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NASA Ames Honor Award (2016)
Dr. Eugene Tu (NASA Ames Research Center Director) presenting the award
Ames honor award for exceptional ingenuity in inventing & developing plasma jet printing technology for Space Mission
NASA Ames Patent Award (2014)
NASA Ames Research Center patent award for developing plasma jet printing technology
Taioseach Leo Varadkar, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland (2017)
Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Prime Minister, Republic of Ireland (2016)
Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian Cabinet Minister, Electronics & IT & Law & Justice
Medical Electronics & Digital Health: Major Opportunities Between India and the US at San Francisco, Aug 28, 2018
Panelist at Industry Meet 2019 to discuss the roadmap for flexible electronics future in India,
National Center for Flexible Electronics (NCFleXE), IIT Kanpur, UP, India
News
1) My work and interview featured in several science magazines
http://phys.org/news/2016-07-scientists-plasma-printed-sensors-astronaut-health.html
http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/journal/print-articles.asp?articleids=9793
http://www.eedesignit.com/plasma-sensors-in-space-to-monitor-health/
2) My proposal awarded by NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) for Phase I study on reprogrammable micro organisms for printing electronics in Mars. I am the co-investigator on the printable electronics part with Dr. Lynn Rothschild, synthetic biologist as the Principal investigator.
3) My recent publication titled "Plasma Jet Printing for Flexible Substrate" is highlighted in American Institute of Physics news.
New method can deposit nanomaterials onto flexible surfaces and 3-D objects
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160322120038.htm
https://3dprint.com/127313/plasma-printing-techniques/
4) My interview in Qmed
http://www.qmed.com/mpmn/medtechpulse/how-plasma-can-print-nanomaterials-flexible-surfaces
Research Grants
"Direct Write Printing of Metals by In‐Situ Plasma Jetting for Flexible Hybrid Electronics". Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1, National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator (2018).
"Plasma Jet Printing Technology for In Space Manufacturing & In‐Situ Resource Utilization". Small Business Innovation Research Phase 1, NASA, Principal Investigator (2018).
"Plasma Jet Printing of Materials & Application Development ". Director's Discretionary Fund (DDF), NASA Ames Research Center, Co-Investigator. (2017).
"Disinfection of Food Produce using Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma". Science Innovation Fund (SIF), NASA Ames Research Center, Co-Investigator. (2017).
"Direct Write Printing of Electronic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing”. Principal Investigator support fund, Universities Space Research Association, Principal Investigator. (2016)
"Urban Biomining Meets Printable Electronics: End-to-End at Destination Biological Recycling and Reprinting". NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC- I). Co-Investigator. (2016).
"Low Temperature Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Sterilization Shower". Center Innovation Fund (CIF), NASA Ames Research Center, Co-Investigator. (2016).
"3D Photocaralytic Air Prcessor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass and Complexity" NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC- II). Consultant: Dr.Ram P Gandhiraman. (2015)
“Biological Recycling of Electronic Materials” NASA Advanced Exploration Systems (AES), Synthetic Biology Applications. Contractor: Dr. Ram P. Gandhiraman. (2015)
“Merced NAnomaterials Center for Energy and Sensing (MACES)" NASA MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO), Collaborator: Dr. Ram Prasad Gandhiraman. (2015-2018)
"In-space Manufacturing of Tunable Printed Biosensors”. Director’s Innovation Fund & Center Innovation Fund (DIF & CIF), NASA Ames Research Center, Co-Investigator. (2014).
“Chemical and Morphological effect of DBD on Micro-Organisms” Industry funded R&D project, Novaerus Inc. (USRA Project) Principal Investigator. (2015).
“Investigation of Dielectric Barrier Discharge Technology for Air Disinfection”. Industry funded R&D project, Novaerus Inc. (USRA Project) Principal Investigator. (2013-2014).
“Carbon nanofibre-based biosensor platform for advanced diagnostic devices”. International travel fellowship, Science Foundation Ireland. Recipient. (2012).
