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 an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Study World College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India. He has presented and published over 200 papers in national and international journals and conferences. He serves as a board member, reviewer, speaker, session chair, and member of the advisory and technical committees of various colleges and conferences. 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.

R. Nagarajan, PhD, is a Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Gnanamani College of Technology, 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 interests include power electronics, power systems, communication engineering, network security, soft computing techniques, cloud computing, big data analysis, and renewable energy sources.

Alagar Karthick, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tamil Nadu, India. He has published in international journals and is also a reviewer for various journals. He has received best paper awards 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.

V. Kumar Chinnaiyan, PhD, is a Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Karpagam College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India. He has been affiliated with projects, internships, research, and consultancy assignments with leading industries such as Siemens and Hitachi Energy, among others. He has secured funding from government agencies for research projects and organization of faculty development programs and short-term training programs. His former positions include Head of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department at the NGP Institute of Technology and at the Jansons Institute of Technology, India. Dr. Chinnaiyan has published in over 75 indexed journals and holds two patents. He has received several awards for his work.