congress and Exhibition on

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery. Berlin, Germany.

(131) Eom, J., Shi, C., Xu, X. G., and De, S. (2009). Development of a patient-specific nonlinear

finite element model model for the Simulation of lung motion during cancer radiation

therapy. In Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering Conference

(SBC2009). Lake Tahoe, CA.

(132) Eom, J., Xu, X. G., and De, S. (2009). Modeling of lung motion for cancer radiation

therapy. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Columbus, OH.

(133) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the anisotropic plasticity of HMX molecular

crystals for particulate composite energetic materials. In Proceedings of the US National

Congress on Computational Mechanics. Columbus, OH.

(134) Arikatla, S. A., and De, S. (2009). Multiresolution modeling for haptics mediated

interactive simulations. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics. Columbus, OH.

(135) Rahul, and De, S. (2009). Efficient implementation of hierarchical multiscale methods on

massively parallel systems. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics. Columbus, OH.

(136) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Computational micromechanics of protein crystals. In

Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Columbus, OH.

(137) Zamiri, A., and De, S. (2009). Modeling the anisotropic plastic deformation of

hydroxyapatite single crystals based on nanoindentation data. In 3rd

International

Conference on Mechanics of Biomaterials and Tissues. Clearwater Beach, FL.

(138) Liu, Y., Jiao, S., Wu, W., and De, S. (2008). GPU accelerated fast FEM deformation

simulation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems.

Macau.

(139) De, S., Ahn, W., Lee, D. Y., and Jones, D. B. (2008). Novel virtual Lap-band® simulator

could promote patient safety. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.

(140) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). An efficient Dynamic Point© algorithm for line-based

collision detection in real time virtual environments involving haptics. In Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.

(141) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). Physics-based real time laparoscopic electrosurgery

simulation. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.

(142) Liu, Y., and De, S. (2008). CUDA-based real time surgical simulation. In Medicine Meets

Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach, CA.

(143) Maciel, A., Liu, Y., Ahn, W., Singh, T. P., Dunnican, W., and De, S. (2008). Towards a

virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 16. Long Beach,

CA.

(144) Maciel, A., and De, S. (2008). A new line-based algorithm for real time haptic interactions

with virtual environments. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference. Reno,

NV.

(145) Deo, D., Sankaranarayanan, G., and De, S. (2008). Joint motion and force analysis for

objective assessment of laparoscopic skills. In Proceedings of the Society for

Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Philadelphia, PA.

(146) Ahn, W., Jones, D. B., Lee, D. Y., and De, S. (2008). Modeling of the Lap-band® for

laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding operation. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual

Reality Conference. Reno, NV.

(147) Lim, Y. J., Deo, D., and De, S. (2008). In situ measurement and modeling of human

cadaveric soft tissue mechanical properties for use in real time surgical simulation. In

Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC2008). Marco

Island, FL.

26

(148) Macri, M., and De, S. (2008). An enrichment-based multiscale partition of unity method. In

Proceedings of the Computational Structures Technology Conference. Athens, Greece.

(149) De, S. (2008). Digital surgery using a meshfree method. In Proceedings of the 8th World

Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM8). Venice, Italy.

(150) De, S., and BaniHani, S. (2007). Reduced order modeling using the point collocation-based

method of finite spheres. In Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Kyoto, Japan.

(151) Deo, D., De, S., and Singh, T. P. (2007). Physics-based stereoscopic suturing simulation

with force feedback and continuous multipoint interactions for training on the da Vinci ®

surgical system. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 115-120.

(152) Deo, D., De, S., and Kalyanaraman, S. A scalable intermediate representation for remote

interaction with soft tissues. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 125, 112-

114.

(153) Dunnican, W. J., Jahraus, C., Kimball, R., Singh, T. P., Ata, A., and De, S. (2007).

Stereoscopic versus traditional two-dimensional visualization for training modules. In

Proceedings of the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. Las Vegas,

NV.

(154) Macri, M., and De, S. (2007). Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous media using meshfree

enrichments. In International Conference on Computational Methods. Hiroshima, Japan.

(155) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2007). Comparison of some MOR Methods for surgical

simulation using PCMFS. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics. San Francisco, CA.

(156) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2007). Numerical inf-sup test of the method of finite spheres for

the solution of plate problems. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on

Computational Mechanics. San Francisco, CA.

(157) Macri, M., and De, S. (2007). A multiscale octree partition of unity method. In Proceedings

of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. San Francisco, CA.

(158) De, S., and Macri, M. (2007). Multiscale modeling using meshfree enrichments. In

ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshless Methods. Porto, Portugal.

(159) Jin, W., Lim, Y. J., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2006). Use of surgical videos for realistic

simulation of surgical procedures. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 119,

234-239.

(160) Lim, Y. J., Jones, D. B., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2006). Measurement of the mechanical

response of intra-abdominal organs of fresh human cadavers for use in surgical simulation.

In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 119, 322-327.

(161) Schmitt, C., Rusak, Z., and De, S. (2006). Numerical solution of advection and Burgers

equations using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres (PCMFS). In AIAA

Meeting. San Francisco.

(162) Lim, Y. J., Jones, D. B., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2006). In situ measurement of cadaveric

soft tissue mechanical properties and fulcrum force measurement for use in physics-based

surgical simulation. In Proceedings of IEEE VR2006 Conference. Washington D. C.

(163) Lim, Y. J. and De, S. (2006). Modeling of cadaveric soft tissue for use in physics-based

surgical simulation. In 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. Los Angeles.

(164) Macri, M., and De, S. (2006). Multiscale modeling of materials with microstructure using

the method of finite spheres with enrichments. In 7th World Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Los Angeles.

(165) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2006). Using the point associated finite field (PAFF) for nonlinear

real time surgery simulation. In Eurohaptics. Paris, France.

(166) Macri, M., and De, S. Modeling the bulk mechanical response of heterogeneous explosives

based on microstructural information. In 13th International Detonation Symposium.

Norfolk, VA.

27

(167) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2006). A meshfree computational methodology for surgical

simulation. In 5th World Congress of Biomechanics. Munich, Germany.

(168) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2006). Real time techniques for nonlinear tissue deformation in

surgical simulation. In 9th MICCAI Conference. Copenahgen, Denmark.

(169) Banihani, S., and De, S. (2006). The solution of functionally graded problems using the

method of finite spheres and a genetic algorithm-based numerical integration approach. In

7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics. Los Angeles.

(170) Schmitt, C., Rusak, Z., and De, S. (2005). Solution of hyperbolic equations using the point

collocation-based method of finite spheres. In 58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid

Dynamics (APS). Chicago, IL.

(171) Bjornsson, C. S., Oh, S. J., Al-Kohafi, Y., Lim, Y. J., Smith, K. L., Turner J. N., De, S.,

Kim, S. J., Roysam, B., and Shain,W. (2005). Cortical neural prostheses – controlling the

biological interface. In 2005 Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society.

Baltimore, MD.

(172) Bjornsson, C. S., Oh, S. J., Al-Kohafi, Y., Lim, Y. J., Smith, K. L., Turner J. N., De, S.,

Kim, S. J., Roysam, B., and Shain,W. (2005). Ex vivo assessment of tissue damage due to

neuroprosthetic device insertion. In Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience.

Washington D. C.

(173) De, S. (2005). On the development of a Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT)-accelerated Fast

Stokes Solver for drag force computation on MEMS devices. In ASME 2005 International

Design Engineering Technical Conference (5th International Conference on Multibody

Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control). Long Beach, CA.

(174) Bjornsson, C. S., Smith, K. L., Oh, S. J., Al-Kofahi Y., Lim Y. J., Lin G., LeBlanc D.,

Turner J. N., De, S., Roysam, B., Kim, S. J., and Shain, W. (2005). Cortical neural

prostheses insertion: removing the mystery. In Brain-Computer Interface Technology:

Third International Meeting. Rensselaerville, NY.

