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G.K. Ananthasuresh



  

Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Room 106, New Mechanical Engineering Building
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, 560012, INDIA
Telephone: +91 (80) 2293 2334
Facsimile: +91 (80) 2360 0648
Email: suresh@iisc.ac.in
Curriculum vitae and Short bio

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Academic background Top
  • B.Tech., 1989, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (formerly Madras), India.
  • M.S., 1991, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA,
  • Ph.D., 1994, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 1994.
  • Post-Doc in Microsystems Technology Laboratory at MIT, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1995-96.
  • Assistant Professor, MEAM at Penn, 1996-2002, June
  • Associate Professor, MEAM at Penn, 2002, July-2004, July
  • Associate Professor, ME at Indian Institute of Science, 2004, August-June 2009
  • Professor, ME at Indian Institute of Science, 2009, July-Current
  • Visiting professor
    • Division C: Mechanics, Materials, and Design, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, January to June, 2003
    • Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July to September, 2003
    • ESAT-Microsensors Group, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, October to December, 2003
  • Curriculum Vitae and Short bio

Professional Top
  1. Associate Ediotr, The Journal of ISSS . (2013-present)
  2. Editorial Board, Sadhana , Indian Academy of Science. (2012-present)
  3. Associate Editor, Resonance , A Science Education Journal of the Indian National Academy of Science, Bangalore. (2012-present)
  4. Editorial Board, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C (2012-present).
  5. Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. (2008-2011)
  6. Editorial Board, International Journal of Structural Changes in Solids, Serial Publications (2008-present)
  7. Editorial Board, Current Science, Indian National Science Academy, Bangalore. (2008-2012).
  8. Editorial Board, Resonance , A Science Education Journal of the Indian National Academy of Science, Bangalore. (2008-2012).
  9. Editorial Board, The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science: A Multi-disciplinary Reviews Journal published by the IISc Press.
  10. Associate Editor, Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines , Taylor and Francis, Inc. (2006-2013).
  11. A member of the editorial board, Robotica, Cambridge University Press. 2006-Present.
  12. Founding Editor, Sukshma, the quarterly newsletter of the Institute of Smart Structures and Systems (ISSS) about the micro and smart systems activities in India, (2006-2013).
  13. Associate Editor, Journal of Mechanical Design, Transactions of the ASME, 2003-2006.
  14. Guest Editor, The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science-A Multidisciplinary Reviews Journal , Jan.-Mar., 2007 and Jul.-Sep., 2007.
  15. Guest Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, July 2005, 127(4), "Special Issue on Mechanical Design in Nano, Micro, and Biogically Oriented Systems."

Teaching Top

Publications Books Book Chapters Journals Conferences Theses Patents Top
MicroandSmartSystemsTechnologyandModeling
 Ananthasuresh, G. K., Vinoy, K. J., Gopalakrishnan, S., Bhat, K. N., and Aatre, V. K., Micro and Smart Systems: Technology and Modeling, Wiley, New York, 2012.
The cover image of this book shows part of a bulk-micromachined accelerometer made by Sambuddha Khan as part of his PhD dissertation at IISc. The finite element mesh was created by Puneet Singh. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the mesh were blended and the image was artistically touched up by G. Bharathi.
Book : Micromechanics And Microactuators
 G. K. Ananthasuresh, B. Corves and V. Petuya (Ed.), Micromechanisms and Microactuators, Springer, 2011.
Book : Micro And Smart Systems
Ananthasuresh, G. K., Vinoy, K. J., Gopalakrishnan, S., Bhat, K. N., and Aatre, V. K., Micro and Smart Systems, Wiley-India, New Delhi, 2010.
Optimal Synthesis Methods for MEMS Ananthasuresh, G.K. (Editor and principal contributor), Optimal Synthesis Methods for MEMS, Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 2003.
Publications Books Book Chapters Journals Conferences Theses Patents Top
  1. Kota, S., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Soni, A.H., (contributed to Chapter 3), "Type Synthesis and Creative Design" for a text entitled "Modern Kinematics: Developments in the Last Forty years," Edited by Arthur G. Erdman, Wiley-Interscience Series in Design Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993, pp. 27-74.
  2. Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Frecker, M., "Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Using Continuum Models," in Compliant Mechanisms by L. L. Howell, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2001, pp. 301-335.
    3. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Cams in Microelectromechanical Systems," Chapter 15 in Cam Design Handbook by H. Rothbart, McGraw-Hill, 2003, pp. 505-527.
  3. Ananthasuresh, G.K. "Protein Sequence Design using Topology Optimization Techniques," in IUTAM Topology Optimization Symposium edited by M. P. Bendsoe et al. and published by Springer in 2006.
  4. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Systematic Synthesis Methods" in "Comprehensive Microsystems" edited by Gianchandani, Y., Tabata, O., and Zappe, H., Oxford: Elsevier Ltd., Volume 1, 2008, pp. 559-584.
  5. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Systematic Creativity in Structural Design using Topology Optimization," Proceedings of the Indo-US Workshop on Design Engineering edited by A. Chakrabarti and E. Subrahmanian, Allied Publishers Limited, New Delhi, 2008, pp. 100-108 and 256-260.
  6. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Continuous Modeling of Multi-physics Problems of Microsystems for Topology Optimization," in "Advances in Multiphysics Simulations and Eperimental testing of MEMS" edited by A. Frangi, Carlo Cercignani, S. Mukherjee, and N. Aluru, Imperial College Press, London, 2008, pp. 399-426.
  7. Ananthasuresh, G.K., Maheswari, N., Reddy, A.N., and Sahu, D., "Fabrication of Spring Steel and PDMS Grippers for the Micromanipulation of Biological Cells," Chapter 9 in Microfluidics and Microfabrication, S. Chakraborty (ed.), Springer, 2009, ISBN-10: 1441915427, pp. 333-354.
  8. Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Chakraborty, S., "Micromechanics of Engineered and Biological Systems," Indian Academy of Science's Platinum Jubilee Special Book entitled "Current Trends in Science", 2009.
  9. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Micromachines: the Role of Mechanisms Community," in Technology Developments, the role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM edited by Marco Ceccarelli, 2011, pp. 153-160.
  10. Bhargav, S. D. B. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Cell-grasping Compliant Mechanisms with Real-time Haptic Feedback," Micromechanisms and Microactuators, Springer, edited by, G. K. Ananthasuresh, B. Corves and V. Petuya, 2011, pp. 61-72.
  11. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "How Far are Compliant Mechanisms from Rigid-body Mechanisms and Stiff Strucures?" in Advances in Mechanisms, Robotics, Design Education and Research, MMS 14, Edited by V. Kumar et al., Springer-Verlag Berlin Hidelberg, 2013, pp. 83-94.
Publications Books Book Chapters Journals Conferences Theses Patents Top

JOURNALS (In reversed chronological order)
Some papers in the list below are downloadable with the understanding that you would pay due regard to the copyright policies of the respective publishing organizations. Generally, it is intended only for education, self-study, and non-commercial research purposes.
Some papers can be accessed from ePrints service of IISc.

    2013


  1. Menon, M. S., Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Ghosal, A., “Natural Motion of One-dimensional Flexible Objects using Minimization Approaches,” Mechanism and Machine Theory (In press).
  2. Baichapur, G. S., Gugale, H., Maheshwari, A., Bhargav, S. D. B., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Vision-based Micro-Newton Static Force Sensor using a Displacement-amplifying Compliant Mechanism," Mechanics-based Design of Structures and Machines, (accepted).
  3. Bhargav, S. D. B., Chakravarthy, S., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Compliant End-effector to Passively Limit the Force in Tele-operated Tissue-cutting," ASME Journal of Biomedical Devices, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 041005.1-7.
  4. Pathak, R. K. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Simulations and Experiments in Punching Spring-Steel Devices with Sub-millimeter Features," Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 15 (2013), pp. 108-114.
  5. Singh, P. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “A Compact and Compliant External Pipe-crawling Robot,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 29:1 (2013), February, pp. 251-260.

