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PERSONAL DATA

Anand Pillarisetti
Ph.D Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Room 1177, Building 089
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Email: anandp (at) umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-8892

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mechanical Engineering
  University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  GPA: 3.83/4.00
  January 2007 - December 2008
  Research Topic: Mechanical manipulation and characterization of biological cells.
  
  
• Master of Science (MS) in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
  Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  GPA: 3.95/4.00
  September 2003 - December 2006
  Research Topic: Robotic cellular manipulation
  
  
• Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Mechanical Engineering
  National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India
  First class with distinction
  September 1998 - June 2002
  Thesis Topic: Trajectory planning of a robotic manipulator

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Graduate Research Assistant
  Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  January 2007 - Present
  
  - Characterized the mechanical property of mouse embryonic stem cells.
  - Developed a haptics-enabled atomic force microscopy (AFM) system that can be used to manipulate an individual cell.
  - Designed a micro force sensor for cell manipulation.
  
  
• Graduate Research Fellow
  Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  September 2004 - September 2006
  
  - Devised polypyyrrole based hexagonal microgripper for holding an individual biological cell.
  - Established an automated cell injection system with force feedback capabilty and tested the system with 40 human subjects.
  - Developed a force feedback interface which measures forces in the range of mN-µN and provides haptic display of the cell injection forces to the operator.
  
  
• Graduate Research Asssitant
  Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  September 2003 - December 2003
  
  - Designed piezoresistive sensor circuit for an automated laparoscopic grasper which measures forces encountered in grasping/ probing a tissue.

MICROFABRICATION EXPERIENCE

• The Penn State Nanofabrication Facility, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  October 2005 - January 2006
  
  - Lithography: Positive and Lift off photoresist lithography
  - Etching: Wet Etching (Cr, Au etchants), Dry Etching (RIE)
  - Deposition: Thermal Deposition, Electrodeposition

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Teaching Assistant
  Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  September 2003 - August 2004
  
  - Summer, 2003 - 2004: MEM 255 Introduction to Control Systems.
  - Winter, 2003 - 2004: TDEC Lab ( AutoCAD, LabView)
  - Fall, 2003 - 2004: MEM 230 Mechanics of Materials I
  

ARCHIVED PUBLICATIONS

• Jaydev P. Desai, Anand Pillarisetti, and Ari D. Brooks, "Engineering Approaches to Biomanipulation", Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, 9, pp. 35-53, 2007.
• Anand Pillarisetti, Maxim Pekarev, Ari D. Brooks, and Jaydev P. Desai, "Evaluating the Effect of Force Feedback in Cell Injection". IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 4(3): pp. 322-331, 2007.
• Gregory Tholey, Anand Pillarisetti, and Jaydev P. Desai, "On-Site Three Dimensional Force Sensing Capability in a Laparoscopic Grasper", Industrial Robot, IR 31:6, 2004.

CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM PUBLICATIONS

• Anand Pillarisetti, Carol Keefer, and Jaydev P. Desai, “Mechanical Characterization of Fixed Undifferentiated and Differentiating mESC, Second biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics – BioRob, October 2008.
• Anand Pillarisetti, Carol Keefer, and Jaydev P. Desai, “Mechanical Response of Embryonic Stem Cells using Haptics-enabled Atomic Force Microscopy, 11th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Athens, Greece, 2008.
• Anand Pillarisetti, Edward Steager, Maxim Pekarev, Ari D. Brooks, and Jaydev P. Desai, "Micro Robotic Gripper for Cell Manipulation", 10th International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006.
• Anand Pillarisetti, Maxim Pekarev, Ari D. Brooks, and Jaydev P. Desai, "Evaluating the Role of Force Feedback for Biomanipulation Tasks", 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 2006.
• Anand Pillarisetti, Waqas Anjum, Jaydev P. Desai, Gary Friedman, and Ari D. Brooks, "Force Feedback Interface for Cell Injection", World Haptics Conference, Pisa, Italy, 2005.
• Gregory Tholey, Anand Pillarisetti, William Green, and Jaydev P. Desai, "Design, Development, and Testing of an Automated Laparoscopic Grasper with 3-D Force Measurement Capability", Medical Simulation: International Symposium, ISMS 2004: 38-48, ISMS 2004, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Gregory Tholey, Anand Pillarisetti, William Green, and Jaydev P. Desai, "Direct 3-D Force Measurement Capability in an Automated Laparoscopic Grasper", Eurohaptics, Munich, Germany, 2004.

BOOK CHAPTER

• Jaydev P. Desai and Anand Pillarisetti, "Robotics for Life Science Automation", Life Science Automation: Fundamentals and Applications edited by Mingjun Zhang, Bradley Nelson and Robin A. Felder, Artech House Publishers, 2007.

RELEVANT COURSES

• Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)
• Robotics
• Microbased Computer Controls
• Flexible Macroelectronics
• Fiber Optics
• Semiconductor Devices and Technology
• Finite Element Methods
• Cellular Mechanics

COMPUTER SKILLS

• C, C++, Matlab, Maple, ProEngineer, AutoCAD, Image pro, Spot, dSpace, ABAQUS, ANSYS, LabVIEW, CorelDraw

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP/HONORS

• Received Honorable Mention for a poster presented at Research Review Day, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park (03/07)
• Recipient of Joseph Carleone Endowed Fellowship (2005 - 06), Drexel University. Awarded to a graduate student in the College of Engineering with academic merit.
• IEEE Student Member (2005 - present)
• Received Honorable Mention for Emerging Technology at Drexel University Research Day (04/05).

LEADERSHIP/EXTRACURICULLAR ACTIVITIES

• Treasurer of Engineering Graduate Students Association (EGA), Drexel University (2005 - 06).
• Member of "Shor", The Indian co-ed Acapella Group (2005 - 06).
• Treasurer of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Students Association (MEGA), Drexel University (2004 - 05).
• Public relations officer (PRO) of Indian Graduate Students Association (Pragathi), Drexel University (2004 - 2005).