Rajan, Ginu

Overview

Dr. Rajan is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Wollongong and is also a visiting fellow at UNSW, Sydney. He obtained a PhD degree in Engineering from Technological University Dublin, Ireland in 2009. He was a Project Manager at the Photonics Research Centre of TU Dublin during 2009-2012 and a VC Research Fellow at UNSW during 2012-2015. He has published over 150 articles in journals, conferences and as book chapters and two patents are also filed. He is also the editor of the books “Optical Fiber Sensors:- Advanced Techniques and Applications” and "Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures using Fiber Optic Methods", both published by CRC Press. He serves as a technical program committee chair and member of conferences in the area of optical fiber sensors and smart composite materials, editorial board member/associate editor and reviewer of several journals, and reviewer for funding applications of the Portugal Science Foundation, Polish Science Foundation and Australian Research Council.

His research and teaching interests includes optical fibre sensing and its applications in a number of engineering areas. He also has significant interest in and promotes research translation and commercialisation.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2015	Optical fiber sensors: Advanced techniques and applications

Research Areas

Research Overview

My research interests and focus are on the below areas;

Optical fibre sensors
Engineering applications of optical fibre sensors
Smart composites and structures
Biomedical and biomaterials sensing
Structural health monitoring using fibre optic methods

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	An approach for process optimisation of the Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) based thermoplastic composites manufacturing using Machine Learning, photonic sensing and thermo-mechanics modelling Published In Manufacturing Letters
2022	Dental resin composites: A review on materials to product realizations Published In Composites Part B: Engineering
2021	Dimensional stability of short fibre reinforced flowable dental composites Published In Scientific Reports
2021	Distributed fiber optic sensor-based strain monitoring of a riveted bridge joint under fatigue loading Published In IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2021	Distributed fibre optic sensor-based continuous strain measurement along semicircular paths using strain transformation approach Published In Sensors (Switzerland)
2021	Evaluation of depth-wise post-gel polymerisation shrinkage behaviour of flowable dental composites Published In Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
2021	Evaluation of rheological behaviour of flowable dental composites reinforced with low aspect ratio micro-sized glass fibres Published In Dental Materials
2021	Fibre bragg grating based acoustic emission measurement system for structural health monitoring applications Published In Materials
2021	Post-gel polymerisation shrinkage profiling of polymer biomaterials using a chirped fibre Bragg grating Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Automated fibre placement based composite structures: Review on the defects, impacts and inspections techniques Published In Composite Structures
2020	Influence of Surface Treatment on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Short S-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Dental Composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2020	Online Monitoring and Prediction of Thermo-Mechanics of AFP Based Thermoplastic Composites Published In Sensors
2020	Polymerisation Shrinkage Profiling of Dental Composites using Optical Fibre Sensing and their Correlation with Degree of Conversion and Curing Rate Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Selective Atomic-Level Etching on Short S-Glass Fibres to Control Interfacial Properties for Restorative Dental Composites Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Simultaneous measurement of normal and shear stress using fiber bragg grating sensors in prosthetic applications Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2020	The Study of the Directional Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Gratings for Acoustic Emission Measurements Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2020	Acoustic emission and finite element study on the influence of cusp angles on zirconia dental crowns Published In Dental Materials
2020	Clinical utility of pressure feedback to socket design and fabrication Published In Prosthetics and Orthotics International
2020	Cold Crack Monitoring and Localization in Welding Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Published In IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2020	Hybrid engineered dental composites by multiscale reinforcements with chitosan-integrated halloysite nanotubes and S-glass fibers Published In Composites Part B: Engineering
2020	Physical and mechanical characterisation of flowable dental composites reinforced with short aspect ratio micro-sized S-Glass fibres Published In Materials Science and Engineering C
2020	Smart orthopaedic implants: A targeted approach for continuous postoperative evaluation in the spine Published In Journal of Biomechanics
2019	Automated fibre placement based composite structures: Review on the defects, impacts and inspections techniques Published In Composite Structures
2019	Influence of Surface Treatment on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Short S-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Dental Composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	Online Monitoring and Prediction of Thermo-Mechanics of AFP Based Thermoplastic Composites Published In Sensors
2019	Polymerisation Shrinkage Profiling of Dental Composites using Optical Fibre Sensing and their Correlation with Degree of Conversion and Curing Rate Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Selective Atomic-Level Etching on Short S-Glass Fibres to Control Interfacial Properties for Restorative Dental Composites Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Simultaneous measurement of normal and shear stress using fiber bragg grating sensors in prosthetic applications Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2019	The Study of the Directional Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Gratings for Acoustic Emission Measurements Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2018	Characterization of process-induced defects in automated fiber placement manufacturing of composites using fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal
2018	Fabrication and Characterisation of a Magnetized Metal-encapsulated FBG sensor for Structural Health Monitoring Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2018	Laser self-mixing fiber Bragg grating sensor for acoustic emission measurement Published In Sensors
2017	Ballast breakage analysis using FBG acoustic emission measurement system Published In Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: an international journal
2017	Etched Polymer Fibre Bragg Gratings and Their Biomedical Sensing Applications Published In Sensors
2017	In-situ simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature in automated fiber placement (AFP) using optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors Published In Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science
2016	Etching process related changes and effects on solid-core single-mode polymer optical fiber grating Published In IEEE Photonics Journal
2016	Evaluation of the physical properties of dental resin composites using optical fiber sensing technology Published In Dental Materials
2016	High intrinsic sensitivity etched polymer fiber Bragg grating pair for simultaneous strain and temperature measurements Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2016	In situ process monitoring for automated fibre placement using fibre Bragg grating sensors Published In Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal
2016	Overview of fiber optic sensor technologies for strain/temperature sensing applications in composite materials Published In Sensors (Switzerland)
2016	Thermal sensitivity and relaxation of carbon fibre-foam sandwich composites with fibre optic sensors Published In Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials
2016	Twist effect and sensing of few mode polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In Optics Communications
2015	Experimental study and analysis of hydrostatic pressure sensitivity of polymer fibre bragg gratings Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2015	Intrinsic high-sensitivity sensors based on etched single-mode polymer optical fibres Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2015	Simple method for measuring the linewidth enhancement factor of semiconductor lasers Published In Applied Optics
2014	A miniaturized flexible surface attachable interrogator for hybrid optical fibre sensing Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2014	A photonic crystal fibre based polarimetric sensor for cure monitoring of magnetorhelogical smart composite material Published In Electronics Letters
2014	Experimental study and analysis of a polymer fibre bragg grating embedded in a composite material Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2014	Hybrid fibre optic sensor system for measuring the strain, temperature and thermal strain of composite materials Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2014	Inscription of multiple bragg gratings in a single-mode polymer optical fibre using phase mask and its analysis Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2014	Microstructured fiber sealed-void interferometric humidity sensor Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2014	The investigation of the effect of vibration amplitude on vibration measurements of polarimetric fibre sensors embedded in composite beams Published In Smart Materials and Structures
2013	A fast response intrinsic humidity sensor based on an etched singlemode polymer fiber Bragg grating Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2013	Corrigendum to "Measurement of thermal elongation induced strain of a composite material using a polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber sensor" Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical (2013) 190, (44-51) 10.1016/j.sna.2012.11.010 Published In Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
2013	High sensitivity force and pressure measurements using etched singlemode polymer fiber bragg gratings Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2013	Measurement of thermal elongation induced strain of a composite material using a polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber sensor Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2013	Polymer micro-fibre bragg grating Published In Optics Letters
2012	A photonic crystal fiber and fiber Bragg grating-based hybrid fiber-optic sensor system Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2012	Analysis of vibration measurements in a composite material using an embedded PM-PCF polarimetric sensor and an FBG sensor Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2012	Composite materials with embedded photonic crystal fiber interferometric sensors Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2012	Influence of lamination process on optical fiber sensors embedded in composite material Published In Measurement
2012	Photonic crystal fiber sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices Published In IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
2011	A liquid crystal coated tapered photonic crystal fiber interferometer Published In Journal of Optics
2011	Improving the sensitivity of a humidity sensor based on fiber bend coated with a hygroscopic coating Published In Optics and Laser Technology
2011	Influence of angular orientation of the embedded highly birefringent fiber on pmd changes under axial stress Published In Acta Physica Polonica, Series A: General Physics, Physics of Condensed Matter, Optics and Quantum Electrodynamics
2011	Investigation and experimental measurement of scissor blade cutting forces using fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In Smart Materials and Structures
2011	Photonic crystal fiber interferometer for dew detection Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2011	The influence of thermal expansion of a composite material on embedded polarimetric sensors Published In Smart Materials and Structures
2010	A fiber Bragg grating-based all-fiber sensing system for telerobotic cutting applications Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2010	A hybrid fiber optic sensing system for simultaneous strain and temperature measurement and its applications Published In Photonics Letters of Poland
2010	A hybrid highly birefringent fiber optic sensing system for simultaneous strain and temperature measurement Published In Photonics Letters of Poland
2010	A voltage sensor based on a singlemode-multimode-singlemode fiber structure Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2010	Analysis of temperature dependence for a ratiometric wavelength measurement system using SMS fiber structure based edge filters Published In Optics Communications
2010	Experimental analysis and demonstration of a low cost fibre optic temperature sensor system for engineering applications Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2010	Humidity sensor based on photonic crystal fibre interferometer Published In Electronics Letters
2010	Optimum design for maximum wavelength resolution for an edge filter-based ratiometric system Published In Optics and Laser Technology
2010	Polarization dependence of an edge filter based on singlemode-multimode-singlemode fibre Published In Optics and Laser Technology
2010	Study of the effect of source signal bandwidth on ratiometric wavelength measurement Published In Applied Optics
2009	Investigation of polarization-dependent loss for a macrobending loss sensitive single-mode fiber Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2009	Misalignment Limits for a Singlemode-Multimode-Singlemode Fiber-Based Edge Filter Published In JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
2009	SMS fibre structure for temperature measurement using a simple intensity-based interrogation system Published In Electronics Letters
2009	Temperature-induced instabilities in macro-bend fiber based wavelength measurement systems Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2009	The temperature dependence of polarization-dependent loss for a macrobending single-mode-fiber-based edge filter Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2008	A low polarization sensitivity all-fiber wavelength measurement system Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2008	All-fibre temperature sensor based on macro-bend singlemode fibre loop Published In Electronics Letters
2008	Effect of polarisation-dependent loss on the performance accuracy of a ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In IET Optoelectronics
2008	Influence of fiber manufacturing tolerances on the spectral response of a bend loss based all-fiber edge filter Published In Applied Optics
2008	Modeling and analysis of the effect of noise on an edge filter based ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2008	Ratiometric wavelength monitor based on singlemode-multimode-singlemode fiber structure Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2008	Temperature dependence of a macrobending edge filter based on a high-bend loss fiber Published In Optics Letters
2007	A method to measure reference strain in FBG strain sensor interrogation system involving actuators Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2007	An optimized macrobending-fiber-based edge filter Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2007	Design of integrated wavelength monitor based on a Y-branch with an S-bend waveguide Published In Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
2007	Effect of SNR of input signal on the accuracy of a ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2007	Investigation of macrobending losses of standard single mode fiber with small bend radii Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2007	Polarization dependence of bend loss for a standard singlemode fiber Published In Optics Express
2007	Resolution investigation of a ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In Applied Optics
2006	Low-cost wavelength measurement based on a macrobending single-mode fiber Published In Optics Letters

Book

Year	Title
2016	Structural health monitoring of composite structures using fiber optic methods Publisher CRC Press

