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  • Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Professor

  • Education: Ph.D., Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1995
    Office: 1006 Furnas Hall
    Phone: (716) 645-1425
    FAX: (716) 645-2883
    E-mail: kesh .at. eng.buffalo.edu
    Home Page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~kesh
    Curriculum Vitae: Click for CV
    Research Interests: Manufacturing automation, robotics, CAD, bioengineering, virtual reality for engineering applications such as interactive automation of manufacturing and design processes for rapid product development.

    Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

    • Kesavadas, T., and Nagaraja, V., "Analysis of Stress Developed due to Interaction of Catheter-Plaque interaction during Neuro-endovascular Surgical Procedures" to appear in the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, June 2008.
    • Kumar, A., Seshadri, S., Baheti, A., Govindarajan S., Kesavadas, T., and Guru, K., "Virtual Reality Surgical Trainer for Robotic Urological Procedures" to appear in the Journal of Urology, May 2008.
    • Bhandwale, A., and Kesavadas, T., "A Methodology to Incorporate Product Mix Variations in Cellular Manufacturing" Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing v.17 (1): pp 75-81, 2008.
    • Sengupta, A., Kesavadas, T., Baier, R, and Hoffmann, K.R., "Identification of critical areas of carotid stent navigation by measurement of resistive forces, in vitro, using silicone phantoms" International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery v.2 (1): pp138-145, 2007.
    • Arulesan, V., Kesavadas, T., and Hoffmann, K.R., "Analysis of stress developed in artery walls during neuro-endovascular surgical procedures" International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery v.2 (1): pp218-221, 2007.
    • Kim, Y.S, Kesavadas, T., and Paley, S., "The UB Virtual Site Museum: An Example of Research and Education Implemented in the Virtual Environment" Presence v.15 (3) MIT press, June, 2006. (0.95 to 1.85 between 2003-2005)
    • Myers J., Mayrose J., David, E., Anand, A., and Kesavadas, T., "Virtual Reality Simulation Model for Emergency Airway Management Training" Academic Emergency Medicine, v.12, n.8, pp. 794-795, 2005. (1.89)

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