(175) Macri, M., BaniHani, S., Aslam, A., and De, S. (2005). Some recent advances in the

method of finite spheres: practical implementation, stability analysis and application to

multiscale modeling. In Third International Workshop on Meshfree Methods. Bonn,

Germany.

(176) Macri, M., and De, S. (2005). Enrichment of the method of finite spheres with localized

bubbles. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Austin, TX.

(177) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2005). Real time simulation of nonlinear soft tissue response in

minimally invasive surgical procedures using a meshfree approach. In Proceedings of the

US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Austin, TX.

(178) Macri, M., and De, S. (2005). Some examples of the method of finite spheres with

enrichment. In ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods. Lisbon, Portugal.

(179) BaniHani, S., and De, S. (2005). On the use of genetic algorithms for numerical integration

of meshfree methods. In Proceedings of the Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid

and Solid Mechanics. Cambridge, MA.

(180) De, S., Lim, Y. J., and Jones, D. B. (2005). Importance of Haptics in minimally invasive

surgical simulation and training. In Proceedings of the Society for American

Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons 2005 Annual Meeting. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

(181) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2005). Nonlinear Tissue Response Modeling for Physically Realistic

Virtual Surgery using PAFF. In Proceedings of the World Haptics Conference. Pisa, Italy.

(182) Lim, Y. J., Jones, D. B., and De, S. (2005). Improved virtual surgical cutting based on

physical experiments. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 111, 301-307.

(183) Jin, W., Lim, Y. J., Xu, G., Singh, T. P., and De, S. (2005). Improving the realism of virtual

surgery. In Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 111, 227-233.

28

(184) Macri, M., and De, S. (2004). A comparison of several techniques of coupling the method

of finite spheres to the finite element method. In Proceedings of the 6th World Congress on

Computational Mechanics. Beijing, China. (keynote lecture, organizer, and session chair)

(185) De, S. (2004). Some practical issues in the implementation of meshfree methods with

reference to the method of finite spheres. Proceedings of the Seventh International

Conference on Computational Structures Technology. Lisbon, Portugal. (keynote lecture,

organizer, and session chair)

(186) De, S., and Macri, M. (2004). Automatic preprocessing in the method of finite spheres. In

Proceedings of the ECCOMAS Conference. Jyvaskyla, Finland. (session chair)

(187) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2004). Some advances in the use of meshfree methods and the

implementation of surgical cutting in multimodal virtual environments. In Proceedings of

IEEE VR2004 Conference. Chicago.

(188) Lim, Y. J., and De, S. (2004). Realistic simulation of surgical cutting of soft tissues in real

time with force feedback. In Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 12. Newport

Beach, CA.

(189) Macri, M., and De, S. (2003). An automatic preprocessing environment for the method of

finite spheres. In Proceedings of the US National Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Albuquerque, NM.

(190) De, S. (2003). Physically-based real time surgical simulation. In Proceedings of the US

National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Albuquerque, NM.

(191) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2003). An Integral Equation Based Multiresolution

Modeling Scheme for Multimodal Medical Simulations. In Proceedings of the IEEE

VR2003 Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

(192) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2003). Physically based hybrid approach in real

time surgical simulation with force feedback. In Studies in Health Technology and

Informatics, 94, 158-164.

(193) Macri, M., and De, S. (2003). An octree based discretization for the method of finite

spheres. In Proceedings of the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid

Mechanics. Cambridge, MA. (keynote lecture, organizer, and session chair)

(194) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2003). A hybrid modeling scheme for tissue

simulation in virtual reality based medical trainers. In Proceedings of the Second MIT

Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. Cambridge, MA.

(195) De, S., Hong, J. W., and Bathe, K. J. (2002). The method of finite spheres: A generalization

of the finite element technique. In Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics.

Busan, Korea.

(196) De, S., Hong, J.W., and Bathe, K.J. (2002). Further developments and some applications in

the method of finite spheres. In Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics.

Vienna, Austria. (session chair)

(197) De, S., and Bathe, K.J. (2002). Analysis of incompressible media using the method of finite

spheres and some improvements in efficiency. In Fourteenth U.S. National Congress on

Theoretical and Computational Mechanics. Blacksburg, VA.

(198) De, S., Wang, X., and White, J. K. (2002). Efficiency improvements in Fast Stokes solvers.

In Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems. San Juan, Puerto Rico.

(199) Kim, J., De, S., and Srinivasan, M.A. (2002). Computationally efficient techniques for real

time surgical simulation with force feedback. In IEEE VR2002 Conference. Orlando, FL.

(200) Tay, B., De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2002). In vivo force response of intra-abdominal

soft tissues for the simulation of laparoscopic procedures. In Medicine Meets Virtual

Reality: 10. Newport Beach, CA.

(201) De, S., Kim, J., Manivannan, M., Srinivasan, M. A., and Rattner, D. (2002). Multimodal

simulation of Laparoscopic Heller myotomy using a meshless technique. In Medicine

Meets Virtual Reality: 10. Newport Beach, CA.

29

(202) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). The method of finite spheres with improved numerical

integration. In Sixth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics. Dearborn, MI.

(203) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2001). The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent

developments. First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.

Cambridge, MA. (keynote lecture, organizer, and session chair)

(204) De, S., Kim, J., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2001). Virtual surgery simulation using a

collocation-based method of finite spheres. In First MIT Conference on Computational

Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA.

(205) De, S., Kim, J., and Srinivasan, M. A. (2001). A meshless numerical technique for

physically based real time medical simulations. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 9.

Newport Beach, CA.

(206) De, S., and Bathe, K. J. (2000). The method of finite spheres: some advances in efficiency

and incompressible analysis. In International Conference on Computational Engineering

and Sciences. Los Angeles, NV.

(207) Bathe, K. J., Rugonyi, S., and De, S. (1999). On the current state of the finite element

methods -- solids and structures with full coupling to fluid flows. In Proceedings of the

International Conference on Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Edinburgh, Scotland.

(208) De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (1999). Thin walled models for haptic and graphical

rendering of soft tissues in surgical simulations. In Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 7. San

Franscisco.

(209) De, S., and Srinivasan, M. A. (1998). Rapid rendering of tool-tissue interactions in surgical

simulations: thin walled membrane models. In The Third PHANTOM Users Group

Workshop. Dedham, MA.

B. Copyrights, Patents and Licenses [14 copyrights and 1 patent]

Patents:

1. US patent #8511362 B2 (Aug 20, 2013): Consolidating and curing of thermoset composite

parts by pressing between a heated rigid mold and customized rubber-face mold. This patent

was originally owned by Kintz Plastics, but now forms the background patent for Vistex

Composites, LLC.

Copyrights:

(1) VBLaST-PT©

Authors : Venkata Arikatla, Tansel Halic, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Suvranu De

Abstract: Peg transfer (PT) is one of the tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic

Surgery) for practicing transfer of six pegs from one post to another in a both hands using

surgical tools. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©) has been developed to

provide a tool for computerized objective assessment. VBLaST-PT©

allows the user to

practice the peg transfer procedure within a virtual environment. The user’s performance is

recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in terms of completion time, and errors

during cutting.

(2) VBLaST-PC©

Authors : Woojin Ahn, Tansel Halic, Suvranu De

Abstract: Pattern cutting (PC) is one of the tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic

Surgery) for practicing cutting a gauze along a designated pattern (black circle) with

laparoscopic grasper and scissor. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©) has

been developed to provide a tool for computerized objective assessment. VBLaST-PC©

allows the user to practice the pattern cutting procedure within a virtual environment. The

user’s performance is recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in terms of

completion time, and errors during cutting.

30

(3) VBLaST-LL©

Authors : Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Suvranu De

Abstract: Ligating loop (LL) is one of the tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic

Surgery) for practicing placement of an endoloop. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer

(VBLaST©) has been developed to provide a tool for computerized objective assessment.

