Education

• PhD, Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, August 2005
  Dissertation Title: Design and Fine Tuning of One- and Two-parameter Rational Motions

• Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, May 1995

Professional

• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, September 2005 – Present

• Coordinator of Mechanical Engineering, NY State Strategic Partnership for Industrial Resurgence (SPIR) Program, State University of New York at Stony Brook, September 2005 – Present
I manage this Program from the department of Mechanical Engineering. The SPIR is a state sponsored economic development program that provides technical assistance to NY state based industry.

• Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, January 2003 – May 2005

• Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, May 1998 – December 2003, May 2005 – August 2005

Honors and Awards

• Elected Member of the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of ASME Design Engineering Division, 2008-2014
  The purpose of the Committee is to promote advances in research and education in the design and application of mechanisms, including robotic and mechatronic devices.
  
  
• Best Paper Award (sponsored by MSC Software Corp.), 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) in San Diego
  This award is given biennially by the ASME Design Engineering Division to one paper for promoting the research and development of Mechanical Computer-Aided Engineering (MCAE) software in the areas of mechanical multibody design synthesis and analysis.
  
  
• Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 2005
  
  
• Research Access Project Award , GSO, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 2003
  
  
• Nominated Member of The Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, 2008

Publications

Journal Publications(All peer reviewed)

1. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2008, Computer Aided Synthesis of Piecewise Rational Motions for Spherical 2R and 3R Robot Arms ," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 130(11), pp. 112301-1 -- 112301-9

2. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2008, Rational Motion Interpolation Under Kinematic Constraints of Spherical 6R Closed Chains ," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 130(6), pp. 062301-1 -- 062301-9

3. Purwar, A., Chi X., and Ge, Q. J., 2006, Automatic Fairing of Two-Parameter Rational B-Spline Motion ," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 130(1), pp. 011003-1 -- 011003-7

4. Purwar, A. and Ge, Q. J., 2005, On the Effect of Dual Weights in Computer Aided Design of Rational Motions," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 127(5), pp. 967-972

5. Wu, J., Purwar, A. and Ge, Q. J., 2009, Interactive Dimensional Synthesis and Motion Design of Planar 6R Closed Chains via Constraint Manifold Modification," ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Accepted for Publication

6. Purwar, A. and Ge, Q. J., 2009, Reconciling Distance Metric Methods for Rigid Body Displacements," ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, paper under review

Conference Proceedings(All peer reviewed, Presenter in *)

*7. Purwar, A. and Ge, Q. J., 2009, Reconciling Distance Metric Methods for Rigid Body Displacements," Proceedings of ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper No. DETC2009-87718, ASME Press

*8. Wu, J., Purwar, A. and Ge, Q. J., 2009, Interactive Dimensional Synthesis and Motion Design of Planar 6R Closed Chains via Constraint Manifold Modification," Proceedings of ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper No. DETC2009-87718, ASME Press Best Paper Award (sponsored by MSC Software Corp.)

9. Ge, Q. J., Wu, J., Purwar, A. and Gao, F., 2009, Kinematic Convexity of Planar Displacements Based on an Approximately Bi-Invariant Metric ," Proceedings of ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, San Diego, CA, Paper No. DETC2009-87718, ASME Press

*10. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2008, Computer Aided Synthesis of Rational Motion under Kinematic Constraints of Spatial SS Open Chains," Proceedings of ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, New York, NY, Paper No. DETC2008-49954, ASME Press

11. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2008, Dimensional Synthesis and Constrained Motion Interpolation for Planar and Spherical 6R Closed Chains," Proceedings of ASME 2008 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences &Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, New York, NY, Paper No. DETC2008-49947, ASME Press

12. Purwar, A. Ge, Q. J.,, 2008, Robot Dimensional Synthesis and Constrained Motion Interpolation," Proceedings of the 2008 International Mechanisms and Machine Science Conference, Dalian, China, July 28-31, 2008

13. Ge, Q. J., Purwar, A. Wu J., 2008, Kinematic Convexity of Spherical Displacements and its Application to Collision Prediction," Proceedings of the 2008 ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling, Stony Brook, New York, USA, June 2-4, 2008, pp. 375-380

*14. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2007, Constrained Motion Interpolation for Planar 6R Closed Chains," Proceedings of the 13th National INDIA Conference on Mechanisms and Machines, Bangalore, India, Paper No. NaCoMM-2007-102

*15. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2007, Rational Motion Interpolation Under Kinematic Constraints of Spherical 6R Closed Chains," Proceedings of ASME 2007 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, Paper No. DETC2007-35727, ASME Press

*16. Purwar, A., Jin, Z., Ge, Q. J., 2006, Computer Aided Synthesis Of Piecewise Rational Motions For Spherical 2R And 3R Robot Arms," Proceedings of ASME 2006 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Philadelphia, PA, Paper No. DETC2006-99650, ASME Press

*17. Purwar, A., Chi X., and Ge, Q.J., 2005, Motions Fairing of Two Parameter Rational B-Spline Motions," Proceedings of 2005 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Long Beach, CA, Paper No. DETC2005-85458, ASME Press

18. Ge, Q.J and Purwar, A., 2004, Spears, Oriented Screw Displacements And Their Image Spaces," Proceedings of 2004 The 11th World Congress in Mechanism and Machine Science, Tianjin, China

*19. Purwar, A. and Ge, Q.J., 2003, On the Effect ofWeights in Rational Motion Design," Proceedings of 2003 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Chicago, IL, Paper No. DETC2003/DAC-48817, ASME Press

Others

20. Ge, Q. J., Purwar, A. and Trujillo, C., 2009, Computational Kinematic Geometry and its Applications ," Proceedings of 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Grant No. DMI-0500064

*21. Purwar, A., Ge, Q. J., and Jin, Z., 2005, Computational Kinematic Geometry of NURBS Motions ," 2005 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, St. Louis, Missouri

*22. Purwar, A., 2005, Design and Fine Tuning of One- and Two-parameter Rational Motions," Ph.D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY

Grants

1. NURBS based Motion Modeler , NURBS kernel software grant valued at 78,125 (25 licenses), May 2007 - May 2008, Solid Modeling Solutions, Principal Investigator with Q. Jeffrey Ge
2. Development of Electric Power Generators for Munitions , 37,959, September 2007 - August 2010, Omnitek Partners, Principal Investigator with Richard Murray
3. Mechanical Design of Metal Fabrication Products, $13,970, June 2009 -December 2009, Wilbar International, Principal Investigator with Richard Sobel
4. Conceptual design generation for a collapsible beach pail, $2,490, August 2009 - October 2009, Principal Investigator with Lisa Cain
5. Development of an integration plan for T2 tactical training system at American Defense Systems Inc , 12,882, November 2008 - May 2009, American Defense Systems Inc., Principal Investigator with Curtis Taufman
6. Dynamics Analysis of a patent pending Gearless speed reducer / increaser, $5,785, February 2009 - August 2009, Jewelers Machinist Inc., Principal Investigator with John Pawloski
7. Design and Engineering Support for fixtures, displays, and mill works, $33,491, January 2009 - May 2010, Premier Fixtures., Principal Investigator with David Chang and Lisa Chichura
8. Conceptual design generation for a hands-free umbrella , 8,408, April 2009 - December 2009, Raider Design, Principal Investigator with Sharon Raider and Mitch Maiman
9. Design and Development of Surgical Instruments, $22,841, September 2008 -December 2009, Tools for Surgery, LLC, Principal Investigator with Arnold R. Leibo , M.D.
10. Detailed Design, manufacturing, and testing of a Spike Cleaner prototype, $9,479, June 2008 - December 2009, Principal Investigator with William Hollander.
11. Mechanical Design and Analysis for Intelligent Product Solutions , 29,769, May 2008 - August 2009, Intelligent Product Solutions, Principal Investigator with Mitch Maiman
12. Design and Manufacturing of an assistive device for raising a partially disabled person from seated position , 11,224, October 2007 - August 2010, Principal Investigator with Q. Jeffrey Ge and Dr. Hari B. Pillai
13. Light Weight material selection and Wear Coating Selection for a hydraulic actuator , 22,537 October 2007 - August 2008, Arkwin Industries, Principal Investigator with Yu Zhou and Kevin Oliver
14. Thermal Modeling of Advanced Cooling Equipment For Mission-Critical Data Centers, $34,141, October 2007 - August 2008, AFCO Systems, Principal Investigator with Hui Zhang and Michael Mallia

Professional Services

Activities

• Associate Editor, Video Submission Subcommittee, ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee, 2007 - present ( http://macmotion.eng.sunysb.edu/ASMEM&RVideo/ )
• Symposium Chair, Mechanism Analysis and Synthesis, 34th ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics (M&R) Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2010
• International Participation Co-chair, 2010 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Montreal, Canada, 2010
• Member, International Program Committee, 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications Qingdao, ShanDong, China, July 15-17, 2010
• Symposium Chair, Robot Kinematics and Motion Planning, 33rd ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, San Diego, CA, 2009
• Organizer, ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition, 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), San Diego, CA, August 30-September 3, 2009
• Session Chair, Motion Planning, 33rd ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, San Diego, CA, 2009
• Symposium Chair, Robot Kinematics and Motion Planning, 32nd ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, New York, NY, 2008
• Session Chair, Robot Motion Planning, 32nd ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, New York, NY, 2008
• Industry Liaison Chair, 2008 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, New York, NY, 2008
• Undergraduate Division Chair, ASME Student Mechanism Design Competition, 2007 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC), Las Vegas, Nevada, September 4-7, 2007
• Symposium and Session Chair, Interactive Sessions, 31st ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 4-7, 2007
• Session Co-chair, Robot Design Tools and Localization, 31st ASME International Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 4-7, 2007
• Member, International Program Committee, 3rd ASME/IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 4-7, 2007
• Member, ASME DED Student Affairs Committee, ASME Design and Engineering Division, 2003 - 2004

Reviewer

ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Computer Aided Design, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronics and Embedded Systems and Applications (MESA)

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate Classes

• Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and Technical Computing (MEC 101): Fall 2009
• Engineering Dynamics (MEC262): Summer I 2009, Summer I 2008, Spring 2008, Summer I 2007, Fall 2006, Summer II 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005
• Practical C/C++ Programming for Scientists and Engineers (MEC 112): Spring 2004, Spring 2003
• Research in Mechanical Engineering (MEC 499)
• Guest Instructor for Introduction to Machine Design, and Design of Machine Elements

Graduate Classes

• Object Oriented Programming for Scientists and Engineers (MEC 510): Fall 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2005, Spring 2003
• Geometric Modeling for CAD/CAM (MEC 572): Spring 2007, Fall 2004, Fall 2003
• Research in Mechanical Engineering (MEC 599): offered over several terms
• Special Problems in Mechanical Engineering (MEC 696): offered over several terms

Advising

Supervised Dissertations and Theses

• Co-advisor to Zhe Jin, "Computer Aided Synthesis of Rational Motions under Kinematic Constraints", PhD Dissertation, May 2008
• Advisor to Prasad Dixit, "Design and development of a NURBS based Motion Modeler", MS thesis, December 2008
• Advisor to Kwok (Tommy) Wu, "Flow and Thermal modeling of competing technologies for Data Center applications", MS thesis, Dec 2008
• Co-advisor to Jun Wu, "Variational Kinematic Geometry for Task Centered Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems", PhD Dissertation, expected May 2010
• Advisor to Aditya Gupta, "Dimensional Synthesis of Open and Closed Spherical chains via Constraint Manifold Manipulation: An interactive Approach", MS thesis, expected completion May 2010
• Advisor to Ninad Jagdale, "Engineering design, building and testing of a portable device for raising disables", MS thesis, expected completion May 2010

Senior Design Projects

I have advised eight senior design teams out of which one won the best design award in the whole College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Some projects are listed below.

• Seat Assistive Standing Walker, 2007 -2008, Best Senior Design Project in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS) Senior Design Competition
• JES Riser, 2008 - 2009, Second Best Senior Design Project in the CEAS Senior Design Competition
• Engineering design, building and testing of a new vertical axis wind turbine, 2007 - 2008
• Design of a Solar Powered Desalinator, 2006 - 2007, Second Prize in the dept of Mechanical Engineering senior design competition

Professional Society Membership

• Member, elected to the Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of ASME Design Engineering Division, term: 2008-2014
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASME)
• Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASEE)

Services and others

• Judge for the Research Symposium, Gathering of Science Scholars (GSS) National Conference: Access for Underrepresented Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, Stony Brook University, 2006
• Judge, Long Island Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, Stony Brook University, March 14, 2009
• Chair, Teaching Assistant Workshop for new College of Engineering and Applied Sciences PhD students, Graduate School, 2005 & 2006
• Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) faculty representative from Mechanical Engineering, Stony Brook University, 2009 - present
• Course Coordinator for Foundation Courses, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, 2006 - present

If you wish to contact me, please drop me an email at anurag.purwar@stonybrook.edu.