Publications

In Progress

• Kim, J., S. De and M.A. Srinivasan. "Physically-Based Real Time Surgical Simulation". Accepted for publication in the U.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM.
• Kim, J., S. De, Y.-L. Lim and M.A. Srinivasan. "Physically-Based Real Time Simulation of Soft Tissues in Multimodal Virtual Environments". To appear in a special issue of Computers & Graphics (in press).
• Lin, N. Direct Control of Robots Using Brain Neural Signals, S. M. Thesis, MIT, Cambridge (expected 2005).
• Wu, W.-C. "Investigation of Skin Mechanics using Optical Coherence Tomography", Ph.D. Diss, MIT, Cambridge (expected 2005).

2004

• Kim J., Kim H., Tay B., Muniyandi M. and Srinivasan M.A. (2004). "Transatlantic Touch: A Study of Haptic Collaboration over Long Distance." Presence, Vol 13, No. 3., pp. 328-337, June (2.4 MB).
• Basdogan C., S. De, J. Kim, M. Muniyandi, H. Kim and M.A. Srinivasan (2004).  "Haptics in Minimally Invasive Surgical Simulation and Training." IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (IEEE CG&A), March/April (504 KB).

2003

• Buell, L. (2003). "Measurement of Spatial Pressure Distribution on the Human Skin during Tactile Sensing of Cylindrical Objects", S.M. Thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT (2.72 MB).
• Dandekar, K., B.I. Raju and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "3-D Finite-Element Models of Human and Monkey Fingertips to Investigate the Mechanics of Tactile Sense." Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 125, pp. 682-691, ASME Press. (905 KB)
• Kim, J., S. De and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "A Hybrid Modeling Scheme for Tissue Simulation in Virtual Reality Based Medical Trainers." Accepted for publication in the Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, Cambridge, MA. (378 KB)
• Kim, J. (2003). "Virtual Environments for Medical Training: Graphical and Haptic Simulation of Tool-tissue Interactions." Ph.D. diss. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, MIT, Cambridge.
• Kim, H., D.W. Rattner and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "The Role of Simulation Fidelity in Laparoscopic Surgical Training." 6th International Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Conference, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1-8, Springer-Verlag. (2.17 MB)
• Kim, J., S. De and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "Physically-Based Hybrid Approach in Real Time Surgical Simulation with Force Feedback." Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference 11, J.D. Westwood et al. (Eds.), pp. 158-164, IOS Press. (1.15 MB)
• Kim, J., S. De and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "An Integral Equation Based Multiresolution Modeling Scheme for Multimodal Medical Simulations." Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 221-228, IEEE Computer Society. (1.77 MB)
• Kim, J., B.K. Tay, N. Stylopoulos, D.W. Rattner and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "Characterization of Intra-abdominal Tissues from In Vivo Animal Experiments for Surgical Simulation." 6th International Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI) Convention, Montreal, Canada, pp. 206-213, Springer-Verlag. (1.74 MB)
• Manivannan, M., S. Cotin, M.A. Srinivasan and Dawson S. (2003). "Real-Time PC based X-ray Simulation for Interventioanl Radiology Training." Proceedings of Medicine Meets Virtaul Reality 11, J.D. Westwood et al. (Eds.), pp. 233-239, IOS Press. (1.68 MB)
• Raju, B.I. (2003). "High Frequency Ultrasonic Characterization of Human Skin In Vivo." Ph.D. diss. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. MIT. Cambridge.
• Raju, B.I., K. Swindells, S. Gonzalez and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "Quantitative Ultrasonic Methods for Characterization of Skin Lesions In Vivo." Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 825-838. (304 KB)
• Wan, S., B.I. Raju and M.A. Srinivasan (2003). "Robust Deconvolution of High-Frequency Ultrasound Images Using Higher Order Spectral Analysis and Wavelets." IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 50, pp. 1286-1295. (2,693 KB)
• Wang, S. and M.A. Srinivasan (2003)."The Role of Torque in Haptic Perception of Object Location in Virtual Environments." Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Los Angeles, CA, pp. 302-309, IEEE Computer Society. (2,374 KB)

2002

• Basdogan, C. and M. A. Srinivasan (2002). "Haptic Rendering in Virtual Environments." Handbook of Virtual Environments. K. Stanney. London, Lawrence Earlbaum, Inc.: Chapter 6, pp. 117-134. (1,028 KB)
• Biggs, J. and M. A. Srinivasan (2002). "Haptic Interfaces. Handbook of Virtual Environments." K. Stanney. London, Lawrence Earlbaum, Inc.: Chapter 5, pp. 93-116. (1,136 KB)
• Biggs, J. and M. A. Srinivasan (2002). "Tangential Versus Normal Displacements of Skin: Relative Effectiveness for Producing Tactile Sensations." 10th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Orlando, FL,pp. 121-128, IEEE Computer Society. (2.25 MB)
• De, S., J. Kim, M. Manivannan, M. A. Srinivasan and D. Rattner (2002). "Multimodal Simulation of Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy Using a Meshless Technique." Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 10, pp. 127-132. Newport Beach, IOS Press. (408 KB)
• Jordan, J., J. Mortensen, M. Oliveira, M. Slater, B.K. Tay, J. Kim, and M.A. Srinivasan (2002). "Collaboration in a Mediated Haptic Environment." Presence 2002: The 5th Annual International Workshop on Presence, University Fernando Pessoa. (19 KB)
• Kim, H. (2002). "Role of Fidelity of Multimodal Simulation in Virtual Reality Based Surgical Training," S.M. Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT.
• Kim, J., S. De and M. A. Srinivasan (2002). "Computationally Efficient Techniques for Real Time Surgical Simulation with Force Feedback." 10th International Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, Orlando, FL, pp. 51-57, IEEE Computer Society. (1.79 MB)
• Prakash, C. E., J. Kim, M. Manivannan and M. A. Srinivasan (2002). "A New Approach for the Synthesis of Glistening Effect in Deformable Anatomical Objects Displayed with Haptic Feedback." Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 10, pp. 369-375. Newport Beach, IOS Press. (382 KB).
• Raju, B.I. and M.A. Srinivasan (2002). "Statistics of Envelope of High-Frequency Ultrasonic Backscatter from Human Skin In Vivo," IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 871-882. IEEE Computer Society. (3.44 MB)
• Swindells, K., N. Burnett, F. Rius-Diaz, B.I. Raju, M.A. Srinivasan, E. Gonzalez and S. Gonzalez (2002). "Reflectance Confocal Microscopy May Differentiate Acute Allergic and Irritant Contact Dermatitis In Vivo." Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology, Los Angeles, CA.
• Tay, B., N. Stylopoulos, S. De, D. W. Rattner and M. A. Srinivasan (2002). "Measurement of In-vivo Force Response of Intra-abdominal Soft Tissues for Surgical Simulation." Medicine Meets Virtual Reality: 10, Newport Beach, CA, pp. 514-519, IOS Press. (263 KB)

2001

• Basdogan, C., C.-H. Ho and M. A. Srinivasan (2001). "Virtual environments in medical training: Graphical and haptic simulation of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. (6):269-285 (1,586 KB)
• Dang, T., T. M. Annaswamy and M. A. Srinivasan (2001). "Development and Evaluation of an Epidural Injection Simulator with Force Feedback for Medical Training". J.D. Westwood et al. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2001, pp. 97-102. IOS Press. ( 494 KB)
• De, S. (2001). "On the Development of an Efficient Truly Meshless Discretization Procedure in Computation Mechanics". Ph.D. diss. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• De, S. and K. J. Bathe (2001). "The method of finite spheres: a summary of recent developments". First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, pp. 1546-1549. Elsevier Science. (402 KB)
• De, S., J. Kim and M. A. Srinivasan (2001). "A Meshless Numerical Technique for Physically Based Real Time Medical Simulations". Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 2001, pp. 113-118. IOS Press. (272 KB)
• De, S., J. Kim and M. A. Srinivasan (2001). "Virtual surgery simulation using a collocation-based method of finite spheres". First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, pp. 140-141. Elsevier Science. (119 KB)
• Diller, T. T. (2001). Frequencey Response of Human Skin in Vivo to Mechanical Stimulation. S.M. Thesis. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Raju, B. and M. A. Srinivasan (2001). "Tactile coding of static shapes: Relevant stimulus for slowly adapting type I mechanoreceptive afferents in primates." submitted to the Journal of Neurophysiology.
• Raju, B. and M. A. Srinivasan (2001). "High frequency ultrasonic attenuation and backscatter coefficients of in vivo normal human dermis and subcutaneous fat." Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (27):1543-1556.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and B. Raju (2001). "Contact mechanics in tactile coding of static shapes investigated using three dimensional finite element models of the primate fingertip." submitted to the Journal of Neurophysiology.
• Wang, S. (2001). "Role of Torque in Haptic Perception of Virtual Objects". SA.M. thesis. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge

2000

• Basdogan, C., C.-H. Ho, M. A. Srinivasan and M. Slater (2000). "An experimental study on the role of touch in shared virtual environments." ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions 7(4): 443-460. (430 KB)
• Burdea, G.C. and M.A. Srinivasan, eds. (2000). "Haptics in Virtual Environments Workshop. IEEE Virtual Reality 2000".
• Cividanes, A. (2000). "Visual - Haptic Illusions in the Perception of Stiffness in Virtual Environments". S.B. Thesis. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• De, S. and K. J. Bathe (2000). ""The method of finite spheres"." Computational Mechanics 25(4): 329-345. (774 KB)
• Gidwani, A. (2000). "Dynamic Video Microscopy to Characterize the Deformation of Ridged Skin". Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. Boston University. Boston.
• Ho, C.-H. (2000). "Computer Haptics: Rendering Techniques for Force Feedback in Virtual Environments". Ph.D. diss. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Ho, C.-H., C. Basdogan and M. A. Srinivasan (2000). "Ray-based haptic rendering: force and torque interactions between a line probe and 3D objects in virtual environments." International Journal of Robotics Research 19(7): 668-683. (1,676 KB)
• Phan, T.-T. T. (2000)."Surface treatments to increase the percieved vibration of a piezoelectric foil". S.B. Thesis. Dept. of Mechanical Engingeering. MIT. Cambridge. (106 KB)
• Raju, B. and M. A. Srinivasan (2000). "In vivo characterization of human fingertip and forearm skin using attenuation of high frequency ultrasound". 2000 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium Proceedings. (373 KB)
• Raju, B. and M. A. Srinivasan (2000). "Statistical characterization of high frequency ultrasonic scattering from human skin in vivo." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 108(5): 2548-2548.
• Sachtler, W. L., M. R. Pendexter, J. Biggs and M. A. Srinivasan (2000). "Haptically perceived orientation of a planar surface is altered by tangential forces". Proceedings of Phantom User's Group 2000, Vale, Colorado. (206 KB)
• Wessberg, J., C. R. Stambaugh, J. D. Kralik, P. D. Beck, M. Laubach, J. K. Chapin, J. Kim, S. J. Biggs, M. A. Srinivasan and M. A. L. Nicolelis (2000). "Real-time prediction of hand trajectory by ensembles of cortical neurons in primates". Nature 408(6810): 361-365. (883 KB)

1999

• Basdogan, C., C.-H. Ho and M. A. Srinivasan (1999). "Simulation of tissue cutting and bleeding for laparoscopic surgery using auxiliary surfaces". Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference 7, San Francisco. (420 KB)
• Birch, A. S. and M.A. Srinivasan (1999). "Experimental Determination of the Viscoelastic Properties of the Human Fingerpad". Touch Lab Report 14. RLE TR-632. MIT. Cambridge. (3,610 KB)
• Cysyk, J. (1999). "Dynamics in the Tactile Sensing of Shape". Dept. of Electrical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• De, S. and M. A. Srinivasan (1999). "Thin walled models for haptic and graphical rendering of soft tissues in surgical simulations". Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference 7, San Francisco. (249 KB)
• Ho, C.-H., C. Basdogan and M. A. Srinivasan (1999). "Efficient point-based rendering techniques for haptic display of virtual objects." Presence 8(5): 477-491. (1,075 KB)
• Karason, S., M. A. Srinivasan and A. M. Annaswamy (1999). "Encoding and decoding of static information in tactile sensing systems." Intl. J. Robotics Research 18(2): 131-151. (1,561 KB)
• Liao, J. C. and M. A. Srinivasan (1999). "Experimental Investigation of Frictional Properties of the Human Fingerpad". Touch Lab Report 11. RLE TR-629. MIT. Cambridge. (5,743 KB)
• Raju, B. I. and M. A. Srinivasan (1999)."Ultrasound Backscatter Microscope for In Vivo Imaging of Human Fingertip". Touch Lab Report 13. RLE TR-631. MIT. Cambridge. (3,002 KB)
• Raju, B. I. and M. A. Srinivasan (1999). "Encoding and Decoding of Shape in Tactile Sensing". Touch Lab Report 12. RLE TR-630. MIT. Cambridge. (4,606 KB)
• Salisbury, J.K. and M.A. Srinivasan, eds. (1999). "Fourth PHANToM Users Group Workshop. AI Technical Report no. 1675". RLE Technical Report no. 633. MIT.
• Srinivasan, M. A., C. Basdogan and C.-H. Ho (1999). "Haptic Interactions in the Real and Virtual Worlds. Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems '99. D. Duke and A. Puerta, Springer-Verlag Wien. (943 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A., C. Basdogan and C.-H. Ho (1999). "Haptic Interactions in Virtual Worlds: Progress and Prospects". International Conference on Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (653 KB)
• Wu, W.-C. (1999). "Visual - Haptic Interactions in Multimodal Virtual Environments". Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Wu, W.-C., C. Basdogan and M. A. Srinivasan (1999). "Visual, Haptic, and Bimodal Perception of Size and Stiffness In Virtual Environments". ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, (DSC-Vol.67):19-26. (584 KB)