VBLaST-LL©

allows the user to practice the ligating loop procedure within a virtual

environment. The user’s performance is recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in

terms of completion time, and errors during cutting.

(4) VBLaST-SS©

Authors: Woojin Ahn, Tansel Halic, Suvranu De

Abstract: Surgical Suturing (SS) is one of tasks in FLS (Fundamentals of Laparoscopic

Surgery) for practicing intracorporeal and extracorporeal suturing skills with laparoscopic

graspers. A virtual basic laparoscopic skill trainer (VBLaST©) has been developed to provide

a tool for computerized objective assessment. VBLaST-SS©

allows surgical suturing (SS) to

be performed within a virtual environment. Both intracorporeal and extracorporeal knot tying

is possible. The novel computer software has been coupled with innovative hardware

intefaces. Performance metrics are recorded in real time and automatically evaluated in terms

of completion time, and errors during cutting.

(5) V-Band©

Authors: Woojin Ahn, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Tansel Halic, Lu Zhonghua, Suvranu De

Abstract: This computer software is capable of generating a virtual environment for

practicing the laparascopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) procedure on a computer

based on the pars flaccida technique.

(6) VEST©

Authors: Tansel Halic, Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De

Abstract: The virtual electrosurgical skill trainer (VEST) has been developed to simulate

electrosurgical skills using a computer. The computing efficiency of the method enables to

run burning simulation in ubiquitous computing environments through web browsers,

utilizing both CPU and GPU computational resources. The CPU side computations are used

to solve the diffusion equation in real-time, while the pixel shader (GPU) renders the

temperature.

(7) SoFMIS©

Author: Tansel Halic, Sreekanth A. Venkata, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Zhonghua Lu,

Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De

Abstract: The development of a multimodal interactive simulation is a very elaborate task due

to the various complex software components involved, which run simultaneously at very high

rates with maximum CPU load. We have developed software framework for multimodal

interactive simulations (SoFMIS©) that can be used to rapidly create interactive simulations

such as surgical simulations. The framework consists of modules with each of them have a

specific tasks such as collision detection, physics based simulation, networking etc.

Moreover, SoFMIS© has real-time profiler and memory management system that can used to

maintain computational resources at optimal or predefined level in the simulation. SoFMIS©

offers great flexibility and customization allowing simulation developers and researchers to

concentrate on the simulation logic rather than component development

(8) Π-SoFMIS©

Authors: Tansel Halic, Woojin Ahn, Suvranu De

Abstract: Π-SoFMIS© is a platform independent software framework for multimodal

interactive simulations which is based purely on the web browser. Rendering module based

on WebGL deals with visualization of the scene, texture management, and specifying

31

material properties and lighting effects. The simulation module is responsible for physics

simulation such as deformation or collision detection. The hardware integration module

handles the incorporation of the various hardware interfaces such as haptic device. Π-

SoFMIS© can be applied to various platform independent applications that require 3D

graphics technology on the web, i.e. visualization, computer animation, gaming, and medical

simulation.

(9) DynamicPoint©

Authors: Anderson Maciel, Suvranu De

Abstract: This is a software that allows very efficient collision detection in interactive virtual

environments using a line-based representation of the haptic cursor. The gold standard of

haptic interactions with virtual objects is the point-based paradigm where the haptic cursor is

treated as a point. This is inadequate when surgical tools interact with soft tissues. Treating

the tool as a line object is important, but computationally highly demanding. The

DynamicPoint© algorithm overcomes this problem. In this technique, the tool segment is

represented by its end points and a “dynamic point”, which is chosen to be the closest point

on the line to any potentially colliding triangle. The position of the dynamic point on the line

is updated at haptic frequencies and hence to the user, due to inherent latencies of the order of

1 ms in the human haptic system, it is virtually indistinguishable from a line, just as static

frames presented 30 times per second generates the illusion of motion in real time graphics.

For convex objects, the algorithm does not slow down irrespective of how complex the

simulation scenario may be.

(10) PhyNNeSS©

Authors: Dhannanjay Deo, Suvranu De

Abstract: Physics-based modeling of soft biological tissues, especially when the response is

nonlinear, is the most challenging task in the development of real time simulation systems for

minimally invasive surgical procedures. Since the solution of nonlinear problems must be

iterative, severe limitations are imposed on how complex a scenario that can be rendered in

real time. Dr. De has developed a physics-driven neural networks-based simulation system to

overcome this long-standing technical challenge. The first step is an off-line pre-computation

step, in which a finite element model of the organ is created and a database is generated by

applying carefully prescribed displacements to each node. In the next step, the data in

condensed into a set of coefficients describing neurons of a Radial Basis Function (RBF)

network. During real-time computation, these neural networks are used to reconstruct the

deformation fields as well as the reaction forces at the surgical tool tip. This technique is not

only extremely rapid, but also scalable – which implies that there is a ‘control knob’ which

can be turned up or down to control the accuracy of the solution with little effort.

(11) PAFF©

Authors: Suvranu De

Abstract: Simulating complex surgical procedures is a highly demanding task which may

involve cutting, tearing and burning of tissue. Most importantly, these simulations must be

performed in real time. Real time graphics requires an update rate of thirty frames per second

to generate the illusion of motion. However, for smooth haptic interactions a much higher

update rate of a thousand times a second must be realized. Existing computational methods

are not adequate as they can neither support severe interactions such as surgical cutting nor

can they perform in real time. To overcome this challenge, Dr. De has developed a novel

computational software known as PAFF© which is a general and powerful method for

simulating the response of matter that is ideally suited to rapid computations. Matter is

represented as a collection of particles or “nodes”. The particles possess finite (spherical)

“influence zones”/ “fields” which overlap and pass through each other, much like clouds. The

interlocking of these influence zones allows the particles to move in a coordinated fashion

under elastic force fields (just as magnetic particles would move under the influence of each

32

others magnetic fields). PAFF© allows at least three orders of magnitude speedups compared

to traditional methods and is a key enabler of interactive computing.

(12) VAST©

Authors: Suvranu De, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Saurabh Dargar

Abstract: The virtual airway skill trainer (VAST) is being developed to simulate airway

management skills using a computer. The simulator involves a novel hardware component

that allows the user to feel the virtual patient entirely through haptic (touch) feedback. A head

mounted display system is used to immerse the user in the clinical environment of an

operating room or intensive care unit. SoFMIS is used as a platform to generate highly

realistic scenarios corresponding to the difficult airway.

(13) p-Web©

Authors: Tansel Halic, Suvranu De

Abstract: the p-Web has been developed as a new language and compiler for parallelization

of client-side web applications on the web. The new language is built upon web workers for

multithreaded programming in HTML5. The language provides fundamental functionalities

of parallel programming languages as well as the fork/join parallel model which is not

supported by web workers. The language compiler automatically generates an equivalent

parallel script that complies with the HTML5 standard.

(14) SML©

Authors: Tansel Halic, Suvranu De

Abstract: The Surgical Event Meta Language (SML) has been developed to provide feedback

based upon discrete "events" (e.g., bleeding). Using context free grammar, SML seeks to

easily create logical actions based on events and make the flow of the simulation manageable.

Functions of modules or newly implemented components may be easily connected to each

other to carry out the simulation logic. This language, unlike other similar approaches, can

express functionality and semantics because it does not require extra effort to define semantic

bindings and actions.

Research Grants and Contracts

Annual research expenditure exceeding $2.6 million.

(1) Title: NIH R01 CA197491 “Development and validation of a virtual endoluminal surgery

simulator (VESS)”

Sponsor: NIH /NCI

Funds: $2.0M

Duration: 8/25/2016 - 7/31/2020

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, University of Central

Arkansas

(2) Title: “Bio-mathematical Models of Aggregated Tissues and Organ Properties”

Sponsor: CFD Research Corporation

Funds: $42.5K

Duration: 8/22/2016 - 2/21/2017

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: SBIR Phase I grant subcontracting from CFDRC.

