DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MECHANICS
& BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Indian Institute Of Technology Madras

Manivannan M

Professor

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (1999).

M.E., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, (1994).


B.E., in Guindy Engineering College, Anna University, Chennai, India, (1992).

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  Dr.M.Manivannan is a professor of Biomedical Engineering in IIT Madras, Department of Applied Mechanics. He received  post-doctoral training at the  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge. He was a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) of Harvard Medical  School (HMS) in Boston, and a visiting faculty in the Christian Medical College (CMC) Vellore. Before MIT and Harvard, he received another  post-  doctoral training at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Maryland. Before joining IIT Madras in Jun 2005, he was serving as a chief  software architect of Yantric Inc., a spin-off company of MIT Touchlab, in Cambridge MA. In 2005 Dr.Manivannan has setup the first Touchlab in India  at  IIT Madras, which is also known as Haptics Lab. He holds PhD and ME degrees from the Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bangalore.

 Research Interest

  • Needs of Vision Impaired, Hearing Impaired, and Touch Impaired.
  • Medical Simulations with Haptics Feedback.
  • Applications of Haptics in Computer Games.
  • Science of Touch in Indian Medicine.

 Office Location

  MSB 207, Biomedical Engineering,
   Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering,
  IIT Madras, Chennai - 600036.
  Office: +91 44 2257 4064
  Email: mani@iitm.ac.in / mani@alum.mit.edu.

  July 2014 - Present

  Professor

   Department of Applied Mechanics, IITM, Chennai, INDIA.

  June 2010 - July 2014

  Associate Professor

   Department of Applied Mechanics, IITM, Chennai, INDIA.

  January 2004 - December 2010, May 2013 - Dec 2013

   MIT Affiliate, Touch Lab

   Research Laboratory for Electronics, EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  August 2012 - May 2013

   On Sabbatical Leave, Touch Lab

   Research Laboratory for Electronics, EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  October 2009 - March 2012

   Head of Biomedical Engineering Group

   Department of Applied Mechanics, IITM, Chennai, INDIA.

  March 2008 - February 2010

   Visiting Faculty

   Department of Bioengineering, Christian Medical College, Vellore, INDIA.

  June 2005 - May 2010

   Assistant Professor

   Department of Applied Mechanics, IITM, Chennai, INDIA.

  January 2004 - May 2005

   Chief Software Architect

   Yantric, Inc, Cambridge, MA.

  July 2004 - August 2004

   Visiting Faculty

   Center for Product Design and Manufacturing, Indian Insitute of Science, Bangalore. INDIA.

  June 2002 - December 2003

  Post Doctoral Associate,Touch Lab

   Research Laboratory for Electronics, EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  May 2002 - August 2002

  Visiting Scientist

   CIMIT Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology , Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Univarsity, Cambridge, MA.

  June 2001 - May 2002

  Visiting Scientist,Touch Lab

   Research Laboratory for Electronics, EECS, MIT, Cambridge, MA.

  June 2000 - May 2001

  Visiting Scientist

   Smartspace Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

  Oct 1999-May 2000

  Visiting Scientist

   Manufacturing System Integration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.

  March 1994 - December 1995

  Visiting Scientist

   Engineer Trainee, Bharat Heavy Eectricals Limited BHEL , Trichy.

