SENSORSMEET2024

Dr. Franco Pavese, born on January 6, 1942, in Torino, Italy, is an accomplished engineer and scientist. He holds a full university degree in Engineering from Politecnico of Torino, obtained in 1966. Dr. Pavese has been associated with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) since 1967, initially at the Institute of Metrology "G. Colonnetti" (IMGC), and later at the National Institute for Research in Metrology (INRiM) from 2006 until his retirement in 2009. However, he remains active in his field. Throughout his career, Dr. Pavese has been extensively involved in international collaborations across 30 countries. He has led research groups and assumed various responsibilities, including coordinating international and EU contracts and working with foreign laboratories. He holds multiple patents, including one granted in the USA and Europe. With an impressive publication record, Dr. Pavese has authored numerous international papers, conference papers, books, book chapters, and monographs. He has served as an editor for books and journal special issues, many of which have an international focus. He has delivered numerous seminars and lessons worldwide, showcasing his expertise.

Aicheng Chen is Professor of Chemistry, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Electrochemistry and Nanoscience, and Director of the Electrochemical Technology Centre at the University of Guelph. He graduated with his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Guelph in 1998. His research interests span the areas of Electrochemistry, Photoelectrochemistry, Sensors/Biosensors, and Nanoscience. He has published 9 book chapters and over 270 peer-reviewed journal articles. Prof. Chen is an Associate Editor of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry and an Editor of Electrochimica Acta as well as an editorial board member of several journals (e.g., ECS Sensors Plus, Sensors, Applied Science, Journal of Electrochemistry, and Chemical Synthesis). For his accomplishments, Prof. Chen has received a number of awards, including the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship, the Lash Miller Award and the R.C. Jacobsen Award of the Electrochemical Society Canada Section, the Fred Beamish Award, the Keith Laidler Award, the W.A.E. McBryde Medal and the Ricardo Aroca Award of the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the Canadian Catalysis Lectureship Award, and the RBC Innovation Award. He has also been named as Fellow of the Chemical Institute of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials, and Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry.

Philip W. T. Pong received a B.Eng. from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 2002 with 1st class honours. Then he obtained a PhD in engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2005. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Magnetic Materials Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for three years. Currently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).His research interest focuses on the fault detection, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection of power grid. He is the Founding Director of the Green Technology Research and Training Laboratory, leading the research and education activities of offshore wind energy at NJIT. Philip Pong is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP), a Fellow of the Energy Institute (FEI), a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM), a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (FHKIE), a Fellow of the NANOSMAT Society (FNS), a chartered physicist (CPhys), a chartered engineer (CEng), a chartered energy engineer, a registered professional engineer (R.P.E. in Electrical, Electronics, Energy), and a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE). He serves on the editorial boards for several IEEE and SCI journals.

Currently he is working as a Professor of Mechanical/Electronics Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia and is the Discipline Leader of the Mechatronics Engineering Degree Programme. Before joining Macquarie he worked as Professor of Sensing Technology, Massey University, New Zealand. His fields of interest include Smart Sensors and sensing technology, instrumentation techniques, wireless sensors and network (WSN), Internet of Things (IoT),healthcare, wearables etc. He has supervised over 55 postgraduate students and over 150 Honours students. He has examined over 80 postgraduate theses. He has published over 450 papers in different international journals and conference proceedings, written ten books and fifty two book chapters and edited eighteen conference proceedings. He has also edited thirty five books with Springer-Verlag and thirty four journal special issues. He has organized over 20 international conferences as either General Chairs/co-chairs or Technical Programme Chair. He has delivered 430 presentations including keynote, invited, tutorial and special lectures. He is a Fellow of IEEE (USA), a Fellow of IET (UK), a Fellow of IETE (India). He is a Topical Editor of IEEE Sensors journal. He is alsoassociate editor of IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements and IEEE Transactions on Review of Biomedical Engineering. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Sensors Council from 2017 to 2022. He is the Foundingchair of the IEEE Sensors CouncilNSW chapter.