(3) Title: “Advanced virtual simulator for fundamentals of laparoscopic surgical training and

credentialing”

33

Sponsor: Kitware, Inc

Funds: $160K

Duration: 7/21/2015 - 6/30/2017

Effort: PI(100%)

Associates: Phase II SBIR grant from NIH, subcontracting from Kitware, Inc.

(4) Title: NIH R01 HL119248 “Development and validation of a virtual airway skill trainer

(VAST)”

Agency: NIH/NHLBI

Funds: $2,996,556

Duration: 4/01/2014-3/31/2018

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Massachusetts

General Hospital, Wright State University.

(5) Title: NIH R44OD018334 SBIR PHASE II: “Approach Specific, Multi GPU, Multi Tool,

High Realism Neurosurgery Simulation”

Agency: NIH/NINDS

Funds: $1,932,231 – RPI share $218K

Duration: 09/26/2013 – 05/31/2016

Effort: Co- PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontracting from Kitware.

(6) Title: NIH R01 EB014305 “Development and validation of a virtual electrosurgical skill

trainer (VEST)”

Agency: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $3,020, 485

Duration: 9/01/2012-8/31/2016

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston and Wright State

University.

(7) Title: Title: “A Novel Multiscale QM-MD-SPH Computational Method for Heterogeneous

Multicomponent Reactive Systems”

Agency: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Funds: $405,674

Duration: 09/01/2012-08/31/2017

Effort: Co-PI (subcontract from University of Cincinnati)

Associates: Prof. G.R. Liu, University of Cincinnati.

(8) Title: “Investigation of the role of solid-solid phase transformation in the sensitivity of

polycrystalline energetic materials"

Sponsor: Office of Naval Research

Funds: $400,000

Duration: 06/01/2012-05/31/2017

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: None.

(9) Title: NIH R01 EB5807 “Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery”, Agency: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $3,012,179

Duration: 8/05/2011-07/31/2016

Effort: PI (100%)

34

Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($120,532) and

Tufts University ($408,934).

(10) Title: NIH R01 EB 9362 “Developing Physically-Based Virtual Simulation Technology for

Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES)”

Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $3,051,817

Duration: 6/01/2011-05/31/2016

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($442,000) and

Tufts University ($354,603).

(11) Title: NIH R01 EB10037 “Development and validation of a virtual basic laparoscopic skill

trainer (VBLaST)”,

Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $2,973,790

Duration: 06/01/2010-05/31/2015

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontractor Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston ($340,000) and

Tufts University ($427, 171).

(12) Title: Title: DoD SBIR Phase II “THEO- Tactile and Haptics Enabled Open Surgery

Simulator”

Agency: US Army Medical Research and Material Command

Funds: $240,713

Duration: 04/23/2012-7/28/2014

Effort: PI (subcontract from Infocitex Inc.)

Associates: Infocitex Inc.

(13) Title: “A Self-Consistent Multiscale Method for Modeling the Effects of Neutron Irradiation

on the Mechanical Properties of BCC and FCC Metals”

Sponsor: Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Funds: $976,035; 50% (i.e., $488,018) to PI (Suvranu De)

Duration: 04/01/2009-03/31/2013

Effort: PI (50%)

Associates: Hanchen Huang (Co-PI, subcontractor) at University of Connecticut

(14) Title: “Nonlinear multiscale modeling of 3D woven fiber composites under ballistic loading”

Agency: Army Research Office

Duration: 05/01/2009-04/30/2013

Funds: $351,676

Effort: PI (100%)

(15) Title: NIH R01 LM009362 “4D Visible Human Modeling for Radiation Dosimetry”

Sponsor: NIH/NLM

Funds: $2,167, 629; 25% (i.e., $541, 907) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)

Duration: 04/01/2007-03/31/2012

Effort: Co-PI (25%)

Associates: George Xu (PI 50%), Subcontractors: CTRC in San Antonio (Dr Shi)

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

Macro Analysis of Heterogeneous Explosives”

35

Sponsor: Office of Naval Research

Funds: $316, 503

Duration: 05/01/2008-04/30/2012

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: None.

(17) Title: NIH R01 EB5807 grant “Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery”

Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $1,396,897 of which $71,016 is subcontract to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Duration: 06/01/2006-06/31/2011

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: Subcontractors: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA ($71,016)

(18) Title: “Curing of Advanced Composite Laminate parts by Thermal Processing – A Proof-of-

Concept Demonstration”

Agency: NYSERDA

Duration: 05/01/2009-06/01/2010

Funds: $75,000; 40% (i.e., $30K) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)

Effort: Co-PI (40%)

Associates: Dan Walczyk (PI, 60%)

(19) Title: “An integrated multiscale framework for the simulation of detonation problems”

Sponsor: Office of Naval Research, Young Investigator Award

Funds: $298,701

Duration: 6/1/2005 - 1/31/2009

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates: None

(20) Title: NIH R21 grant “Realistic techniques for virtual surgery”

Sponsor: NIH/NIBIB

Funds: $347,141

Duration: 5/1/2004 - 4/30/2007

Effort: PI (100%)

Associates : None

(21) Title: “NER: Exploring nanoscale flow mapping using an AFM based technique”

Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Funds: Total award $129,945; 50% (i.e., $64,972) to Co-PI (Suvranu De)

Duration: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2006

Effort: Co-PI (50%)

Associates: Professor Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc (PI, 50%)

(22) Title: “Exploratory study of soil compaction modeling using continuum and micromechanistic

approaches”

Sponsor: Transtech Systems, Inc

Funds: Total award $25,000, 50% (i.e., $12,500) to PI (Suvranu De)

Duration: 7/1/2004 - 6/30/2005

Effort: PI (50%)

Associates: Professor Mourad Zeghal (Co-PI, 50%)

Journal Editorships

36

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

b. Editorial board, International Journal of Modern Mechanics, Science Tech Publisher,

2013-present.

c. Editorial board, International Journal of Computational Methods, World Scientific

Publisher, 2012-present.

d. Editorial board, Computers & Structures, Elsevier, 2003-present.

e. Guest editor, special issue on Computational Bioengineering, Engineering with

Computers, 2008.

f. Guest editor, special issue on Computational Bioengineering, Computer Methods in

Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 2006.

g. Guest editor, special issue on Meshfree Methods, Computers & Structures, 2005.

Conference Editorial Boards

1. Scientific Organizing Committee, 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

San Diego, CA, 2015.

2. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Sixth International Conference on Computational

Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, San Servolo, Spain, 2015.

3. International Scientific Committee, First Pan-American Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Buenos Aires, 2015.

4. Steering Committee, Multiscale Modeling Consortium, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 2015.

5. Editorial board, Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,

Naples, Italy, 2014.

6. Technical Advisory Board, 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Raleigh, 2013

7. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Fifth International Conference on Computational

Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Ibiza, Spain, 2013.

8. Scientific Advisory Board, Fifth Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Singapore, 2013.

9. Editorial Board, Eleventh International Conference on Computational Structures

Technology, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2012.

10. International Scientific Committee, International Workshop on Computational Mechanics

of Materials IWCMM XXII, Baltimore, MD, 2012.

11. Technical Advisory Panel, ECCOMAS Fourth International Conference on Computational

Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece, 2011.

12. Technical Advisory Board of the 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Minnesota, 2011.

13. Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference on Advances in Interaction and

Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’11), Seoul, Korea, 2011.

14. Executive Committee (Track Chair), First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for

Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010.

15. Editorial board, Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,

Valencia, Spain, 2010.

16. Scientific Advisory Board, International Conference on Advances in Interaction and

Multiscale Mechanics (AIMM’10), Jeju, Korea, 2010.

17. Technical Advisory Board of the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Columbus, 2009.

18. Editorial board, Ninth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology,

Athens, Greece, 2008.

19. Technical Advisory Board of the 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

San Francisco, 2007

20. Member of the Scientific Committee, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshless

Methods, Lisbon, Portugal, 2005, 2007.