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2019	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2018	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2018	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2017	Introduction to optical fiber sensors Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications
2017	Optical fiber humidity sensors Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications
2017	Optical fiber sensors and interrogation systems for interaction force measurements in minimally invasive surgical devices Published In Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications Publisher CRC Press
2017	Optical fiber sensors for smart composite materials and structures Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications
2016	High sensitivity polymer fibre bragg grating sensors and devices Published In Photonic Materials for Sensing, Biosensing and Display Devices Publisher Switzerland
2016	Introduction to composite materials and smart structures Published In Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Fiber Optic Methods
2016	Introduction to optical fiber sensors Published In Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Fiber Optic Methods
2015	8 Polymer micro and microstructured fiber Bragg gratings Recent advancements and applications Published In Optofluidics, Sensors and Actuators in Microstructured Optical Fibers Publisher Elsevier
2015	Introduction to optical fiber sensors Published In Optical fiber sensors: Advanced techniques and applications Publisher United States
2015	Optical Fiber Sensors for smart composite materials structures Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications Publisher United States
2015	Optical fiber humidity sensors Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications Publisher United States
2015	Polymer micro and microstructured fiber Bragg gratings: Recent advancements and applications. Recent advancements and applications. Published In Optofluidics, Sensors and Actuators in Microstructured Optical Fibers
2015	Polymer micro and microstructured fibre bragg gratings: Recent advancements and applications Published In Optofliudics, sensors and actuators in microstructured optical fibers Publisher United States
2013	Optical fiber sensors and interrogation systems for interaction force measurements in minimally invasive surgical devices Published In Smart sensor for industrial applications Publisher United States
2010	Passive All-Fiber Wavelength Measurement Systems: Performance Determination Factors Published In Advances in Measurement Systems Publisher InTech
2009	Analysis of Strain Transfer to FBG's for Sensorized Telerobotic End-Effector Applications Published In ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS RESEARCH Publisher SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
2009	Analysis of strain transfer to FBG’s for sensorized telerobotic end-effector applications Published In Advances in robotics research: Theory, implementation, application Publisher Berlin

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2017	Distributed strain measurement using fibre optics in a high performance composite hydrofoil Published In 21st International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-21)
2017	Failure analysis of dental restorative composites in class II (MOD) cavity using FEM Published In 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2017
2017	Fibre Bragg Grating sensor based crack activity monitoring for mining applications Published In 2nd International Conference of Fibre-Optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)
2017	High Frequency Fibre Bragg Grating Interrogator for Monitoring Rock Cracking Events for Mining Applications Published In 2nd International Conference of Fibre-Optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)
2017	In-vitro investigation of S-2 glass fibre aspect ratio on flexure strength, hardness and wear performance of fibre reinforced flowable dental composites Published In 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2017
2017	Investigation on the surface treatment of short S2-Glass fibre for dental composites Published In 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2017
2017	Machine learning based process monitoring and characterisation of automated composites Published In International SAMPE Technical Conference
2017	The influence of consolidation force on the performance of AFP manufactured laminates Published In 21st International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-21)
2016	Etched polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress (ACOFT, BGPP, NP)
2016	Etched polymer fibre bragg gratings Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2016	Fibre Bragg grating based characterization system for dental resin composites Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2016	Fibre Bragg grating sensing technology for the evaluation of physical properties of dental resin composites Published In Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress (ACOFT, BGPP, NP)
2016	Fibre Optic Acoustic Emission Measurement Technique for Crack Activity Monitoring in Civil Engineering Applications
2016	Fibre Optic Acoustic Emission Sensor System for Hydrogen Induced Cold Crack Monitoring in Welding Applications
2016	Fibre bragg grating based characterization system for dental resin composites Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2016	Fibre optic acoustic emission measurement technique for crack activity monitoring in civil engineering applications Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	Fibre optic acoustic emission sensor system for hydrogen induced cold crack monitoring in welding applications Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	High-Sensitivity Polymer Fibre Bragg Grating Sensor for Biomedical Applications
2016	High-sensitivity polymer fibre Bragg grating sensor for biomedical applications Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	Identification of defect in the automated tape placement process using fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
2016	Optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for process monitoring in advanced composites Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	Optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for process monitoring in advanced composites Published In 2016 IEEE SENSORS APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM (SAS 2016) PROCEEDINGS
2015	Polymer fiber Bragg grating force sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices Published In OFS2013 23rd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors 2
2015	Polymer fibre Bragg gratings and sensing Published In Optical Sensors, Sensors 2015
2015	Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement with enhanced intrinsic sensitivity using etched polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2015	Structural health monitoring and processing of composites using photonic sensing technology Published In ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials
2014	Carbon fibre-foam sandwich composite laminate embedded with fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
2014	Hydrostatic pressure sensitivity of standard polymer fibre bragg gratings and etched polymer fibre bragg gratings Published In 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
2014	Performance characterization of sandwich composite laminates embedded with fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In 8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2014, as Part of Engineers Australia Convention 2014
2014	Performance characterization of sandwich composites embedded with fibre Bragg grating Published In 8th Australasian Conference on Applied Mechanics
2014	Polymer fibre Bragg grating sensors: Recent advancements and applications Published In 19th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and the 39th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT)
2014	Twist effect in few mode polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference, OECC 2014 and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2014
2013	Fabrication and Characterization of Bragg Gratings in Polymer Optical Fibers using 248 nm Irradiation
2013	Fabrication and characterization of a polymer micro-fiber bragg grating Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2013	Fabrication and characterization of bragg gratings in polymer optical fibers using 248 nm irradiation Published In Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2013
2013	Investigation of light propagation in microstructured polymer optical fibers infiltrated with liquid crystals and its temperature dependence Published In Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Plastical Optical Fibers, POF 2013
2012	A demodulation scheme for a hybrid fiber sensor system for composite materials Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2012	Characterization of the polarimetric sensors embedded in carbon and glass reinforced composite materials for strain/temperature measurements Published In 2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, PHOTONICS 2012
2012	Comparison of vibration measurements in composite materials using different types of polarimetric sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2012	Control of light propagation in optical fibers using liquid crystals for applications in optical communications and sensing Published In ICP 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Photonics 2012, Proceedings
2012	Etched singlemode polymer fiber Bragg gratings for high sensitivity tensile force measurements Published In Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012
2012	Etching and iIts effects on gratings inscribed in singlemode polymer optical fibre Published In ACOFT 2012,
2012	Photonic crystal fiber strain sensors for laparoscopic surgical devices Published In Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012
2012	Temperature insensitive miniature photonic crystal fiber interferometric (PCFI) strain sensors Published In 2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, PHOTONICS 2012
2011	Agarose coated single mode fiber bend for monitoring humidity Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Detection of thermal expansion of carbon and glass reinforced fibre composite materials using polarimetric and fibre Bragg grating sensors Published In IconTOP
2011	Influence of the lamination process on the strain sensitivity of the fiber sensors embedded in composite materials Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Miniature temperature insensitive fiber optic sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Performance analysis of composite materials embedded with optical fibre sensors Published In Sensors, 2011 IEEE
2011	Photonic crystal fiber interferometer for dew detection Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Stress induced in optical fiber sensors embedded in composite materials by the lamination process Published In 18th IMEKO TC4 Symposium on Measurement of Electrical Quantities 2011, Part of Metrologia 2011
2010	Characterization of liquid crystal coated photonic crystal fiber interferometers Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2010	Composite materials with embedded optical fibre sensors for in-situ structural health monitoring Published In WICSM
2010	Design of a surface attachable hybrid fiber sensor packaged in a polyimide film for engineering applications Published In Fourth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors
2009	A tunable high resolution FBG demodulation system using photonic crystal fiber loop mirrors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	All Fiber tunable loss filter Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Analysis and performance evaluation of an all-fiber wide range interrogation system for a Bragg grating sensor array Published In Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
2009	Analysis of strain transfer to FBG's for sensorized telerobotic end-effector applications Published In Advances in Robotics Research: Theory, Implementation, Application
2009	Evaluation of the performance of a novel low-cost macro-bend fiber based temperature sensor Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Experimental demonstration of a ferroelectric liquid crystal tunable filter for fast demodulation of FBG sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Optimum design for maximum wavelength resolution based on edge filter ratiometric system Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Ratiometric wavelength monitor based on "X-type spectral response" using two edge filters Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Tunable properties of liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fibers Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008	Accurate theoretical prediction for single-mode fiber macrobending loss and bending induced polarization dependent loss Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008	Discretely tunable ferroelectric liquid crystal filter for demodulation of multiple FBG sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008	Investigation of the influence of 3dB coupler on ratiometric wavelength measurements Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2007	Fabry-Perot liquid crystal tunable filter for interrogation of multiple fibre Bragg grating sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2007	Macrobending fibre loss filter, ratiometric wavelength measurement and application Published In Measurement Science and Technology
2007	Resolution of ratiometric system for wavelength measurement Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2006	Demodulation of multiple fibre Bragg grating sensors using a ferroelectric liquid crystal tunable filter Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2006	Effect of Gap Region Medium on Acoustic Emission Wave by Single Pulse Discharge
2006	Macrobending standard singlemode fiber and its novel application in optical sensing Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Editor Of

Book
- Optical fiber sensors: Advanced techniques and applications. United States. 2015

Investigator On

Year	Title
2016 - 2020	Flowable composite system with short S-glass fibre and hallosite nanotubes Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Other Research Activities

CRC-P 2019-2022 (Dentistry without mercury – Glass fibre reinforced flowable dental composite restorative materials) Lead investigator from UOW 2019 - 2022
CASS Foundation Travel Grant Lead CI 2016
UIC Grant:- UOW-DIT Joint Research Program on Optical Fibre Sensing and Their applications Lead CI 2016

Impact Story

Taking two bites of the research pie
Summary
Partnerships between industry and researchers can often be seen as the holy grail of product development. Combing the minds of academics with the directed knowledge of manufactures sounds great, but in practice can break down over issues such as project direction, ip owership and the final stumbling block of commercialisation. One partnership that have overcome this and is on its way to market, is the collaboration between researchers from a consortium of universities and Australian dental restorative materials manufacturer SDI Ltd. Read the full story in Manufacturers Monthly Magazine, November 2019. <a href="https://online.mediablender.net/webapp/edition/net.mediablender.manufacturersmonthly/mm11201920191101T051435939?mb=t#&gid=1&pid=1&zid=fit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://online.mediablender.net/webapp/edition/net.mediablender.manufacturersmonthly/mm11201920191101T051435939?mb=t#&gid=1&pid=1&zid=fit</a>

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Potential Supervision Topics

Fibre optic sensors for biomedical applications

Smart composite structures

Fibre optic dental instrumentation

Fibre optic structural health monitoring

Students Graduated under my supervision

1. Kishore Bhowmik, PhD 2015 (UNSW)

2. Manjusha Ramakrishnan, PhD 2016 (DIT Ireland)

3. Ebrahim Orohieme, PhD 2017 (UNSW)

4. Fei Xia, MPhil 2018 (UOW)

5. Sagar Jinachandran, PhD 2020(UOW)

Reviewer Of

Applied Optics (Journal)
Chinese Optics Letters (Journal)
Composites Part B: Engineering (Journal)
Electronics Letters (Journal)
IEEE Access (Journal)
IEEE Photonics Journal (Journal)
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Journal)
IEEE Sensors Journal (Journal)
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (Journal)
Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (Journal)
Journal of Lightwave Technology (Journal)
Journal of Optics (Journal)
Measurement (Journal)
Measurement Science and Technology (Journal)
Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (Journal)
Optical Fiber Technology (Journal)
Optics Communications (Journal)
Optics Express (Journal)
Optics Letters (Journal)
Optics and Lasers in Engineering (Journal)
Optik (Journal)
Review of Scientific Instruments (Journal)
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Sensors (Journal)
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (Journal)
Smart Materials and Structures (Journal)
Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal (Journal)

Professional Service Activities

Frontiers in Sensors Associate Editor 2020 -
CAMS2018, The 6th conference of the combined Australian Materials Societies, Symposium Co-Chair, Photonics, Sensors and Optoelectronics 2018 -
Polish Science Foundation International Grant Assessor 2017 -
The 9th Australasian Conference on Applied Mechanics Theme Leader, Structural Health Monitoring 2017 -
15th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices Technical Committee Co-Chair 2015 -
Institute of Technology Carlow, Ireland Assessor- President Fellowships 2015 -
Portugal Science Foundation International Grant Assessor 2013 -
Sensors (Journal) Editorial Board Member 2019 - 2021

Education And Training

M.Sc. in Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Ph.D. in Photonic Engieering, Technological University of Dublin, Ireland

Teaching Overview

Coordinator and Lecturer for:
ECTE350- Engineering Design and Management 3
ECTE355/451/458/940- SECTE Thesis subjects
ECTE496/896- Optical Communication Systems
ECTE987- Optoelectronics Sensing

Keywords

applied-science, photonic-engineering, optical-fibre-sensing, structural-health-monitoring, smart-structures-and-composites, optical-fibre-devices, biomechatronic-applications

Full Name

Dr. Ginu Rajan

Mailing Address

School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering

University of Wollongong

Wollongong

NSW

2522

Australia

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6152-6848 (pending confirmation)

Scopus Id

14037956800

Top Publications

Year	Title
2015	Optical fiber sensors: Advanced techniques and applications

Research Areas

Research Overview

My research interests and focus are on the below areas;

Optical fibre sensors
Engineering applications of optical fibre sensors
Smart composites and structures
Biomedical and biomaterials sensing
Structural health monitoring using fibre optic methods

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	An approach for process optimisation of the Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) based thermoplastic composites manufacturing using Machine Learning, photonic sensing and thermo-mechanics modelling Published In Manufacturing Letters
2022	Dental resin composites: A review on materials to product realizations Published In Composites Part B: Engineering
2021	Dimensional stability of short fibre reinforced flowable dental composites Published In Scientific Reports
2021	Distributed fiber optic sensor-based strain monitoring of a riveted bridge joint under fatigue loading Published In IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2021	Distributed fibre optic sensor-based continuous strain measurement along semicircular paths using strain transformation approach Published In Sensors (Switzerland)
2021	Evaluation of depth-wise post-gel polymerisation shrinkage behaviour of flowable dental composites Published In Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
2021	Evaluation of rheological behaviour of flowable dental composites reinforced with low aspect ratio micro-sized glass fibres Published In Dental Materials
2021	Fibre bragg grating based acoustic emission measurement system for structural health monitoring applications Published In Materials
2021	Post-gel polymerisation shrinkage profiling of polymer biomaterials using a chirped fibre Bragg grating Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Automated fibre placement based composite structures: Review on the defects, impacts and inspections techniques Published In Composite Structures
2020	Influence of Surface Treatment on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Short S-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Dental Composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2020	Online Monitoring and Prediction of Thermo-Mechanics of AFP Based Thermoplastic Composites Published In Sensors
2020	Polymerisation Shrinkage Profiling of Dental Composites using Optical Fibre Sensing and their Correlation with Degree of Conversion and Curing Rate Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Selective Atomic-Level Etching on Short S-Glass Fibres to Control Interfacial Properties for Restorative Dental Composites Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Simultaneous measurement of normal and shear stress using fiber bragg grating sensors in prosthetic applications Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2020	The Study of the Directional Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Gratings for Acoustic Emission Measurements Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2020	Acoustic emission and finite element study on the influence of cusp angles on zirconia dental crowns Published In Dental Materials
2020	Clinical utility of pressure feedback to socket design and fabrication Published In Prosthetics and Orthotics International
2020	Cold Crack Monitoring and Localization in Welding Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors Published In IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
2020	Hybrid engineered dental composites by multiscale reinforcements with chitosan-integrated halloysite nanotubes and S-glass fibers Published In Composites Part B: Engineering
2020	Physical and mechanical characterisation of flowable dental composites reinforced with short aspect ratio micro-sized S-Glass fibres Published In Materials Science and Engineering C
2020	Smart orthopaedic implants: A targeted approach for continuous postoperative evaluation in the spine Published In Journal of Biomechanics
2019	Automated fibre placement based composite structures: Review on the defects, impacts and inspections techniques Published In Composite Structures
2019	Influence of Surface Treatment on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Short S-Glass Fiber-Reinforced Dental Composites Published In ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
2019	Online Monitoring and Prediction of Thermo-Mechanics of AFP Based Thermoplastic Composites Published In Sensors
2019	Polymerisation Shrinkage Profiling of Dental Composites using Optical Fibre Sensing and their Correlation with Degree of Conversion and Curing Rate Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Selective Atomic-Level Etching on Short S-Glass Fibres to Control Interfacial Properties for Restorative Dental Composites Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Simultaneous measurement of normal and shear stress using fiber bragg grating sensors in prosthetic applications Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2019	The Study of the Directional Sensitivity of Fiber Bragg Gratings for Acoustic Emission Measurements Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2018	Characterization of process-induced defects in automated fiber placement manufacturing of composites using fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal
2018	Fabrication and Characterisation of a Magnetized Metal-encapsulated FBG sensor for Structural Health Monitoring Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2018	Laser self-mixing fiber Bragg grating sensor for acoustic emission measurement Published In Sensors
2017	Ballast breakage analysis using FBG acoustic emission measurement system Published In Geotechnical and Geological Engineering: an international journal
2017	Etched Polymer Fibre Bragg Gratings and Their Biomedical Sensing Applications Published In Sensors
2017	In-situ simultaneous measurement of strain and temperature in automated fiber placement (AFP) using optical fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors Published In Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science
2016	Etching process related changes and effects on solid-core single-mode polymer optical fiber grating Published In IEEE Photonics Journal
2016	Evaluation of the physical properties of dental resin composites using optical fiber sensing technology Published In Dental Materials
2016	High intrinsic sensitivity etched polymer fiber Bragg grating pair for simultaneous strain and temperature measurements Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2016	In situ process monitoring for automated fibre placement using fibre Bragg grating sensors Published In Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal
2016	Overview of fiber optic sensor technologies for strain/temperature sensing applications in composite materials Published In Sensors (Switzerland)
2016	Thermal sensitivity and relaxation of carbon fibre-foam sandwich composites with fibre optic sensors Published In Journal of Sandwich Structures and Materials
2016	Twist effect and sensing of few mode polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In Optics Communications
2015	Experimental study and analysis of hydrostatic pressure sensitivity of polymer fibre bragg gratings Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2015	Intrinsic high-sensitivity sensors based on etched single-mode polymer optical fibres Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2015	Simple method for measuring the linewidth enhancement factor of semiconductor lasers Published In Applied Optics
2014	A miniaturized flexible surface attachable interrogator for hybrid optical fibre sensing Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2014	A photonic crystal fibre based polarimetric sensor for cure monitoring of magnetorhelogical smart composite material Published In Electronics Letters
2014	Experimental study and analysis of a polymer fibre bragg grating embedded in a composite material Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2014	Hybrid fibre optic sensor system for measuring the strain, temperature and thermal strain of composite materials Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2014	Inscription of multiple bragg gratings in a single-mode polymer optical fibre using phase mask and its analysis Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2014	Microstructured fiber sealed-void interferometric humidity sensor Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2014	The investigation of the effect of vibration amplitude on vibration measurements of polarimetric fibre sensors embedded in composite beams Published In Smart Materials and Structures
2013	A fast response intrinsic humidity sensor based on an etched singlemode polymer fiber Bragg grating Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2013	Corrigendum to "Measurement of thermal elongation induced strain of a composite material using a polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber sensor" Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical (2013) 190, (44-51) 10.1016/j.sna.2012.11.010 Published In Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
2013	High sensitivity force and pressure measurements using etched singlemode polymer fiber bragg gratings Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2013	Measurement of thermal elongation induced strain of a composite material using a polarization maintaining photonic crystal fiber sensor Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2013	Polymer micro-fibre bragg grating Published In Optics Letters
2012	A photonic crystal fiber and fiber Bragg grating-based hybrid fiber-optic sensor system Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2012	Analysis of vibration measurements in a composite material using an embedded PM-PCF polarimetric sensor and an FBG sensor Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2012	Composite materials with embedded photonic crystal fiber interferometric sensors Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2012	Influence of lamination process on optical fiber sensors embedded in composite material Published In Measurement
2012	Photonic crystal fiber sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices Published In IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
2011	A liquid crystal coated tapered photonic crystal fiber interferometer Published In Journal of Optics
2011	Improving the sensitivity of a humidity sensor based on fiber bend coated with a hygroscopic coating Published In Optics and Laser Technology
2011	Influence of angular orientation of the embedded highly birefringent fiber on pmd changes under axial stress Published In Acta Physica Polonica, Series A: General Physics, Physics of Condensed Matter, Optics and Quantum Electrodynamics
2011	Investigation and experimental measurement of scissor blade cutting forces using fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In Smart Materials and Structures
2011	Photonic crystal fiber interferometer for dew detection Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2011	The influence of thermal expansion of a composite material on embedded polarimetric sensors Published In Smart Materials and Structures
2010	A fiber Bragg grating-based all-fiber sensing system for telerobotic cutting applications Published In IEEE Sensors Journal
2010	A hybrid fiber optic sensing system for simultaneous strain and temperature measurement and its applications Published In Photonics Letters of Poland
2010	A hybrid highly birefringent fiber optic sensing system for simultaneous strain and temperature measurement Published In Photonics Letters of Poland
2010	A voltage sensor based on a singlemode-multimode-singlemode fiber structure Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2010	Analysis of temperature dependence for a ratiometric wavelength measurement system using SMS fiber structure based edge filters Published In Optics Communications
2010	Experimental analysis and demonstration of a low cost fibre optic temperature sensor system for engineering applications Published In Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
2010	Humidity sensor based on photonic crystal fibre interferometer Published In Electronics Letters
2010	Optimum design for maximum wavelength resolution for an edge filter-based ratiometric system Published In Optics and Laser Technology
2010	Polarization dependence of an edge filter based on singlemode-multimode-singlemode fibre Published In Optics and Laser Technology
2010	Study of the effect of source signal bandwidth on ratiometric wavelength measurement Published In Applied Optics
2009	Investigation of polarization-dependent loss for a macrobending loss sensitive single-mode fiber Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2009	Misalignment Limits for a Singlemode-Multimode-Singlemode Fiber-Based Edge Filter Published In JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
2009	SMS fibre structure for temperature measurement using a simple intensity-based interrogation system Published In Electronics Letters
2009	Temperature-induced instabilities in macro-bend fiber based wavelength measurement systems Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2009	The temperature dependence of polarization-dependent loss for a macrobending single-mode-fiber-based edge filter Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2008	A low polarization sensitivity all-fiber wavelength measurement system Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2008	All-fibre temperature sensor based on macro-bend singlemode fibre loop Published In Electronics Letters
2008	Effect of polarisation-dependent loss on the performance accuracy of a ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In IET Optoelectronics
2008	Influence of fiber manufacturing tolerances on the spectral response of a bend loss based all-fiber edge filter Published In Applied Optics
2008	Modeling and analysis of the effect of noise on an edge filter based ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In Journal of Lightwave Technology
2008	Ratiometric wavelength monitor based on singlemode-multimode-singlemode fiber structure Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2008	Temperature dependence of a macrobending edge filter based on a high-bend loss fiber Published In Optics Letters
2007	A method to measure reference strain in FBG strain sensor interrogation system involving actuators Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2007	An optimized macrobending-fiber-based edge filter Published In IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
2007	Design of integrated wavelength monitor based on a Y-branch with an S-bend waveguide Published In Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical
2007	Effect of SNR of input signal on the accuracy of a ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2007	Investigation of macrobending losses of standard single mode fiber with small bend radii Published In Microwave and Optical Technology Letters
2007	Polarization dependence of bend loss for a standard singlemode fiber Published In Optics Express
2007	Resolution investigation of a ratiometric wavelength measurement system Published In Applied Optics
2006	Low-cost wavelength measurement based on a macrobending single-mode fiber Published In Optics Letters

Book

Year	Title
2016	Structural health monitoring of composite structures using fiber optic methods Publisher CRC Press

Chapter

Year	Title
2020	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2019	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2018	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2018	Solid Core Single-Mode Polymer Fiber Gratings and Sensors Published In Handbook of Optical Fibers Publisher Springer Singapore
2017	Introduction to optical fiber sensors Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications
2017	Optical fiber humidity sensors Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications
2017	Optical fiber sensors and interrogation systems for interaction force measurements in minimally invasive surgical devices Published In Smart Sensors for Industrial Applications Publisher CRC Press
2017	Optical fiber sensors for smart composite materials and structures Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications
2016	High sensitivity polymer fibre bragg grating sensors and devices Published In Photonic Materials for Sensing, Biosensing and Display Devices Publisher Switzerland
2016	Introduction to composite materials and smart structures Published In Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Fiber Optic Methods
2016	Introduction to optical fiber sensors Published In Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures Using Fiber Optic Methods
2015	8 Polymer micro and microstructured fiber Bragg gratings Recent advancements and applications Published In Optofluidics, Sensors and Actuators in Microstructured Optical Fibers Publisher Elsevier
2015	Introduction to optical fiber sensors Published In Optical fiber sensors: Advanced techniques and applications Publisher United States
2015	Optical Fiber Sensors for smart composite materials structures Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications Publisher United States
2015	Optical fiber humidity sensors Published In Optical Fiber Sensors: Advanced Techniques and Applications Publisher United States
2015	Polymer micro and microstructured fiber Bragg gratings: Recent advancements and applications. Recent advancements and applications. Published In Optofluidics, Sensors and Actuators in Microstructured Optical Fibers
2015	Polymer micro and microstructured fibre bragg gratings: Recent advancements and applications Published In Optofliudics, sensors and actuators in microstructured optical fibers Publisher United States
2013	Optical fiber sensors and interrogation systems for interaction force measurements in minimally invasive surgical devices Published In Smart sensor for industrial applications Publisher United States
2010	Passive All-Fiber Wavelength Measurement Systems: Performance Determination Factors Published In Advances in Measurement Systems Publisher InTech
2009	Analysis of Strain Transfer to FBG's for Sensorized Telerobotic End-Effector Applications Published In ADVANCES IN ROBOTICS RESEARCH Publisher SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
2009	Analysis of strain transfer to FBG’s for sensorized telerobotic end-effector applications Published In Advances in robotics research: Theory, implementation, application Publisher Berlin

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2017	Distributed strain measurement using fibre optics in a high performance composite hydrofoil Published In 21st International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-21)
2017	Failure analysis of dental restorative composites in class II (MOD) cavity using FEM Published In 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2017
2017	Fibre Bragg Grating sensor based crack activity monitoring for mining applications Published In 2nd International Conference of Fibre-Optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)
2017	High Frequency Fibre Bragg Grating Interrogator for Monitoring Rock Cracking Events for Mining Applications Published In 2nd International Conference of Fibre-Optic and Photonic Sensors for Industrial and Safety Applications (OFSIS)
2017	In-vitro investigation of S-2 glass fibre aspect ratio on flexure strength, hardness and wear performance of fibre reinforced flowable dental composites Published In 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2017
2017	Investigation on the surface treatment of short S2-Glass fibre for dental composites Published In 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2017
2017	Machine learning based process monitoring and characterisation of automated composites Published In International SAMPE Technical Conference
2017	The influence of consolidation force on the performance of AFP manufactured laminates Published In 21st International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM-21)
2016	Etched polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress (ACOFT, BGPP, NP)
2016	Etched polymer fibre bragg gratings Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2016	Fibre Bragg grating based characterization system for dental resin composites Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2016	Fibre Bragg grating sensing technology for the evaluation of physical properties of dental resin composites Published In Photonics and Fiber Technology Congress (ACOFT, BGPP, NP)
2016	Fibre Optic Acoustic Emission Measurement Technique for Crack Activity Monitoring in Civil Engineering Applications
2016	Fibre Optic Acoustic Emission Sensor System for Hydrogen Induced Cold Crack Monitoring in Welding Applications
2016	Fibre bragg grating based characterization system for dental resin composites Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2016	Fibre optic acoustic emission measurement technique for crack activity monitoring in civil engineering applications Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	Fibre optic acoustic emission sensor system for hydrogen induced cold crack monitoring in welding applications Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	High-Sensitivity Polymer Fibre Bragg Grating Sensor for Biomedical Applications
2016	High-sensitivity polymer fibre Bragg grating sensor for biomedical applications Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	Identification of defect in the automated tape placement process using fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In ECCM 2016 - Proceeding of the 17th European Conference on Composite Materials
2016	Optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for process monitoring in advanced composites Published In 2016 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS)
2016	Optical fiber Bragg grating sensors for process monitoring in advanced composites Published In 2016 IEEE SENSORS APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM (SAS 2016) PROCEEDINGS
2015	Polymer fiber Bragg grating force sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices Published In OFS2013 23rd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors 2
2015	Polymer fibre Bragg gratings and sensing Published In Optical Sensors, Sensors 2015
2015	Simultaneous strain and temperature measurement with enhanced intrinsic sensitivity using etched polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2015	Structural health monitoring and processing of composites using photonic sensing technology Published In ICCM International Conferences on Composite Materials
2014	Carbon fibre-foam sandwich composite laminate embedded with fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
2014	Hydrostatic pressure sensitivity of standard polymer fibre bragg gratings and etched polymer fibre bragg gratings Published In 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
2014	Performance characterization of sandwich composite laminates embedded with fiber Bragg grating sensors Published In 8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics, ACAM 2014, as Part of Engineers Australia Convention 2014
2014	Performance characterization of sandwich composites embedded with fibre Bragg grating Published In 8th Australasian Conference on Applied Mechanics
2014	Polymer fibre Bragg grating sensors: Recent advancements and applications Published In 19th Optoelectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and the 39th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT)
2014	Twist effect in few mode polymer fibre Bragg gratings Published In 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference, OECC 2014 and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2014
2013	Fabrication and Characterization of Bragg Gratings in Polymer Optical Fibers using 248 nm Irradiation
2013	Fabrication and characterization of a polymer micro-fiber bragg grating Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2013	Fabrication and characterization of bragg gratings in polymer optical fibers using 248 nm irradiation Published In Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2013
2013	Investigation of light propagation in microstructured polymer optical fibers infiltrated with liquid crystals and its temperature dependence Published In Proceedings of 22nd International Conference on Plastical Optical Fibers, POF 2013
2012	A demodulation scheme for a hybrid fiber sensor system for composite materials Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2012	Characterization of the polarimetric sensors embedded in carbon and glass reinforced composite materials for strain/temperature measurements Published In 2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, PHOTONICS 2012
2012	Comparison of vibration measurements in composite materials using different types of polarimetric sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2012	Control of light propagation in optical fibers using liquid crystals for applications in optical communications and sensing Published In ICP 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Photonics 2012, Proceedings
2012	Etched singlemode polymer fiber Bragg gratings for high sensitivity tensile force measurements Published In Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012
2012	Etching and iIts effects on gratings inscribed in singlemode polymer optical fibre Published In ACOFT 2012,
2012	Photonic crystal fiber strain sensors for laparoscopic surgical devices Published In Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012
2012	Temperature insensitive miniature photonic crystal fiber interferometric (PCFI) strain sensors Published In 2012 International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, PHOTONICS 2012
2011	Agarose coated single mode fiber bend for monitoring humidity Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Detection of thermal expansion of carbon and glass reinforced fibre composite materials using polarimetric and fibre Bragg grating sensors Published In IconTOP
2011	Influence of the lamination process on the strain sensitivity of the fiber sensors embedded in composite materials Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Miniature temperature insensitive fiber optic sensors for minimally invasive surgical devices Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Performance analysis of composite materials embedded with optical fibre sensors Published In Sensors, 2011 IEEE
2011	Photonic crystal fiber interferometer for dew detection Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2011	Stress induced in optical fiber sensors embedded in composite materials by the lamination process Published In 18th IMEKO TC4 Symposium on Measurement of Electrical Quantities 2011, Part of Metrologia 2011
2010	Characterization of liquid crystal coated photonic crystal fiber interferometers Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2010	Composite materials with embedded optical fibre sensors for in-situ structural health monitoring Published In WICSM
2010	Design of a surface attachable hybrid fiber sensor packaged in a polyimide film for engineering applications Published In Fourth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors
2009	A tunable high resolution FBG demodulation system using photonic crystal fiber loop mirrors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	All Fiber tunable loss filter Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Analysis and performance evaluation of an all-fiber wide range interrogation system for a Bragg grating sensor array Published In Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
2009	Analysis of strain transfer to FBG's for sensorized telerobotic end-effector applications Published In Advances in Robotics Research: Theory, Implementation, Application
2009	Evaluation of the performance of a novel low-cost macro-bend fiber based temperature sensor Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Experimental demonstration of a ferroelectric liquid crystal tunable filter for fast demodulation of FBG sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Optimum design for maximum wavelength resolution based on edge filter ratiometric system Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Ratiometric wavelength monitor based on "X-type spectral response" using two edge filters Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2009	Tunable properties of liquid crystal filled photonic crystal fibers Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008	Accurate theoretical prediction for single-mode fiber macrobending loss and bending induced polarization dependent loss Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008	Discretely tunable ferroelectric liquid crystal filter for demodulation of multiple FBG sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2008	Investigation of the influence of 3dB coupler on ratiometric wavelength measurements Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2007	Fabry-Perot liquid crystal tunable filter for interrogation of multiple fibre Bragg grating sensors Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2007	Macrobending fibre loss filter, ratiometric wavelength measurement and application Published In Measurement Science and Technology
2007	Resolution of ratiometric system for wavelength measurement Published In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2006	Demodulation of multiple fibre Bragg grating sensors using a ferroelectric liquid crystal tunable filter Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2006	Effect of Gap Region Medium on Acoustic Emission Wave by Single Pulse Discharge
2006	Macrobending standard singlemode fiber and its novel application in optical sensing Published In Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

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- Optical fiber sensors: Advanced techniques and applications. United States. 2015

Investigator On

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2016 - 2020	Flowable composite system with short S-glass fibre and hallosite nanotubes Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Other Research Activities

CRC-P 2019-2022 (Dentistry without mercury – Glass fibre reinforced flowable dental composite restorative materials) Lead investigator from UOW 2019 - 2022
CASS Foundation Travel Grant Lead CI 2016
UIC Grant:- UOW-DIT Joint Research Program on Optical Fibre Sensing and Their applications Lead CI 2016

Impact Story

Taking two bites of the research pie
Summary
Partnerships between industry and researchers can often be seen as the holy grail of product development. Combing the minds of academics with the directed knowledge of manufactures sounds great, but in practice can break down over issues such as project direction, ip owership and the final stumbling block of commercialisation. One partnership that have overcome this and is on its way to market, is the collaboration between researchers from a consortium of universities and Australian dental restorative materials manufacturer SDI Ltd. Read the full story in Manufacturers Monthly Magazine, November 2019. <a href="https://online.mediablender.net/webapp/edition/net.mediablender.manufacturersmonthly/mm11201920191101T051435939?mb=t#&gid=1&pid=1&zid=fit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://online.mediablender.net/webapp/edition/net.mediablender.manufacturersmonthly/mm11201920191101T051435939?mb=t#&gid=1&pid=1&zid=fit</a>

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Fibre optic sensors for biomedical applications

Smart composite structures

Fibre optic dental instrumentation

Fibre optic structural health monitoring

Students Graduated under my supervision

1. Kishore Bhowmik, PhD 2015 (UNSW)

2. Manjusha Ramakrishnan, PhD 2016 (DIT Ireland)

3. Ebrahim Orohieme, PhD 2017 (UNSW)

4. Fei Xia, MPhil 2018 (UOW)

5. Sagar Jinachandran, PhD 2020(UOW)

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Applied Optics (Journal)
Chinese Optics Letters (Journal)
Composites Part B: Engineering (Journal)
Electronics Letters (Journal)
IEEE Access (Journal)
IEEE Photonics Journal (Journal)
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (Journal)
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Optics Communications (Journal)
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Optics and Lasers in Engineering (Journal)
Optik (Journal)
Review of Scientific Instruments (Journal)
Scientific Reports (Journal)
Sensors (Journal)
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (Journal)
Smart Materials and Structures (Journal)
Structural Health Monitoring: an international journal (Journal)

Professional Service Activities

Frontiers in Sensors Associate Editor 2020 -
CAMS2018, The 6th conference of the combined Australian Materials Societies, Symposium Co-Chair, Photonics, Sensors and Optoelectronics 2018 -
Polish Science Foundation International Grant Assessor 2017 -
The 9th Australasian Conference on Applied Mechanics Theme Leader, Structural Health Monitoring 2017 -
15th International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices Technical Committee Co-Chair 2015 -
Institute of Technology Carlow, Ireland Assessor- President Fellowships 2015 -
Portugal Science Foundation International Grant Assessor 2013 -
Sensors (Journal) Editorial Board Member 2019 - 2021

Education And Training

M.Sc. in Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India
Ph.D. in Photonic Engieering, Technological University of Dublin, Ireland

Teaching Overview

Coordinator and Lecturer for:
ECTE350- Engineering Design and Management 3
ECTE355/451/458/940- SECTE Thesis subjects
ECTE496/896- Optical Communication Systems
ECTE987- Optoelectronics Sensing

Keywords

applied-science, photonic-engineering, optical-fibre-sensing, structural-health-monitoring, smart-structures-and-composites, optical-fibre-devices, biomechatronic-applications

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Dr. Ginu Rajan

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School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering

University of Wollongong

Wollongong

NSW

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Australia

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14037956800

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