1998

• Annaswamy, A. M. and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). The role of compliant fingerpads in grasping and manipulation: Identification and control. Essays on Mathematical Robotics. J. Baillieul, S. Sastry and H. J. Sussmann. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications. New York, Springer-Verlag. 104. (1,245 KB)
• Basdogan, C., C.-H. Ho, M. A. Srinivasan, S. D. Small and S. L. Dawson (1998). Force interactions in laparoscopic simulations: haptic rendering of soft tissues. Medicine Meets Virtual Reality Conference 6, San Diego. (417 KB)
• Basdogan, C., C.-H. Ho, M. Slater and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). The role of haptic communication in shared virtual environments. Third PHANToM User's Group Workshop.
• Birch, A. (1998). Experimental Determination of the Viscoelastic Properties of the Human Fingerpad. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Chen, J.-S. and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). Human Haptic Interaction with Soft Objects: Discriminability, Force Control, and Contact Visualization. Touch Lab Report 7. RLE TR-619. MIT. Cambridge. (7,416 KB)
• De, S. and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). Rapid rendering of "tool-tissue" interactions in surgical simulations: thin walled membrane models. Third PHANToM User's Group Workshop.
• Ho, C.-H., C. Basdogan, M. Slater, M. Durlach and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). The Influence of Haptic Communication on the Sense of Being Together. Workshop on Presence in Shared Virtual Environments, BT Labs, Ipswich, UK. (586 KB)
• Hou, I. A. and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). Multimodal Virtual Environments: MAGIC Toolkit and Visual-Haptic Interaction Paradigms. Touch Lab Report 8. RLE TR-620. MIT. Cambridge. (3,682 KB)
• Karason, S. P., A. M. Annaswamy and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). Identification and Control of Haptic Systems: A Computational Theory. Touch Lab Report 9. RLE TR-621. MIT. Cambridge. (5,743 KB)
• Khalsa, P. S., R. M. Friedman, M. A. Srinivasan and R. H. LaMotte (1998). "Encoding of shape and orientation of objects indented into the monkey fingerpad by populations of slowly and rapidly adapting mechanoreceptors." J. Neurophysiology 79: 3238-3251. (1,380 KB)
• LaMotte, R. H., M. A. Srinivasan, C. Lu, P. S. Khalsa and R. M. Friedman (1998). "Raised object on a planar surface stroked across the fingerpad: Responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to shape and orientation." J. Neurophysiology 80: 2446-2466.(2,002 KB)
• Raju, B. I. (1998). Ultrasound Backscatter Microscope for In Vivo Imaging of the Human Fingertip. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. MIT. Cambridge.
• Raju, B. I. (1998). Encoding and Decoding of Shape in Tactile Sensing. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Salilbury, J.K. and M.A. Srinivasan, eds. (1998). Third PHANToM Users' Group Workshop. AI Technical Report no. 1643. RLE Technical Report no. 624. MIT.
• Voss, K. J. and M. A. Srinivasan (1998). Investigation of the Internal Geometry and Mechanics of the Human Fingertip, in vivo, using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Touch Lab Report 10. RLE TR-622. MIT. Cambridge. (6,178 KB)

