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Vijay Shilpiekandula

  • Doctoral Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, MIT.
  • Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, MIT.
  • Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras.

Projects

  • Design and control of flexural mechanisms.
  • With MIT Center for Polymer Microfabrication [1]: Metrology for large-scale high-volume manufacturing of polymer-based microfluidic devices.

Selected Publications

  1. V. Shilpiekandula and K. Youcef-Toumi, "Flexure-based Mechanisms for Guidance and Angular Alignment at Large Loads," In Proceedings of American Society for Precision Engineering [2], Portland OR, October 2008.
  2. V. Shilpiekandula and Y.S. Song, "A Music-based Mechatronic System for Teaching Modeling and Control", Paper IMECE-66817, In Proceedings of ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE[3], Boston MA, October 2008.
  3. V. Shilpiekandula and K. Youcef-Toumi, "Characterization of Dynamic Behavior of Flexure-based Mechanisms for Precision Angular Alignment," In Proceedings of American Control Conference [4], pp. 3005-3010, Seattle WA, June 2008.
  4. D. J. Burns, V. Shilpiekandula, B. D. Aumond, and K. Youcef-Toumi, "On Imaging at the Nano-scale," Keynote paper, In Proceedings of International Workshop on Signal Processing and its Applications (WoSPA) [5], Sharjah, UAE, March 2008.
  5. V. Shilpiekandula, D. J. Burns, and K. Youcef-Toumi, “An Instrument Transfer Function Approach to Atomic Force Microscopy,” In Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Nanomanufacturing [http:// isnm2008.org/], Singapore, Jan 2008.
  6. J. Y. Lai, V. Shilpiekandula, and K. Youcef-Toumi, “A Flexural Mechanism for Passive Angle Alignment and Locking In Nanomanufacturing Applications,” In Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Nanomanufacturing [6], Singapore, Jan 2008.
  7. V. Shilpiekandula, D.J. Burns, K. Youcef-Toumi et al, "Fusion of Metrology Data for Large-scale High-volume Manufacturing of Polymer- based Microfluidic Devices," In Proceedings of 2nd International Micromanufacturing Conference [7], Clemson University, no. 35, pp. 323-328, Sep 2007.
  8. V. Shilpiekandula and K. Youcef-Toumi, "A Method for Maintaining Parallelism between Two Optically Flat Surfaces," In Proceedings of ASME Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference (McMat) [8], University of Texas at Austin, June 2007.
  9. V. Shilpiekandula, "Progress through Mechanics: Small-scale Gaps," Mechanics (Publication of the American Academy of Mechanics), [9][10] vol. 35, no. 9-10, pp. 3-6, Sep-Oct 2006.
  10. V. Shilpiekandula, D. J. Burns, K. Youcef-Toumi, et al, "Metrology of Microembossed Devices: A Review," In Proceedings of 1st International Micromanufacturing Conference [11], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, no. 49, pp. 302-307, Sep 2006.
  11. V. Shilpiekandula and K. Youcef-Toumi, "Modeling and Control of a Programmable Filter for Separation of Biologically Active Molecules," In Proceedings of American Control Conference [12], pp. 394-399, Portland OR, June 2005.

Awards

  • The Xerox Foundation Fellowship 2008 awarded by Xerox Research Center, USA. Application endorsed by Dean, MIT School of Engineering.
  • Best Paper Presentation in Session Award, American Control Conference in Session Mechatronic Systems, [13] Seattle WA, June 2008.
  • Elected full member to Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society, 2008.
  • Society of Manufacturing Engineers Certificate of Appreciation for active participation as invited speaker for two talks in Micro/ Nanomanufacturing Conference [14], Framingham MA, April 2008.
  • Founder's Prize and Grant, American Academy of Mechanics --- Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation, [15] [16], 2006-2007 .
  • NSF Fellowship Award for NSF Summer Institute on Nano- mechanics and Materials [17], Northwestern University, July 2007.
  • Finalist, George Hatsopoulos Innovation and Thesis Award for Doctoral Candidates in MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.
  • Best Paper Presentation in Session Award, American Control Conference in Session Biomodeling and Control [18], Portland OR, June 2005.
  • First Prize, MIT S. Klein Award for Scientific and Technical Writing [19], 2006.
  • Student Travel Grant, American Control Conference, [20], Portland OR, June 2005.

Interests

    Swimming, Long distance running (5-13.1 mile) [21], Fiction Writing, Journalism [22], Dramatics [23], Carnatic Music Classical (Vocal) [24].
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