Shikha Ambastha

About

Shikha received her Doctorate from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in Sept. 2017. She received her M.Tech. from Electrical Engg. Dept., Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India in June 2010. She joined CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, India as a Scientist in August 2010. She has performed significant research in various biomedical and engineering domain in the Department of Instrumentation & Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science from August 2012 till August 2016. Currently she is continuing her work on sensors and instrumentation in the Robotics & Automation Division, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, India. Dr Shikha is also serving as an Assistant Professor in the Engineering Sciences Discipline for AcSIR, India. She is a recipient of CSIR Young Scientist Award in Physical Sciences Discipline (including Instrumentation) for the year 2019. Her current research interest includes FBG sensors applications for biomedical sensing and engineering field, sensor devising for robotic applications, smart sensors and instrumentation.

Employment

• Council of Scientific & Industrial Research Scientist
  2020 - Present
• CSIR-CMERI Scientist
  2010 - 2020

Education

• Indian Institute of Science PhD
  2012 - 2016
• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee M.Tech
  2008 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• Fabrication of hydrophobic surfaces on Titanium using Micro-EDM exhibiting antibacterial properties
  Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 2022 DOI: 10.1177/09544054211060981
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• Spinal Needles Insertion and Traversal Based on Fiber Bragg Gratings—From Conceptual Approach to Prototype Development
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_46
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• A novel methodology for spark gap monitoring in micro-EDM using optical fiber bragg grating
  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 2020 DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2019.2941291
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• Feasibility Study on Thermography of Embedded Tumor Using Fiber Bragg Grating Thermal Sensor
  IEEE Sensors Journal 2020 DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2950973
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• Wearable system for Real-time Remote Monitoring of Respiratory Rate during Covid-19 using Fiber Bragg Grating
  2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference, INDICON 2020 2020 DOI: 10.1109/INDICON49873.2020.9342312
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• Force sensing for object grasp with fiber Bragg grating based wearable haptic device
  1st International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Intelligent Control, Environment, Computing and Communication Engineering, ICATIECE 2019 2019 DOI: 10.1109/ICATIECE45860.2019.9063851
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• Comparison of Force Required for Lumbar Puncture with Different Gauges of Spinal Needle Using Fiber Bragg Grating Force Device
  IEEE Sensors Journal 2018 DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2864608
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• Fiber Bragg Grating differential pressure sensor
  2016 IEEE Conference on Recent Advances in Lightwave Technology, CRALT 2016 2017 DOI: 10.1109/CRALT.2016.8066050
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• Pulmonary Function Test Using Fiber Bragg Grating Spirometer
  Journal of Lightwave Technology 2016 DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2016.2627017
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• Spinal needle force monitoring during lumbar puncture using fiber Bragg grating force device
  Journal of Biomedical Optics 2016 DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.21.11.117002
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