    2012


  6. Deepak S.R. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Perfect Static Balance of Linkages by Addition of Spring but not Auxiliary Bodies,” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 4 (2012), pp. 021104-1 to 12.
  7. Sundaram, M. M. and Ananthasuresh, G. K, “A Note on the Inverse Mode Shape problem for bars, Beams, and Plates,” Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Online first in 2012.
  8. Reddy, A. N. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “A Numerical Approach to Determine the Sufficiency of Given Boundary Data Sets for Uniquely Estimating Interior Elastic Properties,” Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering, Online first in 2012.
  9. Limaye, P., Ramu, G., Pamulapati, S., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Compliant Mechanisms Kit with Flexible Beams and Connectors along with Analysis and Optimal Synthesis Procedures," Mechanism and Machine Theory, Vol. 49, 2012, pp. 21-39.
  10. Hegde, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K.., "A Spring-mass-lever Model, Stiffness and Inertia Maps for Single-input, Single-output Compliant Mechanisms", Mechanism and Machine Theory, 58 (2012), pp. 101-109.
  11. Deepak, S. R. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Static Balancing of a Four-bar Linkage and its Cognates," Mechanism and Machine Theory, 48 (2012), pp. 62-80.

  12. Sundaram, M., Limaye, P., and Ananathasuresh, G. K., "Design of Conjugate and Conjoined Shapes and Tilings using Topology Optimization," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 45(1), pp. 65-81, 2012.

    2011


  13. Shekhar, S., Vinoy, K. J.. and Ananthasuresh, G. K. , "Switching and release time analysis of electrostatically actuated capacitive RF MEMS switches," Sensors & Transducers, Vol.130, Issue 7, pp.77-90, July 2011.
  14. Akella, K., Kulkarni, S., Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Joshi, Makarand, "A New Method to Manufacture Tough Layered Ceramics," International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 6, No. 5, 2011, pp. 961-968.

    15. 2010


  15. The SmartDetect Project Team, "Wireless Sensor Networks for Human Intruder Detection," Multi-disciplinary Reviews Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Vol. 90, No. 3, 2010, pp. 347-380.
  16. Dinesh, M. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Micromechaical Stages with Enhanced Range," International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics," Vol. 2, No. 1-2, 2010, pp. 35-43.
  17. Reddy, A. N., Sahu, D. K., Maheswari, N., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Miniature Compliant Grippers with Vision-based Force-sensing," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 867-877, 2010. Recognized with the second best paper award for the papers published in 2010 in this journal.
  18. Hegde, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Design of Single-Input-Single-Output Compliant Mechanisms for Practical Applications Using Selection Maps," Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 132, August, 2010, pp. 081007-1 to 081007-8.

    2009


  19. Rakshit, S. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Novel Approach for Large-scale Polypeptide Folding based on Elastic Networks using Continuous Optimization," Journal of Theoretical Biology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.10.010, Vol. 262 (2010), pp. 488-497.
  20. Sundaram, M. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Gustave Eiffel and his Optimal Structures", Resonance: Science Education Journal, Vol. 14, No. 8, Sep. 2009, pp. 849-865.
  21. Jha, A.N., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Vishveshwara, S., "A Search for Energy Minimized Sequences of Proteins," PLoS one, Vol. 4, No. 8, e6684, p. 1-10, 2009, www.plosone.org.
  22. S. R. Deepak and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "James Watt and his Linkages", Resonance: Science Education Journal, Vol. 14, No. 5, June 2009, pp. 530-543.
  23. Sivanagendra, P. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Size-Optimization of a Cantilever Beam under the Deformation Dependent Load with Application to Wheat Plants," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 39 (2009), pp. 327-336. DOI 10.1007/s00158-008-0342-4.
  24. A. B. Bhaskar, Girish Krishnan, N. Shamsudhin, and G.K. Ananthasuresh, "Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Meso-scale Accelerometer Made of Spring Steel," Journal of the Instrumentation Society of India, Vol. 39, No. 1, March 2009, pp. 46-52.
  25. Koh, S.K., Chirikjian, G.S., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Jacobian-based Algorithm for Planning Attitude Maneuvers using Forward and Reverse Rotations," ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 4, 2009, pp. 011012:1-12.

    2008


  26. Sangamesh R. Deepak, M. Dinesh, Deepak Sahu and G.K. Ananthasuresh, "A Comparative Study of the Formulations and Benchmark Problems for the Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2008, pp. 20-27.
  27. Reddy, A.N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "On Computing the Forces from the Noisy Displacement Data of an Elastic Body," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 76 (2008), pp. 1645-1677.
  28. Krishnan, G. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Evaluation and Design of Compliant Displacement Amplifying Mechanisms for Sensor Applications," Journal of Mechanical Design. Volume 130, Issue 10, 2008, pp. 102304:1-9.
  29. Rakshit, S. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An Amino Acid Map of Inter-residue Contact Energies Using Metric Multi-Dimensional Scaling," Journal of Theoretical Biology, Vol. 250, 2008, pp. 291-297.
  30. Rakshit, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Simultaneous material selection and geometry design of statically determinate trusses using continuous optimization," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 35 (2008), pp. 55-68, DOI 10.1007/s00158-007-0116-4.

    2007


  31. Krishnan, G., Kshirasagar, C.U., Bhat, N., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Micromachined High-Resolution Accelerometers," The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Vol. 87 (3), 2007, pp. 333-362.
  32. Jha, A., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Vishveswara, S., "Protein Sequence Design Based on the Topology of the Native State Structure," Journal of Theoretical Biology, 248 (2007), pp. 81-90.
  33. Luthra, A., Jha, A., Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Vishveswara, S., "A Method for Computing Inter-residue Potential for Reduced Amino Acid Alphabet," Journal of Biosciences, 32(5), 2007, pp. 883-889.
  34. Patel, J. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Kinematic Theory of Planar Hoeberman and other Novel Radially Foldable Structures," International Journal of Solids and Structures, 44 (2007), pp. 6279-6298.
  35. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Compliant Transmission Mechanism with Intermittent Contacts for Cycle-Doubling", Journal of Mechanical Design, 129(1), 2007, pp. 114-121.

    2006


  36. Alwan, A. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Coupled Electrostatic-elastic Analysis for Topology Optimization using Material Interpolation," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Institute of Physics Publishing, 34 (2006), pp. 264-271.
  37. Balaji, G., Singh, A. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Electro-magnetically Actuated Minute Polymer Pump Fabricated using Packaging Technology," Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Institute of Physics Publishing, 34 (2006), pp. 258-263.
  38. Mankame, N. D. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Synthesis of contact-aided compliant mechanisms for non-smooth path generation," International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering, 69 (12), 2007, pp. 2564-2605.
  39. Pedersen, C. B. W., Fleck, N. A. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Design of a Compliant Mechanism to Modify an Actuator Characteristic to Deliver a Constant Output Force," Journal of Mechanical Design, 128(5), 2006, pp. 1101-1112.

    2005


  40. Ananthasuresh, G. K. and Howell, L. L., "Mechanical Design of Compliant Microsystems: A Perspective and Prospects," Journal of Mechanical Design, 127(4), 2005, pp. 736-738.
  41. Koh, S.K., Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Croke, C., "A Quadratic Programming Forumulation for the Design of Reduced Protein Models in Continuous Sequence Space," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 127(4), 2005, pp. 728-735.
  42. Koh, S. K., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Vishveshwara, S. "A Deterministic Optimization Approach to Protein Sequence Design Using Continuous Models," Special Issue on Biological Computations, International Journal of Robotics Research, 24(2-3), February-March, 2005, pp. 109-130.

