Arvind Kumar Srivastava

Materials Science and Engineering
Northwestern University
2220 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208-3108

Tel: 847-491-5809
Fax: 847-497-6573
Email: aksrivastava@northwestern.edu

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Education Background and Work Experience

I am a research associate in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Northwestern University and am also affiliated with the Northwestern University's Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center (NU-NSEC), a capstone research center at the forefront of nanoscience and nanotechnology engaged in cutting edge research, education and outreach related to the theme entitled "Integrated Nanopatterning and Detection Technologies". I hold Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering from Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), India and have more than eight years of R&D and two years of teaching experience in different research labs/ institutions around the world (VCU (USA); USYD (Australia); CCR (Australia); UIA (Belgium); IIT (MMU, UK); IT-BHU (India); CEERI, PIlani (India)) in four major areas of my interests : Nanopatterning & Nanometrology; Semiconductor Devices and Microsensors; Signal Processing and System Integration, Bio-inspired Computation. I am an author of over 26 research articles including several technical reports both in national and international journals and conferences and have/ or applied for 6 patents/ disclosures based on my research. I am also on the Editorial Advisory Board of Sensors & Transducers Journal and serve(d) as a reviewer for IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation & Measurement, Sensors & Actuators B (Chemical), Talanta , Information Fusion, and Biotechnology Progress including funding agencies like US EPA, NSF, CRDF, and Agriculture Funding Consortium, Canada.

Research Interest:
I bring my background which comprises a range of varied experiences including stints in academic research, national lab and industrial research in different continents. My professional work is rooted in an interdisciplinary context, both in style and substance basis of which was the subject of my PhD dissertation which was an engineering effort to mimic biological sense of olfaction into electronics, so called "Electronic Nose (ENOSE)". After having completed my PhD on the topic "Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Gas/ Odor Identification Using Sensor Array" from the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India in 1999, I have had opportunity of working with different research groups, both from industry as well as academia, on the various design issues of an ENOSE ranging from the sensor development to the methods of signal transduction and from signal processing to strategies for data analysis including hardware and software for overall system design both for the portable and handheld system for the applications targeted to environmental monitoring, medical diagnostics, homeland security, robotics and automation.

Based on my past research and current projects, I categorize my research interests into four broad fronts: Nanopatterning and Nanometrology, Semiconductor Devices and Microsensors, Signal Processing and System Integration, and Bioinspired Computation and System Design (Please click the boxes below for detailed description). Overall goal of such a varied research interests is to integrate these toolsets into a single framework to emulate biological senses in general and sense of olfaction in particular into an artificially engineered system for the applications where human have limitations. This constitute about 60% of my research whereas 40% of my work relate to totally different applications and falls exclusively within one or other major area of my interest. This diversity on several fronts with focused objective, I believe, is what sets my work distinct from others.

Nanopatterning and Nanometrology	Semiconductor Devices and Microsensors
Signal Processing and System Integration	Bio-inspired Computation

• Novel Light Induced Gas Sensing at Room Temperature Using Nanostructured Materials
• Impedimetric ENOSE based on Dual Demodulating Lograthmic Amplifier and Phase Detector
• Automated Calibration and Cleaning System for the Field Application of an ENOSE
• Development of Intelligent Predictive Model for Monitoring Environmental Air Quality Using an ENOSE
• Design of High-Performance Neuro-Genetic Pattern Classifier for Reliable Detection of VOCs using Chemical Sensor Arrays
• Multiplexed Chemical sensor Array System Based on Embedded PC Technology.
• Nano-Nose software for the characterization of miniature chemical sensors

• A. K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, On the performance evaluation of hybrid and mono-class sensor arrays in selective detection of VOCs: a comparative study, Sensors & Actuators B Chemical (Elsevier Science), Vol. 117, Issue 1, 12 Sept. 2006, p 244-252.
• Raju Krishnamurthy, A. K. Srivastava, J. E. Paton, G. A. Bell, D. C. Levy, Prediction of consumer liking from trained sensory panel information: Evaluation of neural networks, Food Quality and Preferences (Elsevier Science), Vol. 18, Issue 2, Mar. 2007, p. 275-285
• A. K. Srivastava, Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using SnO₂ sensor array and artificial neural network, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical (Elsevier Science) Vol. 96. Issue 1-2 Nov. 15, 2003 p. 24-37
• A. K. Srivastava, David C. Levy, Gas sensor monitoring of environmental air quality, ChemoSense, Vol. 4 No. 3, June 2002. p. 1-6.
• A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Exploring neuro-genetic processing of electronic nose data, Microelectronics Journal, Vol. 29, No. 11, (Nov. 1998) p. 921-931.

• Arvind K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, NanoNose^TM: Software tool for rapid prototyping, testing and evaluation of high density sensor arrays, Invention Disclosure submitted to The Office of Technology Transfer, Northwestern University (NU 26146)
• Arvind K. Srivastava, Soo-Hyun Tark, Vinayak P. Dravid, Cascaded MOSFET embedded cantilever, US Patent (Application No. 11/566,557) (Pending)
• Soo-Hyun Tark, Arvind K. Srivastava, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, New designs for the electronic biochip detection system and feedback, Invention Disclosure submitted to The Office of Technology Transfer, Northwestern University (NU 26117)
• A. K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, Method of VOC detection at room temperature with nanostructured materials under UV illumination, Invention Disclosure submitted to The Office of Technology Transfer, Northwestern University (NU 26062)
• D. Barnett, G. A. Bell, B. R. Crowley, D. B. Hibbert, D. C. Levy, A. K. Srivastava, and W. Wu, A method of monitoring a predetermined type of molecules conveyed through a gaseous medium, US Patent # US20070134800. Assigned to E-NOSE Pvt. Ltd. Australian Technology Park, Sydney, Australia.
• D. Barnett, G. A. Bell, B. R. Crowley, D. B. Hibbert, D. C. Levy, A. K. Srivastava, and W. Wu, A detector for detecting molecules conveyed through a gaseous medium, US Patent # US20070134133. Assigned to E-NOSE Pvt. Ltd. Australian Technology Park, Sydney, Australia.