1997

• Annaswamy, A. M. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). The Role of Compliant Fingerpads in Grasping and Manipulation: Identification and Control. Touch Lab Report 1. RLE TR-603. MIT. Cambridge. (1,390 KB)
• Basdogan, C., C.-H. Ho and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). A ray-based haptic rendering technique for displaying shape and texture of 3D objects in virtual environments. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, DSC-Vol.61): 77-84. (562 KB)
• Beauregard, G. L. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). Sensorimotor Interactions in the Haptic Perception of Virtual Objects. Touch Lab Report 5. RLE TR-607. MIT. Cambridge. (7,529 KB)
• Dandekar, K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). Role of Mechanics in Tactile Sensing of Shape. Touch Lab Report 2. RLE TR-604. MIT. Cambridge. (10,770 KB)
• DiFranco, D. E., G. L. Beauregard and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). The effect of auditory cues on the haptic perception of stiffness in virtual environments. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, (DSC-Vol.61): 17-22. (370 KB)
• Gulati, R. J. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). Determination of Mechanical Properties of the Human Fingerpad, In Vivo, Using a Tactile Stimulator. Touch Lab Report 3. RLE TR-605. MIT. Cambridge. (7,420 KB)
• Ho, C.-H., C. Basdogan and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). Haptic rendering: Point- and ray-based interactions. Proceedings of the Second PHANToM User's Group Workshop.
• Ho, C. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). Human Haptic Discrimination of Thickness. Touch Lab Report 6. RLE TR-608. MIT. Cambridge. (2,940 KB)
• Karason, S. P. (1997). Identification and Control of Haptic Systems: A Computational Theory. Mechanical Engineering (co-supervisor). MIT. Cambridge.
• Liao, J.-C. (1997). Experimental Investigation of Frictional Properties of the Human Fingerpad. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Salisbury, J. K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). "Phantom-Based haptic interaction with virtual objects." IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 17(5). (489 KB)
• Salisbury, J.K. and M.A. Srinivasan, eds. (1997). Proceedings of the Second PHANToM Users Group Workshop. AI Technical Report no. 1617. RLE Technical Report no. 618. MIT.
• Salisbury, J. K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1997). Development of Haptic Interfaces. Technical Report prepared for NAWC/TSD.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and C. Basdogan (1997). "Haptics in virtual environments: taxonomy, research status, and challenges." Computers and Graphics 21(4). (1,011 KB)
• Voss, K. J. (1997). Investigation of the Internal Geometry and Mechanics of the Human Fingertip, in vivo, using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.

1996

• Beauregard, G. L. (1996). Sensorimotor Interactions in the Hapic Perception of Virtual Objects. Biomedical Engineering. Boston University. Boston.
• Beauregard, G. L. and M. A. Srinivasan (1996). Sensorimotor interactions in the haptic perception of virtual objects. Engineering Foundation Conference on Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, Mt. Sterling, OH.
• Chen, J. S. (1996). Human Haptic Interaction with Soft Objects: Discriminability, Force Control, and Contact Visualization. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Durlach, N. I., J. K. Salisbury, M. A. Srinivasan, et. al. (1996). Virtual Environment Technology for Training. Technical Report prepared for NAWC/TSD.
• Friedman, R. F., P. S. Khalsa, P. Kenins, C. Lu, A. J. Fuglevand, M. A. Srinivasan and R. H. LaMotte (1996). "Shape encoding by spatial population of mechanoreceptors in monkey fingerpad." Soc. Meurosci. Abstr. 22: 1807.
• Ho, C.-H. (1996). Human Haptic Discrimination of Thickness. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Hou, A. (1996). Multimodal Virtual Environments: MAGIC Toolkit and Visual-Haptic Interaction Paradigms. I-C Dept of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1996). "Neural coding of shape: responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to wavy surfaces stroked across the monkey fingerpad." J. Neurophysiology 76(6). (1,051 KB)
• LaMotte, R. H., C. Lu and M. A. Srinivasan (1996). Tactile neural codes for shapes and orientations of objects. Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex. O. Franzen, R. Johansson and L. Terenius. Basel, Birkhauser Verlag AB. (499 KB)
• Morgenbesser, H. B. and M. A. Srinivasan (1996). Force shading for haptic shape perception. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, (DSC-Vol.58): 407-412. (450 KB)
• Morgenbesser, H. B. and M. A. Srinivasan (1996). Force Shading for Shape Perception in Haptic Virtual Environments. Touch Lab Report 4. RLE TR-606. MIT. Cambridge. (2,444 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1996). Haptics research at the MIT Touch Lab. Salisbury, J.K. and M.A. Srinivasan. First PHANToM User's Group Workshop, AI Technical Report no. 1596, RLE Technical Report no. 612. MIT.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and K. Dandekar (1996). "An investigation of the mechanics of tactile sense using two dimensional models of the primate fingertip." Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 118: 48-55. (816 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A., G. L. Beauregard and D. L. Brock (1996). The impact of visual information on haptic perception of stiffness in virtual environments. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, (DSC-Vol.58): 555-559. (393 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. and R. H. LaMotte (1996). Tactual Discrimination of Softness: Abilities and Mechanisms. Somesthesis and the Neurobiology of the Somatosensory Cortex. O. Franzen, R. Johansson and L. Terenius. Basel, Birkhauser Verlag AB. (684 KB)

