Publications

Journals

A. Banerjee and P. Banerjee, "Immersive Display Interface Specification Standards in Virtual Manufacturing: A Prototype", Int. Journal of Plant Engineering and Management, vol. 2, no. 1, 1997, pp. 10-18.

S. Trika, P. Banerjee and R. L. Kashyap, "Virtual Reality Interfaces for Feature-Based Computer-Aided Design Systems", Computer-Aided Design , vol. 29, no. 8, 1997, pp. 565-574.

D. Zetu , P. Banerjee and P. Schneider, "Data Input Model for Virtual Reality-Aided Facility Layout ", IIE Trans., vol. 30, no. 7, 1998, pp. 597-620

D. Zetu and P. Banerjee, "Integrated Vision System for Virtual Factory", CIRP - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 29, no. 3, 1999, pp. 265-269.

A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee, N. Ye, and F. Dech, " Assembly Planning EffectivenessUsing Virtual Reality" Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments (published by MIT Press), vol. 8, no. 2, 1999, pp. 204-217

A. Banerjee and P. Banerjee, "Design-for-Maintenance of Digital Assets", Int. Journal of Industrial Engineering, vol. 6, no. 1, 1999, pp. 72-80.

N. Ye, P. Banerjee, A. Banerjee and F. Dech, "A Comparative Study of Assembly Planning in Traditional and Virtual Environments", IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, vol. 29, no. 4, 1999, pp. 546-555.

A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee, T. DeFanti, J. Curtis, B. Dodds and A. Hudson, "A Behavioral Layer Architecture for Telecollaborative Virtual Manufacturing Operations", IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, no. 3, 2000, pp. 218-227.

V. Giallorenzo, P. Banerjee, L. Conroy and J. Franke, "Application of Virtual Reality in Hospital Facilities Design” Virtual Reality: Research, Development & Applications (published by Springer-Verlag) vol. 4, 1999, pp. 223-234.

A. Banerjee and P. Banerjee, “A Behavioral Scene Graph for Rule Enforcement in Interactive Virtual Assembly Sequence Planning”, Computers in Industry, vol. 42, 2000, pp. 147-157.

D. Thompson, A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee, T. DeFanti and S. Retterer, “Tele-immersive Product Evaluation: A Review and an Implementation Framework”, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 16, no. 2-3, 2000, pp. 181-190.

R. Tesic and P. Banerjee, "Design of Virtual Objects for Exact Collision Detection in Virtual Reality Modeling of a Manufacturing Process", Journal of Manufacturing Systems, vol. 18, no. 5, 1999, pp. 367-376

V. Giallorenzo and P. Banerjee, “Airborne Contamination Analysis for Specialized Manufacturing Rooms Using Computational Fluid Dynamics and Virtual Reality”, Journal of Materials Processing & Manufacturing Science, vol. 7, no. 4, 1999, pp. 343-359.

D. Zetu, P. Banerjee and D. Thompson, " Extended-range Hybrid Tracker and Applications to Motion and Camera Tracking in Manufacturing Systems " IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, vol. 16, no. 3, 2000, pp. 281-293.

R. Tesic and P. Banerjee, “Exact Collision Detection for Virtual Manufacturing Simulator”, IIE Trans, vol. 33, no. 1, 2001, pp. 43-54.

A. Akgunduz, D. Zetu, and P. Banerjee, “Viewpoint-centered Shape Recovery form Multiple Views”, Artificial Intelligence: Engineering, Design and Manufacturing (AI-EDAM), vol. 14, 2000, pp. 359-372.

K. Gierach, D. Thompson and P. Banerjee, “Managing Hardware Devices and Software Objects in a Java Environment”, SME CASA Blue Book Series, 2000

K. Gierach, D. Thompson and P. Banerjee, “An Approach for Facilitating Service Management in Networked Virtual Manufacturing Environments”, Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing (Product and Process Design) , vol. 18, no. 2, 2002, pp. 147-156.

C. Luciano, P. Banerjee, and S. Mehrotra, “3D Animation Of Telecollaborative Anthropomorphic Avatars”, Communications of the ACM, vol. 44, no. 12, 2001, pp. 64-67.

R. Tesic and P. Banerjee, ”Motion Modeling Concepts in Virtual Manufacturing Simulator”, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, vol. 1, no. 1, 2002, pp. 37-50.