    2004


  43. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization for Synthesis of Contact-aided Compliant Mechanisms using Regularized Contact Modeling," Computers and Structures, 82(15-16), 2004, pp. 1267-1290.
  44. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Novel Compliant Mechanism for Converting Reciprocating Translation into Enclosing Curved Paths," Journal of Mechanical Design. 126(4), 2004, pp. 667-672.
  45. Qian, Z. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An Optimal Embedding Problem in Topology Optimization," Mechanics-based Design of Machines and Structures, 32(2), 2004, pp. 165-193.
  46. Koh, S. K. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Inverse Kinematics of an Untethered Rigid Body Undergoing a Sequence of Forward and Reverse Rotations," Journal of Mechanical Design, 126, (5), 2004, pp. 813-821.
  47. Koh, S. K. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., Croke, C., "Analysis of Fully-reversed sequences of Non-commutative Free-body Rotations," Journal of Mechanical Design, 126(4), 2004, pp. 609-616.
  48. Yin, L., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Eder, J., "Optimal Design of a Cam-Flexure Clamp," Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, 40 (2004), pp. 1157-1173.
  49. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Synthesis of Electro-Thermal-Compliant Mechanisms Using Line Elements," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 26(2004), pp. 209-218.

    2003


  50. Ananthakrishnan, V., Sarma, R., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Mask Synthesis for Surface-Micromachined MEMS," Micromechanics and Microengineering, 13 (2003), pp. 927-941.
  51. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design of Distributed Compliant Mechanisms," Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2003, pp. 151-179.
  52. Xu, D. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Freeform Skeletal Shape Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 125, (June 2003), pp. 253-261.
  53. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K.,"A Computational Approach to the Number Synthesis of Linkages,"Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 125 (March 2003), pp. 110-118.

    2002


  54. Koh, S., Ostrowski, J.P., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Control of Micro-satellite Orientation Using Bounded-input, Fully-reversed MEMS Actuators," International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 21, No. 5-6, 2002, pp. 591-605.
  55. Li, J. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Three Dimensional Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic Shells for Miniature Systems Applications, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 12 (2002), pp. 198-203.
  56. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Novel Topology Design Scheme for the Multi-physics Problems of Electro-Thermally Actuated Compliant Micromechanisms," Sensors and Actuators, A Physical, 97-98(2002), pp. 599-609.
  57. Lai, E. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "On the Design of Bars and Beams for Desired Mode Shapes," Journal of Sound and Vibration, 254(2), 2002, pp. 393-406.
  58. Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., "Kinematic and Kinetostatic Synthesis of Planar Coupled Multi-Link Serial Chain Mechanisms," Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 124 (June 2002), pp. 301-312.

    2001


  59. Wang, X., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Ostrowski, J., "Vision-based Sensing of Forces in Elastic Objects," Sensors and Actuators, A Physical, 94(3), 2001, pp. 142-156.
  60. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Manufacturing Issues in Integrated Systems of Small Size," Journal of Materials Processing & Manufacturing Science, 8 (April 2001), pp. 327-329.
  61. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Comprehensive Thermal Modeling and Characterization of an Electro-Thermal-Compliant Microactuator," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 11, No. 5, (2001), pp. 452-462.
  62. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms with Multiple Materials Using a Peak Function Material Interpolation Scheme," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001, pp. 49-62.
  63. Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., 2001,"Kinematic synthesis of spatial R-R dyads for path following with applications to coupled serial chain mechanisms," Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp. 359-366.
  64. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms with Strength Considerations," Mechanics of Structures and Machines, 29 (2001), pp. 199-222.
  65. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms for Nonlinear Force-Deflection and Curved Path Specifications," Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 123, No. 1, March 2001, pp. 33-42.
  66. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design of Fully Rotatable, Roller-Crank-Driven, Cam Mechanisms for Arbitrary Motion Specifications," Mechanism and Machine Theory, 36 (2001), pp. 445-467.
  67. Moulton, T. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design and Manufacture of Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Devices," Sensors and Actuators, Physical, 90 (2001), pp. 38-48.
  68. Li, J. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Quality Study on the Excimer Laser Micromachining of Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Devices," Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 11 (2001), pp. 38-47.

    2000 and earlier


  69. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "On an Optimal Property of Compliant Topologies," Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2000, pp. 36-49.
  70. Krovi, V., Kumar, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Vezien, J.-M., "Design and Virtual Prototyping of Rehabilitation Aids," Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 121, September 1999, pp. 456-458.
  71. Frecker, M., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Nishiwaki, S., Kikuchi, N., and Kota, S., "Topological Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Using Multi-Criteria Optimization," Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 119, No. 2, June 1997, pp. 238-245.
  72. Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Kota, S., "Designing Compliant Mechanisms," Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 11, November, 1995, pp. 93-96.
  73. Ananthasuresh, G. K. and Saggere, L., One-Piece Compliant Mechanism for a Stapler, Report submitted for the 1994 ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition and was awarded First Prize in the graduate category. Also available as a Tech. Report, UM-MEAM-95-20, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
  74. Kota, S., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Crary, S.B. and Wise, K.D., "Design and Fabrication of Microelectromechanical Systems," Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 116, No. 4, March 1994, pp. 1081-1088.
  75. Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Kramer, S.N., "Analysis and Optimal Synthesis of the RSCR Spatial Mechanism", Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 116, No. 1, March 1994, pp. 174-181.
  76. Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Kramer, S.N., "Kinematic Synthesis and Analysis of the Rack and Pinion Multi-purpose Mechanism", Journal of Mechanical Design, Trans. ASME, Vol. 114, Sep. 1992, pp. 428-432.
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 Invited conference/symposium presentations

  1. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Bridging the Gap between Compliant Mechanisms and Structures and Rigid-body Linkages," Second International Symposium on Compliant Mechanisms, May 19-20, 2011, Delft, the Netherlands.
  2. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Protein Sequence Design on the Basis of Topology Optimization Techniques," topoptSYMP2005, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium, Rungstedgaard, Denmark, Oct. 26-29, 2005.
  3. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Mechanical Characterization and Design in Biological Systems: from Single Cells to Proteins," International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems, July 28-30, 2005, Bangalore, India, Vol. 1, paper SD-02.
  4. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Microsystems Devices Including Micromachining Constraints," 10th International Conference on Advanced Materials, 8-13 October, 2007, Bangalore.
  5. Reddy, A.N., Hegde, S., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Mechanical Characterization of Micron Sized Objects using Vision-Based Sensing and Inverse Problem Solution Procedures," International Conference on Multiscale Modelling and Simulation, Jan. 2-4, 2008, Bangalore.
  6. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Mechanics-based Topology Optimization of Manufacturable Microsystems," International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) Symposium on Multifunctional Material Structures and Systems, Bangalore, India, Dec. 10-12, 2008.
  7. Dinesh, M. and Annathasuresh, G.K., "Micromachined Two-axis Compliant Platforms," International Conference on Microelectromechanical Systems, Chennai, India., January 3-6, 2009.
  8. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Fabrication with Metals and Polymers in Bio-micromanipulation and Microfluidic Applications," Indo-US Workshop on Microfluidics and Fabrionics, Kharagpur, India, January 9-11, 2009.

Conference proceedings based on peer-reviwed full papers

    2013


  1. Bhargav, S. D. B., Varma, H. I., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Non-dimensional Kinetoelastostatic Maps for Compliant Mechanisms,” Proc. ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 4-7, 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA, Paper no. DETC2013-12178.
  2. Bhargav, S. D. B., Singh, G., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Composite and Multi-scale Compliant Mechanisms for Manipulation and Mechanical Characterization,” Proc. ASME 2013 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, August 4-7, 2013, Portland, Oregon, USA, Paper no. DETC2013-12179.

    2012


  3. Pathak, R. K., Ravi Kumar, A., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Simulations and Experiments in Punching Spring Steel Devices with sub-millimeter Features," Proceedign sof the North American Manufacturing Research Institute/Society of Manufacturing Engineers Conference, Vol. 40, 2012, Notre Dame, IN, USA, June 4-8, 2012, paper no.7826.
  4. Ghosh, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Note on High Aspect Ratio SU-8 Micromechanical Structures using Mask-less Direct Laser Writing," Proc. of the ASME 2012 International manufacturing Science and Engineering Conference, June 4-8, 2012, Notre Dame, Indian, USA, paper no. MSEC2012-7413.

    5. 2011


  5. Bhargav, S. D. B., Chakravarthy, S., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Compliant End-effector to Limit the Force in Tele-operated Tissue-cutting," 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-2011), Chennai, India, December 1-2, 2011, Paper no. NaCoMM-2011-124. Recognized with the best paper award
  6. Khan, S., Muddukrishna, P., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Development of a Meso-scale Dual-axis Steel Accelerometer with Hall-effect Sensors," 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-2011), Chennai, India, December 1-2, 2011, Paper no. NaCoMM-2011-141.
  7. Kundu, R., Aravind, C. V., Hegde, S., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "An Online Interactive Computer Program for Pragmatic Design of Compliant Mechanisms," 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-2011), Chennai, India, December 1-2, 2011, Paper no. NaCoMM-2011-138.
  8. Singh, P. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "An SMA-actuated, Compact, Compliant Ring-actuator with Uniform Deformation," 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-2011), Chennai, India, December 1-2, 2011, Paper no. NaCoMM-2011-119.
  9. Madhavan, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Design of Force-amplifying Compliant Mechanisms for Resonant Accelerometers," 15th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-2011), Chennai, India, December 1-2, 2011, Paper no. NaCoMM-2011-139.
  10. Hegde, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Spring-mass-lever Model, Stiffness and Inertia Maps for Single-input, Single-output Compliant Mechanisms," IFToMM World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, Guanjuato, Mexico, June 19-25, 2011.
  11. Banerjee, S., Menon, M. S., Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Ghosal, A., "Simulation of length-preserving Motions of Flexible One-dimensional Objects using Optimization," IFToMM World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, Guanjuato, Mexico, June 19-25, 2011.

    12. 2010


  12. Madhavan, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Force-amplifying Compliant Mechanisms for Micromachined Resonant Acceleromters," the first IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Oct. 21-25, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.
  13. Bhargav, S. D. B., Ramu, G., and Ananthasuresh, G. K. "Design and Fabrication of Miniature PDMS Grippers for Bio-micromanipulation," the first IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Oct. 21-25, 2010, Taipei, Taiwan.
  14. Podugu, P. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Topology Optimization-based Design of a Compliant Aircarft Wing for Morphing Leadings and Trailing Edges," CD-ROM Proceedings of ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, November 12-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  15. Reddy, A. N. and Ananthasuresh, "A Criterion for the Number of Boundary Data Sets needed for Estimating Interior Elastic Properties," CD-ROM Proceedings of Inverse Problems, Design, and Optimization Symposium, Joao Pessoa, Brazil, August 25-27, 2010.

    16. 2009


  16. Rao, V.M. and G.K. Ananthasuresh, "Haptic Feedback for Injecting Biological Cells using Miniature Compliant Mechanisms," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-RVM6.
  17. Maheswari, N., Reddy, A.N., Sahu, D.K., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Miniature Compliant Grippers with Force-Sensing," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-MNMMNM8.
  18. Limaye, P., Ramu, G., Pamulapati, S., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Compliant Mechanism Kit with Flexible Beams and Connectors," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-ASMPL19.
  19. Vinod Kumar, B.M., Badige, D.K., Hegde, S., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An Improved Compact Compliant Mechanism for an External Pipe-Crawler," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-ASMBV20.
  20. Ramu, G. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Flexure-based Deployable Stereo Vision Mechanism and Temperature and Force Sensors for Laparoscopic Tools," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-BMGR2.
  21. Deepak, S.R. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Static Balancing of Spring-loaded Planar Revolute-joint Linkages without Auxiliary Links," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-ASMSD20.
  22. Hegde, S. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Practical Applications," 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT-Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, Paper no. NaCoMM-2009-ASMSH19. Recognized with the best paper award.
  23. Limaye P, Meenakshi Sundaram M, Ananthasuresh GK (2009) Optimal conjugate topologies on a single domain. In: 8th World Congress on Structural Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal.
  24. Meenakshi Sundaram M, Ananthasuresh GK (2009) Determining the Geometry of Bars, Beams and Plates for Prescribed Eigenmode Shapes. In: 8th World Congress on Structural Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal.

    25. 2008


  25. Jhawar, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Cataloguing and Selection of Displacement-amplifying Compliant Mechanisms," International Conference on Research into Design, Bangalore, India, January 7-9, 2008.
  26. Sahu, D.K. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Optimal Design of a Meso-scale Gripper and its Prototyping with Spring Steel and PDMS," CD-ROM proceedings of ISSS 2008, International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems, Paper no. 78, July 24-26, 2008, Bangalore.
  27. Balaji, G., Biradar, P., Saikrishna, C,N., Venkata Ramaiah, K., Bhaumik, S.K., Haruray, A., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An SMA-actuated, Compliant Mechanism-based Pipe-crawler," CD-ROM proceedings of ISSS 2008, International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems, Paper no. 96, July 24-26, 2008, Bangalore.
  28. Dinesh, M. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Displacement Amplifying Compliant Mechanisms for Two-axis High-resolution Monolithic Inertial Sensors," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug. 3-6, 2008, New York City, NY, USA, paper no. DETC2008-49614. Nine pages.
  29. Hegde, S. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Micromachined Structures with the Manufacturing Constraints of KOH Etching of (110) Silicon," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug. 3-6, 2008, New York City, NY, USA, paper no. DETC2008-49617. Nine pages.
  30. Deepak, S.R., Dinesh, M., Sahu, D., Jalan, S., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Comparative Study of the Formulations for Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug. 3-6, 2008, New York City, NY, USA, paper no. DETC2008-49612. 11 pages.

    31. 2007


  31. Dinesh, M. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Topology-Optimized Large-Range Compliant X-Y Micro Stage," 13th National Conference on Mechanisms and Machines (NaCoMM07), Bangalore, Dec. 12-13, 2007, pp. 97-103.
  32. Rajesh, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Foldable Mechanism for Stereo Vision in Laparoscopic Surgery," 13th National Conference on Mechanisms and Machines (NaCoMM07), Bangalore, Dec. 12-13, 2007.
  33. Bhaskar, A.B., Krishnan, G., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Meso-scale Accelerometer using a Hall-effect Sensor and a Displacement-amplifying Compliant Mechanism," 13th National Conference on Mechanisms and Machines (NaCoMM07), Bangalore, Dec. 12-13, 2007.