 Journal Publications

  • Biswas, A.; Manivannan, M.; Srinivasan, M.A., "Multiscale Layered Biomechanical Model of the Pacinian Corpuscle," Haptics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.8, no.1, pp.31,42, Jan.-March 1 2015 doi: 10.1109/TOH.2014.2369416 [Link] [pdf]
  • Biswas, A.; Manivannan, M.; Srinivasan, M.A., "Vibrotactile Sensitivity Threshold: Nonlinear Stochastic Mechanotransduction Model of the Pacinian Corpuscle," Haptics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.8, no.1, pp.102,113, Jan.-March 1 2015, doi: 10.1109/TOH.2014.2369422 [Link] [pdf]
  • M.S. Raghu, Prasad; Manivannan, M; S. M, Chandramohan'; Effects of Laparoscopic Instrument and Finger on Force Perception: A First Step towards Laparoscopic Force-Skills Training, Surgical Endoscopy: Volume 29, Issue 7 (2015), Page 1927-1943 [Link] [pdf]
  • Book Chapter: Manivannan M; Periyasamy R; Suresh Devashayam; Handheld Isobaric Aesthesiometer for Measuring Two-point Discrimination, ICoRD’15 – Research into Design Across Boundaries Volume 2 Smart Innovation Systems and Technologies, 35, 675-685, 2015, Springer. [Link] [pdf]
  • M.S. Raghu Prasad and M. Manivannan,Comparison of Force Matching Performance in Conventional and Laparoscopic Force-Based Task, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting September 2014 58: 683-687, doi:10.1177/1541931214581160
  • Martin Grunwald, Manivannan M, Hyun Kim, Jung Kim, Frank Krause, Stephanie Mueller and Mandayam A. Srinivasan, Human haptic perception is interrupted by explorative stops of milliseconds Front. Psychol., Cognition, 3. Apr 9;5:292. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00292 [ link ]
  • Prasad, R., Biswas, A., and Manivannan, M. (2014). “Surgical Simulation and Education: Design and development of a cost effective 5-DOF haptic device for laparoscopic skills training,” Int. J. Comput. Assist. Radiol. Surg., 9(1), PP S128–S129 (Abstract).
  • Suganthi, Lakshmanan; Manivannan, M.; Kunwar, BrajeshKumar; Joseph, George; Danda, Debashish; Morphological analysis of peripheral arterial signals in Takayasu’s arteritis, Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 1387-1307, 2014. [ link ]
  • M.S. Raghu Prasad and M. Manivannan (2013) "Isometric Force Matching Error of Index Finger and Laparoscopic Instrument" Journal of Biomechanics,Volume 4, Issue 1, page 15-26;ISSN : 0974-0783.
  • Nissan Kunju, George Tharion, Suresh Devasahayam and M Manivannan, Muscle Activation Pattern and Weight Bearing of Limbs during Wheelchair Transfers in Healthy Individuals– A Step towards Lower Limb FES Assisted Transfer for Paraplegics, Converging Clinical & Engi. Research on NR, BIOSYSROB1, pp197-201, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34546-3_31.
  • Majid Koul, Suril V Shah, S K Saha, M Manivannan, Reduced-order Forward Dynamics of Multi-Closed-Loop Systems, Journal of Multibody System Dynamics, 1-26, DOI: 10.1007/s11044-013-9379-2, Springer, Netherlands, 2013.
    [ pdf ]
  • M Manivannan, Pawankumar Suresh, On The Somatosensation Basis Of Vision, Annals of Neurosciences, Vol. 19:1, pages 31-40, 2012. [ pdf ] [ link ]
  • L. Suganthi, M. Manivannan, Modeling the Effects of Upper Arm Cuff Pressure on Pulse Morphology, Int. J. Healthcare Technology and Management 2011-Vol.12,No.5/6,422-433.
  • Mohamed Yacin, V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy and M. Manivannan, Reconstruction of Gastric Slow wave from Finger Photoplethysmographic Signal using Radial Basis Function Neural Network, J Med Biol Eng Comput. Nov;49(11):1241-7, 2011. [link]
  • K. Hemalatha and M. Manivannan, Cardiopulmonary model to study interaction hemodynamics in Muller maneuver. Int. J. Numer. Meth. Biomed. Engng., 27: 1524–1544. doi: 10.1002/cnm.1437, 2011.
