Vinayak Krishnamurthy

Educational Background

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University – 2015
M.Sc., Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India – 2010
B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India – 2006

- Generative Design
- Human-AI Collaboration in Design
- Geometric & Topological Modeling
- Algorithms for Additive Manufacturing
- Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality

Finalist, SME Blue Sky Competition - 2025
Notable Alumni, Department of Design and Manufacturing, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru - 2025
J. Mike Walker '66 Career Development Professorship - 2024
ASME Rising Stars of Mechanical Engineering - 2024
ASME Advanced Vehicle Technology Best Paper Award - 2024
Association of Former Students College Level Teaching Award, Texas A&M University - 2024
ASME Computer-Aided Product and Process Development (CAPPD) Technical Committee Best Paper Award - 2023
Distinguished Service Award, ASME Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) Division - 2023
ASME Computer-Aided Product and Process Development (CAPPD) Technical Committee Best Paper Award - 2022
NSF CAREER Award - 2021

Matthew Ebert, Ronnie Stone, John Koithan, Wenchao Zhou, Matt Pharr, Yuri Estrin, Ergun Akleman, Zhenghui Sha, Vinayak Krishnamurthy, NoodlePrint: Cooperative Additive Manufacturing with Helically Interlocked Cells, ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, June 2025, 147(6): 061002, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067617.
Matthew Ebert, Doyeon Kim, Ergun Akleman, Vinayak Krishnamurthy, Handlebody Plesiohedra Unchained: Topologically Interlocked Cell-Transitive 3-Honeycombs, Computer-Aided Design. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2024.103779
Shantanu Vyas, Ting-Ju Chen, Jay Woodword, Vinayak Krishnamurthy, Reflect-Express-Transform: Investigating Speech-based Iterative Digital Design for Young Designers, ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering, Jun 2023, 23(3): 030905, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062230
Noah Hill, Matthew Ebert, Mena Maurice, Vinayak R. Krishnamurthy, Cellular Chaos: Statistically Self-Similar Structures based on Chaos Game, ASME Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering May 2024; 24(5): 051003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4063987.
Shantanu Vyas, Ting-Ju Chen, Ronak Mohanty, Peng Jiang and Vinayak Krishnamurthy, Latent Embedded Graphs for Image and Shape Interpolation, Computer-Aided Design, Volume 140, 2021, 103091, ISSN 0010-4485, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2021.103091.