Research Interest
- Chemical sensors
- Flexible electronics
- Functional sensing materials
- Sensing mechanisms
- Nano fabrication
- Semiconductor devices
- Transport and reactions
- Microfluidics
Education
- B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, I.I.T. Kharagpur, 1992.
- M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 1995.
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Dec 1999.
Research Overview
Our research activities are in the areas of transport phenomena, reaction engineering, materials processing and
micro/nano fabrication leading to the technology development of chemical sensors - utilizing both printable flexible
electronics based platforms as well as conventional silicon electronics based platforms. We study the physical modification
and chemical modification to fabricate functional sensing surfaces, transport phenomena of the analytes to these surfaces
(including in microfluidic units), the specific recognition reactions at these surfaces, charge transport in the semiconducting
materials, and device design (including transistors and arrays). There is an effort towards understanding the sensing mechanisms.
These chemical sensors (including biosensors) have applications in healthcare, environmental monitoring, industrial safety, and
security.
Awards
- Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering
- IBM Invention Achievement Award (2002-2006)
- Jeet Bindra Research Fellowship (2010-2013)
- Golden Jubilee Chair Professor on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2018-2021)
- Dr. S. Sampath Chair Professor (2022-2025)
Work Experience
- Staff/Advisory Engineer, IBM Semiconductor R&D Center, Hopewell Junction, New York, 2000-2006.
Professional Affiliations
- Samtel Centre for Display Technonogies [Link]
- The National Centre of Flexible Electronics [Link]
Recent Patent Applications
- S. Panda, P.Verma, “An adaptive method for food categorization based on emitted gases and their concentration”, Indian Patent 569659 (2025).
- A. Jain, S. Panda, "A gas sensing element based on conducting polymer-metal organic framework composite for acetone detection", Indian Patent 574911 (2025).
- S.M. Inokonda, S. Panda, "Wearable electrochemical immunosensor for non-invasive biomarker detection in sweat", Indian Patent 579018 (2026).
- S. Panda, N. Verma, “A non-enzymatic electrochemical sensor strip for detecting uric acid and a method for fabrication thereof”, Indian Patent 580805 (2026).
- B. Panda, D. Maurya, S. Panda, “Device and method for adaptive gas sensing with interchangeable sensor plates”, Indian Patent 587378 (2026).
Publications
- A. Jain, S. Panda, “Enhancing fish quality monitoring with a flexible PANI/MoS2-based gas sensor”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 530, 173256 (2026).
- S.M. Inukonda, S. Panda, “Cnidarian tentacle-inspired microfluidic patch for improved analyte distribution in multiplex sweat sensing”, npj Flexible Electronics, 9, 100 (2025).
- N.A. Gokhale, S.N. Joglekar, S. Panda, “Life cycle assessment of enzymatic and non-enzymatic electrochemical sensors: A comparative study using glucose oxidase and metal nano-catalysts”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 522, 146327 (2025).
- S. Trivedi, S. Srivastava, S. Panda, “Textile substrates, coatings and conductive inks used in fabrication and characterization of printed dry electrodes for bio-impedance sensing”, Flexible and Printed Electronics, 10, 035006 (2025).
- G. Kumar, S. Panda, “Fabrication and frequency-dependent study of alginate-based Ca2+ ion-conductive flexible IPN organohydrogel for epidermal iontronic temperature sensor”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 519, 165331 (2025).