    34. 2006


  34. Patel. J. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Kinematic Theory for Planar Hoberman and Other Novel Foldable Mechanisms," CD-ROM Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences, Philadelphia, USA, Sep. 10-13, 2006, paper #. DETC2006-99350.
  35. Rakshit, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Simultaneous Geometry Optimization and Material Selection for Truss Structures," CD-ROM Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences, Philadelphia, USA, Sep. 10-13, 2006, paper #. DETC2006-99349.
  36. Krishnan, G. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "An Objective Evaluation of Displacement-Amplifying Compliant Mechanisms for Sensor Applications," CD-ROM Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences, Philadelphia, USA, Sep. 10-13, 2006, paper #. DETC2006-99345.
  37. Alwan, A. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Topology Optimization of Micromachined Structures with Surface Micromachining Manufacturing Constraints," CD-ROM Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences, Philadelphia, USA, Sep. 10-13, 2006, paper #. DETC2006-99341.
  38. Alwan, A. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Topology Optimization of Electrostatically Actuated Micromechanical Structures with Accurate Electrostatic Modeling of the Interpolated Material Model," CD-ROM Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences, Philadelphia, USA, Sep. 10-13, 2006, paper #. DETC2006-99684.

    39. 2004


  39. Koh, S. K. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Design of HP Models of Proteins by Energy Gap Criterion Using Continuous Modeling and Optimization," ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences 2004, Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Sep. 28-Oct. 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  40. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "A Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanical Cycle Doubler: Preliminary Analysis and Testing," ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences 2004, Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Sep. 28-Oct. 2, 2004, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  41. Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Inverse Mode Shape Problem for Bars and Beams on Flexible Supports," Proceedings of the Workshop on Inverse Problems, Optimization, and Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mar. 17-19, 2004.

    42. 2003


  42. Ananthasuresh, G. K. and M. F. Ashby, "Concurrent Design and Material Selection for Trusses," Proceedings of the Workshop on Optimal Design of Materials and Structures, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, Nov. 26-28, 2003.
  43. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms with Smoothened Contact Modeling," Proceedings of the ISSMO International Conference on Multi-disciplinary Optimization, Sep. 2003, Goa, India.

    44. 2002


  44. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Novel Formulation for the Design if Distributed Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2002 Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference to be held in Montreal in Sep., 2002. Paper # DETC2002/MECH-34213. Nominated for the best paper award of the conference as one among eight shortlisted papers.
  45. Qian, Z. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Optimal Embedding in Topology Design of Structures," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2002 Design Automation Conference to be held in Montreal in Sep., 2002. Paper #DETC2002/DAC-34149.
  46. Saxena, A., Yin, L., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Bhattacharya, B., "PennSyn 2.0 \[Dash] Enhancements to a Synthesis Software for Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2002 Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Montreal, Sep., 2002. Paper # DETCV2002/MECH-34210.
  47. Koh, S.K. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Motion-Planning for the Axis Control of Miniature Spacecraft Using Microactuators," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2002 Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Montreal, Sep., 2002. Paper # DETC2002/MECH34294. Nominated for the best paper award of the conference as one among eight shortlisted papers.
  48. Mankame, N. D. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Contact Aided Compliant Mechanisms: Concept and Preliminaries," CD-ROM proceedings of the ASME 2002 Biennial Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Montreal in Sep., 2002. Paper #. DETC2002/MECH-34211.

    49. 2001


  49. Xu, D. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Freeform Skeletal Shape Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM proceedings of the Adaptive Structures Symposium at the 2001 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, New York, Nov., 2001, Vol. 1, 11 pages.
  50. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Synthesis of Electrothermal Compliant (ETC) Mechanisms Using Line Elements," CD-ROM Proceedings of 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep. 9-11, 2001, paper #. DETC2001/DAC-21019. 12 pages.
  51. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Towards the Design of Heterogeneous Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM Proc. of 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep. 9-11, 2001, paper #. DETC2001/DAC-21018. 13 pages.
  52. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms with Strength Considerations," CD-ROM Proc. of 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep. 9-11, 2001, paper #. DETC2001/DAC-21016. 11 pages.
  53. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "On the Extraction of Kinematic Behavior from Optimal Compliant Topologies with Application to Number Synthesis of Linkages," CD-ROM Proc. of 2001 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Design Automation Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Sep. 9-11, 2001, paper #. DETC2001/DAC-21017. 12 pages.

    54. 2000 and earlier


  54. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Analysis and Design of an Intermittent Motion Mechanism," Proceedings of the International Conference on Gearing, Transmissions, and Mechanical Systems, Nottigham, UK, 3-6 July, 2000, pp. 665-674.
  55. Saxena, A., Wang, X., and Ananathasuresh, G.K., "PennSyn: A Topology Synthesis Software for Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Baltimore, MD, Sep. 10-13, paper # DETC2000/MECH-14139. 14 pages.
  56. Li, J. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Microfabrication and Characterization of Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Devices," CD-ROM Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Baltimore, MD, Sep. 10-13, paper # DETC2000/MECH-14118. 13 pages.
  57. Ananthakrishnan, V., Sarma, R., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Part to Art: Basis for a Systematic Geometric Design Tool for Surface Micromachined MEMS," CD-ROM Proceedings of the 2000 ASME Design Technical Conferences, Baltimore, MD, Sep. 10-13, paper # DETC2000/DAC-14251. 14 pages.
  58. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Using the Optimality Criteria Method," Proc. of the AIAA/USAF/NASA/ISSMO 1998 Symposium on Multi-disciplinary Analysis and Optimization, St. Louis, MO, Sep. 2-4, 1998, Vol. 3, pp. 1990-1910.
  59. Moulton, T. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design of Electrostatic Micro Mirrors for Improved Stability through Surface Contact," CD-ROM Proc. 1998 Biennial ASME Mechanisms Conference, Paper # DETC/MECH-5839, Sep. 1998, Atlanta, GA. 7 pages.
  60. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An Optimality Criteria Approach for the Topology Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms," CD-ROM Proc. of the 1998 ASME Biennial Mechanisms Conference in Atlanta, GA, Paper # DETC/MECH-5937, Sep. 1998. 14 pages.
  61. Lai, E. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An Optimization Approach to the Design for Desired Mode Shapes: Preliminary Results," CD-ROM Proc. of the 1998 ASME Biennial Mechanisms Conference in Atlanta, GA, Paper # DETC/DAC-5632, Sep. 1998. 12 pages.
  62. Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., "Kinetostatic Synthesis of Coupled Serial Chains," CD-ROM Proc. of the 1998 ASME Biennial Mechanisms Conference in Atlanta, GA, Paper # DETC/MECH-5977, Sep. 1998. 9 pages.
  63. Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., "Synthesis of Spatial Two-Link Coupled Serial Chains," CD-ROM Proc. of the 1998 ASME Biennial Mechanisms Conference in Atlanta, GA, Paper # DETC/MECH-5890, Sep. 1998. 10 pages.
  64. Bau, H., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Santiago-Aviles, J., Zhong, J., Kim, M., Yi, M., Espinoza-Vallejos, P., "Ceramic Tape-Based Meso Systems Technology," The Proc. of the 1998 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in Anaheim, CA, Nov. 15-20, 1998, pp. 491-498.
  65. Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., "Design and Virtual Prototyping of Customized Rehabilitation Aids," CD-ROM Proceedings of the 1997 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, DETC/DFM-4361. 12 pages.
  66. Ananthasuresh, G. K., Gupta, R.K., and Senturia, S. D., "An Approach to Macromodeling of MEMS for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis," DSC-Vol. 59, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 1996 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 17-22, Atlanta, GA, pp. 401-407.
  67. Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Howell, L. L., "Case Studies and a Note on the Degrees-of-Freedom in Compliant Mechanisms," Presented at the 24th Biennial Mechanisms Conference-1996 ASME Design Technical Conferences; appears in the CD-ROM proceedings, Paper No. 96-DETC/MECH-1217. 12 pages.
  68. Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Kota, S., "Role of Compliance in the Design for Manufacturability of MEMS," Presented at the 24th Biennial Mechanisms Conference-1996 ASME Design Technical Conferences held in Irvine, CA in August 1996; appears in the CD-ROM proceedings, Paper No. 96-DETC/DFM-1309. 4 pages.
  69. Ananthasuresh, G. K., Kota, S., and Kikuchi, N., "Strategies for Systematic Synthesis of Compliant MEMS," Proc. 1994 ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Symposium on MEMS, Dynamics Systems and Control, DSC-Vol. 55-2, Chicago, IL, Nov. 1994, pp. 677-686.