Camelia Bala serves as a professor of Analytical Chemistry in the University of Bucharest, Romania where she began her academic career in 1990. Since 2000, she is Director of R&D Center LaborQ and coordinates the research group working in analytical electrochemistry, nanostructured electrochemical interfaces, design and characterization of electrochemical sensors and biosensors, and bioanalytical chemistry. In 2017 she was awarded by The Romanian Academy with “ NicolaeTeclu”. Since 2011, she is the Director of the Doctoral School of Chemistry. The main research interests are focused on sensors and biosensors addressing current emerging problems of clinical, food and environmental importance.The current projects include: (i) low cost field portable sensing platforms integrating biomimetic systems for rapid screening of undesirable substances in food and environment, (ii) novel electrode materials, nanostructured materials, surface–modified electrodes and conducting polymers, (iii) electrochemical enzyme biosensors, (iv) acoustic and surface plasmon resonance transducers for immunoassay, (v) ionic liquids based composite for sensing, (vi) micro/nanosensors for early cancer warning system diagnostic and prognostic information.

Rafael F. S. Caldeirinha (S’00, M’2001, SM’15) was born in Leiria, Portugal, in 1974. He received the B.Eng. degree (Hons.) in Electronic and Communication Engineering and the Ph.D. degree from the University of South Wales (former Glamorgan Uni.), UK, in 1997 and 2001, respectively, and the Habilitation (Agregação) title by the University of Aveiro (Portugal) in 2020. He is currently a Senior Researcher and Head of the Antennas & Propagation (A&P-Lr) Research Group (since 2010) and Research Cluster Coordinator in the field on Antennas and Propagation, both at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Leiria, and Coordinator Professor in both Mobile Communications and Antennas and Propagation fields at Polytechnic of Leiria (Portugal), since 2001. His research interests include studies of radiowave propagation through vegetation media, including wildfires, radio channel sounding and modelling and frequency selective surfaces, for applications at micro- and millimetre-wave frequencies. He has been very active on setting up the European Digital Innovation Hub (e-DiH) CONNECT5 - a Portuguese Digital Innovation Hub for Connectivity, IoT, Cloud, Edge and Cyberphysical Systems lead by TICE.PT. Prof. Caldeirinha has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers in conferences and international journals and 4 contributions to ITU-R Study Group, which formed the basis of the ITU-R P.833-5 (2005) recommendation. He has participated in more than 100 international conference committees and served as reviewer of more than 500 scientific articles submitted to international journals and conferences, handled the reviewing process as associate editor of more than 250 international journal papers and delivered more than 50 invited talks.He was Chair of the IEEE Portugal Joint Chapter on Antennas & Propagation - Electron Devices - Microwave Theory & Techniques from 2016 to 2021 and since 2022 member of the Executive Committee acting as Secretary; Regional Delegate of European Association for Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) for Andorra, Portugal and Spain from 2017 - 2022; Member of the Board of Directors of EurAAP, since 2022 and EurAAP Secretary and Treasurer since 2023; Chair of the Scientific Committee F (Propagation and Remote Sensing) of the Portuguese International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Committee; and a Senior Member of URSI, Senior Member of IEEE and Fellow Member of IET. Member of the Academic Accreditation Commission of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in the UK, since 2016.

Alan Wang is a principal investigator and Associate Professor at Auckland University. He has more than ten years of research experience in bioengineering informatics and integrated medicine, especially in advancing the role of medical informatics in health care. His research interests include bioengineering, data informatics, neurocomputing, and biomedical statistics and simulation. He has developed medical data analytics methods for mobile health and personalized diagnosis and prognosis based on intelligent computing theories. He has experience analyzing huge cohorts of patient data with applications of early diagnosis, disease understanding, and effective treatment of patients with different disorders. He serves as an Editorial Board Member and an Active Reviewer for several international journals.

Dr. Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari was completed the PhD, Iran and Postdoctoral research fellowship studies from Department of Water Engineering, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. He is the member of M.A.H.R.O Co., a premier Building Company service organization. He has published more than 500 Papers, Books, Technical Report and Chapters in reputed Publishes/Journals and has been serving as an editorial board member or reviewer of repute.