1995

• Beauregard, G. L., M. A. Srinivasan and N. I. Durlach (1995). Manual resolution of viscosity and mass. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, (DSC-Vol.57-2): 657-662. (491 KB)
• Dandekar, K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). "Predicting the response of a population of mechanoreceptors using 3D finite element models of primate finger tips." Soc. Neuroscience Abstr. 21: 1163.
• Dandekar, K. (1995). Role of Mechanics in Tactile Sensing of Shape. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Dandekar, K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). A 3-dimensional finite element model of the monkey fingertip for predicting responses of slowly adapting mechanoreceptors. Hochmuth, R.M., N.A. Langrana and M.S. Hefzy. Proceedings of the 1995 Bioengineering Conference. (BED-Vol. 29): 257-258. (175 KB)
• Gulati, R. J. and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). Human fingerpad under indentation I: static and dynamic force response. Hochmuth, R.M., N.A. Langrana and M.S. Hefzy. 1995 Bioengineering Conference. (BED-Vol. 29): 261-262. (134 KB)
• Gulati, R. J. (1995). Determination of Mechanical Properties of the Human Fingerpad, in vivo, using a Tactile Stimulator. Dept. of Biomedical Engineering. Boston University. Boston.
• Karason, S. P. and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). Human grasp control of an instrumented active object. ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, (DSC-Vol.57-2):641-647. (500 KB)
• LaMotte, R. H., C. Lu and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). "Peripheral neural representation of the shapes and orientations of three-dimensional objects stroked across the monkey fingerpad." Soc. Neuroscience Abstr. 21: 1162.
• Morgenbesser, H. B. (1995). Force Shading for Shape Perception in Haptic Virtual Environments. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. MIT. Cambridge.
• Roby, F. L. and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). Study of Fingertip Deformations Under Indentations by Circular Indentors. Report to the MIT Summer Research Program. MIT. Cambridge.
• Salisbury, J. K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). Development of a tool-handle interface. Technical Report prepared for NAWC/TSD.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and R. H. LaMotte (1995). "Tactual Discrimination of Softness." J. Neurophysiology 73(1): 88-101. (1,495 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1995). Haptic Interfaces, In Virtual Reality: Scientific and Technical Challenges. Report of the Committee on Virtual Reality Research and Development, National Research Council. N. I. Durlach and A. S. Mavor, National Academy Press. (1,791 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1995). Haptic interfaces: hardware, software, and human performance. Proceedings of the workshop on human-computer interaction and virtual environments, Hampton, VA.
• Srinivasan, M. A., J. K. Salisbury, D. Brock and G. L. Beauregard (1995). Haptic interfaces for naval training with virtual environments. Technical Report prepared for NAWC/TSD.
• Tan, H. Z., N. I. Durlach, G. L. Beauregard and M. A. Srinivasan (1995). "Manual discrimination of compliance using active pinch grasp: the roles of force and work cues." Perception and Psychophysics 57(4): 495-510. (1,265 KB)