“Electronic structure, composition and orientation study of carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires by near edge x ray absorption fine structure”. Beamtime in Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California. Peer reviewed proposal No. 3774. Principal Investigator. (2012-2016).
“Surface Analysis of Bacterial Cell Wall for Airborne Infection Control” Beamtime in Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California. Peer reviewed proposal No. 91X0. Principal Investigator. (2014).
Soft and Hard X-ray Studies of materials relevant to energy storage, photovoltaics, electronics and hydrogen bonding.Beamtime in Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California. Proposal No. 8053.Co-Investigator. (2014).
“X-ray reflectivity of plasma deposited amine functional coatings on plastics: films swelling and their implications for protein binding”. Beamtime in Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, California. Peer reviewed proposal No. 3615. Principal Investigator. (2011-2013).
“Neutron reflectivity studies of Polymer biosensor substrates” Beam time for neutron reflectivity studies in Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Sydney, Australia. Peer reviewed proposal No. 2163.Co-Investigator. (2011-2012).
“Biomolecular Field Effect Transistors (BioFET) for Cardio Vascular Disease Diagnostics”. India-Ireland Co-operative Science Programme, Principal Investigator. (2011).
“Atomic Layer Deposition of Pre-assembled Microfluidic Chips”. Tyndall national access programme, Ireland. Principal Investigator. (2009).
Awards
Awards
Ames Honor Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 2016
Employee Recognition Award & Intellectual Property Award, Universities Space Research Association (USRA). 2016
Patent application initial award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 2015
Group achievement award for exemplary performance, cohesive teamwork and excellence in achieving NASA missions and objectives, National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA). 2014
Biomedical Diagnostics Institute’s Best group performance award, Dublin City University, Ireland. 2011
Invent award for engagement with business/industry and licensing at Dublin City University, Ireland. 2010
Invention disclosure award, Invent, Dublin City University, Ireland. 2009.
Invention disclosure award, Invent, Dublin City University, Ireland. 2008.
Enterprise Ireland's PhD fellowship awarded through Dublin City University, Ireland. 2002.
Industrial partners:
Industrial partners:
Merck Millipore: Biomedical diagnostics institute’s (BDI) industrial partner. “CD based microfluidic chip for product quality analysis of therapeutic proteins in bioprocess monitoring”. (2011-2012).
Micronit Microfluidics: Biomedical diagnostics institute’s (BDI) partner. “Plasma surface modification of microcavities. (2011).
Biosurfit: Biomedical diagnostics institute’s (BDI) industrial partner. “Development of biosensor chips for label free Surface plasmon resonance based biomolecular detection”. (2010-2011).
Amic AB: Biomedical diagnostics institute’s (BDI) industrial partner. “Plasma functionalization of cycloolefin polemers for point of care diagnostics”. (2007-2008).
Referee
National & International Funding Agencies
Evaluator and Rapporteur for M-ERA.NET, a European network of public funding organisations and funding programmes on materials science and engineering to fund transnational high risk R&D projects in Materials Science and Healthcare
Research Council of Norway
Board of Regents Support Fund, Louisiana, USA.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Internship Program for undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students
NASA Office of Education Advanced STEM Training and Research (ASTAR) fellowship program for Masters and Doctoral students
International Journals
ACS Journal of Physical Chemistry
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Materials Science and Engineering C
Plasma Processes and Polymers
Analyst
Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
Microarrays
Others Responsibilities:
Member, Dublin City University's delegation to Indian Universities including IISc Bangalore, IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, NIT Suratkal as part of Indo-Ireland strategic collaboration on science, education and research. 2011.
Chair, Surface Engineering Session, International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials Processing, RAMP2011, December 23-24, 2011, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
Chair, United National Center for Sensor Research (UNCSR) Society, Dublin City University, Ireland. 2009- 2010.
Organising Chair, United National Center for Sensor Research (UNCSR) 2nd Annual Symposium, 29th September 2010, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Placement Representative, M.Sc Materials Science, 2001-2002, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India
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