Professor
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear
Engineering
Department of Biomedical
Engineering
Information Technology and Web Science
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Director, Center for Modeling, Simulation and Imaging in Medicine
(CeMSIM)
JEC
5002
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110, 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
Phone: (518) 276-6096
Fax: (518) 276-6025
Email: des@rpi.edu
Education
B.E., Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India – Mechanical Engineering (1993)
M.E., Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore – Mechanical
Engineering (1995)
Sc. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Mechanical
Engineering (2001)
Experience
Research
Scientist, Research Lab of Electronics, MIT, 2001
Assistant
Professor, Department of MANE, RPI, 2002-2007
Associate Professor, Department of MANE, RPI, 2007-2011
Professor, Department of MANE, RPI,
2011-present
Research Interests
- Computational
Mechanics
- Multiscale Modeling
- Modeling of Energetic Materials
- Modeling
Advanced Composites
- Radiation
Damage Modeling
- Biomechanics
of
Soft Tissues
- Medical
Simulations
- Haptics and Virtual Environments