37

21. Scientific Advisory Board, MIT Conferences on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics,

Cambridge, MA, 2005

22. Editorial board, Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology

to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.

Journal and Conference Reviews

1. Peer Reviewer for Surgical Endoscopy

2. Peer reviewer of Journal of Theoretical Biology

3. Peer reviewer of the Journal of the Royal Society Interface

4. Peer reviewer of Journal of Biomechanics

5. On the panel of reviewers for Mathematical Reviews (highly respected journal for reviews of

mathematical works published by the American Mathematical Society)

6. Peer reviewer of Computers & Structures, an international journal (Elsevier Press). Reviews

relating to meshfree techniques and computational mechanics in general.

7. Peer reviewer of Applied Numerical Mathematics, an international journal (IMACS).

Reviews relating to numerical techniques for partial differential equations.

8. Peer reviewer of International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

9. Peer reviewer of Engineering with Computers

10. Peer reviewer of Computational Mechanics

11. Peer reviewer of Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

12. Peer reviewer of Presence

13. Peer reviewer of Sandwich Structures and Materials

14. Peer reviewer of Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

15. Peer reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

16. Peer reviewer of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer

17. Peer reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

18. Peer reviewer of Graphical Models

19. Peer reviewer of Medical Engineering and Physics

20. Peer reviewer of Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making

21. Peer reviewer of Computers & Graphics

22. Peer reviewer for numerous conference proceedings including the “Haptics Symposium”

organized within the IEEE VR conference, the US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics, the World Congresses of Computational Mechanics, ASME Summer

Bioengineering Conference, CST, ICRA, etc.

Peer reviewer of national funding agencies:

1. Charter member of the National Institutes of Health study section on Biotechnology and

Surgical Sciences (BTSS). Average time commitment is 300 hours per year for three review

cycles.

2. Reviewer of the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong.

3. US-Israel Binational Science Foundation.

4. Peer reviewer of Quatar National Research Fund

5. Multiple panels of the NSF, AFOSR and NIH.

Professional Societies

1. American Academy of Mechanics, 2013-present

2. Engineering Mechanics Institute, 2016-present.

3. American Association for Engineering Education, 2016-present. (was member Nov 2002-

Jan 2007)

4. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015-present.

5. Association for Surgical Education, since 2011.

38

6. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Life member (since 2010)

7. IEEE, 2008-present

8. Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2010-present.

9. United States Association for Computational Mechanics, 2000-present.

10. International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2000-present.

Advisory Boards 1. Advisory board of the Mechanical Engineering department of Rose-Hulman Institute of

Technology, the #1 undergraduate engineering college in the country.

2. Advisory Board of the Army Research Lab’s HRED/ATSD and University of Washington’s

Center for Research in Simulation Technologies (CREST)

Session chairmanship:

1. ECCOMAS Congress 2016, Crete, Greece, session chair for two session, 2016.

2. 13th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Diego, CA, 2015.

3. ECCOMAS Sixth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled

Problems in Science and Engineering, San Servolo, Spain, 2015.

4. ECCOMAS Fifth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled

Problems in Science and Engineering, Ibiza, Spain, 2013.

5. International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials IWCMM XXII, (3

sessions), Baltimore, MD, 2012

6. 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (2 sessions), Minneapolis, MN,

2011.

7. 6th MIT Conference of Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (2 sessions), Boston,

MA, 2011.

8. ECCOMAS Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled

Problems in Science and Engineering (1 session), Kos, Greece, 2011.

9. First Global Conference in NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology (1 session),

Houston, TX, 2010.

10. Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics (1 session), Paris, France,

2010

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

Yokohama, Japan, 2010.

12. 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (4 sessions), Columbus, OH,

2009

13. 9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, (1 session),

Athens, Greece, 2008

14. 8th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (3 sessions), Venice, Italy, 2008.

15. Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (2 sessions), Kyoto, Japan,

2007

16. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), San Francisco, CA,

Computer Methods in Bioengineering, July 2007.

17. 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), San Francisco, CA,

Partition of Unity Finite Element and Meshless Methods, July 2007.

18. International Conference on Computational Methods, (1 session), Hiroshima, Japan,

Meshfree Methods, 2007.

19. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Meshfree and Related Methods (1

session), LA, 2006.

20. 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Computational Bioengineering (2

sessions), LA, 2006.

21. Third International Workshop on Meshfree Methods (1 session), Bonn, Germany, 2005

22. ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods (1 session), Lisbon, Portugal,

July 2005.

39

23. 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (1 session), Austin, TX,

Meshfree methods, July 2005.

24. 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, Computational

Bioengineering (3 sessions), July 2005.

25. Third MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,

USA, Meshfree methods (3 sessions), June 2005.

26. 6th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, Meshfree methods (1 session),

Beijing, China, September 5-10, 2004

27. Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Meshfree

methods (1 session), Lisbon, Portugal, 2004

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

2004.

29. 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Meshfree

methods (3 sessions), July 2003.

30. Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,

USA, Meshfree methods sessions (8 sessions), June 2003.

31. Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,

USA, Soft tissue modeling (2 sessions), June 2003

32. Fifth World congress on Computational Mechanics, Vienna, Austria, Meshfree methods

(1 session), July 2002.

33. First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA,

USA, Meshfree methods (4 sessions), June 2001.

Professional committee membership and chairmanship:

1. Co-chair, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

committee on Development, 2016-present.

2. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

committee on Curriculum, 2016-present.

3. Workgroup leader, Theoretical and Computational Methods Workgroup of the Multiscale

Modeling (MSM). 2010-2014.

4. Chair, Committee on Computational Bioengineering of the US Association for

Computational Mechanics (USACM), 2002-present.

5. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

committee on the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS), 2011-present. Leading a

sub-committee on reviewing Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) for Board

certification.

6. Member, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

committee on the Fundamentals of the Safe Use of Energy (FUSE), 2011-present.

7. Member of the Executive Committee, Vice-Chair for Awards and Public Relations, IEEE

Technical Committee on Haptics (TCH), 2008-present. Initiated the TCH Early Career

Award in 2008 to recognize exceptional researchers in haptics below the age of 40.

Formed an Awards Committee composed of three other members to select awardees.

8. Member, Committee on Meshfree Methods of the US Association for Computational

Mechanics (USACM), 2001-present

Major organizational activities

1. Main organizer, North East Mechanical Engineering Department Chairs Summit, Troy,

NY, Aug 14-15, 2015

2. Co-organizer, North East Mechanical Engineering Department Chairs Summit, Boston,

MA, Aug 22-23, 2014

3. Co-organizer, IDEAS Workshop on Virtual Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical

Center, Boston, MA, 2013.

40

4. Track chair, co-organized the track on Multiscale Modeling and Experiment in Biology

and Medicine within the Second Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine

and Biology, Boston, MA, 2013.

5. Organizer of session on Concurrent multi-length scale modeling: from finite elements to

atoms and electrons, 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh,

2013.

6. Organizer of session on Multi-scale modeling and simulation: from quantum to

continuum, 5th Asia Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Singapore, 2013.

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

2013.

8. General Chair: First USACM Thematic Conference on Multiscale Methods and

Validation in Medicine and Biology: Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, San Francisco,

Feb 2012. Organized the conference from scratch. The aim of the conference was to

develop a community around an emerging theme. Invited 91 participants.

9. Co-organizer of invited session on " Multiresolution biomechanics: from nano to macro",

Fourth International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in

Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece, 2011.

10. Organizer of symposium on "Multiscale problems in biomechanics" at the 48th Annual

Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Sciences, Northwestern University, IL,

2011.

11. Organizer of mini-symposia on "multiscale modeling" and "computational biomechanics"

at the 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minnesota, USA, 2011.

12. Organizer of mini-symposia on "modeling composites under high strain rate loading" and

"image based modeling of biological systems " at the 6th MIT Conference on

Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Boston, MA, 2011.

13. Member of Steering Committee of ASME NEMB, Houston, TX, Jan 2010.

14. Track chair, organized seven minisymposia within the First Global Conference on

NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX, 2010.

15. Organized symposium (1 session) on "Multiscale modeling of soft matter" at the

International Mechanical Engineering Exposition and Conference, Vancouver, BC,

Canada, 2010 16. Organized symposium (4 sessions) on “Multiscale modeling of biomolecular mechanics”,

First Global Conference on NanoEngineering for Medicine and Biology, Houston, TX,

2010

17. Organized one minisymposium on “Multiscale modeling for micro and nano

applications” in the Conference on Advances in Interaction and Multiscale Mechanics

(AIMM’10) 2010, Jeju Island, Korea

18. Organized one minisymposium on “Computational mechanics of biomaterials” in the

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, 2010.

19. Organized one minisymposium (4 sessions with 2 keynotes) on “Meshfree and Particle

Methods” in the Fourth European Conference on Computational Mechanics, Paris,

France, 2010.

20. Organized one minisymposium on “Computational Nano-Biomechancis” in the 9th

World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.

21. Organized one minisymposium on “Multiscale modeling of bimolecular mechanics” in

the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia,

2010.

22. Organized one minisymposium on “Meshfree and Particle Methods” in the 9th World

Congress on Computational mechanics (WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.

23. Organized one minisymposium on “Efficient and reliable multiscale modeling techniques for

practical applications” in the 9th World Congress on Computational mechanics

(WCCM2010), Sydney, Australia, 2010.

41

24. Organized minisymposium (3 sessions with one keynote) on “Efficient and Reliable

Multiscale Modeling Techniques for Practical Applications” in the 10th US National

Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3 sessions), Columbus, OH, 2009.

25. Organized minisymposium (3 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational

Bioengineering” in the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3

sessions), Columbus, OH, 2009.

26. Organized minisymposium (1 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational Mechanics

in Haptics” in the 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, (3 sessions),

Columbus, OH, 2009.

27. Organized minisymposium (2 sessions with one keynote) on “Computational Methods in

virtual and computer-planned surgery” in the 8th World Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Venice, Italy, 2008.

28. Organized a minisymposium (6 sessions with 2 keynotes) on “Computational Methods in

Bioengineering” in the 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics held in

San Francisco, LA, 2007.

29. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions with 1 keynote) on “Computational Biology,

Biomechanics and Biomedicine” in the 9th US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics held in San Francisco, LA, 2007.

30. Organized a minisymposium (9 sessions and 4 keynotes) on “Computational

Bioengineering” in the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics held in LA,

2006.

31. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions and 3 keynotes) on “Meshfree and Particle

Methods” in the 7th World Congress on Computational Mechanics held in LA, 2006.

32. Organized a session on “Multiscale modeling and analysis” in the 5th ASME International

Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, Long Beach, CA,

2005.

33. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 3rd

MIT

Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics to be held in Cambridge, MA,

2005.

34. Organized a minisymposium (9 sessions with 5 keynotes) on “Computational

Bioengineering” in the 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics held in

Austin, TX, 2005.

35. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 8th US National

Congress on Computational Mechanics held in Austin, TX, 2005.

36. Organized a minisymposium (2 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the Seventh

International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Lisbon, Portugal,

2004

37. Organized a minisymposium (3 sessions) on “Meshfree Methods” in the 6th World

Congress on Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004 in collaboration with

Professor Sergio Idelsohn of Argentina, Professor Janusz Orkisz of Poland.

38. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions) on “meshfree methods” in June 2003 for the

Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics in collaboration

with Professor Sergio Idelsohn of Argentina, Professor Janusz Orkisz of Poland and Dr.

Larry Libersky of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

39. Organized a minisymposium (5 sessions with 5 keynotes) on “Computational

Bioengineering” for the 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics,

Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2003.

40. Organized a session on “soft tissue modeling” June 2003 for the Second MIT Conference

on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics.

41. Organized a minisymposium (8 sessions) on “meshfree methods” as part of the First MIT

Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics (June, 2001).

Invited and Keynote Lectures:

42

(1) “A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer: development and validation”, 10th

International NOTES WIDER Barcelona, Spain, Nov 22, 2016.

(2) “NIH-funded Research Consortium”, American College of Surgeons-Accredited Education

Institutes Postgraduate Course, Boston, MA, Sept 17, 2016

(3) “Jacobian free multiscale methods: applications to radiation damage”, IUTAM Symposium

on Integrated Computational Structure-Material Modeling of Deformation and Failure

Under Extreme Conditions”, Baltimore, MD, June 20, 2016.

(4) “State-of-the-art in VR-based Simulation Science”, NIBIB-NODDK Workshop on

Simulation Science, NIH Bethesda Campus, June 10, 2016.

(5) “Virtual Surgery”, University of Nebraska Medical School, May 18, 2016.

(6) “Jacobian free multiscale methods: applications to radiation damage”, US Army

Workshop on High Fidelity Simulation Based Virtual Testing of Composite Materials and

Structures, Miami, April 19-20, 2016

(7) “Virtual Surgery”, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Department of Mechanical

Engineering Seminar, April 13, 2016.

(8) “Virtual Surgery”, Penn State, Department of Mechanical Engineering Seminar, March

29, 2016.

(9) “VEST-Virtual Electrosurgical Skill Trainer”, Panel on OR Team - Only Teams Can

Prevent OR Fires in SAGES 2016 Conference, Boston, MA, March, 2016.

(10) “Virtual Surgery”, Multiscale Modeling Consortium Meeting, NIH, Bethesda, MD, Sept,

2015.

(11) “VTEST- A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer”, invited talk at the 2015

NOSCAR summit, July, 2015.

(12) “Modeling of deformation twinning of b-HMX using the Jacobian-free Newton Krylov

Method”, In VI International Conference on Computational Methods for Coupled

Problems in Science and Engineering. Venice, Italy, May 2015.

(13) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at San

Antonio, March, 2015.

(14) “Virtual Surgery”, 5th Annual International Conference in Computational Surgery, NIH,

Bethesda, MD, Jan, 2015.

(15) “Development and validation of a NOTES simulator”, 8th International NOTES WIDER

Barcelona, Spain, Dec 2014.

(16) “Virtual Surgery”, Institute for Computational Science and Engineering, University of

Texas at Austin, Nov 2014.

(17) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Florida State

University, Oct 2014.

(18) “VTEST- A virtual transluminal endoscopic skill trainer”, invited talk at the 2014

NOSCAR summit, July, 2014.

(19) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern

University, April 2014.

(20) “Virtual Surgery”, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of

Southern California, February 2014.

(21) Virtual Surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland,

College Park, February 2014.

(22) “Virtual Surgery”, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of California

Los Angeles, January 2014.

(23) “Technical challenges in virtual surgery”, invited lecture at the IDEAS Workshop in

Boston, MA, Nov 2013.

(24) “Virtual brain surgery”, Invited lecture and Course Faculty at the Neurosurgery Simulation

Symposium at Mount Sinai Medical Center, Nov 2013.

(25) “NOTES simulators: design and development”, Invited lecture and faculty at the 8th

International NOSCAR® Summit, Chicago, IL, July 2013.

(26) “Virtual surgery”, Plenary speech at the 11th International Symposium on Computer

Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 2013.

43

(27) "Towards highly realistic real time medical simulations", Inaugural Symposium on

Simulation and Visualization, University of Texas at San Antonio, SiViRT, Nov 12, 2012.

(28) "Virtual NOTES", invited lecture at the 7th International NOTES® summit, sponsored by

the ASGE and SAGES/NOSCAR, Chicago, June 12-14, 2012.