A. Akgunduz, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra, “Smart collision information processing sensors for fast moving objects” Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 11, 2002, pp. 169-174.

P. Banerjee, G. Bochenek and J. Ragusa, “Analyzing the Relationship of Presence and Immersive Tendencies on the Conceptual Design Review Process”, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, 2002, pp. 59-64.

P. Banerjee, “Data interface software for Windows PC-compatible virtual reality scene graphs”, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 2, no. 1, 2002, pp. 72-74.

P. Banerjee and D. Basu-Mallick, “Measuring the Effectiveness of Presence and Immersive Tendencies on the Conceptual Design Review Process”, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 3, no. 2, 2003, pp. 166-169.

A. Akgunduz, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra, “A Linear Programming Solution for Exact Collision Detection”, ASME Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, vol. 5, no. 1, 2005, pp. 48-60.

P. Banerjee, “Virtual Reality Technology, 2nd edition, Grigore Burdea and Philippe Coiffet” Book Review , IIE Transactions Volume 37 Number 7/July 2005, pp. 682

Books

P. Banerjee and D. Zetu, Virtual Manufacturing , John Wiley, New York, 2001 (ISBN: 0-471-35443-0)

Edited Volumes

P. Banerjee and T. Kesavadas, editors, Industrial Virtual Reality:Design and Manufacturing Tool for the Next Millenium, ASME MH-Vol. 5 and MED-Vol. 9, Nov. 1999.

B. Maiteh and P. Banerjee, editors, Symposium on Virtual Manufacturing, ASME IMECE 2002

Invention Disclosures, Provisional Patents and Patents

A.Akgunduz, P. Banerjee, and S. Mehrotra, "Industrial Virtual Reality Institute - Collision Detection Algorithm (IVRI-CD): Collision Detection of Fast Moving Objects Using Linear Programming" Invention Disclosure CU-12, University of Illinois at Chicago (also simultaneously filed at Northwestern University), February, 2001.

A.Steinberg, P. Banerjee, C. Luciano, J. Drummond, M. Zefran, "Virtual Reality Haptic Dental Simulator: A haptic force feed-back, tactile sensitive guidance system for interaction with a projected, immersive capable, responsive and interactive 3D virtual reality display of a human head, mouth or any part of the mouth for training, honing and developing tactile dental skills." Invention Disclosure CW072, University of Illinois at Chicago, April 2003.

P. Banerjee, S. Mehrotra, and C. Barnes, “ Method and system for generation of 3-dimensional virtual reality and multimedia meta slides and scenes for presentation and documentation”, Provisional Patent Application serial number 60/438,713,, Jan. 2003

P. Banerjee, S. Mehrotra, and C. Barnes, “Method for Producing Computerized Multi-media Presentation”, Patent Application Serial Number: 10/457,007, June 2003

Book/Handbook Chapters

P. Banerjee, "Virtual Manufacturing", In 1998 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York, pp. 419-422 (Updated version to appear in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 9th edition, 2000)

P. Banerjee, "Virtual Systems", In 2000 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-Hill, New York. pp. 441-442.

A. Akgunduz and P. Banerjee, “A Supervisory Data Traffic Controller in Large Scale Distributed Virtual Reality Environments”, In S.K. Ong and A.Y.C. Nee, eds.,: Virtual and Augmented Reality Applications in Manufacturing, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 1-85233-796-6, 2004, pp. 65-82.

Conference Proceedings and Professional Newsletters
(Note: Subsequent versions of many of the following articles have led to journal publications)

A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra, "Design and Implementation of a Virtual Groupware for Layout Decision Problems", Proc. ASME Design Engineering Technical Conf., DE-83, vol. 2, Boston, Sept. 1995, pp. 785-790.

A. Banerjee and P. Banerjee, "Immersive Display Interface Specification Standards in Virtual Manufacturing: A Prototype", Proc. IFIP WG 5.7, Seattle, Sept. 1995, pp. 266-276.

M. Quevedo and P. Banerjee, "Primitives for Virtual Reality-Aided Layout and Material Flow Design Decision Support System", Proc. ASME Manufacturing Sci. and Eng., MED vol. 2-2/MH vol. 3-2, San Francisco, 1995, pp. 1273-1282.

P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra, "A Prototype Architecture for Manufacturing Systems Layout Design Using Virtual Reality", Proc. NSF Des. & Manuf. Grantees Conf., Albuquerque, NM, 1996.