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan, V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Effect of gastric myoelectric activity on pulse rate variability in fasting and postprandial conditions, Int. J. of Healthcare Technology and Management, Vol.12, No.5/6, pp.434 - 446, 2011.
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, On Non-Invasive Measurement of Gastric Motility from Finger Photoplethysmographic Signal, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, vol 38, No 12, pp 3744-3755, Dec 2010. [link]
  • K. Hemalatha, L. Suganthi, M. Manivannan, Hybrid cardiopulmonary model for analysis of Valsalva maneuver with radial artery pulse, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Volume 38, Number 10/October 2010, pp 3151-3161. [link]
  • L. Suganthi, M. Manivannan, Modeling the effect of cuff pressure in Upper arm, International Joint Journal Conferences in Computer, Electronics and Electrical (IJRTE), India, 2009, Vol. 2, No. 1-6, pp.73-75. [pdf]
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Effect of Gastric Myoelectric Activity on Photoplethysmographic Signals, International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering, Vol. 2(Electrical), No. 1,pp 27-29, Nov 2009. [pdf]
  • K. Hemalatha, M. Manivannan, A study of Cardiopulmonary interaction haemodynamics with detailed lumped parameter model, Int. J. of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Vol.6, No.3, pp.251 - 271, 2011. [pdf]
  • R. Periyasamy, M.Manivannan, V.B.Narayanamurthy, "Correlation between Two Point Discrimination with other measures of Sensory loss in Diabetic Mellitus Patients", International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries 2008, 28(3), 71-78. [pdf]
  • M.Manivanann, R. Periyasamy, V.B.Narayanamurthy, "Vibration Perception Threshold and the Law of Mobility in Diabetic Mellitus Patients", Primary Care Diabetes, 3 (2009 ) 17-21 [pdf].
  • R. Periyasamy, V.B.Narayanamurthy and Manivannan M, "Changes in the Two Point Discrimination in Diabetic Mellitus Patients", Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, 3:3, 2008. [pdf]
  • S.Mahesh, M.Manivannan, T.Anandan, Three Radial Artery Pulse Sensor Design for Siddha Based Disease Diagnosis, International Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (IJSCI), Jul 2008, pp19-23. [pdf]
  • K Shankar, M Manivannan, Peter Fernandez, GSR Analysis During Hypnotic Analgesia, International Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (IJSCI), Jan 2008, pp-35-38. [pdf]
  • S. Deivanayagi, M. Manivannan and P. Fernandez, Spectral analysis of EEG signals during hypnosis Int. J. Syst. Cybern. Inform. 5 75-80. 2007. [pdf]
  • H.Vasudevan, B.S.Manohar, M.Manivannan, Rendering stiffer walls: A hybrid haptic system using continuous and discrete time feedback, Advanced Robotics, vol. 21, no. 11, August 2007. [pdf]
  • Suvranu De, Yi-Je Lim, M Manivannan, Mandayam A. Srinivasan, "Physically Realistic Virtual Surgery Using the Point-Associated Finite Field (PAFF) Approach", Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, June 2006, Vol. 15, No. 3, Pages 294-308, 2006. [pdf]
  • Haptics in Minimally Invasive Surgical Simulation and Training, C.Basdogan, S.De, J.Kim, Manivannan. M, H.Kim, MA.Srinivasan, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, Mar, 24(2), 2004; 56-64. [pdf]
  • Transatlantic Touch: A study of haptic collaboration over long distance, J. Jordan, J. Mortensen, M. Oliveira and M. Slater, J. Kim, M. Manivannan, and M. A. Srinivasan, Presence: Advances in collaborative virtual environments, Volume 13 , Issue 3, June 2004. [pdf]
  • An Intelligent Defect Diagnostic System, M.Manivannan, MN Srinivasan, IIF Transactions, Aug 1996.

 Conference Publications

  • Rohit, Parasnis; Akshay, Pawar; M, Manivannan; Multiscale Entropy and Poincaré Plot-based Analysis of Pulse Rate Variability and Heart Rate Variability of ICU Patients International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and BioMedical Sciences, ICIIBMS 2015 [pdf]
  • Prasad, A Natekar; Manivannan, M; Natesan, D; Devkumar, D; Affordable Immersive Virtual Reality based pre-surgical planning tool for Neurosurgery International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and BioMedical Sciences , ICIIBMS 2015
  • Majid, H Koul; SK, Saha; M, Manivannan; Teaching mechanism dynamics using a haptic device - II 2 nd International and 17 th National Conference on Machines and Mechanism, 2015
  • Suganthi Lakshmanan, Manivannan M, Morphological Analysis of Pressure Wave in the Arterial Tree with Stenosis - a Modeling Approach, Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of EMBS 2015, Italy. [Link] [pdf]
  • A. Biswas, M. Manivannan, M. A. Srinivasan, Nonlinear Two Stage Mechanotransduction Model and Neural Response of Pacinian Corpuscle, Accepted in BSEC-14, IEEE, ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. DOI: 10.1109/BSEC.2014.6867740. [link]
  • Abhijit Biswas, M Manivannan, M A Srinivasan, A Biomechanical Model of Pacinian Corpuscle & Skin, BSEC-13, IEEE, ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, pp1-4, DOI: 10.1109/BSEC.2013.6618485. [pdf]
  • G Singh, M Manivannan, Drowsiness Detection System for Pilots, ICoRD'13, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 991-1003. [ pdf ]
  • MH Koul, SK Saha, M Manivannan, Teaching Mechanism Dynamics Using Haptics, 1st International & 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2013, December 18 to December 20, 2013, Roorkee, India.
  • MH Koul, SK Saha, M Manivannan, Simulation of Haptics Force Law using SimMechanics and Simulink, 1st International & 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM 2013, December 18 to December 20, 2013, Roorkee, India.
  • Majid H Koul and Subir K Saha, M Manivannan, Enhancing the Z-width of haptic interfaces through dual-rate sampling, AIR-2013, accepted for publication in Proc. of Advances in Robotics, International Conference of Robotic Society of India, Pune, July 2013. [ pdf ]
  • MS Raghu Prasad, Sunny Purswani and M Manivannan, Force JND for Right Index Finger Using Contra Lateral Force Matching Paradigm, ICord-2013, A. Chakrabarti and R. V. Prakash, Eds. Springer India, 2013, pp. 365–375. [ pdf ]
  • MS Raghu Prasad, Sunny Purswani and M Manivannan, Modeling of Human Hand Force Based Tasks Using Fitts’s Law, ICord-2013, A. Chakrabarti and R. V. Prakash, Eds. Springer India, 2013, pp. 377–386. [ pdf ]
  • Susmitha Wills, George Mathew, M Manivannan, Suresh Devasahayam, A Comparison of Pinch Force between Finger and Palm Grasp techniques in Laparoscopic Grasping, CET 2012. Vol. 4 No. 10B, 2012, pp. 46-49. doi: 10.4236/eng.2012.410B012.
    [ pdf ]
  • K. Kanakapriya, M. Manivannan, CPR Module with Variable Chest Stiffness in High Fidelity Mannequins, Chapter 16 pp 159-168 A Chakrabarti (ed.), CIRP Design 2012, doi: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4507-3_16, Ó Springer-Verlag London 2013 [ pdf ]
  • K. Kanakapriya, M. Manivannan, Blood Pressure Measurement with Sphygmomanometer in High Fidelity Mannequins, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE), ISSN 2250-2459, Vol 2, Issue 9, Sep 2012
  • M.S. Raghuprasad, M. Manivannan, Automated 3D Position Tracking of Laparoscopic Instruments in a Do-It-Yourself Simulator, In Proceedings of International Centenary Conference - EE, IISc, CCEE 2011, pp 507-512, Dec 14-17, 2011, ISBN: 978-93-7435-95-03.
  • K. Kanakapriya, A. Mandali, M. Manivannan, ECG simulation for Myocardial Infarction diagnosis in high fidelity mannequins, India Conference (INDICON), 2011 Annual IEEE , pp.1,5, 16-18 Dec. 2011, doi: 10.1109/INDCON.2011.6139634.
    [ pdf ]
  • Khadgi Mitesh, Koul Majid, Manivannan M, An adaptive-method for velocity estimation using time-to-digital converter, Field-Programmable Technology (FPT), 2011 International Conference on, pp.1,4, 12-14 Dec. 2011.
    doi: 10.1109/FPT.2011.6132713.