(29) "Is virtual reality ready for prime time?" lunch presentation at the Leadership Retreat of

the Society for American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) in Boston,

November 2011. This is a rare honor for an engineer to be invited to deliver such a lecture

to the Leadership of the largest surgical society in the country. The other lunch speaker at

this retreat was a past President of the society.

(30) "On some recent advances in virtual surgery", University of Nebraska, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, November, 2011.

(31) "Multiscale modeling of protein crystals", Fourth International Conference on

Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering, Kos, Greece,

2011.

(32) "Some advances in development and validation of virtual surgical systems", Institute of

Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, USA, March 2011.

(33) “Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree approach”,

International Workshops in Advances in Computational Mechanics, Yokohama, Japan,

2010.

(34) "A Jacobian-free multiscale method, block preconditioning and radiation hardening",

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010.

(35) “Recent advances in global-local multiscale methods for computational Mechanics”, 10th

International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology (ECT2010) 2010,

Valencia, Spain.

(36) “Some advances in surgical simulation”, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and

Engineering (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea, 2010.

(37) “Recent advances in laparoscopic surgical simulation”, Korea Institute of Science and

Engineering (KIST), Seoul, Korea, 2010.

(38) “Modeling the anisotropic plastic deformation of hydroxyapatite single crystals based on

nanoindentation data”, invited lecture at the International Conference on Mechanics of

Biomaterials and Tissues, Clearwater Beach, Fl, 2009.

(39) “The future of surgical simulation”, Future of Telehealth: Essential Tools and

Technologies for Clinical Research and Care, organized by NIH, Natcher Conference

Centeron NIH campus, 2009.

(40) “Multiscale modeling of HMX crystals”, Nano-scale materials and modeling symposium

organized by the Watervliet Arsenal, 2009.

(41) “Multiscale modeling of hydroxapatite”, symposium of Materiomics-materials science of

biological protein materials, Joint ASCE-ASME-SES Conference on Mechanics and

Materials, 2009.

(42) “Novel advances in numerical integration in meshfree methods”, symposium on Meshfree

and Innovative Numerical Methods, Second International Symposium on Computational

Mechanics (ISCM II), Hong Kong, 2009.

(43) “Some experiences in developing numerical integration methods for the method of finite

spheres”, Maryland Workshop on Meshless Methods, Generalized Finite Element

Methods, and Related Approaches, University of Maryland, College Oark (NSF

sponsored), March, 2009.

(44) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Advanced Solid Rocket Propulsion

Program Planning Meeting, Arlington, VA, September, 2008.

(45) “An enrichment-based multiscale partition of unity method”, 9th International Conference

on Computational Structures Technology, Athens, Greece, September 2008.

(46) “Interactive visualization in science and engineering” 3rd

SIPI-NSF ASEET Workshop,

Albuquerque, NM, August, 2008.

(47) “Some advances in digital surgery”, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia

University, March 2008.

44

(48) “From multiscale modeling to virtual surgery: some applications of a meshfree method”,

Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, April 2008.

(49) “Some advances in physics-based surgery simulation using a meshfree approach”, in the

Scientific Computing Applications in Surgical Simulation workshop organized by the

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at UCLA, Jan 2008.

(50) “Reduced order modeling using the point collocation-based method of finite spheres”,

Third Asia-Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, Kyoto, Japan, 2007

(51) “Multiscale modeling using meshfree enrichments”, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on

Meshfree Methods, July 2007, Porto, Portugal.

(52) “Multiscale meshfree methods”, International Conference on Computational Methods,

Hiroshima, Japan, April 2007.

(53) “From multiscale modeling to virtual surgery: some applications of meshfree methods”,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, March 2007.

(54) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen

Proving Grounds, Maryland, May 2006.

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

2006.

(56) “In the land of the feelies”, Interface: EMPAC seminar series, RPI, Jan 31, 2006.

(57) “Multiscale modeling of heterogeneous explosives”, Materials Theory Seminar, Los

Alamos National Laboratory, Nov, 2005

(58) “Multiscale modeling of explosives”, Department of Mathematics, RPI, Nov 2005.

(59) “Computational Mechanics without a mesh”, Mechanics Seminar Series, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, MIT, September 2005.

(60) “Some Recent Advances in the Method of Finite Spheres: Practical Implementation,

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

Germany.

(61) “On the use of genetic algorithms for numerical integration in meshfree methods”,

ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Meshfree Methods, July 2005, Lisbon, Portugal.

(62) “Towards the development of a truly meshfree method”, Nov 2004, International

Workshops on Advances in Computational Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan.

(63) “Towards an automatic discretization scheme for the method of finite spheres” invited

lecture, minisymposium on “Meshfree Methods” 6th World Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004.

(64) “Towards the development of an efficient truly meshfree method and an application to

virtual surgery”, Nov 2004, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

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

Boston, MA

(66) “Realistic techniques for virtual surgery”, April 2004, Purdue University.

(67) “Meshfree methods and surgery simulation”, April, 2004, Robotics group, RPI.

(68) “Some practical issues in the implementation of meshfree methods with reference to the

method of finite spheres”, Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures

Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004.

(69) “An octree based discretization for the method of finite spheres”, Proc. of the Second MIT

Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2003.

(70) “Rapid computational tools in modeling and simulation”, April 15, 2002, Center for

Automation Technologies, RPI.

(71) “Virtual laparoscopic surgery simulation”, April 11, 2002, Inverse problems seminar

series, Department of Mathematics, RPI.

(72) “Towards an efficient truly meshless computational technique: the method of finite

spheres”, April 9, 2002, Computer Science departmental seminar, RPI.

(73) “Virtual surgery simulation”, March 27, 2002, Biomedical Engineering departmental

seminar, RPI.

(74) “The method of finite spheres”, October, 2001, Continuum Mechanics Seminar Series,

Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT

45

(75) “The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent developments”, First MIT Conference

on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, 2001.

Honors and Awards

1. Fellow, International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2016

2. Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 2016

3. J. Erik Jonsson ’22 Distinguished Professorship, 2015.

4. 2015 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award

5. 2014 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award

6. 2013 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award

7. 2012 Rensselaer School of Engineering Outstanding Team Award.

8. 2012 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 9. Senior Member of IEEE in 2011.

10. Student Rahul receives conference fellowship from US National Congress on Computational

Mechanics, Minneapolis, USA, 2011.

11. Chair of the Awards Committee of the IEEE TCH, 2011.

12. 2010 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 13. Students Rahul and Zamiri receive Conference Fellowship from the World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, Sydney, Australia, 2010.

14. James M. Tien ’66 Early Career Award for Faculty, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2009.

15. 2009 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 16. Best poster award, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference, 2009

17. Student, A.V. Sreekanth awarded Conference Fellowship from the US National Congress on

Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, 2009.

18. 2008 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 19. Rensselaer School of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2008

20. Chair of the Awards Committee of the IEEE TCH, 2008.

21. Appointed judge of student competition organized in the 7th World Congress on Computational

Mechanics, LA 2006 and US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, 2007.

22. 2007 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 23. Student, Michel Macri, received Conference Fellowship from the 7

th World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, LA 2006.

24. Student Suleiman BaniHani received NSF fellowship to attend the 7th World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, LA 2006.

25. 2005 Rensselaer Trustee Celebration of Faculty Achievement Award 26. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award 2005

27. NSF Fellowship (2000$): Summer Institute on Nanoscale Mechanics, Bio-inspired Structures

and Potential Applications, Northwestern University, June 2005.

28. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the 8th US National Congress

on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, July 2005.

29. NSF Fellowship: USACM Workshop on Computational Nanomechanics of Materials, Chicago,

IL, April 29-30, 2004.

30. Appointed judge of the following (industry sponsored) awards at the Haptics Symposium held in

Chicago, 2004:

SensAble Best Paper Award

SensAble Best Student Paper Award

Immersion Best Commercial Potential Award

Immersion Best Poster Award

Immersion Best Demonstration Award

31. Student, Michel Macri, received Conference Fellowship from the 6th World Congress on

Computational Mechanics, Beijing, China, 2004.

