Dr Pandithevan P


Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing (IIITD&M) Kancheepuram
Off Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road
Chennai – 600 048, Tamilnadu, INDIA.

+91-44-2747 6351

ppthevan@iiitdm.ac.in

Research Interest
1. CAD/CAM
2. Bio-mimetic Design & Tissue Engineering
3. Medical Image based Reconstruction
4. Layered Manufacturing
5. Computational Geometry
6. Robotics
Education
Ph.D – IIT Guwahati
Professional Experience

Industry: 3-year
Research: 4-years
Teaching: 1-years

Most recently published papers
2010

Pandithevan, P. and Saravana Kumar, G., 2010. Finite element analysis of personalized femoral scaffold with designed micro architecture. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMech E), Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 224 (7), 877-889.

2009

(1) Pandithevan, P. and Saravana Kumar, G., 2009. Personalized bone tissue engineering scaffold with controlled architecture using fractal tool paths in layered manufacturing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, Taylor & Francis, 4(3), 165-180.

(2) Pandithevan, P. and Saravana Kumar, G., 2009. Reconstruction of subject specific human femoral bone model with cortical porosity data using macro-CT. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, Taylor & Francis, 4(3), 115-129.

(3) Saravana Kumar, G., Pandithevan, P. and Ambatti, A., 2009. Fractal raster tool paths for layered manufacturing of porous objects. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, Taylor & Francis, 4(2), 91-104.

Recent Conference
2009

Saravana Kumar, G. and Pandithevan, P., 2009. Fractal tool paths for layered manufacturing of scaffolds with matched bone properties. In: Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, October 6-10, 59-66 (ISBN 978-0-415-87307-9).

2008

Pandithevan, P. and Saravana Kumar, G., 2008. Reverse engineering subject specific human bone with cortical porosity data. International Conference on Total Engineering, Analysis and Manufacturing Technologies, IISc Bangalore, India, September 22-24 (CD-ROM).

2007

Pandithevan, P. and Saravana Kumar, G., 2007. Optimal allocation of weights for NURBS curve fitting. In: Proceeding of the International Conference on Computer Aided Engineering, IIT Madras, India, December 13-15, 366-374 (ISBN 978-81-904235-3-3).

2006

Pandithevan, P. and Ramkumar, K.S., 2006. A Zero undulation rail coach. In: Proceeding of the National Conference on Contemporary Approaches in Design and Manufacturing, A.C. College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, India, April 25 (CD-ROM).

Memberships in professional societies
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
TERMIS – Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society
Other details

Reviewer for Journal of Biomedical and Bioengineering