  • M.S. Raghuprasad, M. Manivannan, Tracking of Laparoscopic Surgical grasper Tip in a Do-It-Yourself Simulator, In Proceedings of International Conference On Biomedical Engineering (ICBME 2011). Narosa Press Publications,pp170 -176,Dec 10-12 ,2011, ISBN: 978-81-8487-195-01.
  • L. Suganthi, M. Manivannan, Pressure wave Morphological Analysis of arteries with Stenosis, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICBME), Manipal, India, 2011, pp.279-283.
  • Majid Hameed, M Manivannan, and S K Saha, Synthesis and Design of a 2-DOF Haptic Device for Simulating Epidural Injection, IFToMM - 2011, 13th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, Guanajuato, México, June 19-24, pp. 1-7, 2011.
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Extraction of Gastric Myoelectric Activity from Finger Photoplethysmographic signal, Proc. of Seventh IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2010), pp 188-194, Feb 17, 2010 to Feb 19, 2010, in Innsbruck, Austria.
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Measurement of Gastric Oscillations from Finger Photoplethysmographic Signal Using Autoregressive Model, Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Computer Control and Communication Technologies (ICCCCT 2010), pp 247-250, Oct 7, 2010 to Oct 9, 2010, India.
  • K. Hemalatha, M. Manivannan, S. Thanikachalam, Numerical simulation of cardiac valve flow velocity patterns in normal and abnormal conditions, Communication Control and Computing Technologies (ICCCCT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on, pp.536,539, 7-9 Oct. 2010.
  • K. Hemalatha, M. Manivannan, Valsalva Maneuver for the Analysis of Interaction Hemodynamic Model Study, Recent Trends in Information, Telecommunication and Computing (ITC), 2010 IEEE International Conference on, pp.28,32, 12-13 March 2010. doi: 10.1109/ITC.2010.54 [pdf]
  • K. Hemalatha and M. Manivannan, A study of Respiratory Induced Variations of Breath Patterns on Cardiopulmonary System Dynamics, Proceedings of the International Conference on Challenegs and Applications of Mathematics in Science and Technology (CAMIST), Jan 11-13,2010, pp751-759. [pdf]
  • Majid H Koul, Praneeth Kumar, Praveen K Singh, M. Manivannan, Subir K Saha, Gravity Compensation for Phantom Omni Haptic Interface, First Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics 2010, Lappeenranta, Finland, 25-27 May 2010, Vol 1, pp. 1707-1716. 2010. ISBN:978-1-61839-086-8.
  • K. Hemalatha and M. Manivannan, A study of Cardiopulmonary interaction haemodynamics with detailed lumped parameter model, Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advancements in Electrical Sciences (ICRAES 10), Jan 8 & 9, 2010, India, pp320-332. [pdf]
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan, and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Extraction Of Gastric Myoelectric Activity From Photoplethysmographic Signal, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Biomedical Engineering(IASTD), Feb 17-19, 2010, in Innsbruck, Austriai, pp188-192. [pdf]
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan, and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Effect of Gastric Myoelectric Activity on Pulse Rate Variability in Fasting and Postprandial Conditions, Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advancements in Electrical Sciences (ICRAES 10), Jan 8 & 9, 2010, India, pp296-304. [pdf]
  • L. Suganthi, M. Manivannan, Modeling the Effects of Upper Arm Cuff Pressure on Pulse Morphology, Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advancements in Electrical Sciences (ICRAES 10), India, 2010, pp.285-295 [pdf]
  • Praveen Kumar Singh, Subir Kumar Saha, and M. Manivannan, Synthesis of Two Degrees-of-Freedom Haptic Device, Proceedings of the 14th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (NaCoMM-09), NIT, Durgapur, India, December 17-18, 2009, pp92-97. [pdf]
  • S. Mohamed Yacin, M. Manivannan and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Pulse Rate variability and Gastric Electric Power in fasting and Postprandial Conditions, Proc. of 31st Annual International Conference of IEEE in Medicine and Biology Society, pp 2639-2642, Sep 2 – 6, 2009, Minneapolis, USA. [pdf]
  • L. Suganthi, M. Manivannan, Effect of Upper Arm Cuff Pressure on Pulse Morphology using Photoplethysmography, 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE (EMBS), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 2009, pp.1792-1795. [pdf]
