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Dr. Anurag Purwar's research interests are in bringing together rigid body kinematics and machine learning for design of mechanisms and robots. He has published 82 peer-reviewed conference and journal papers and his research has been funded by National Science Foundation (NSF), NY-state SPIR, NY-state Center for Biotechnology, Sensor-CAT, SUNY Research Foundation, industry, Stony Brook University, and SUNY Office of Provost.

He received A.T. Yang award for the best paper in Theoretical Kinematics at the 2017 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference and the MSC Software Simulation award for the best paper at the 2009 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) . He is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching by Stony Brook University and the winner of the 2018 FACT2 award for Excellence in Instruction given to one professor from the entire SUNY system. He also received the 2021 Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic Division.

He has been twice elected as a member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics committee and served as the Program Chair for the 2014 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference, as the Conference Chair for the 2015 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference and has served as symposium and session chairs for many ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences. He was the general Conference Co-Chair for the 2016 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC/CIE).

He won a SUNY Research Foundation Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award, which enabled him to develop a multifunctional Sit-to-Stand-Walker assistive device ( http://www.mobilityassist.net ) for people afflicted with neuromuscular degenerative diseases or disability. The technology and the patent behind the device has been licensed to Biodex Medical Systems for bringing the device to institutional market. The device won the SAE Top 100 Create the Future Award in 2016. Dr. Purwar gave a TEDx talk on Machine Design Innovation through Technology and Education ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSW_G0nb11Q) which focused on enabling democratization of design capabilities, much needed for invention and innovation of machines by uniting the teaching of scientific and engineering principles with the new tools of technology. Five of his patented inventions have been successfully licensed to the companies world-wide.

Dr. Purwar is an elected member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee and a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). He is currently an Associate Editor of the ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering and of International Journal of Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines.

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Amanjeet Bagga is pursuing a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University and a part of the class of 2024. A survivor of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, he wishes to design innovative robotic toys that can help children suffering from cancer both emotionally and functionally. In the future he intends to pursue a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering while focusing on product design so he can tend to his goals sooner than later.

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Dr. Imin Kao joined Stony Brook University (SBU) in 1994 after earning his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University. He is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University (SBU). In addition, he is the Executive Director of the Manufacturing and Technology Resources Consortium (MTRC), the regional center of the NY-MEP program. He was formerly Associate Vice President of Economic Development, Dean of International Academic Programs and Services (IAPS) and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Being the founding Faculty Director of the ITS College, one of the six thematic Undergraduate Colleges at SBU, he participated in the establishment of the UG College system to transform University life and learning experience for undergraduate students at Stony Brook.
He is the Executive Director of SUNY Korea Academic Programs, responsible for the academic degree programs of SBU and FIT at SUNY Korea in South Korea, a global campus of SBU.
Being the Director of the Manufacturing and Automation Laboratory at Stony Brook, he conducts research in the areas of robotics, contact interface, stiffness control, wafer manufacturing, intelligent fault detection and diagnosis, microsystems, and new technology in orthopedic surgery and rehabilitation. He also served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transaction of Robotics and Automation and the International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, as well as a member of the Journal Editorial Board of ROBOMECH. He is a member of ASME and ASEE professional societies, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society. He has been invited as a keynote speaker in conferences. In addition, he received various awards of excellence in teaching, including the SUNY Chancellor’s Award of Excellence in Teaching. He is a member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
He has authored more than 150 refereed journal and conference papers, and have several US and international patents. He is the author of a book entitled “Wafer Manufacturing: Shaping of Single Crystal Silicon Wafers,” published by Wiley in 2021.

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