Ajay Agarwal is a distinguished Professor and Head of the Electrical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur. He's also an adjunct faculty member at the School of AI and Data Science, holds key roles in various committees, and is a Director on the Governing Board of the Electronics Sector Skills Council of India. With over three decades of experience, his work focuses on nanotechnologies, MEMS, and micro-sensors for applications in healthcare, environmental monitoring, and Industry 4.0. He has an extensive list of research publications, patents, and awards, making him a notable figure in the field.

M.K.A.Ahamed Khan was born in Tamil Nadu; India during the year 1961.He won the best student award for his excellence in academic and also in sports during his Higher secondary level. He also won the gold medal both in Math’s and Physics during his Pre-University at state level. He received his BE degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madras University, India., and MS degree in Electronics and Control engineering from BITS Pilani, India., He received his advanced diploma in Power electronics and drives from Lucas – Nuelle, Germany in 2002 and from Woo sun, Korea. He obtained his PhD in Robotics, Power electronics and controls from USA and holds his Professional Engineer [PEng] Certification from IAO, USA and CEng (UK).He is also a Senior member in IEEE USA and MIET UK. He worked with Rohde and Schwarz, Germany as Sales and service engineer from 1983-1987 and served as a Senior lecturer in the faculty of engineering at the Madras university for seven years and has been with the faculty of Electronics Engineering, TAFE Australia, Malaysia campus during the year 1994 to 1997.He served as a Program coordinator for Malaysia France – University Nice, France between 1997 to 2006.He has been a consultant and trainer for multinational companies like Schneider electric, France., Vivendi Water supplies, France., and many Malaysian and Singapore companies. Also, he worked as an Assistant professor at UNISEL, Malaysia from 2006 to 2017. Currently he is working as an Assistant Professor in the faculty of engineering at UCSI University, Malaysia. He held various positions in IEEE RAS Malaysia chapter and had won more than 15 awards awarded by IEEE Malaysia section. He is the past Chairman for IEEERAS, Malaysia chapter and current IEEE UCSI Student branch counselor. His current research is in Power Electronics, Motor drives, Robotic and Controls. Along with many awards and more than 100 papers or research notes published in journals and conference proceedings, M.K.A. Ahamed Khan has travelled more than 25 countries and has visited the top universities like MIT, Stanford, OXFORD, Caltech, Cambridge, Berkley, Imperial and served as a Reviewer and Session Chairman for several conferences and project competitions. His main hobby is playing tennis, table tennis, cricket, travelling and reading books.

Dr. Alexander G. Zestos is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at American University in Washington, D.C. and a member of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavior. He completed his BS/MS degree in Chemistry from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA in 2008. There, he performed research with Dr. William H. Starnes, Jr. on the use of metal-clay additives and ester thiols to promote the smoke suppression, fire retrardance, and thermal stability of poly(vinyl chloride). He completed his PhD in Chemistry in 2014 at the University of Virginia, where he worked with Dr. Jill Venton and investigated the use of alternative carbon nanomaterials for enhanced neurochemical detection using fast scan cyclic voltammetry. From 2014-2017, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Michigan and was co-mentored by Professors Robert T. Kennedy and Margaret E. Gnegy. There, he developed microdialysis and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry assays to measure neurochemical dynamics. He is an electroanalytical chemist who uses carbon-fiber microelectrode sensors to detect neurotransmitters and biologically relevant molecules using fast scan cyclic voltammetry. His research interest focuses on constructing superior electrochemical sensors through novel nanomaterials. He has developed sensors for neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, pH, metals, DNA/RNA, nucleotides, and other complex molecules in rodents, zebrafish, and other models. His work focuses on developing superior sensors with nanomaterials and making multielectrode arrays for multiplexed measurement. He also utilizes liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry to detect neurotransmitters with microdialysis. Many applications include neuroscience, pharmacology, and drug abuse studies.