    70. Conference proceedings of full papers (only abstracts were peer-reviewed)


    2013


  70. Khan, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Performance Enhancement of a Dual-axis Micro-Accelerometer Using Compliant Displacement-amplifiers,” 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems (Transducers 2013), June 16-20, 2013, Barcelona, Spain.

    2012


  71. Khan, S. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Sensitivity Enhancement of a Dual-axis In-plane Capacitive Micro-accelerometer using Compliant Displacement-amplifiers,” 5th ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Sep. 21-22, 2012, Coimbatore, India. (Recognized with the best Post-graduate Student paper award.)
  72. Khan, S., Prasanna, D., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “A Compact In-plane Dual-axis Spring-steel Accelerometer,” 5th ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Sep. 21-22, 2012, Coimbatore, India.
  73. Ramu, G., Tripathi, K., Vedavathi, S., Padya, B., Somvamshi, S. Balaji, V., Neelima, V., Gupta, A., Bhat, K. N., Bhat, N., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Development of an Intracranial Pressure Monitoring System,” 5th ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Sep. 21-22, 2012, Coimbatore, India.
  74. Sajeesh Kumar, M. P., Suma, M. S., Mahadevan, A. S., Bhargav, S. D. B., Venkataraj, N., Chandra, G. K., Das, S., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “Perfused PDMS Bioreactors for Enhanced Cell Cukture,” 5th ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Sep. 21-22, 2012, Coimbatore, India.
  75. Balakrsihnan S., Deshpande, K., and Ananthasuresh, G. K., “A Note on Modelling Directionality in Piezoresistivity,” 5th ISSS National Conference on MEMS, Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, Sep. 21-22, 2012, Coimbatore, India.

    2010


  76. Bhargav, S. D. B. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Cell-grasping Compliant Mechanisms with real-time Haptic feedback," CD-ROM Proceedings of the First Workshop on Microactuators and Micromechanisms, May 27-28, 2010, Aachen, Germany.

    77. 2009


  77. Limaye P, Meenakshi Sundaram M, Ananthasuresh GK (2009) Optimal conjugate topologies on a single domain. In: 8th World Congress on Structural Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal.
  78. Meenakshi Sundaram M, Ananthasuresh GK (2009) Determining the Geometry of Bars, Beams and Plates for Prescribed Eigenmode Shapes. In: 8th World Congress on Structural Optimization, Lisbon, Portugal
  79. Khan, S., Thejas, Bhat, N., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design and Characterization of a Micromachined Accelerometer with a Mechanical Amplifier for Intrusion Detection," 3rd National ISSS Conference on MEMS, Smart Structures and Materials, Kolkatta, Oct. 14-16, 2009.
  80. Manoj Kumar, R., Ramaiah, K.V., Saikrishna, C.N., Ravi Kumar, A., Bhaumik, S.K., and Ananthasuresh, G.K.,"A Mechanism with SMA Tendon Actuator for an Aircraft Flap," 3rd National ISSS Conference on MEMS, Smart Structures and Materials, Kolkatta, Oct. 14-16, 2009.
  81. Shekhar, S., Vinoy, K.J., Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Analysis of Transient Behaviour of Electrostatically Actuated Micromachined Switches," 3rd National ISSS Conference on MEMS, Smart Structures and Materials, Kolkatta, Oct. 14-16, 2009.

    82. 2007


  82. Dinesh, M. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Shape Memory Alloy Actuation for a Novel Spring-Steel Compliant XY Stage," 2nd National ISSS Conference on MEMS, Microsensors, Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems, Pilani, India, Nov. 16-17, 2007.
  83. Hegde, S. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Topology Optimization of Compliant Micromechnisms with Manufaturing Constraints Imposed by the Wet Ecthing of (110) Silicon," 2nd National ISSS Conference on MEMS, Microsensors, Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems, Pilani, India, Nov. 16-17, 2007.
  84. Balaji, G. and Ananthasuresh, "Flow-rate Measurements of an Electro-Magnetically Actuated, Miniature, Self-priming Liquid Pump," flotec.g Global Conference and Exhibition 2007, Towards Intelligent Flow Measurement & Control System, 26-28, Sep., 2007, Palakkad, India.
  85. Agrawal, M. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "On Including Manufacturing Constraints in the Topology Optimization of Surface-Micromachined Structures," CD-ROM proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, COEX Seoul, South Korea, 21-25, May, 2007, pp. 2256-2265.
  86. Sivanagendra, P. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Size-Optimization of a Beam under Deformation Dependent Loads," CD-ROM proceedings of the 7th World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, COEX Seoul, South Korea, 21-25, May, 2007, pp. 804-811.

    87. 2006


  87. Alwan, A. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Coupled Electrostatic and Elastic Analysis using Material Interpolation over a Fixed Mesh," IMEMS 2006 conference, Singapore, May 2006.
  88. Balaji, G. and Ananthasuresh, G. K. "Electro-magnetically Actuated Miniature Polymer Pump Fabricated Using Packaging Technology," IMEMS 2006 conference, Singapore, May 2006.

    89. 2005


  89. Patel, J. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Kinematics of Planar, Radially Foldable Mechanisms using Algebraic Loci," Proceedings of the 2005 Aerospace and Related Mechanisms, Bangalore, India, Nov. 18019, 2006, pp. 227-232.
  90. Koh, S. K., Ananthasuresh, G. K., Yang, Xi, and Saven, J., "Continuous Optimization Method for the Sequence Design of Protein Models Consisting of Multiple Monomer Types," Nanotech 2005, to be held in May 2005 at Long Beach, CA.

    91. 2004


  91. Koh, S. K., Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Croke, C., "Design of reduced Protein Models by Energy Minimization Using Mathematical Programming," 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Aug. 30-Sep. 1, 2004, Albany, New York.
  92. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G. K., "Topology Optimization of Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms for Non-Smooth Output Motions with Large Deformations," 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Aug. 30-Sep. 1, 2004, Albany, New York.

    93. 2003


  93. G. K. Ananthasuresh, "Topology Optimization as a Conceptual Design Tool for Mechanisms," CD-ROM proceedings of the National Symposium on Mechanisms and Design held in honor of Professor T. S. Mruthyunjaya, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, July 22nd, 2003.
  94. Pedersen, C.B.W., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Fleck, N.A., "Design of Micro-Transmissions for Modifying Actuator Characteristics," Symposium on New Devices and New Materials for MEMS organized by Cambridge-MIT Institute, Cambridge, UK, May 20-21, 2003.

    95. 2002


  95. Saxena, A., Yin, L., Mankame, N., Qian, Z., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Alternate Modeling and Design Parameterization for the Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms," Proceedings of the Society of Engineering Science 2002 Conference, symposium on Compliant Mechanisms, State College, PA, Oct. 14-16, 2002.
  96. Qian, Z., Koh, S.K., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Optimal Embedding Approach to the Design of Heterogeneous Structures and Compliant Mechanisms," Proceedings of the Society of Engineering Science 2002 Conference, symposium on Compliant Mechanisms, State College, PA, Oct. 14-16, 2002.
  97. Yin, L., Mankame, N. D., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Two approaches to the design of compliant micro-mechanisms with distributed compliance," presented at the MEMS and Nanotechnology symposium at 14th U.S. National Congress of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA, June 23-28, 2002.
  98. Yin, L., Mankame, N.D., Li, J., Moulton, L., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design and micro fabrication of electro-thermal microactuators with single and multiple materials," International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures and Systems (ISSS-SPIE) 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Dec., 2002.

