R&D Interest:

  • Hydrogen fuel cell
  • Electrolyser test Stations. 
  • Fiber optic sensors for various sensing applications
  • Reflectance, Polarization, and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) applications
  • Gas sensing  using optical techniques 
  • Photoluminescence and phase fluorometric measurement/sensing 

On-going work:

  • Design and development of indigenous AEM Electrolyser multi-cells/short stacks testing platform under the Hydrogen mission program.
  • Design and development of an all-in-one electrolyzer test station.
  • Membrane -based direct SeaWater desalination for green Hydrogen Production.
  • Direct Sea water Electrolysis by Electrolyte Engineering& Bu Coupling Electrolyser Directly with Forward Osmosis.
  • Design and Development of a catalyst Convertor for a Hydrogen IC Engine. 
  • Fuel cell diagnostics.
  • Carbon coated membrane (CCM) development.
  • High capacity customized AEM electrolyzer test station development .
  • Electrode/ Catalyst Engineering.
  • Pressure film / Compression study.
  • Thermal Evaporation /RF Sputtering- based Electrode,Bipolar Plate ,Coating .
  • Study of Organic crystals for application in Optoelectronics.
  • Phase fluorometric based optical sensor for dissolved oxygen (DO) monitoring along the ocean column
  • Nanocarbon based phase fluorometric optical dissolved oxygen sensor development. 
  • Fiber optic breath analyser for diabetic detection by monitoring VOCs from the human breath
  • Automated Laser Induced Breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) system for real-time elemental analysis in Mining, Minerals, Metals and Materials.
  • Blood oxygenation monitoring for diabetic foot ulceration detection using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy  
  • Arrhythmia detection and classification using ECG and PPG techniques

 Which Parameters of the Electrolyser Needs to be Improved? 

Research Collaborations: 

1. Prof. Zeev Zalevsky

Head of the Electro-Optics study program at the Faculty of Engineering & Director of the Nano Photonics Center at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials (BINA).

Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan, 52900
Israel

2. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Azhar Zam

Laboratory for Advanced Bio-Photonics and Imaging (LAB-π)

Division of Engineering 

New York University in Abu Dhabi (NYUAD)

Saadityat Campus, Abu Dhabi 129188, UAE

3. Dr. Kalaivani Chellappan

Associate Professor

Healthcare Engineering

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

UKM Bangi, Selangor 43600, Malaysia

4. Dr. Aulia Nasution

Assistant Professor

Department of Engineering Physics

Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

Kampus ITS Sukolilo, Surabaya 60111, Indonesia