Dr. Beom Chan Lee received a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2012. He received an M.S. degree in Mechatronics and a B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston. He is a director of the Sensori-Motor Augmentation & Rehabilitation Technology (SMART) laboratory and an affiliate with the Center for Neuromotor and Biomechanics Research (CNBR) and Building Reliable Advances and Innovation in Neurotechnology (BRAIN) Center. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on the design, development, and assessment of wearable and robot-assisted systems intended for improving balance and gait dysfunctions, the development and assessment of a fall-inducing technology platform for gait training and fall prevention, and the identification of motor behaviors and movement patterns caused by neurological and movement disorders and aging.

Sathiyandrakumar Srinivasan received a bachelor’s degree in science from Madurai Kamarajar University, India in 1998. Then he obtained a Master of Computer Application degree in Madras University, Chennai, India in 2002, MBA from Bharathidasan University in 2004, Trichy, India, PhD in Cybersecurity at Kalasalingam University, Srivilliputhur, India in 2023. Currently he is working as a Software Architect at Southwest Banking Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, USA which includes cyber security architecture. His research interest focuses on the Malware Analysis, Malware Prediction and Detection, and anomaly detection of user level access. He is working as a Director of Technology in a honorable role for Project Management Institute (PMI) in Nashville, TN, USA. He has seven patents all with respect to Cybersecurity and Machine learning. He is author of 2 books which is related to Cyber security, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning. He serves on the editorial boards for several IEEE and SCI journals.

Mara Mirasoli is Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna. She is Scientific Referent for the Space Science and Technology Unit of the Interdipartmental Center for Industrial Research (CIRI) Aerospace, Member of the Board of the PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bologna, andMember of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Society for Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence (ISBC). She coordinates the research group working in bioanalytical chemistry. Her scientific activity is mainly focused on the development of bioanalytical methods (enzyme, immuno-, and gene probe assays) and biosensors with colorimetric and bio/chemi/electrochemiluminescence detection for application in the biomedical, pharmaceutical, agro-food and environmental fields. In particular, she deals with the development of chemiluminescence-based lateral-flow immunoassays, microfluidic paper-based analytical devices (µPADs), and lab-on-chip devices. In the last decade, this activity was particularly focused at the development of portable bioanalytical devices for life science investigations in space environment. She is PI and co-PI of several projects supported by the Italian Space Agency, the Italian Ministry of University, and the European Union.

He was born in Lima, Peru. He is a Mechatronic Engineer. Session Chair and participant of the 4th North American Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Conference-IEOM 2019 in Toronto, Canada. He received a certificate for attendance and presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Automation Engineering and Intelligent Manufacturing-ICIMA 2018 in Penang, Malaysia. He participated in the X International Symposium on Innovation and Technology-ISIT 2019 in Cusco, Peru. Member of the steering and technical committee of the ISIT. He participated as part of the Peru Section of the IEEE in the XXVI International Congress of Electronics, Electricity, Engineering and Computing-INTERCON 2019 in Lima, Peru. He with experience in research, development and innovation in the fields of mechatronics, medical robotics, telemedicine, aerospace engineering and bioengineering. Researcher in programming by IPCEM agents. Lecturer and Consultant in Mechatronic, Spatial and Biomedical Technologies. He is also a consultant in information and communication technologies in the Peruvian government sector.

