Research Interests:
Mechanical design, design automation, design optimization, kinematics, compliant mechanisms.

Research Centers:

• Development of a Smart Materials Based Actively Conformable Rotor Airfoil
• Electroactive Polymers for Medical Applications
• Impact of Metamodel-Driven Visualization on Design
• Optimal Design of Active Compliant Transmissions
• Optimal Design of Smart Tools for Minimally Invasive Surgery
• Optimization of Electrically Integrated Smart Actuators

Bioengineering

• Electroactive Polymers for Medical Applications
• Optimal Design of Smart Tools for Minimally Invasive Surger