Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan

Position

Director, National Science Foundation

Department

National Science Foundation

Research Profile

In June, 2020, Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump as Director of the National Science Foundation. Panch previously spent more than 20 years in leadership positions at Arizona State University, including service as Executive Vice President of ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise and Chief Research and Technology Officer for ASU. He is officially on an extended leave of absence from the university as he devotes his time to advancing the U.S. science and technology agenda on a national and global scale.

Publications

A Wearable Wireless RFID System for Accessible Shopping Environments

S. Krishna, V.N. Balasubramanian, N.C. Krishnan, J. Colin, T. Hedgpeth, S. Panchanathan,

2008

Augmented reality for laparoscopic surgical tool training

K. Kahol, J. French, T. McDaniel, S. Panchanathan, M. Smith,

2007

A Bayesian approach to visual size classification of everyday objects

T. McDaniel, K. Kahol, S. Panchanathan,

2006

A demonstration of phototacs: a simple image-based phone dialing interface for people with cognitive or visual impairments

M.J. Astrauskas, J. Black, S. Panchanathan,

2008

Haptic concepts in the blind

D. Homa, K. Kahol, P. Tripathi, L. Bratton, S. Panchanathan,

2009