Elakkiya R graduated in Computer Science & Engineering from Anna University, Chennai in 2010 and received Master of Engineering in Software Engineering from Anna University, Chennai in 2012. She secured University First Rank and was awarded a Gold Medal for her graduation studies. She received her PhD from Anna University, Chennai in 2018 and her doctoral research was on Sign Language Recognition, when she's not coding or in her research work, she's most probably cubing. She was an Assistant Professor in School of Computing, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India from December 2018 to December 2022. She continued the extension of her research work with the support from DST-Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), India as a young scientist for the year 2019 under Start-up Research Grant. She received Young Achiever Award 2019 from INSc, Bangalore and she won the iDEX - DISC 4 challenge, 2021 and received the grant award from DIO, DRDO. She received an Indo-Russian Joint Grant in collaboration with Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia. She had received many extra-mural funded projects from various government and non-government agencies and she also served as machine learning and data analytics consultant and delivered many products to different industry verticals. During the 2020 pandemic, she developed an Artificial Intelligence based COVID Screening tool for preliminary screening and she deployed the tool as open source in three Government Hospitals at Tamilnadu, India. She completed six etra-mrual funded projects received from Government agencies and Industries. Currently she is working in three projects from different agencies including Royal Society, UK, AICTE, India and RIG BITS Pilani Grant. Elakkiya R has been contributing papers and chapters for many high-quality technology Journals and books that are being edited by internationally acclaimed professors and professionals. She owns three patents and published two books and more than 50 research articles in reputable journal venues including IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer. She is on the reviewer board of several international journals and has been a member of the program committee for several international conferences and workshops. Currently, she is a Member of Association of Computing Machinery and Life time member of International Association of Engineers. Her research specifically focused on addressing the trending issues and huge need for AI & ML, by filling a gap within a multidisciplinary field to include computer science, mathematics, engineering, and alike application domains.

Syed Humayoon Shah is a highly accomplished researcher with a distinguished career spanning over several years. Mr. Shah's was born in Pakistan and his research journey commenced in 2017 when he pursued a Master's degree in Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan. During his studies, Mr. Shah displayed a deep passion and talent for engineering and developed a keen interest in the field of robotics and automation. After completing his Master's degree in 2019, Mr. Shah embarked on a Ph.D. program in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in control and robotics, at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Throughout his doctoral studies, Mr. Shah exhibited an exceptional aptitude for research and innovation, and he distinguished himself by contributing significantly to the development of several groundbreaking research projects. As part of his research work, Mr. Shah worked as a Research Assistant at the Advanced Robotics Lab for three years, where he demonstrated an exceptional ability to design, implement and execute complex research projects. His work was highly regarded and recognized by his colleagues and peers, earning him numerous accolades and honors. Mr. Shah has also authored/co-authored several top-tier research journal and conference proceedings, showcasing his expertise and innovative thinking in the areas of robotics, control, and automation. His research has been widely cited, and his work has been highly influential in the field of engineering and technology. Mr. Shah's research interests lie in the areas of robotics, control, and automation, and he is continually seeking new and innovative ways to advance the fields. His research has great potential to transform the way we approach various engineering problems and has the potential to impact many industries positively.

Shahab W. Kareem received a B.Eng. from the University of Technology-Baghdad (UOT) in 2001 with 4th-classhonours. Then he obtained anMSc in Software Engineering at the University of Salahaddin-Erbil in 2009, and PhD in Yasar University in 2020. Currently, he is an Assistance Professor in the Department of Information System Engineering at Erbil Polytechnic University. His research interest focuses on medical image classification, fault detection, weather predictive maintenance, and structure learning of Bayesian networks. He serves on the editorial boards for several IEEE and SCI journals and conferences.

Amir.A. Ghavifekr is currently an assistant professor of control engineering at university of Tabriz-Iran. He was born in Tabriz on May, 13, 1987. He was studying at University of Tabriz in Electrical –Control Engineering and received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Control Engineering in 2009 and 2012. He received his Ph.D. degree in control engineering in the field of Teleoperation systems from university of Tabriz with cooperation of university of Verona in Italy in 2018. His thesis was about “Multi-rate control of Teleoperation systems with Networked Structures”. His research interests are focused on: Teleoperation and Telesurgery, Robotic manipulators, Network Control Systems (NCS), Multi-rate Control, Digital Control, Nonlinear Control, Virtual reality, and also, he has worked on intelligent systems. He has actively engaged with the professional community. Amir is an active Senior member of the IEEE and the member of development committee of IEEE Iran section. Recently he has been selected as the chair of the IEEE young professional committee of Iran section. He has also served several reputable IEEE indexed conferences such as PEDSTC, ICCIA, ICEE and SGC as the executive chair and international relation chair.