  • S. Mahesh, M. Manivannan, T. Anandan, Design of Pulse Sensor for Siddha Based Disease Diagnosis, Proceedings of International Conference of Research into Design (ICoRD 09, IISc.), pp. 419-426. 2009.
  • M.Manivannan, P.Rajasekar, "Hybrid Model For Haptic Rendering in Virtual Tissue Cutting", Proc. of International Conference of Research Into Design (ICoRD 09, IISc.), pp466-471.
  • Siddharth.N, Manivannan.M, Suresh Devasahayam, George Mathew, Design of a Do-It-Yourself VR based Laparoscopic Simulator", Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2009.
  • B.S.Manohar, H.Vasudevan, M.Manivannan, DC Motor Damping: Strategies to improve stiffness in virtual environments, Eurohaptics 2008, Lecture Notes In Computer Science; Vol. 502, Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Haptics: Perception, Devices and Scenarios, Madrid, Spain, 2008, 53 - 62 . [pdf]
  • Deivanayagi.S., Shankar.K., Manivannan.M., and Peter Fernandez.M, "Hypnotic Analgesia - Towards Automatic Monitoring", 23rd Annual National Conference of Indian Society for Study of Pain, ISSPCON 2008 Vellore, Poster Presentation.
  • H. Vasudevan, M. Manivannan, Tangible Images: Runtime Generation of Haptic Textures From Images, Haptic interfaces for virtual environment and teleoperator systems, 2008. haptics 2008. symposium on, pp.357-360, 13-14 March 2008.
  • S C Chandrasekar, M Manivannan, Haptic Guided Laparoscopic Simulation Improves Learning Curve, MMVR, Volume 132, 454-456, 2008. [abstract]
  • R.Mann, M.Manivannan, Combat Tactile jacket, International Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Jan 2007. [pdf]
  • T. Raja, R. Shriram, J. Praneet, T. Anandan, M. Manivannan, Haptic Pulse Simulator Training Module for Disease Diagnosis, 3rd Kuala Lumpur International Conference on Biomedical Engineering 2006 IFMBE Proceedings Volume 15, pp 585-587. 2007. [abstract]
  • H. Vasudevan, M. Manivannan, Recordable haptic textures, HAVE2006 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 4 - 5 November 2006, pp.130-133. [abstract]
  • M. Manivannan, S. Cotin, M. Srinivasan, S.Dawson, Real-time PC based X-ray simulation for interventional radiology training, MMVR Stud Health Technol Inform. 94:233-9. 2003. [pdf] [patent]
  • S. De, M. Manivannan, J. Kim, M.A. Srinivasan and D. Rattner, Multimodal simulation of laparoscopic Heller myotomy using a meshless technique, Proc. MMVR Conf., pp.127 -132 2002 [pdf]
  • C.E Prakash, J. Kim, M. Manivannan, M.A. Srinivasan, A new approach for the synthesis of glistening effect in deformable anatomical objects displayed with haptic feedback, Proc. of MMVR, Stud Health Technol Inform;85:369-75. 2002. [pdf]
  • Chandru, V and Mahesh, N and Manivannan, M and Manohar, S (2000) Volume Sculpting and Keyframe Animation System. In: Computer Animation 2000, 3-5 May, Philadelphia, 134 -139. [pdf]
  • V Chandru, M Manivannan, S Manohar; Minkowski Operators and Features of Voxel Models, DETC99/DAC-8629, ASME, September 1999. [pdf]
  • M Manivannan, M N Srinivasan, An Agent-based architecture for collaborative design and analysis, Concurrent Engineering 97, 20-22 Aug. 1997, Rochester, MI, USA, pp. 347-354.[abstract]
  • M Manivanann, M N Srinivasan, Virtual Reality and Mechanical Engineering, CSI Annual Convention, Bangalore Sep 96.

 PhD Scholars

  • L.Suganthi, Joined in 2007 (Human Arterial System Modeling)
  • K.S.Kanakapriya, Joined in 2008 (Simulation of Myocardial Infarction for Training Doctors using Mannequin)
  • Susmita Wills, Joined in 2008 (Measurement of Forces in Laparoscopic Surgery) (Jointly with Dr.Suresh Devasahayam)
  • Majid Hameed, Joined in 2009 (Dual-rate Haptics Rendering) (Jointly with Dr.Subir Kumar Saha)
  • M.S.Raghuprasad, Joined in 2009 (Virtual Reality based Laparoscopy Simulator with Haptics Feedback)
  • Nissan Kunju,Joined in 2009 (Lower Extremity-FES assisted Wheelchair Transfer in Paraplegics) (Jointly with Dr.Suresh Devasahayam)
  • Abhijit Biswas, Joined in 2010 (Medical Robotics and Haptics)

 Medical Simulations

  • Modeling Challenges
  • Simulation Challenges
  • Training
  • Virtual Tissue Cutting

 Other Research Areas in our Lab

  • Human Haptics
  • Machine Haptics
  • Computer Haptics