Project Coordinator - Nov 2022 to September 2024

• • Cleome Innovations Private Limited

  • Project: Ultra-Portable µ-fluidic Nucleic Acid Amplification System with Integrated Detection

  • Leading the project aimed at developing an ultra-portable microfluidic nucleic acid-based diagnostic system for reliable & fast diagnosis in resource-limited settings.

Post Doctoral Researcher - Dec 2022 to October 2024

• • BITS BioCyTiH Foundation | MEMS, Microfluidics & Nanoelectronics (MMNE) Laboratory, Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences (BITS)-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

  • R&D in the domains of electrochemical biosensors for in vitro diagnostics, microfluidics-based cell culture applications & miniaturized bio-fuel cells, including providing logistical, scientific & research support to research fellows/PhD Scholars engaged in these projects.

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)

• Ultra-Portable µ-fluidic Nucleic Acid Amplification System with Integrated Detection

  • Funding Agency: Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG) of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)

  • Project Coordinator: Sohan Dudala | Co-Project Coordinators: Prof. Sanket Goel & Prof. Satish K Dubey | Awarded to Cleome Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

  • Funding: ≈50 Lakhs (≈60k US$)

  • Duration: 18 Months (December 2022 to July 2024)

• 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-Enabled Systems for Cardiac Cell Culture & Associated Biosensing 

• Work carried out as a part of the sponsored project "Cardiac-Organ-on-Chip: Integrated Microfluidic Cardiac Platform for Drug Screening and Toxicity Detection" funded by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), India.

• Skills Acquired: Electro-microfluidics Systems Development, Mammalian Cell Culture, Immunoassay based Diagnostic Systems Development, Prototype Development, MEMS & Microfluidics Simulations in COMSOL, Experimental Design & Implementation.

Microfluidics-Based Point of Source Integrated System for Nitrite

• 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 & fabrication

Evaluation of Shipbuilding Materials under Slow Strain Rate

• Work carried out as a part of sponsored project “Metal/Hetero metal Oxides Nanostructures for Marine Coatings: Synthesis & 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, and knowledge of ASTM standards-driven experimentation.

Granted

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

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

• Indian Patent No. 509212 | Applicaiton No. 201911004347 | February, 2019

Pending (Filed)

2. Multi-Temperature DNA Amplification and Micro-Reaction System and Method With Laser-Induced-Graphene Heating in Integrated Microfluidic Devices

• • • Inventors: Sanket Goel, Satish K Dubey, Tinku Naik Banavathi, Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar and Sohan Dudala

    • Indian Patent Filed | Application No. 202441039024 | May, 2024

1. Fluid Management and Visualization Platform for Incubator based Cell Culture Applications

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

    • Indian Patent Filed | Application No. 202211060178 | October, 2022

Books

2. S. Goel & S. Dudala, "3D Printed Smart Sensors and Energy Harvesting Devices: Concepts, Fabrication and Applications", Institute of Physics (IoP) Publishing, ISBN 9780750353496, 2024 (expected). 

1. S. Goel & S. Dudala, "Droplet and Digital Microfluidics: Ideation to implementation", Elsevier, ISBN 9780443154171, April 2024.

Book Chapters

2. S. Dudala and S. Goel, “Digital Microfluidics,” in Droplet and Digital Microfluidics: Ideation to implementation, First., S. Dudala and S. Goel, Eds., Elsevier, 2024.

1. S. Dudala and S. Goel, “3D Printing: Challenges and Future Opportunities,” in 3D Printed Smart Sensors and Energy Harvesting Devices Concepts, Fabrication and Applications, S. Dudala and S. Goel, Eds., Institute of Physics Publishing, 2024 (Expected).

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, 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. K. Dubey, A. Javed, A. Ozcariz, I. R. Matias, & S. Goel, “Integrated Platform for Microfluidics Based Cell Culture Applications,” in Sensing Technology, N. K. Suryadevara, B. George, K. P. Jayasundera, & S. C. Mukhopadhyay, Eds., Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023, pp. 325–333, doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-29871-4_33.

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.

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