Masoud Taghavi Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, and is head of the mechanical engineering department, at the faculty of Noshahr, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Iran. His research interests are mechanical engineering, energy engineering, hydrogen productions, sustainable energies and green systems, solar energy and photovoltaic, renewable energies and HVAC new technologies fields, low energy building, and CO2 capture. For more than 8 years, Masoud has been working as an HVAC engineer in buildings, researcher, and teacher for various universities in Iran. Masoud holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering - energy conversion. Masoud was introduced as the "Top Researcher" and "Top Lecturer" in the faculty of Noshahr, Technical and Vocational University (TVU), Iran, respectively in 2020, and 2021, 2022.

Sanjeev Chauhan is a Research Scholar in Production Engineering in Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh. Sanjeev Chauhan is currently working as Sub- Divisional Engineer in water works department, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh with 15 years of experience and has 8 years of experience working in DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation). He is also currently assigned as Manager for Public Health Department for Smart City Projects carried in Chandigarh.

Dr. Renjith P N is an Assistant Professor SG2 in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at VIT Chennai. He received his B.Tech degree in Information Technology from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2005. He completed his Master of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2010, and his Ph.D. from Anna University, Chennai, India, in the area of Security in Wireless Sensor Networks in 2018. Dr. Renjith's research interests primarily lie in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), Big Data Analytics, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs), Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs), and network security and Quality of Service (QoS). He has filed two patents and published several papers in these areas. Dr. Renjith also teaches a variety of topics, including Computer Networks, Theory of Computation, Advanced Programming with Python, Wireless Sensor Networks, and the Internet of Things. With his expertise and experience, Dr. Renjith is a valuable addition to any academic conference in the field of Sensors and Sensing Technology.

Anshu Kumar Dwivedi is currently working as Associate Professor & Head in department of computer science & Engineering at Buddha Institute of Technology, Gida , Gorakhpur India. He received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur and M.Tech (HONS) degree in Computer Engineering from YMCA University of Science & Technology, Faridabad, India. He completed Bachelor of Technology from UPTU, Lucknow, India. His research interests include wireless sensor network, image processing, and network security. He has authored a book theory of automata and formal language (S.CHAND), and research papers published in leading International Conferences and Peer-reviewed International journals from IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, John Wiley, etc. He is reviewer of Scopus/SCI Indexed International Journals.

Dr Nokuthula Khanyile obtained her PhD in Chemistry from Rhodes University (RU). She is currently a chemistry lecturer, researcher, and postgraduate supervisor at the University of Mpumalanga (UMP). Her research interests are in the development of nanomaterials and applying them in various fields, including agriculture, environment, and point-of-care sensors. Dr Khanyile is a member of the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) and serves on the coordinating committee of the SACI-North Section, where she is the incoming Deputy Chairperson.

Dr. Ayodeji Olalekan Salau received a B.Eng. degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering from Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He is a registered professional engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and a member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG). Dr. Salau serves as a reviewer for numerous reputable international journals, and is a Co-Chair and technical program committee member for various conferences. Dr. Salau has authored/co-authored about 125 articles in a number of reputable international conferences, book series, and major international journals. He has authored 3 books. His research interests include research in the fields of computer vision, image processing, signal processing, machine learning, and power systems engineering. He is the recipient of the Quarterly Franklin Membership given in 2020 by the Editorial Board of London Journals Press for top quality research output. In addition, Dr. Salau’s paper was awarded the best paper of the year 2019 in Cogent Engineering. Furthermore, he is the recipient of the International Research Award on New Science Inventions (NESIN) under the category of “Best Researcher Award” given by Science Father in 2020. He is the recipient of the International Best Researcher Award given by the ISSN International Science & Technology Awarding body (IISTAC-2022) in 2022. He was also awarded the Young Scientist Award by the International Research Awards on Science, Technology and Management, INSO in 2022. Also, he was awarded the best researcher award for the year 2020-2022 by the Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Nigeria. According to the SCIVal (SCOPUS-Elsevier) analysis/ranking of academics, Dr. Salau is among the most productive researchers in Nigeria (no. 28). Presently, Dr. Salau works at Afe Babalola University in the Department of Electrical/Electronics and Computer Engineering.