32. “Who’s Who in Computational Science and Engineering” published by Saxe-Coburg

Publications, UK, 2003.

46

33. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the Second MIT Conference

on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June 2003

34. Student, Michel Macri, has received Conference Fellowship from the 7th US National Congress

on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, July 2003.

35. Conference Fellowship from the First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid

Mechanics, Cambridge, MA, June 2001.

36. MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Assistantship 1995-2000.

37. Sastri Memorial Gold Medal from the department of Mechanical Engineering for outstanding

performance, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1995.

38. Commendation from the Senate of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for outstanding

performance in 1995.

39. Jadavpur University Gold Medal for outstanding performance in1993.

40. S.M. Bose Gold-Centred Silver Medal from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in 1993.

41. Best Mechanical Engineering Student of The Year award by Jessop & Co., Calcutta, in 1993.

42. Srish Chandra Bir Pratap Memorial Bronze Medal from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, in

1992.

43. Jyotish Chandra Maitra Memorial Silver Medal for the best student in Junior class in 1992.

44. Professor G. C. Sen Memorial Scholarship in 1992.

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

Sabbatical Leave: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Spring 2010

Working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston (Department of Surgery)

APPENDIX 1:

MANE INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES PROGRAM:

Launched the first department-based Industrial Affiliates Program at Rensselaer in 2014. The focus of the

program is to develop mutually beneficial relationships with industry based on enhanced student

recruitment opportunities with the potential for vigorous exchange of ideas and exploration of research

collaborations. Through this program, member companies receive premium access to MANE students and

faculty to become informed about the department’s research priorities and to facilitate effective hiring

decisions based on the quality and accomplishments of individual graduate and undergraduate students.

Member benefits include:

Access to Student for Talent Recruitment: Early and continuous student access is critical to

successfully engage students and is recommended long before an undergraduate student begins to

work with the placement office or a graduate student begins an active job search. Through a faculty

liaison, Industrial Affiliate Members have ample and continuous opportunities to interact with

Rensselaer students, including the student leadership of professional societies and award winning

clubs.

Invitation to MANE Annual Co-terminal Student Presentation Day: MANE co-terminal students

represent the best of our undergraduate students who have continued on for an additional year to

complete 30 credits of coursework beyond BS degree requirements. As part of their curriculum, co-

terminal students must complete 6 credits of research activities under the supervision of MANE

faculty. An Annual Co-terminal Student Presentation Day is organized to showcase their work. All

Industrial Affiliate Members are invited to attend this event.

Faculty Liaison: One or more MANE faculty are assigned as liaison/s for each member company

based on mutual agreement. Each faculty liaison supports the member company and provides

recommendations of students for recruitment and/or potential research opportunities. With the help of

the faculty liaison, member companies have competitive advantage to recruit top graduate and

undergraduate students at Rensselaer.

47

Invitation to join the MANE Strategic Advisory Council (SAC): Each member company is

invited to participate on the MANE Strategic Advisory Council (SAC), subject to its by-laws. The

SAC addresses the overall and long-term directions of MANE. Membership in this council enables

member companies to provide recommendations to MANE based on the current needs of industry.

Invitation to Present a Technical Seminar: Each member company can, if desired, host a Technical

Seminar at Rensselaer to prospective graduate and undergraduate students and faculty. This is an

opportunity to present current company activities to students and faculty and solicit future employees.

Dedicated staff time has been offered to the affiliates to answer all questions related to student

recruitment, facilitate faculty interactions, arrangement of visits, and development of promotional

materials. The entire model and fee structure was developed working with several stakeholders including

industrial contacts, members of the Strategic Advisory Council, MANE faculty, Institute Advancement

and the office of Corporate and Foundations Relations. A 2-page membership agreement was developed

with assistance from the General Counsel’s office. A list of companies that hire most heavily from

MANE was compiled and MANE alums in top positions in those companies were contacted and provided

information regarding the launch of the new program. Follow-up calls and visits were organized to sign

up members.

With significant personal attention, support from faculty colleagues and industrial contacts, the program

is rapidly emerging as a very successful model, recruiting top-notch companies such as GE, Boeing,

Lockheed Martin, United Technologies and others and bringing them closer to MANE faculty and

students. All fees collected through this program now support scholarships to minority and under-

represented students, undergraduate classroom innovation, and student clubs including Formula SAE,

hybrid and electric car clubs, the design-build-fly, ASME robotics and rocket clubs that MANE students

are engaged with. A percentage of the fees are directed to the faculty liaison as unrestricted funds to

his/her incentive account to support undergraduate student research. Faculty are also encouraged to

pursue additional research relationships with the industrial affiliate companies, engaging both graduate

and undergraduate students, creating an innovation ecosystem that is directly related to cutting-edge

industrial R&D. In addition to increased resources, an advantage of this program is the ability of MANE

faculty to now bring together a consortium of companies to pursue large-scale center-type research

activities. A $50M (full) proposal to the NSF Engineering Research Center has been submitted recently

with support from MANE industrial affiliates, which is pending decision.

The MANE Industrial Affiliates model was presented to the entire Institute in a meeting of the Deans and

Department heads last year and is now being adopted by the Institute.

APPENDIX 2:

COMMITMENT TO INTERDISCIPLIANRY COLLABORATIONS:

Developed an institute-wide research center from scratch, bringing together more than 15 faculty

from the schools of Engineering, Science, Architecture and Humanities and Social Sciences with

expenditures exceeding $4.0M per year. The Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in

Medicine (CeMSIM) was established as a truly interdisciplinary endeavor that seeks to develop

advanced modeling, simulation and imaging technology for healthcare, and transition those

technologies to clinical practice – from the lab bench to the hospital bedside. Established a thriving

hub of translational healthcare research at Rensselaer is particularly challenging as it does not have a

medical school of its own. This has been overcome by establishing research partnerships over a

decade with 12 premier medical centers in the country including Massachusetts General Hospital,

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cambridge Health Alliance, Mount Auburn Medical Center,

Bringham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, Tuft University Medical School, Yale

University School of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University

at Buffalo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas School of

48

Medicine in San Antonio and Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, TX. In addition to

facilitating research, CeMSIM has recently launched the CARGO (Cancer Research Group)

initiative, in collaboration of our Biotech Center, to bring together faculty working in the area of

cancer research across the campus.

Successfully bridged the three academic programs within MANE (Mechanical, Aerospace and

Nuclear Engineering) by developing three cross-cutting research themes that span the three programs

- Energy Science and Engineering (ESE), Materials, Materials Processing and Controls (MMPC) and

Human Health and Safety (HHS). This was done through a systematic process which included a six-

month-long SWOT analysis of these three areas in 2012 and developing a guiding document of how

to progress research, offer courses and hire new faculty to support them. Details of these areas and

associated faculty may be found on the MANE website (mane.rpi.edu). However, the refocusing

around three cross-cutting research directions was not done at the expense of program autonomy.

Each program is independently accredited by the EAS of ABET and ranked in the top 25 of all such

programs listed in the US News and World Report. Individual program directors for Mechanical,

Aerospace and Nuclear engineering were appointed to represent these programs in their respective

professional societies and work with program faculty in matters related to graduate and undergraduate

curriculum.

Working with the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences on Art_X@Rensselaer

which is a unique interdisciplinary program to help Rensselaer students discover the art in science and

technology, as well as the science and technology in art. A key feature of this initiative is to bring

engineers and scientists closer to artists and architects and cross-fertilize courses with ideas from

multiple disciplines. Infusion of art into MANE innovation-related and design courses have been

initiated with the goal of emphasizing the importance of form relative to function in engineering

design. Pop-up courses are being planned that provide interesting information at the intersection of

disciplines to students in an on-demand fashion to compliment semester-long courses. Student life

and union clubs are being engaged, corporations and foundations are being contacted and interested

faculty are being recruited to successfully launch the program.