R. Tesic and P. Banerjee, "Motion Modeling in a Virtual Reality-Aided Factory Simulator", Proc. Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM) Conf., Atlanta, May 1996, pp. 539-547.

S. N. Trika, P. Banerjee and R. L. Kashyap, "Iterative Part Design with a Virtual Reality Interface", Proc. 16th ASME Int. Computers in Eng. Conf., Irvine, CA, Aug. 1996

D. Zetu and P. Banerjee, "Building 3D Models of Objects on a Factory Floor for Virtual Reality-Aided Layout and Material Handling Decision Support" Proc. World Automation Cong., Montpellier, France, May 1996

D. Zetu, P. Schneider and P. Banerjee, "A Fast Data Input Model for VR-Aided Layout and Material Handling Decision", Proc. NSF Symposium on Virtual Reality Manufacturing Research and Education, Chicago, 1996, pp. 41-50.

A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee and S. Mehrotra, "An Enabling Environment for Inputting Qualitative Information in Manufacturing Systems Layout Design" Proc. NSF Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and Education, Chicago, 1996, pp. 62-69.

D. B. Sieger, P. Banerjee, and T. A. DeFanti, "Modular Hub-Based Instruction and Learning Architecture for Scalable Distributed Collaborations", Proc. NSF Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and Education, Chicago, 1996, pp. 108-117.

S. Narayanan, F. Dech, P. Banerjee, and T. A. DeFanti, "Protocols for Integrating VRML in a Virtual Manufacturing Environment", Proc. NSF Symposium on Virtual Reality in Manufacturing Research and Education, Chicago, 1996, pp. 138-142.

P. Banerjee, A. Banerjee and R. Tesic, "Minimizing Maximum Material Flow Congestion on Conveyor Networks", Proc. Ind. Eng. Res. Conf., Miami, 1997, pp. 819-825

D. Zetu and P. Banerjee, "3D Factory Object Reconstruction from Camera Images", Proc. NSF Des. & Manuf. Grantees Conf., Seattle, 1998

R. Tesic, and P. Banerjee, "Design of Virtual Objects for Exact Collision Detection in Virtual Reality Modeling of Manufacturing Processes", Proc. ASME DETC, Atlanta, Sept. 1998. (on CD-ROM)

D. Zetu and P. Banerjee, "Integrated Vision System for Virtual Factory", simultaneously appeared in Fall 1998 IIE Facilities Planning and Design Newsletter and 1999 ASME Material Handling Engineering Division Newsletter
(A more detailed version has also been reprinted in Vision (a magazine of Machine Vision Association of SME), vol. 15, no. 2, second quarter, 1999.)

P. Banerjee, A. Banerjee, F. Dech, D. Zetu, J. Curtis, B. Dodds, A. Hudson, "Virtual Reality Telecollaboration for Managing Factories of the Future", Proc. ISPE, Dec. 1998, pp. 8-13. (invited keynote address paper)

J. Leigh with 34 other co-authors, including Banerjee, "A Review of Tele-Immersive Applications in the CAVE Research Network", Proc. IEEE Virtual Reality Conf., 1999, pp. 180-187

D. Zetu and P. Banerjee, “Extended range tracking for remote virtual reality-aided facility management”, Proc. NSF Des. & Manuf. Grantees Conf., Long Beach, CA, 1999, (on CD-ROM).

N. Ye, P. Banerjee, A. Banerjee and F. Dech, "Assembly Planning in Traditional and Virtual Environments", Proc. 25th Int. Conf. on Computers and Ind. Eng.,1999

A. Hudson, B. Dodds , J. Curtis , A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee, T. A. DeFanti, "Evaluation of Some Commercial VR Environments: Trends and Directions", Proc. ASME Ind. Virtual Reality Symp. , MH-Vol. 5/MED Vol. 9, Chicago, 1999

R. Tesic, and P. Banerjee, "Design of Virtual Objects for Exact Collision Detection in Virtual Reality Modeling of Manufacturing Processes", Video Proc., IEEE Conf. on Robotics & Automation, Detroit, May, 1999.

D. Zetu, P. Banerjee and A. Akgunduz, “Telemetry-based Depth Recovery for Virtual Factory Construction and Extension to Remote Facility Management” Proc. ASME Ind. Virtual Reality Symp. , MH-Vol. 5/MED Vol. 9, Chicago, 1999, pp. 73-84.

V. Giallorenzo and P. Banerjee, “A Virtual Reality Enabling Parameterization of CFD Simulations for Non-Empty Room Layout Design” Proc. ASME IMECE Symposium on Virtual Environments, MH-Vol. 5/MED Vol. 9, Nashville, Nov. 1999, pp. 209-218 (this paper received the ASME MHED Best Technical Paper Award)

D. Thompson, A. Banerjee, P. Banerjee, T. DeFanti and S. Retterer, “A Framework for Tele-immersive Product Evaluation” Proc. ASME Ind. Virtual Reality Symp. , MH-Vol. 5/MED Vol. 9, Chicago, 1999, pp. 57-66.

P. Banerjee “Handling Qualitative Information in Multidisciplinary Design Optimization”, In Messac Achille ed. “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization” technical section of Aerospace America, Dec. 1999

P. Banerjee, “Remote Manufacturing Decision Support Using Virtual Reality” Proc. NSF Des. & Manuf. Grantees Conf., Vancouver, Canada, 2000, (on CD-ROM).

C. Luciano and P. Banerjee, “Inverse kinematics of intelligent avatars for process and product design using dual quaternions” Proc. 3rd World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Processes & Systems, MIT, Cambridge, MA, June 2000

P. Banerjee and D. Zetu, “Factory CAD models from camera images for virtual reality analysis and extensions to motion tracking on virtual factory floor” Proc. Material Handling Research Colloquium, York, PA, June 2000 (published as Progress in Material Handling Research: 2000, Material Handling Inst., Charlotte, NC, pp. 24-48, 2000)

C. Luciano and P. Banerjee, “Intelligent avatars for process and product design using dual quaternions”, Proc. 3rd World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Processes & Systems, Cambridge, MA, June, 2000

C. Luciano and P. Banerjee, “Avatar kinematics modeling for telecollaborative virtual environments”, Proc. Winter Simulation Conf., Dec. 2000

P. Banerjee, G. Bochenek and J. Ragusa, “ Analysis of Presence and Immersive Tendencies in the Conceptual Design Review Process”, CD ROM Proc. NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Puerto Rico, 2002.

X. Zhou, C. Luciano, P. Banerjee, J. Knight, "Reconfigurable Driving Platforms in CAVE " Presented at Virtual Reality and its Applications in Industry (VRAI) Conference, Hangzhou, China 2002, Published in Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 4756, Bellingham, WA, USA, 2003, ISSN 0277-786X, ISBN 0-8194-4519-3

C. Luciano, P. Banerjee, S. Mehrotra, “3D Animation Of Telecollaborative Anthropomorphous Avatars Using High-Performance Real-Time Inverse Kinematics Based On Dual Quaternions “, Proc. Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, 2002

A. Akgunduz and P. Banerjee, “A Supervisory Data-Traffic Controller in Collaborative Virtual Reality Simulations “, ASME IMECE 2002-32470, New Orleans, 2002

A. V. Netto and P. Banerjee, “Tendencies And Market Perspective In The Virtual Reality And Visual Simulation Area”, Proc. SVR Conf., Brazil, 2002.

Steinberg, Arnold D, Banerjee, Prashant, Drummond, James. Zefran, Milos, “Progress in the Development of a Haptic/Virtual Reality Simulation Program for Scaling and Root Planing”, CD ROM Proceedings, National Dentistry Conference, San Antonio, 2003.

Cristian Luciano, Pat Banerjee, Thomas DeFanti, Sanjay Mehrotra, “A framework for efficient and more realistic haptics applications”, Proceedings of 23rd ASME International Computers and Information Engineering Conference, September 2003, Chicago.

Ali Akgunduz, Pat Banerjee, Sanjay Mehrotra, “Linear Programming Based Collision Detection Algorithm for Fast Moving Object” CD ROM Proceedings, NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference, Dallas, 2004

Cristian Luciano, Pat Banerjee, Thomas DeFanti, Sanjay Mehrotra, “Realistic Cross Platform Haptic Applications Using Freely-Available Libraries”, Proceedings IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, Chicago, 2004.

D. He and P. Banerjee, “Enhancing Simulation Education with a Virtual Presentation Tool”, CD-ROM Proceedings of Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, DC, 2004.

A.D.Steinberg, J.L.Drummond, P. Banerjee and C. Luciano , Haptic, 3D, Virtual Reality Periodontal Training Simulator - PerioSim™, ADEA Conf. Proc., 2005, Baltimore