Ph.D. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)-Aug 2019 to Jun 2023 (Submitted: Nov 2022, Defended: Jun 2023)

• • Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS)-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

  • Topic: “Development of Microfluidics-Enabled Systems for Cardiac Cell Culture & Associated Biosensing”

  • Supervisors: Prof. Sanket Goel, Prof. Satish Kumar Dubey & Prof. Arshad Javed

M.E. (Mechanical Engineering)-Aug 2017 to Jul 2019

• • Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS)-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

  • Thesis: “Microfluidic Platform for Soil Testing”

  • Advisor: Dr. Satish Kumar Dubey & Dr. Sanket Goel

B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering)-Aug 2012 to May 2016

• • Manipal University Jaipur                                                                            

  • Thesis: “Evaluation of Shipbuilding Materials under Slow Strain Rate Testing”

  • Advisor: Cdr. (Dr.) DC Agarwal & Dr. Dalip S Shekhawat 

Special Auditing Student, Hiroshima University-June 2019 to July 2019

International Linkage Degree Program (ILDP) & Sakura Science Program (SSP) 2019

• • Domain of Study: High Speed Vision Systems

  • Skills Exposed to: High Speed Vision Systems & Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)

  • Supervisors: Prof Idaku Ishii (HU) & Prof Sanket Goel (BPHC)

• Amateur Radio Station Operators License (ASOL)

  • • • Callsign: VU2SZV

      • Issuing Authority: Department of Telecommunications (DoT)

• Prof. Suman Kapur Memorial Best PhD Thesis Award - 2023

  • • Recipient of Best PhD Thesis Award instituted in memory of Prof. Suman Kapur to recognize outstanding research & promote a culture of excellence in the Biological Sciences & related areas.

    • Awarded on August 08, 2023, at the BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus Annual Convocation.

• Member, IEEE

• Member, ASME

• Member, Institute of Smart Structures & Systems

• Member, Sakura Science Club

Microfluidics Based Point of Source Integrated System for Nitrite Detection -Jan 2018 to April 2019                                             

• Skills Acquired: Practical exposure to different MEMS & Microfluidics based fabrication & characterization techniques (including 3D Printing, Photolithography & Laser Ablation), android app development, microcontroller programming, circuit design and fabrication

 Evaluation of Shipbuilding Materials under Slow Strain Rate Testing-Jan 2016 to Jun 2016

• Work carried out as a part of sponsored project “Metal/Hetero metal Oxides Nanostructures for Marine Coatings: Synthesis and Characterization”  funded by Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG), Singapore

• Skills Acquired : Hands-On experience to Dip Coating, Metal Surface Preparation, Galvanization, Slow Strain Rate Testing, knowledge of ASTM standards driven experimentation.

2. Fluid Management and Visualization Platform for Incubatorbased Cell Culture Applications

• • • Inventors: Sohan Dudala, Satish K Dubey, Arshad Javed and Sanket Goel

    • Status: Indian Patent Filed (202211060178, October-2022)

1. Microfluidics Based Integrated System for Nitrite and Nitrate Detection and Analysis

• • • Inventors: Sohan Dudala, Satish K Dubey and Sanket Goel

    • Status: Indian Patent Filed (201911004347, February-2019)

Journal Publications

11. J. M. Mohan, S. Dudala, K. Amreen, A. Javed, S. K. Dubey & S. Goel, “Microfluidic Device Integrated with PDMS Microchannel and unmodified ITO glass Electrodes for Highly Sensitive, Specific and Point-of Care Detection of Copper and Mercury,” IEEE Trans. Nanobioscience, 2023 (Early Access), doi: 10.1109/TNB.2023.3241827.

10. S. K. Srivastava, M. Bhaiyya, S. Dudala, C. Hota & S. Goel, “A Machine Learning Approach for Electrochemiluminescence Based Point of Care Testing Device to Detect Multiple Biomarkers,” Sens. Actuator A Phys., vol. 350, pp. 114135, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.sna.2022.114135.

9. P. Rewatkar, D. Nath, Jayapiriya U. S., S. Dudala, & S. Goel, “Self-powered Real-time Monitoring of Environmental Conditions by Arrayed Al-Air Origmai Fuel Cell,” J. of Power Sources, vol. 549, pp. 232127, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2022.232127.

8. S. Dudala, S. K. Dubey, A. Javed, A. Ganguly, & S. Goel, “Electromicrofluidic Device with Integrated PDMS microchannel and Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes for Electrochemical Detection of Cardiac Biomarker in a Point-of-Care Platform,” J. Micromechanics Microengineering, vol. 32, pp. 104001, Aug. 2022, doi: 10.1088/1361-6439/ac8a55.

