prof.dr. S. Misra (Sarthak)

Sarthak Misra joined the University of Twente in 2009. He is a Professor in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering Technology. He directs the Surgical Robotics Laboratory. He is also affiliated with the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen. Sarthak obtained his doctoral degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA. Prior to commencing his studies at Johns Hopkins, he worked for three years as a dynamics and controls analyst at MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates on the International Space Station Program. Sarthak received his Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is the recipient of the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator, Starting and Proof-of-Concept grants, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) VENI and VIDI awards, Link Foundation fellowship, McGill Major fellowship, and NASA Space Flight Awareness award. He is the co-chair of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Surgical Robotics, and area co-chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Biological and Medical Systems. Sarthak’s broad research interests are primarily in the area of applied mechanics at both macro and micro scales. He is interested in the modeling and control of electro-mechanical systems with applications to medical robotics.

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Engineering & Materials Science

# Catheters
# Fiber Bragg Gratings
# Magnetic Fields
# Microrobots
# Needles
# Robots
# Tissue
# Ultrasonics

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Surgical Robotics (SR)

Lloyd, P. , Thomas, T. L. , Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V., Pittiglio, G., Chandler, J. H., Valdastri, P. , & Misra, S. (2023). A Magnetically-Actuated Coiling Soft Robot With Variable Stiffness. IEEE Robotics and automation letters, 8(6), 3262-3269. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2023.3264770

Heunis, C. M., Wang, Z., de Vente, G. , Misra, S. , & Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. (2023). A Magnetic Bio-Inspired Soft Carrier as a Temperature-Controlled Gastrointestinal Drug Delivery System. Macromolecular bioscience, [2200559]. https://doi.org/10.1002/mabi.202200559

Thomas, T. L. (2023). Bending the Rules: Magnetically-Actuated Surgical Continuum Manipulators. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555913

Wang, C., Myzk, A., Schirhagl, R. , Misra, S. , & Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. (2023). Biocompatible Film-Coating of Magnetic Soft Robots for Mucoadhesive Locomotion. Advanced Materials Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201813

Thomas, T. L., Bos, J., Huaroto Sevilla, J. J. J. , Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. , & Misra, S. (2023). A Magnetically Actuated Variable Stiffness Manipulator Based on Deployable Shape Memory Polymer Springs. Advanced Intelligent Systems. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202200465

Richter, M. , Kaya, M. , Sikorski, J. , Abelmann, L. , Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. , & Misra, S. (2023). Magnetic Soft Helical Manipulators with Local Dipole Interactions for Flexibility and Forces. Soft Robotics. https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2022.0031

Zhang , K., Klingner, A., Le Gars, Y. , Misra, S., Magdanz, V. , & S.M. Khalil, I. (2023). Locomotion of bovine spermatozoa during the transition from individual cells to bundles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 120(3), [e2211911120]. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2211911120

Trikalitis, V. D., Kroese, N. J. J. , Kaya, M., Cofino Fabres, C., ten Den, S. A. , S.M. Khalil, I. , Misra, S. , Koopman, B. F. J. M. , Passier, R. , Schwach, V. , & Rouwkema, J. (2023). Embedded 3D printing of dilute particle suspensions into dense complex tissue fibers using shear thinning xanthan baths. Biofabrication, 15(1), [015014]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/aca124

Wang, Z., Klingnert, A., Magdanz, V., Hoppenreijs, M. , Misra, S. , & S.M. Khalil, I. (2023). Flagellar Propulsion of Sperm Cells Against a Time-Periodic Interaction Force. Advanced Biology, 7(1), [2200210]. https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202200210

Thomas, T. L. , Sikorski, J., Ananthasuresh, G. K. , Kalpathy Venkiteswaran, V. , & Misra, S. (2022). Design, Sensing, and Control of a Magnetic Compliant Continuum Manipulator. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 4(4), 910-921. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMRB.2022.3204577

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