Faculty
Anurag Purwar, PhD
Lab Director, Associate Professor, and Affiliate Faculty - Institute for Advanced
Computational Sciences
Dr. Anurag Purwar's research interests are in bringing together rigid body kinematics
and machine learning for design of mechanisms and robots. He has published107 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.
Anurag Purwar, PhD
Lab Director, Associate Professor, and Affiliate Faculty - Institute for Advanced Computational Sciences
Dr. Anurag Purwar's research interests are in bringing together rigid body kinematics and machine learning for design of mechanisms and robots. He has published107 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.
Service
- Chair-elect, ASME Mechanisms and Robotics (M&R) Committee
- Secretary, ASME Mechanisms and Robotics (M&R) Committee
- Editorial Board Member, Machines
- Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD)
- Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Honors & Awards
| 2026 | Best Paper Finalist Award at the 20th International Symposium on Advances in Robot Kinematics, Barcelona |
| 2026 | SUNY AI for Learning Network (AI4LN) Fellow |
| 2025 | SUNY Research Foundation Technology Accelerator Fund (Mission TAF) award for MotionGen (http://www.motiongen.io) |
| 2025 | Faculty Fellow, Division of Undergraduate Education and the Office of the Provost, Stony Brook University |
| 2024 | Mobility Assist named one of Stony Brook’s “Top 10 Inventions on the Wall of Innovation,” selected from 2,500 inventions and 750 patents. |
| 2024 | ASME Journal of Mechanical Design Reviewer with Distinction Award |
| 2022 | Margaret Ashida STEM Leadership Award by The New York State STEM Education Collaborative |
| 2021 | ASEE Distinguished Teaching Award, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Mid-Atlantic Division |
| 2021 | SUNY Startup Summer School Award |
| 2020 | Elected as Senior Member, National Academy of Inventors (NAI) |
| 2020 | ASME Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award |
| 2019 | Innovator of the Year Award from Innovate Long Island (Innovate-LI) |
| 2019 | Best Paper Award Nomination at the 2019 American Society of Engineering Education Conference, Tampa, FL |
| 2018 | SUNY FACT2 Award for Excellence in Technology and Instruction |
| 2018 | SUNY Research Foundation Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award on Robotics Launchpad |
| 2017 | A.T. Yang Award in Theoretical Kinematics for the Best Paper at the 2017 ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Conference |
| 2017 | Top 100 Design Award for Mobility Assist in the Create the Future by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) |
| 2016 | Mobile Digital/NOW (MDN) Faculty Fellowship |
| 2016 | Global Initiative of Academic Network (GIAN) Faculty Award from Govt. of India |
| 2012 | SUNY Research Foundation Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF) award on Mobility Assist |
| 2009 | Best Paper Award on Interactive Dimensional Synthesis and Motion Design of Planar 6R Closed Chains via Constraint Manifold Modification |
| 2008 | Elected Member of the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Committee of ASME Design Engineering Division |
| 2005 | Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching |