Sandipan Bandyopadhyay



Professor
Department of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras



Research interests



Kinematics, dynamics, and control of robots
Design of mechanisms and parallel manipulators
Computational  kinematics
Symbolic computation and computer algebra systems (CAS)
Product design


Academics



Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2006
M.S.
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2001
M.E. Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2000
B.M.E. Mechanical Engineering Jadavpur University, Kolkata 1998


Appointments



Software Engineer      
Delmia Solutions Ltd., Bangalore 03/2000 - 06/2000
Researcher
General Motors R&D, Bangalore                        05/2005 - 06/2007
Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Design,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras 
07/2007 - 07/2018
Associate Professor Department of Engineering Design,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
07/2018 - 03/2025
Professor Department of Engineering Design,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
03/2025 -  Present
 

External affiliations/service roles



Vice President Association for Machines and Mechanisms December 2021-present
Associate Editor Sadhana January 2017-present
Associate Editor Robotica
July 2022-present
Member IFToMM Technical Committee on Robotics and Mechatronics 2008-2014, and 2017-present
Member IFToMM Technical Committee on Computational Kinematics 2012-present
Secretary Association for Machines and Mechanisms August 2008-December 2013
Associate Editor Mechanism and Machine Theory April 2017-September 2024


Honours and Awards

Professor B. K. Subba Rao Gold Medal Best doctoral thesis in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 2006
Winner (with other team members) Innovation Challenge to Reduce Worker Drudgery
2012
Wolfram Innovator Award Research and academic contributions on symbolic computation 2023


Relevant links   

Academic resume

Google Scholar profile

ResearchGate profile

Scopus profile

ORCID profile


Contacts


Office: Room No. 415, ED Building
Telephone:
+91 44 2257 4733 (Office)
+91 44 2257 4730 (ED Department Office)
Fax:
+91 44 2257 4732
Email:
sandipan@iitm.ac.in
Mail:
Department of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600 036
India
Web: http://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~sandipan