Technological Applications for Smart Sensors: Intelligent Applications for Real-Time Strategies

This new volume presents a plethora of clever real-time applications of smart sensor technology with examples from diverse areas. The volume showcases novel applications of smart sensors, such as for automatic dual axis solar tracking systems, for wearable flexible electronic devices, for effective security systems in banking and finance, in healthcare for cancer detection and cardiac patient monitoring, for chemical safety in laboratories, for water quality monitoring systems, for agricultural irrigation control, for maintenance of industrial machines, for fire detection safety systems, to name a few of the many smart sensor innovations highlighted in this volume.

S. Kannadhasan, PhD, MBA, is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Study World College of Engineering in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published around 50 papers in reputed international journals indexed by SCI, Scopus, and Web of Science, and presented and published more than 193 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He also serves as a board member, reviewer, speaker, session chair, and member of the advisory and technical committees of various colleges and conferences. He has attended various workshops, seminars, conferences, faculty development programs, short-term training programs, and online courses. His areas of interest are smart antennas, digital signal processing, wireless communication, wireless networks, embedded systems, network security, optical communication, microwave antennas, electromagnetic compatibility and interference, wireless sensor networks, digital image processing, satellite communication, cognitive radio design, and soft computing techniques. He is a member of many professional organizations. Dr. Kannadhasan completed his PhD in the field of smart antennas at Anna University, India. He earned his BE in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, and his ME in Communication Systems from Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai, India. He earned his MBA in Human Resources Management at Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, India.

R. Nagarajan, PhD, is a Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Gnanamani College of Technology, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India. He has worked in industry as an electrical engineer. He has published more than 70 papers in international journals and conferences. His research interest includes power electronics, power systems, communication engineering, network security, soft computing techniques, cloud computing, big data analysis, and renewable energy sources. Dr. Nagarajan received his BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Madurai Kamarajar University, Madurai, India; and his ME in Power Electronics and Drives and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India.

Alagar Karthick, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India. He has published more than 30 international journals and is also a reviewer for various journals, such as Solar Energy, Fuel, Journal Of Cleaner Production, Heliyon, and Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. He received a best paper award for his research articles on biomass conversion. His research areas include solar photovoltaic, bioenergy, zero energy buildings, energy with artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning algorithms. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) from Anna University, Chennai; his master’s degree in Energy Engineering; and his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

V. Kumar Chinnaiyan, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Karpagam College of Engineering in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India, where he was formerly head of the department.