Sarthak Misra

Ph.D. Candidate

Haptic Exploration Laboratory
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Johns Hopkins University

Email: sarthak@jhu.edu
Office: 137A Computational Science and Engineering Building
Phone: (410) 516-4184


Advisor: Allison M. Okamura
Collaborator: K. T. Ramesh

Research:

My broad research interests are primarily in the area of applied mechanics at both macro and micro scales. I am interested in both theoretical and computational aspects of mechanics with applications to electro-mechanical systems, medicine, and biology. The following are a few areas in applied mechanics that I have worked on: dynamics, control, and simulation of multibody space systems, haptics, mechanics (continuum and fracture) of surgical tools interacting with tissues and soft tissue constitutive modeling, finite element models of biological tissue with applications to surgical simulation and planning.

Publications:

Journal Articles
  • Misra S, Macura K J, Ramesh K T, and Okamura A M, "The Importance of Organ Geometry and Boundary Constraints for Planning of Medical Interventions". Medical Engineering & Physics, In Press. [Available Online]

  • Misra S, Ramesh K T, and Okamura A M, "Modeling of Tool-Tissue Interactions for Computer-Based Surgical Simulation: A Literature Review", Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 17(5): 463-491, October 2008. [PDF]

  • Ma O, Wang J, Misra S and Liu M, "On the Validation of SPDM Task Verification Facility ", Journal of Robotic Systems, 21(5): 219-235, January 2004. [PDF]

    Conference Publications
  • Misra S, Reed K B, Schafer B W, Ramesh K T, and Okamura A M, "Observations and Models for Needle-Tissue Interactions", Submitted.

  • Misra S, Fuernstahl P, Ramesh K T, Okamura A M, and Harders M, "Quantifying Perception of Nonlinear Elastic Tissue Models using Multidimensional Scaling", Accepted to 2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (IEEE), March 2009.

  • Misra S, Reed K B, Douglas A S, Ramesh K T, and Okamura A M, "Needle-Tissue Interaction Forces for Bevel-Tip Steerable Needles", IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, pages 224-231, Scottsdale, USA, October 2008. [PDF]

  • Pezzementi Z, Ursu D, Misra S, and Okamura A M, "Modeling Realistic Tool-Tissue Interactions with Haptic Feedback: A Learning-based Method", 16th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (IEEE), pages 209-215, Reno, USA, March 2008. [PDF]

  • Misra S, Ramesh K T, and Okamura A M, "Physically Valid Surgical Simulators: Linear versus Nonlinear Tissue Models", Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Vol. 132, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality (MMVR 16), pages 293-295, Long Beach, USA, January 2008. [PDF] (Best Poster Award)

  • Misra S, Okamura A M, and Ramesh K T, "Force Feedback is Noticeably Different for Linear versus Nonlinear Elastic Tissue Models", 2nd Joint EuroHaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (IEEE), pages 519-524, Tsukuba, Japan, March 2007. [PDF]

  • Misra S and Okamura A M, "Environment Parameter Estimation during Bilateral Telemanipulation ", 14th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems (IEEE), pages 301-307, Alexandria, USA, March 2006. [PDF]

  • Ma O, Liu M, Misra S and Wang J, "Validation Plan for SPDM Task Verification Facility ", The 7th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (I-SAIRAS), Nara, Japan, May 2003. [PDF]

  • Misra S and Misra A, "Object-oriented Modeling of the Dynamics of Space Systems with Reaction Wheels ", AIAA Paper 2002-5043, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, Monterey, USA, August, 2001. [PDF]

    Workshop Presentations
  • "Factors Affecting Needle and Tissue Interaction Models I: Organ Geometry and Boundary Constraints ", Workshop on Needle Steering: Recent Results and Future Opportunities, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), New York, USA, September 2008.

  • "Factors Affecting Needle and Tissue Interaction Models II: Needle Tip Shape ", Workshop on Needle Steering: Recent Results and Future Opportunities, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) }, New York, USA, September 2008.

  • "Reality-Based Modeling for Simulation and Robot-Assisted Surgery ", Workshop on Scientific Computing Applications in Surgical Simulation of Soft Tissues, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, Januaray 2008.


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