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Vijay Shilpiekandula

  • Hi there! I am a Doctoral Candidate in Mechanical Engineering, MIT. I hold a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, MIT and a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras. If you are a prospective undergraduate researcher (UROP) looking for hands-on design/control hardware-based projects to work on and learn from, please email me at svijay at mit dot edu. Contact me to know more about our previous UROP (now grad student in ME) Justin Lai's work highlighted below (international conference publication and also patent disclosure) for the range of possibilities for exciting research in precision flexure-based mechanism design and control. Justin presented his work in Singapore in Jan 2008 and his full trip was supported by our sponsor Singapore-MIT Alliance program.

Website

http://mit.edu/svijay/www

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, D. J. Burns, S. Li, Z. Xu et al, “Fusion of Metrology Data for High-Volume Large-Scale Manufacturing of Polymer-Based Microfluidic Devices,” Accepted for publication in International Journal of Nanomanufacturing.
  2. Z. Xu, S. Li, D. J. Burns, V. Shilpiekandula, et al, "Three-dimensional profile stitching based on the fiducial markers for microfluidic devices," Optics Communications [2], In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 November 2008. doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2008.10.042
  3. V. Shilpiekandula and K. Youcef-Toumi, "A Flexure-based Mechanism for Precision Angular Alignment at Large Loads," In Proceedings of American Society for Precision Engineering [3], Portland OR, October 2008.
  4. 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[4], Boston MA, October 2008.
  5. V. Shilpiekandula and K. Youcef-Toumi, "Characterization of Dynamic Behavior of Flexure-based Mechanisms for Precision Angular Alignment," In Proceedings of American Control Conference [5], pp. 3005-3010, Seattle WA, June 2008.
  6. 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) [6], Sharjah, UAE, March 2008.
  7. 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.
  8. 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 [7], Singapore, Jan 2008.
  9. 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 [8], Clemson University, no. 35, pp. 323-328, Sep 2007.
  10. 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) [9], University of Texas at Austin, June 2007.
  11. V. Shilpiekandula, "Progress through Mechanics: Small-scale Gaps," Mechanics (Publication of the American Academy of Mechanics), [10][11] vol. 35, no. 9-10, pp. 3-6, Sep-Oct 2006.
  12. V. Shilpiekandula, D. J. Burns, K. Youcef-Toumi, et al, "Metrology of Microembossed Devices: A Review," In Proceedings of 1st International Micromanufacturing Conference [12], University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, no. 49, pp. 302-307, Sep 2006.
  13. 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 [13], pp. 394-399, Portland OR, June 2005.

Patents/Disclosures

  • V. Shilpiekandula, K. Youcef-Toumi, “A Diaphragm Flexure with Large Range and High Load Capacity,” Technical Disclosure filed with MIT Technology Licensing Office, Feb 22, 2008.
  • V. Shilpiekandula, K. Youcef-Toumi, “Symmetric Thermo-centric Flexure with Low Error-motions,” Technical Disclosure filed with MIT Technology Licensing Office, Feb 22, 2008.
  • V. Shilpiekandula, J. Lai, and K. Youcef-Toumi, “A Flexure-based Mechanism for Passive Angle Alignment and Subsequent Locking,” Technical Disclosure filed with MIT Technology Licensing Office, Jan 10, 2008.
  • V. Shilpiekandula, K. Youcef-Toumi, “A High-resolution Flexural Stage for In-plane Position and Out-of-plane Pitch/Roll Alignment,” Technical Disclosure filed with MIT Technology Licensing Office, May 31, 2007. PCT/US08/65484 application filed Jun 2, 2008.

Awards

  • R. V. Jones Memorial Scholarship 2008 awarded by American Society for Precision Engineering [14][15].
  • The Xerox Foundation Fellowship 2008 awarded by Xerox Research Center, USA. Application endorsed by Dean, MIT School of Engineering [16].
  • Best Paper Presentation in Session Award, American Control Conference in Session Mechatronic Systems, [17] 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 [18], Framingham MA, April 2008.
  • Founder's Prize and Grant, American Academy of Mechanics --- Robert M. and Mary Haythornthwaite Foundation, [19] [20], 2006-2007 .
  • NSF Fellowship Award for NSF Summer Institute on Nano- mechanics and Materials [21], 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 [22], Portland OR, June 2005.
  • First Prize, MIT S. Klein Award for Scientific and Technical Writing [23], 2006.
  • Student Travel Grant, American Control Conference, [24], Portland OR, June 2005.

Interests

    Swimming, Long distance running (5-13.1 mile) [25], Fiction Writing, Journalism [26], Dramatics [27], Carnatic Music Classical (Vocal) [28][29][30].
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