Mechanical Engineering Faculty Profile:

Dr. Jaydev Desai
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director, Robotics, Automation, and Medical Systems (RAMS) Laboratory

0160 Glenn L. Martin Hall, Building 088
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742

Phone: 301.405.4427
Fax: 301.314.9477
Email: jaydev@umd.edu
Website

Research Interests

Medical robotics, haptic interfaces for robot-assisted surgery, surgical simulation, model-based teleoperation, and cellular surgery.

Vita

Dr. Jaydev P. Desai is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Maryland, College Park. Before joining University of Maryland in 2006, Dr. Desai served as the Director of the "Program for Robotics, Intelligent Sensing, and Mechatronics (PRISM) Laboratory" at Drexel University. Dr. Desai completed his undergraduate studies from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, in 1993. He received his M.A. in Mathematics in 1997 and M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics in 1995 and 1998 respectively, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University from 1998 to 1999. Dr. Desai holds an NSF CAREER Award for research in “Minimally Invasive Surgery Using Haptics and Vision”. His research within the area of medical robotics is specifically targeted towards: haptic interfaces for robot-assisted surgery, reality-based soft-tissue modeling for surgical simulation, model-based teleoperation in robot-assisted surgery, and force feedback interface for cellular surgery. In the past, he has also worked on graph theoretic framework for modeling and control of modular robotic systems.

Education

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), University of Pennsylvania, 1998
M.A. (Mathematics), University of Pennsylvania, 1997
M.S. (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics), University of Pennsylvania, 1995

Select Publications

• Mingyen Ho, Alan McMillan, Marc Simard, Rao Gullapalli, Jaydev P. Desai, “Towards a Meso-scale SMA-Actuated MRI-Compatible Neurosurgical Robot”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Accepted, 2011.
• Arvind Ananthanarayanan, Leicester Ehrlich, Jaydev P. Desai, Satyandra K. Gupta, “Design of Revolute Joints for In-Mold Assembly using Insert Molding”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 2011, Accepted.
• Chad C. Kessens and Jaydev P. Desai, “A Self-Sealing Suction Cup Array for Grasping”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2011, Accepted.
• Kevin Lister, Zhan Gao, and Jaydev P. Desai, “Development of In Vivo Constitutive Models for Liver: Application to Surgical Simulation”, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 39(3), pp. 1060-1073, 2010; DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0227-8
• U-Xuan Tan, Bo Yang, Rao Gullapalli, and Jaydev P. Desai, “Tri-Axial MRI Compatible Fiber-optic Force Sensor”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2010; DOI : 10.1109/TRO.2010.2090061

Scientific and Professional Membership

Associate Editor of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Conference Editorial Board (2006); Awards Chair for the 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (2006); Editorial Board of IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2005-present); Co-Chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics (2005); Advisory Board for BioRob Conference (2006); Technical Committee on BioRobotics for IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2005); Program Committee Member for Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator systems (2005-2008); Theme Co-Chair for "Biomechanics, Bio-Robotics, and Surgical Planning" International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, New York, NY (2006); Member of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation Program Committee; Member of the 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems Program Committee; Member of the Program Committee for International Conference on Advanced Robotics (2005); Member of the International Program Committee for Solid and Physical Modeling (2005); Track chair for Surgical and Rehabilitative Robotics Theme at the 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2004); Member of the Program committee for EuroHaptics (2004); Member of the International Program Committee for the Tenth IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications (2004); Member of the Program committee for International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2003); Member of the Program committee for Sixth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) (2003); Member of the Program committee for International Conference on Advanced Robotics ( 2003); Member of the Program committee for Fifth International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) (2002); Member of the Program committee for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2002); Member of the Program Committee of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2001); Member of the Program committee for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2001)

Honors and Awards

IEEE Senior Member, 2004 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE); Drexel University College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award (2004), Drexel University Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Teaching (2004); Pei Chi Chou Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics – Drexel University (2004-2005); National Science Foundation CAREER Award (2002); Nominated for the Anton Philips Best Student paper award at 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation; Graduate Student Fellow of Institute for Research in Cognitive Science, at University of Pennsylvania (1996-1998); 10th Rank in the Bombay Center for Talent Search Examination, India (1986).

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