    99. 2001


  99. Li, J. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Processing of Ceramic Tapes into 3-D Shells and Its Application to a Small Spherical Stepper Motor," CD-ROM proceedings of the MEMS symposium at the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, New York, Nov., 2001. 7 pages.
  100. Wang, X., Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Ostrowski, J.P., "Mechanical Characterization and Controlled Manipulation of Micro Objects Using Vision-Based Techniques and Compliant Devices," CD-ROM proceedings of the MEMS symposium at the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, New York, Nov., 2001. 9 pages.
  101. Li, J., Koh, S.K., Ananthasuresh, G.K., Ayyaswamy, P.S., and Ananthakrishnan, S., "A Novel Attitude Control technique for Miniature Spacecraft," CD-ROM proceedings of the MEMS symposium at the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, New York, Nov., 2001. 7 pages.
  102. Kim, M., Bau, H., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "An Electromagnetic Pump Fabricated Using LTCC Tapes and Kapton: Experiment and Simulation," CD-ROM proceedings of the MEMS symposium at the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exhibition, New York, Nov., 2001. 9 pages.
  103. Yin, L., Mankame, N., Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Thermal Modeling and Design of Heterogeneous Electro-thermal-compliant Micro-mechanisms," Proceedings of the 6th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Symposium: Computational Methods for Adaptive Structures and MEMS, August 1-4, 2001, Dearborn, MI. 1 page.
  104. Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A New Multiple-Material Interpolation Scheme for Topology Optimization with Applications to Product Design and MEMS," Proceedings of the 6th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Symposium: Topology Optimization in Industry, August 1-4, 2001, Dearborn, MI. 1 page.
  105. Li, J. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Laser-micromachined Heterogeneous Micromechanisms with Embedded ElectroThermal Actuation," Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on High Aspect Ratio Microsystems Technology (HARMST), June 17-19, Baden-Baden, Germany, pp. 115-116.
  106. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "A Novel Topology Design Scheme for the Multi-physics Problems of Electro-Thermally Actuated Compliant Micro-mechanisms," CD-ROM proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators, Munich, Germany, June 10-14, 2001, paper #1C4.04. 4 pages.
  107. Perrin, A., Ananthakrishanan, V., Sarma, R., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Voxel-Based Heterogeneous Geometric Modeling for Surface-Micromachined MEMS," Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems held at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S.A., March 19-21, 2001, pp. 124-127.
  108. Yin, L. and Ananthasuresh, "A New Material Interpolation Scheme for the Topology Optimization of Thermally Actuated Compliant Micro-mechanisms," Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems held at the Hilton Oceanfront Resort, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S.A., March 19-21, 2001, pp. 136-139.

    109. 2000 and earlier


  109. Mankame, N. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "The Effect of Thermal Boundary Conditions and Scaling on Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Devices," Technical Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, San Diego, March 27-29, 2000, pp. 609-612.
  110. Wang, X., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Ostrowski, J.P., "Vision-Based Extraction of Geometry and Forces from Fabricated Micro Devices," Technical Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, San Diego, March 27-29, 2000, pp. 257-260.
  111. Saxena, A. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Design of Compliant Mechanisms for Path Generation Using Geometrically Nonlinear Continuum Models," Proceedings of the Sixth Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, December 12-15, 1999, pp. 25.1-25.10.
  112. Benett, W., Nappen C., and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Synthesis of Fully Rotatable, Follower Driven Cam Follower Mechanisms for Arbitrary Motion Specifications," Proceedings of the Sixth Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, December 12-15, 1999, pp. 62.1-62.11. (Recognized with the best paper award at the conference)
  113. Kim, M., Kim, D., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Bau, H., "An Electromagnetically Actuated Micro Pump Fabricated Using Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic Tapes," MEMS-Vol. 1, 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, TN, November, 1999, pp. 129-135.
  114. Moulton, T. and Ananthasuresh, G.K., "Micromechanical Devices with Embedded Electro-Thermal-Compliant Actuation," MEMS-Vol. 1, 1999 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nashville, TN, November, 1999, pp. 553-560.
  115. Kim, M., Yi, M., Zhong, J., Bau, H. H., Hu, H., and Anathasuresh, G.K., 1998, The Fabrication of Flow Conduits in Ceramic Tape and the Measurement of Fluid Flow Through These Conduits, in Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, (DSC-Vol. 66), 1998 International Mechanical Engineering Conference and Exposition, pp. 171-177.
  116. Krovi, V., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Kumar, V., "Synthesis of Coupled Multi-Link Serial Chain Mechanisms, Proceedings of the 5th National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Paper # 31, November, 1997, pp. 31.1 \[Dash] 31.11.
  117. Epstein, A.H., Senturia, S.D., Ananthasuresh, G.K., et al., "Micro-Heat Engines, Gas Turbines, and Rocket Engines - The MIT Microengine Project," 28th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, June 29 - July 2, 1997, Snowmass Village, CO, pp. 1 - 12.
  118. Grettillat, M. –A., Yang, Y. –J., Hung, E. S., Rabinovich, V., Ananthasuresh, G. K., de Rooij, N., and Senturia, S. D., “Nonlinear Electromechanical Behaviour of an Electrostatic Microrelay,” Proceedings of the 1997 International Conference on Solid-State Sensors and Actuators (Transducers ’97) Conference, Chicago, June 16-19, 1997, pp. 1141 – 1144.
  119. Gupta, R.K., Yang, Y.-J., Hung, E., Ananthasuresh, G.K., and Senturia, S.D., "A Reduced Order Model for the Electrostatically Actuated Beam with Squeezed Film Damping, Addendum to the Technical Digest, 1996 Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop at Hilton Head Island, SC, June 1996, pp. 1-4.
  120. Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Senturia, S. D., "Opportunities for Structured Design of MEMS- A Position Paper," NSF-MEMS Workshop on Structured Design of MEMS held at CalTech, Pasadena, CA, Nov. 11-15, 1995. 4 pages.
  121. Gilbert, J. R., Ananthasuresh, G. K., and Senturia, S. D., "3-D Modeling and Simulation of Contact Problems and Hysteresis in Coupled Electromechanics," presented at the IEEE-MEMS-96 Workshop, San Diego, CA, Feb. 11-15, 1996. 4 pages.
  122. Ananthasuresh, G. K. and Saggere, L., "One-Piece Compliant Mechanism for a Stapler," Report submitted for the 1994 ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition and was awarded First Prize in the graduate category. Also available as a Tech. Report, UM-MEAM-95-20, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
  123. Ananthasuresh, G.K., Kota, S. and Gianchandani, Y., "Systematic Synthesis of Microcompliant Mechanisms- Preliminary Results," Proceedings of the National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Paper 82, Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 8-10, 1993, pp. 82.1-82.6. Recognized with the best paper award at the conference.
  124. Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Kota, S., "A Renewed Approach to the Synthesis of Four-bar Linkages for Path Generation via the Coupler Curve Equation," Proceedings of the National Applied Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Paper 83, Cincinnati, OH, Nov. 8-10, 1993.
  125. Ananthasuresh, G.K., Kota, S. and Gianchandani, Y., "A Methodical Approach to the Design of Compliant Micromechanisms," Presented in the 1994 Solid-State Sensor and Actuator Workshop at Hilton Head Island, SC, June 13-16, 1994; appears in the Workshop Technical Digest, pp. 189-192.
  126. Crary, S.B., Ananthasuresh, G.K. and Kota, S., "Prospects for Microflight," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, IFToMM-Japan Council, Nagoya, Japan, Sep. 24-26, 1992.
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Theses