7. S. Dudala, S. K. Dubey, A. Javed, A. Ganguly, S. Kapur & S. Goel, “Portable Chemiluminescence Detection Platform and its Application in Creatinine Detection,” IEEE Sens. J., vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 7177–7184, Apr. 2022, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2022.3151694.

6. S. Dudala, S. Srikanth, S. K. Dubey, A. Javed, & S. Goel, “Rapid Inkjet-Printed Miniaturized Interdigitated Electrodes for Electrochemical Sensing of Nitrite and Taste Stimuli,” Micromachines 2021, Vol. 12, Page 1037, vol. 12, no. 9, p. 1037, Aug. 2021, doi: 10.3390/MI12091037.

5. S. Srikanth, S. Dudala, Jayapiriya U.S., J. M. Mohan, S. Raut, S. K. Dubey, I. Ishii, A. Javed, & S. Goel, “Droplet-based lab-on-chip platform integrated with laser ablated graphene heaters to synthesize gold nanoparticles for electrochemical sensing and fuel cell applications,” Sci. Rep., vol. 11, no. 1, p. 9750, 2021, doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-88068-z.

4. A. R. Baranwal, S. Dudala, P. Rewatkar, J. M. Mohan, M. Salve, & S. Goel, “Development of Completely Automated Poly Potential Portable Potentiostat,” ECS J. Solid State Sci. Technol., vol. 10, no. 2, p. 027001, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.1149/2162-8777/abdc15.

3. S. Srikanth, S. Dudala, S. Raut, S. K. Dubey, I. Ishii, A. Javed, & S. Goel, “Optimization and characterization of direct UV laser writing system for microscale applications,” J. Micromechanics Microengineering, vol. 30, no. 9, p. 15, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.1088/1361-6439/ab92ea.

2. S. Dudala, S. K. Dubey, & S. Goel, “Microfluidic Soil Nutrient Detection System: Integrating Nitrite, pH, and Electrical Conductivity Detection,” IEEE Sens. J., vol. 20, no. 8, pp. 4504–4511, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.2964174.

1. S. Dudala, S. K. Dubey, & S. Goel, “Fully Integrated, Automated, and Smartphone Enabled Point-of-Source Portable Platform With Microfluidic Device for Nitrite Detection,” IEEE Trans. Biomed. Circuits Syst., vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1518–1524, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.1109/TBCAS.2019.2939658.

Conference Presentations & Publications

6. S. Dudala, S. Kumar Dubey, A. Javed, A. Ozcariz, I. R. Matias & Sanket Goel, “Integrated Platform for Microfluidics Based Cell Culture Applications”, The 15th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST’15), December 05-07, 2022.

5. S. Dudala, M. Singh, M. B. Kulkarni, R. J. Dey, S. K. Dubey, & S. Goel, “Portable Temperature Management System for Microfluidics based Isothermal Nucleic Acid Amplification”, The 34th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems MEMS 2021, January 25-29, 2021, M-134.i.

4. S. Dudala, S. Srikanth, S. K. Dubey, A. Javed, & S. Goel, “Development of Miniaturized Interdigitated Electrode Sensors and Their Application in Taste Sensing,” ECS Trans., vol. 98, no. 12, pp. 49–56, Sep. 2020, doi: 10.1149/09812.0049ecst.

3. S. Srikanth, J. M. Mohan, S. Dudala, S. K. Dubey, A. Javed, & S. Goel, “Direct UV laser writing system to photolithographically fabricate optimal microfluidic geometries: Experimental investigations,” in Materials Today: Proceedings, Jan. 2020, vol. 28, pp. 799–803, doi: 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.12.301.

2. S. Dudala, L. T. Rao, S. K. Dubey, A. Javed, & S. Goel, “Experimental characterization to fabricate CO2 laser ablated PMMA microchannel with homogeneous surface,” in Materials Today: Proceedings, Jan. 2020, vol. 28, pp. 804–807, doi: 10.1016/j.matpr.2019.12.302.

1. S. Dudala, P. S. B., S. K. Dubey, & S. Goel, “Design of Colorimetric Lab-On-Chip Platform for Detection of Nitrite in Water”, Proceedings of Photonics-2018: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics (IIT Delhi), December 12-15, 2018, SP077, ISBN 978-93-88653-41-1.

Sohan Dudala

MEMS, Microfluidics & Nanoelectronics Lab

J-204, J-Block, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal

Hyderabad-500078, Telangana, India

Email: sohan.pdoc@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in