Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD 2016, Temple University

 

 

 

Contact Information

Phone (808) 956-2142
E-mail konh@hawaii.edu
Research Website uhatmanoa.wixsite.com/ammi

 

Research Interests

  • Modeling and Control of Smart Materials
  • Medical Instruments
  • Surgical Robotics

 

Selected Publications

Journal Publications:

  1. Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Darvish, K. and Hutapea, P., (2016) “Simulation and Experimental Studies on the Needle Tissue Interactions”, Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing 18, 1-12
  2. Sahlabadi, M., Valiollahi, A., Konh, B., Soltani, N., (2017) “Evaluating J-Q parameter in High Density Polyethylene using a Combined Experimental Finite Element Method”, Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures
  3. Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Hutapea, P., (2015) “Design Optimization Study of a Shape Memory Alloy Active Needle for Biomedical Applications”, Medical Engineering and Physics 37, 469–477
  4. Honarvar, M., Konh, B., Podder, T.K., Dicker, A.P., Yu, Y., Hutapea, P., (2015) “X-ray Diffraction Investigations of Shape Memory NiTi Wire”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 24(8), 3038-3048
  5. Konh, B., Datla, N. V., Hutapea, P., (2014) “Feasibility of SMA Wire Actuation for an Active Steerable Cannula”, Journal of Medical Devices, 9(2) 021002 (11 pages)
  6. Honarvar, M., Datla, N. V., Konh, B., Podder, T.K., Dicker, A.P., Yu, Y., Hutapea, P., (2014) “Study of Unrecovered Strain and Critical Stresses in One-Way Shape Memory Nitinol”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 23(8), 2885-93
  7. Datla, N. V., Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Podder, T.K., Dicker, A.P., Yu, Y., Hutapea, P., (2013) “A Model to Predict Deflection of Bevel-Tipped Active Needle Advancing in Soft Tissue”, Medical Engineering & Physics, 36(3), 258–293
  8. Datla, N. V., Konh, B., Koo, J., Choi,J.W., Yu, Y., Dicker, A.P., Podder, T.K., Darvish, K., Hutapea, P., (2013) “Polyacrylamide Phantom for Self-Actuating Needle-Tissue Interaction Studies”, Medical Engineering & Physics, 36(1), 140-145
  9. Konh, B., Shams, M., (2013) “Numerical Simulation of Roughness in Microchannels by Using the Second-Order Slip Boundary Condition”, Journal of Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering, 18(2), 97-112

Technical Briefs:

  1. Karimi, S., Konh, B., Ashrafiuon, H., “SMA wire characterization for 3D steerable active devices”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 2018 (submitted)
  2. Konh, B., “Finite element studies of triple actuation of shape memory alloy wires for Surgical Tools”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 2018 (submitted)
  3. Konh, B. and Podder, T. K., “Design and Fabrication of a Robust Active Needle using SMA Wires”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 2017
  4. Konh, B., Woo, R. K., Miller, S., “Design and Fabrication of a MirtaClip Locator Prototype for Percutaneous Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 2017 (invited talk in Advances in Cardiovascular Medical Devices, selected for top ten accepted papers for Three-in-Five Competition)

Conference Proceedings:

  1. Konh, B. “Feasibility of developing an active soft catheter actuated by SMA wires”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, Denver, CO, Mar 2018 (accepted)
  2. Konh, B., “Towards the development of a triple SMA actuated vertical tube”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, Denver, CO, Mar 2018 (accepted)
  3. Konh, B., Motalleb, M., Ashrafioun, H., “A Portable Integrated System to Control the Active Needle”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, Portland, OR, Mar 2017
  4. Konh, B. and Motalleb, M., “Evaluating the Performance of an Advanced Smart Needle Prototype Inside Tissue”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, Portland, OR, Mar 2017
  5. Konh, B. and Podder, T. K., “Finite Element Analyses of a Dual Actuated prototype of a Smart Needle”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, Portland, OR, Mar 2017
  6. Konh, B., Lee, H. H., Martin, V. P., Zhao, V., Hutapea, P., “Robotic Needling System for Brachytherapy Procedure”, International Conference on Automation, Cognitive Science, Optics, Micro Electro-Mechanical System, and Information Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, Oct 2015
  7. Zhao, V., Lee, H. H., Martin, V. P., Konh, B., Hutapea, P., “Nitinol Based Flexible Smart Needle Design” 41st Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Apr 2015
  8. Konh, B., Lee, H., Lee, H. H., Zhao, V., Martin, V., Hutapea, P., “Design, Development and Evaluation of a Two Way Actuated Steerable Needle”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, Sep 2015 (best student paper)
  9. Konh, B. and Hutapea, P., “A Real-Time Simulation for Path Planning in Needle Insertion Tasks”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Colorado Springs, CO, Sep 2015
  10. Konh, B., Lee, H., Lee, H. H., Zhao, V., Martin, V., Hutapea, P., “Towards the Design and Development of an Active Needle for Therapeutic Procedures”, 41th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, Apr 2015 (invited for an oral presentation in Biomaterials session)
  11. Konh, B., Hutapea, P., “Finite Element Studies of Needle-Tissue Interactions for Percutaneous Procedures”, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, Minneapolis, MN, Apr 2015 (technical brief, invited for a talk in computation: design and ideation session)
  12. Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Hutapea, P., “Simulation and Experimental Studies of the SMA-Activated Needle Behavior Inside the Tissue”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, Mar 2015
  13. Konh, B., Hutapea, P., “Computational Design Optimization of a SMA-Based Active Steerable Needle”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, Mar 2015
  14. Honarvar, M., Konh, B., Hutapea, P., “Investigation of Crystal Structure of One-Way Shape Memory Nitinol Wire Actuators for Active Steerable Needle”, SPIE Smart Structures/NDE Conference, San Diego, CA, Mar 2015
  15. Felix, M. O., Kumar, M., Franz, K., Konh, B., Hutapea, P., Zhao, Y., Dicker, A. P., Yu, Y., Podder, T. K., “Control of Shape Memory Alloy Actuated Flexible Needle using Multimodal Sensory Feedbacks”, Journal of Automation and Control Engineering, 3(5), 428-434, the 3rd International Conference on Control, Robotics and Information (ICCRI), HongKong, Dec 2014
  16. Zhao, Y., Konh, B., Honarvar, M., Felix, M. O., Podder, T. K., Hutapea, P., Dicker, A. P., Yu, Y., “3D Motion Planning for Robot-Assisted Active Flexible Needle Based on Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees”, Journal of Automation and Control Engineering, 3(5), 360-367, the 3rd International Conference on Control, Robotics and Information (ICCRI), HongKong, Dec 2014 (best oral presentation award)
  17. Konh, B., Datla, N.V. and Hutapea, P., “Analysis Driven Design Optimization of SMA Based Steerable Active Needle”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Newport, RI, Sep 2014
  18. Datla, N.V., Konh, B. and Hutapea, P., “Studies with SMA Actuated Needle for Steering within Tissue”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Newport, RI, Sep 2014
  19. Konh, B., Datla, N.V. and Hutapea, P., “Dynamic Estimation of an Active Surgical Needle Deflection for Brachytherapy Procedures”, 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Boston, MA, Apr 2014
  20. Datla, N.V., Konh, B. and Hutapea, P., “A Flexible Active Needle for Steering in Soft Tissues”, 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Boston, MA, Apr 2014
  21. Konh, B., Honarvar, M. and Hutapea, P., “Application of SMA Wire for an Active Steerable Cannula”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Snowbird, UT, Sep 2013 (best student paper)
  22. Konh, B. and Hutapea, P., “Finite Element Simulation of an Active Surgical Needle for Prostate Brachytherapy”, ASME/FDA 1st Annual Frontier in Medical Devices: Applications of Computer Modeling and Simulation, Washington, DC, Sep 2013
  23. Honarvar, M., Konh, B., Datla, N.V., Devlin, S., Hutapea, P., “Size Effect on the Critical Stress of Nitinol Wires”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Snowbird, UT, Sep 2013
  24. Datla, N.V., Honarvar, M., Nguyen, T.M., Konh, B., Darvish, K., Yu, Y., Dicker, A.P., Podder, T.K., Hutapea, P., “Towards a Nitinol Actuator for an Active Surgical Needle”, ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Stone Mountain, GA, Sep 2012

 

Courses Offered

  • ME 481 Design Project I
  • ME 482 Design Project II
  • ENGR 1117 Engineering Graphics (Temple University Fall 2014 & Spring 2015)
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