Academics

• 2012
  May
  Doctor of Philosophy

  Doctor of Philosophy – The Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA

• 2007
  
  Master of Science by Research in Biomedical Engineering

  Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

• 2002
  
  Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication engineering

  University of Madras, India

Publications

Selected Peer Reviewed Publications

Varadhan SKM, Wei Zhang, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky and Mark L. Latash, Age effects on rotational hand action, Human Movement Science, 2012 June, 31(3) 502 - 518 (Available in Pubmed Central)

Tarkeshwar Singh, Varadhan SKM, Vladmir.M.Zatsiorsky and Mark.L.Latash, Adaptive increase in force variance during fatigue in tasks with low redundancy, Neuroscience Letters. 2010 Nov 26;485(3):204-7 (Available in Pubmed Central)

Varadhan SKM, Vladmir.M.Zatsiorsky and Mark.L.Latash, Variance components in discrete force production tasks, Experimental Brain Research 2010 Sep;205(3):335-49 (Available in Pubmed Central)

Tarkeshwar Singh, Varadhan SKM, Vladmir.M.Zatsiorsky and Mark.L.Latash, Fatigue and motor redundancy: adaptive increase in finger force variance in multi-finger tasks, Journal of Neurophysiology. 2010 Jun;103(6):2990-300 (Available in Pubmed Central)

Jason Friedman, Varadhan SKM, Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Mark L. Latash, The sources of two components of variance: An example of multifinger cyclic force production tasks at different frequencies, Experimental Brain Research 196(2) 263-277, (2009) (Available in Pubmed Central)

Projects

Project Title	Agency	Value (in Lakhs)	Role	Duration
Studies of motor learning and co-articulation in novel typing tasks	DST/CSRI	70	Sole PI	2015-2018
Rehabilitation of hand function in stroke survivors	IC & SR	26.5	Sole PI	2013-2017

Students

Ph.D

• Dhanush R, "Studies of motor learning and co-articulation in novel typing tasks",(ongoing)
• Ravi D, “Studies of Fingertip Force Distribution Patterns Under Variable Thumb Positions” (ongoing)
• Banuvathy R,"Studies of Inter-Finger, Intra-Finger and Inter-Hand Coordination in Bimanual Tasks",(ongoing)
• Niraj S, “Understanding motor coordination/sensorimotor control of grip aperture formation during grasping: A theoretic system paradigm",Prof. arun k tangirala (Co-guide) (ongoing)
• Bhadra S, “Study of decision making using muti finger force production", (ongoing)
• Ann David, Recently joined, (ongoing)

M.S

• Nayan B “Kinematic modeling of individual phalange with kinematic data from reduced data set– a subject specific approach using machine learning technique”, (ongoing)
• Satishch S, “Temporal coordination in dynamic-goal oriented tasks” (ongoing)

M Tech / Dual Degree

• Niranjan C, “Enslavement of human hand”, Ongoing.
• Vaisakh S, “Kinematic study of finger movement”, Ongoing.
• Sandeep C, “Study of isometric finger forces in the presence of perpetual feedback”, May 2016
• Kushal S, kinematic hand model using Electromagnetic tracking sensors, May 2016
• Saida N, “Effect of visual feedback on isometric force production”, May 2015
• Arnab, “Studying grip force load force coordination during five finger prismatic precision grasp”, May 2014

List of Courses Taught

• AM 1100

  Engineering Mechanics

• AM 3010

  Introduction to Biomechanics

• AM 6516

  Neuromechanics of Human Movement

• AM 5010

  Biomechanics

• AM 3020

  Fundamentals of Medical Instrumentation

• AM 5110

  Biomechanics Lab

• AM 5130

  Quantitative Physiology