1994

• Annaswamy, A. M. and M. A. Srinivasan (1994). A Study of Dynamic Interactions between Haptic Interfaces and Compliant Fingerpads. Proceedings of the Motion Control Workshop, Berkley, CA.
• Babiec, W. E. (1994). In vivo Volume Changes of the Human Fingerpad under Indentors. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Dandekar, K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1994). Tactile coding of object curvature by slowly adapting mechanoreceptors. Advances in Bioengineering. M. J. Askew, ASME. BED-Vol. 28: 41-42. (157 KB)
• Gajaweera, A. (1994). Tactual Discrimination of Thickness. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• Jandura, L. and M. A. Srinivasan (1994). Experiments on human performance in torque discrimination and control. Dynamic Systems and Control. C. J. Radcliffe, ASME. (DSC-Vol. 55-1): 369-375. (532 KB)
• Karason, S. P., M. A. Srinivasan and A. M. Annaswamy (1994). Tactile Sensing of Shape. Workshop organized by the Center for Information Driven Mechanical Systems (CIDMS), Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT.
• Knoedler, K. C. (1994). Instrumented Generic Object. Advanced Undergraduate Project. Electrical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• LaMotte, R. H., M. A. Srinivasan, C. Lu and A. Klusch-Petersen (1994). "Cutaneous neural codes for shape." Canadian J. Physiology and Pharmacology 72: 498-505. (722 KB)
• Roby, F. L., K. Dandekar and M. A. Srinivasan (1994). Study of Fingertip Deformation Under Indentations by Circular and Rectangular Indentors. Report to the MIT Summer Research Program. MIT. Cambridge.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and K. Dandekar (1994). "Mechanistic Models for Tactile Neural Coding of Shape." Soc. Neuroscience Abstr. 20: 1381.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1994). Virtual Haptic Environments: Facts Behind the Fiction. Eighth Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Center for Systems Science, Yale University, New Haven.
• Tan, H. Z., M. A. Srinivasan, B. Eberman and B. Cheng (1994). Human factors for the design of force-reflecting haptic interfaces. Dynamic Systems and Control. C. J. Radcliffe, ASME. (DSC-Vol.55-1): 353-359. (613 KB)
• Towles, J. D. and M. A. Srinivasan (1994). Frictional Properties of the Human Fingerpad. Report to the MIT Summer Research Program. MIT. Cambridge.

1993

• LaMotte, R. H., M. A. Srinivasan, C. Lu and A. K. Petersen (1993). "Responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to two- and three- dimensional shapes stroked across the monkey fingerpad." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 19: 105.
• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1993). "Responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors to the shape of objects applied to the primate fingerpad." Acta Psychologica 84(1): 41-51. (484 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1993). Virtual haptic environments: issues in force and tactile feedback. Virtual Reality Systems '93, Sig-advanced Applications, Inc. New York, NY.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and J. S. Chen (1993). "Human performance in controlling normal forces of contact with rigid objects." Advances in Robotics, Mechatronics, and Haptic Interfaces DSC-Vol. 49, ASME. (524 KB)

1992

• Gulati, R. J. (1992). In Vivo Compressibility of the Human Fingerpad. Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.
• LaMotte, R. H., M. A. Srinivasan and A. Klusch-Petersen (1992). "Tactile discrimination and identification of the shapes and orientations of ellipsoidal objects." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 18: 830.
• Rodriguez-Perez, T., K. Dandekar and M. A. Srinivasan (1992). Videomicroscopic reconstruction of the human finger. Report to the MIT Summer Research Program. MIT. Cambridge.
• Salisbury, J. K. and M. A. Srinivasan (1992). Sections on Haptics. Virtual Environment Technology for Training, BBN Report No. 7661. The Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Research Consortium (VETREC) affiliated with MIT, BBN Report N. 7661. (471 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. and K. Dandekar (1992). Role of fingertip geometry in the transmission of tactile mechanical signals. Advances in Bioengineering, Bidez, M.W., ASME Winter Annual Meeting. (376 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A., R. J. Gulati and K. Dandekar (1992). In vivo compressibility of the human fingertip. Advances in Bioengineering, Bidez, M.W., ASME Annual Winter Meeting. (287 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1992). Computations in tactile sensing. Computation and Neural Systems (CNS*92) Meeting, San Francisco.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1992). "Sections on Haptic Perception and Haptic Interfaces, in Bishop G, et al., Research Directions in Virtual Environments: Report of an NSF Invitational Workshop." Computer Graphics 26(3).