PhD
    At IISc
  1. 2013, "Design and Development of Miniature Compliant Grippers for Bio-Micromanipulation and Characterization," Santosh D. B. Bhargav [Entrepreneur, BendFlex.com, Bangalore]
  2. 2013, "Development of Micromachined and Meso-scale Multi-axis Accelerometers with Displacement-amplifying Compliant Mechanisms," Sambuddha Khan [ Research Associate, University of California, Irvine ]
  3. 2012, "Pragmatic Design of Compliant Mechanisms using Selection Maps," Sudarshan Hegde. [ Bosch Corporation, Bangalore]
  4. 2012, "Static Balancing of Rigid-body Linkages and Compliant Mechanisms," Sangamesh R. Deepak. [Assistant Professor, IIT-Guwahati]
  5. 2011, "A Continuous Optimization Approach to Protein Design with Functional and Structural Constraints," Sourav Rakshit. [ Assistant Professor, IIT-Madras, Chennai ]
  6. 2011, "Two Inverse Problems in Linear Elasticity with Applications to Force-sensing and Mechanical Characterization", Annem Narayana Reddy. [Assistant Professor, IIT-Guwahati]

    7. At University of Pennsylvania
  7. PhD, 2005, "Kinematics, Energetics, and Design of Single and Multi-body Systems: with Applications to Non-commutative Rotations and Protein Models", Sung Koh.
  8. PhD, 2004, "Investigations on Contact-Aided Compliant Mechanisms," Nilesh Mankame [Employed at General Motors Research Lab, Warren, Michigan, USA.]
  9. PhD, 2002, "Vision-Based Characterization, Manipulation, and Control of Objects Using Compliant Tools," Xiaoye Wang.
  10. PhD, 2001, "Magnetic Actuation in Low Temperature Cofired Ceramics and Kapton Polyimide Film Based Mesoscale Electro Mechanical Systems," Moon Kim. [Employed at TRW, California, USA.]
  11. PhD, 2000, "Topology Design of Geometrically Nonlinear Compliant Mechanisms for Flexibility, Stiffness, and Strength," Anupam Saxena. [Associate Professor, IIT-Kanpur, India.]
  12. PhD, 1998, "Design and Virtual Prototyping of User-Customized Asstive Devices," Venkat Krovi. [Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.]
Master's
    At IISc
  1. M.E., July, 2013, "Towards Synthesis of Tensegrity Structures of Desired Shape and Micro-pipette Aspiration of Red Blood Cells," R. P. Navaneeth Krishna.
  2. M.E., July 2013, "Fracture Analysis of Punching Meso-scale Features in Metals", Sandeep Prakash,
  3. M.Sc., July, 2013, "Feasible and Intrinsic Kinetoelastostatic Maps for Compliant Mechanisms," Harish Varma Indukuri.
  4. M.E., June 2012., "Dynamic Simulation and Design of RF-MEMS Switches made of Steel," Gaurav Nair.
  5. M.E., Jun2 2012., "Simulations and Experiments in Punching Spring-steel Devices wth sub-millimeter Features," Rakesh Kumar Pathak.
  6. M.E., July 2011., "Design and Simulation of an RF-MEMS Switch," Subhajit Banerjee.
  7. M.E., June 2011., "Towards Micro-mechanical Signal Processors: A Frequency Translator.," Dave Nirmit.
  8. M.E., June 2010, "Optimal Design of A Shape-Morphing Aircraft Wing.," Pakeeruraju Podugu.
  9. M.Sc., January 2011., "Force-Amplifying Compliant Mechanisms for Micromachined Resonant Accelerometers.," Shyamsananth Madhavan.
  10. M.Tech., June 2009, "Inverse Mode Shape Problem for Bars, Beams and Plates.," M. Meenakshi Sundaram.
  11. M.Tech., June 2009, "Real Time Haptic Rendering of Virtual and Remote Deformable Objects.," P. Mallikarjuna Rao.
  12. M.E., June 2009, "Investigating the Accuracy of Beam-based Finite Element Modeling in the Analysis of Compliant Mechanisms.," Padmanabh Limaye.
  13. M.Sc., February 2008., "Topology Optimization of Composite Heat-Sinks Involving Phase-Change Material.," V. S. S. Srinivas.
  14. M.E., June 2008, "A Compliant Design for a Tubeless Bicycle Wheel.," Bhargav G..
  15. M.E., June 2008, "Topology Otimization and Prototyping of Miniature Compliant Grippers for Micromanipulation.," Deepak Kumar Sahu.
  16. M.Sc., July 2008., "Design of Two-axis Displacement-Amplifying Compliant mechanisms using Topology Optimization.," M. Dinesh.
  17. M.E., June 2007, "On including manufacturing Constraints in the Topology Optimization of Micromachined Structures and Mechanisms.," Manish Agrawal.
  18. M.E., June 2007, "Mechanisms and Optics for Enhanced Stereovision for Laparoscopic Surgery.," M. Rajesh.
  19. M.E., August 2006, "Simultaneous Material Selection and Geometry Optimization of Truss Structures using Continuous optimization.," Sourav Rakshit.
  20. M.Sc., December 2006, "Displacement-Amplifying Compliant Mechanisms for Sensor Applications," Girish Krishnan.
  21. M.E., July 2006, "Geometrically Nonlinear Elastic Analysis of frames with Application to Vision-Based Force-sensing and Mechanics of Plant Stems.," P. Sivanagendra.

    22. At University of Pennsylvania
  22. M.S.,2000, "Comprehensive Thermal Modeling of Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Devices," Nilesh Mankame.
  23. M.S., 2000, "Skeletal Shape Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms," Dong Xu. [Employed at Wharton Computing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.]
  24. M.S., 2000, "Design and Microfabrication of Electro-Thermal-Compliant Micro Devices," Tim Moulton. [Employed at Ideo, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA.]

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Patents (Granted)

(In reversed chronological order)
  1. "Microturbomachinery", Patent number: 5932940
    Inventors: Alan H. Epstein, Stephen D. Senturia, Ian A. Waitz, Jeffrey H. Lang, Stuart A. Jacobson, Fredric F. Ehrich, Martin A. Schmidt, G. K. Ananthasuresh, Mark S. Spearing, Kenneth S. Breuer, Steven F. Nagle.
  2. "Microturbomachinery (Enhanced claims of an earlier patent)", Patent number: 6392313
    Inventors: Alan H. Epstein, Stephen D. Senturia, Ian A. Waitz, Jeffrey H. Lang, Stuart A. Jacobson, Fredric F. Ehrich, Martin A. Schmidt, G. K. Ananthasuresh, Mark S. Spearing, Kenneth S. Breuer, Steven F. Nagle
  3. "Percutaneous heart valve", Application number: 10/565,142, Publication number: US 2007/0016286 A1, Filing date: July 20, 2004
    Inventors: Howard C. Herrmann, Nilesh Mankame, Suresh G.K. Ananthasuresh

Patents (Pending)

  1. "MEMS switch with bistable element having straight beam components", Application number: 10/922,481, Publication number: US 2007/0188846 A1, Filing date: Aug 20, 2004
    Inventors: James Melvin Slicker, Ananthakrishnan Surianarayanan, G K Ananthasuresh
  2. "Compliant platforms to generate amplified displacements, compliant platform for sensing applied motion and method of designing DaCM," Application number: 01136/CHE/2008 (India), Publication number: IP08216 , Filing date: prior to Nov. 1, 2008,
    Inventors: G.K. Ananthasuresh and Dinesh Mana
  3. "Non-pneumatic tire", Application number: 2204/CHE/2009, Publication number: IPA0361, Filing date: Oct. 9, 2009
    Inventors: G.K. Ananthasuresh and G. Bhargav
  4. "Article holder", Application number: 729/CHE/2010, Publication number: IPA0362, Filing date: Oct. 9, 2009
    Inventors: G.K. Ananthasuresh and G. Ramu
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