About Me

Research Interest

• Movement Neuroscience, Finger/Hand Biomechanics
• Bimanual Coordination, Motor Behavior and Motor Learning
• Rehabilitation
• Understanding Action and Perception

Office Location

Department of Applied Mechanics & Biomedical Engineering,
IIT Madras, Chennai - 600036.
Office: +91 044 2257 4071, 5067(NML)

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

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

• Engineering Mechanics (AM 1100)
• Introduction to Biomechanics (AM 3010)
• Neuromechanics of Human Movement (AM 6516)
• Biomechanics (AM 5010)
• Fundamentals of Medical Instrumentation (AM 3020)
• Biomechanics Laboratory (AM 5110)
• Quantitative Physiology (AM 5130)