1991

• Annaswamy, A. M. and M. A. Srinivasan (1991). Adaptive control for grasping and manipulation of compliant objects with compliant fingerpads. American Control Conference, Boston.
• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1991). Surface microgeometry: Neural encoding and perception. Information Processing in the Somatosensory System. Wenner-Gren Intl. Symposium Series. O. Franzen and J. Westman, Macmillan Press. (488 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. and R. H. LaMotte (1991). Encoding of shape in the responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors. Information Processing in the Somatosensory System. Wenner-Gren Intl. Symposium Series. O. Franzen and J. Westman, Macmillan Press. (669 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. and K. Dandekar (1991). "Role of mechanics in cutaneous mechanoreceptor response." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.
• Srinivasan, M. A. and R. H. LaMotte (1991). Tactile discrimination and representations of texture, shape, and softness. Human -- Machine Interfaces for Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. Durlach, N.I., I.B. Sheridan and S.R. Ellis, NASA Conference Publication 10071.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1991). Tactual interfaces: the human perciever. Human Machine Interfaces for Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. Durlach, N.I., I.B. Sheridan and S.R. Ellis, NASA Conference Publication 10071. (128 KB)

1990

• Annaswamy, A. M. and M. A. Srinivasan (1990). Manipulation of compliant objects with compliant fingerpads: identification and control issues. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Hawaii.
• Srinivasan, M. A., J. M. Whitehouse and R. H. LaMotte (1990). "Tactile detection of slip: Surface microgeometry and peripheral neural codes." J. Neurophysiology 63(6): 1323-1332. (1,101 KB)

1989

• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1989). Softness Discrimination. Vernon B. Mountcastle symposium on Neuroscience Integrative Functions, John Hopkins University.
• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1989). "Cutaneous and propriceptive contributions to tactual discrimination of softness." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1989). "Surface deflection of primate fingertip under line load." J. Biomechanics 22(4): 343-349. (497 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A. and R. H. LaMotte (1989). "Representation of shape in the responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptive afferent fibers." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.
• Srinivasan, M. A., J. M. Whitehouse and R. H. LaMotte (1989). Discrimination of softness by active and passive touch. XXXI Intl. Congress of Physiological Sciences.

1988

• Srinivasan, M. A. (1988). "Limit strength of locally loaded spherical domes: Radial load at a circular cut-out." Intl. J. Solids and Structures 24, No. 7: 723-734.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1988). Tactile sensing in humans and robots: Computational theory and algorithms. Newman laboratory technical report, Department of Mechanical Engineering. MIT. Cambridge.

1987

• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1987). "Tactile discrimination of shape: Responses of slowly adapting mechanoreceptive afferents to a step stroked across the monkey fingerpad." J Neuroscience 7, No. 6: 1655-1671. (1,666 KB)
• LaMotte, R. H. and M. A. Srinivasan (1987). "Tactile discrimination of shape: Reponses of rapidly adapting mechanoreceptive afferents to a step stroked across the monkey fingerpad." J. Neuroscience 7, No. 6: 1672-1681. (914 KB)
• Srinivasan, M.A. and R.H. LaMotte (1987). "Tactile discrimination of shape: Responses of slowly and rapidly adapting mechanoreceptive afferents to a step indented into the monkey fingerpad." J. Neuroscience.7, No. 6: 1682-1697. (1,582 KB)
• Srinivasan, M. A., J. M. Whitehouse and R. H. LaMotte (1987). "Tactile discrimination of softness." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.

1986

• LaMotte, R. H., J. M. Whitehouse and M. A. Srinivasan (1986). "Responses of cutaneous receptors to smooth and finely embossed surfaces stroked across the primate fingerpad." Society for Neuroscience Abstracts.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1986). Robot tactile sensing: pertinent facts from neurophysiology and mechanics. Technical report.
• Srinivasan, M. A. (1986). A theoretical framework to represent and predict the responses of cutaneous mechanoreceptors. Technical report. (1,408 KB)

1985

• LaMotte RH and Srinivasan MA, Peripheral neural representation of the shape of a step applied to the monkey's fingerpad. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1985. (1,162 KB)
• Srinivasan MA and Onat ET, Discontinuous statically admissible fields in cylindrical shells. Proceedings of Nineteenth Midwestern Mechanics Conference, Ohio State University, 1985.
• Srinivasan MA and Onat ET, Strength of cylindrical shells under local transverse loads. IUTAM Symposium on Inelastic Behavior of Plates and Shells, Rio de Janeiro, 1985.