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Shekhar Bhansali

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Education

  • BS  Metallurgical Engineering, (MREC, Jaipur), 1987
  • MS Aircraft Production Engineering (IIT, Madras), 1991
  • PhD, Electrical Engineering (RMIT), 1997

 

Shekhar Bhansali, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Professor and Lucent CALA Technologies Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida International University. Recognized for his research in sensors, MEMS, and thin films, Shekhar is an accomplished administrator.  Most recently (Fall 2020-Fall 2022), Dr. Bhansali served as Division Director for the Division of Electrical, Cyber, and Communications Systems at the National Science Foundation, where he administered a budget of $130 million and supervised a large team of Program Directors and Administrative Professionals.  He also served on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s subcommittee on Semiconductor and Microelectronics Leadership (SML). He is the co-author of OSTP’s U.S. National Strategy for Microelectronics Leadership.   

Before joining NSF, Dr. Bhansali was the Founding Interim Director for the School of Electrical, Computer, and Enterprise Engineering (2019-2020) and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011-2020) at Florida International University. As Chair, Dr. Bhansali doubled the department’s faculty, increased research expenses by 6X, and tripled its 4-year graduation rate.  His transformative leadership was instrumental in steering an unranked ECE department to the top 50 ECE programs in the country in less than a decade. 

Dr. Bhansali received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from RMIT University in Australia (1997). He has served as PI/co-PI on over 70 grants with $95 million in awards. As a mentor, Dr. Bhansali has advised 28 postdocs, 30 Ph.Ds., 44 master’s students, and more than 200 undergraduate/high school students. Dr. Bhansali is the recipient of numerous mentoring and research awards, including the NSF CAREER Award., Alfred P Jones Mentor of the Year Award, William R Jones Outstanding Mentor Award, and FIU’s Top scholar award. He is an elected Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, ECS, IEEE, ISEES, NAI, and IOP.

Recent Invited Talks/Papers

  • P. Bhushan, SV. Lahade, VA. Kamat, HA. Lev-Tov, RS. Kirsner, S.Bhansali “M02-3372 - (Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award Address) Towards Biosensor Enabled Smart Dressings for Management of Chronic Wounds: Advances and Perspectives” PRiME 2020 (ECS, ECSJ, & KECS Joint Meeting), 2020
  • S. Bhansali, “Towards Biosensor Enabled Smart Dressings for Management of Chronic Wounds: Advances and Perspectives” IEEE Sensors, New Delhi, India October 28-31, 2018.
  • S. K. Naveen Kumar, A. Akshaya Kumar, A. A. Aniley, S. Bhansali, and R. E. Fernandez, “Hydrothermal Growth of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanorods and Structural and Optical Studies for Soil pH Measurement Applications” 1st International Conference on Materials and Systems, Yamagata, Japan Aug 26-30, 2018.
  • S. RoyChoudhury, Y. Umasankar, and S. Bhansali, “Multimodal Enzymatic Sensing for Continuous Wound Monitoring”, 1st International Conference on Materials and Systems, Yamagata, Japan Aug 26-30, 2018.
  • S. Bhansali, “Antibody-Free Electrochemical Detection of Cortisol Using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer” 227th ECS Meeting, May 24-28, 2015.

Recent Journal Publications

Chaudhary, V. Khanna, H. Taimoor Ahmed Awan, K. Singh, M. Khalid, Y. Mishra, S. Bhansali, C. Li, A. Kaushiki. “Towards hospital-on-chip supported by 2D MXenes-based 5th generation intelligent biosensors”. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2022.114847.

  • Bhushan, V. Kamat, I. Abrol, A. Kaushik, S. Bhansali. “Bio-acceptability of wearable sensors: a mechanistic study towards evaluating ionic leaching induced cellular inflammation.” Scientific Report, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13810-0
  • Bourguignon, M. Alessandrello, R. Booth, C. Belén Lobo, S. Juárez Tomás, L. Cumbal, M. Perez, S. Bhansali, M. Ferrero, B. Lernera, “Bioremediation on a chip: A portable microfluidic device for efficient screening of bacterial biofilm with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon removal capacity.” Chemosphere. In press. 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135001
  • Bourguignon, V Kamat, M. Perez, K. Mathee, B. Lerner, S. Bhansali, “New dynamic microreactor system to mimic bioflm formation and test anti‑bioflm activity of nanoparticles.” Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-11855-9, 2022.
  • Karuppaiah, J. Velayutham, S. Hansda, N. Narayana, S. Bhansali, P. Manickam, “Towards the development of reagent-free and reusable electrochemical aptamer-based cortisol sensor.” Bioelectrochemistry 145, 2022.

Recent Conference Papers

  1. S. V. Lahade, S. Namuduri, H. Upadhyay, S. Bhansali, “Alcohol Sensor Calibration on the Edge Using Tiny Machine Learning (Tiny-ML) Hardware” 237th ECS Meeting with the 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS), 2020.
  2. A. Sonawane, M. Mujawar, S. Bhansali, “Plasma Assisted Control of Nanoparticle Distribution for Enhancing the Electrochemical Activity of Electrodes” 237th ECS Meeting with the 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS), 2020.
  3. D.Vital, S. Bhansali, JL.Volakis, S.Bhardwaj, “Electronic Wound Monitoring Using Fabric-Integrated Data Modulation” Association for Psychological Science, 2020 .
  4. N.Bourguignon, V. A. Kamat, B. Lerner, M.Perez, S. Bhansali, “The Use of Lab on a Chip Devices to Evaluate Infectious Biofilm Formation and Assess Antibiotics and Nano Drugs Treatments” Meeting Abstracts, 44, 2103-2103, 2019.
  5. V. A. Kamat, T. Zhukov, S.Bhansali, “Rapid Selection of Active Circulating Tumor Cells Using Combined Electrical and Optical Detection in a ‘Lab on Chip’ Platform” Meeting Abstracts, 44, 2102-2102, 2019.

Recent Sponsored Programs

  • Advanced Sensors Technologies for Applications in Electrical Engineering - Research and Innovation eXcellence Consortium (ASTERIX), Department of Energy, $4,935,000. 
  • Real-Time Continuous Monitoring of Ionomer Degradation with Ion-Sensitive Field-Effect Transistor (ISFET) Microsensors, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, $200,000.
  • Transformative Technologies for personalized, vigilant health monitoring (ASSIST). National Science Foundation, $37,836,660.
  • Enabling Native Researchers and Graduate Engineering (ENRGE), Department of Energy, $1,500,000.
  • PFI-TT: A Low-Cost Cortisol Sensor for Real-Time Stress Monitoring, PI, National Science Foundation, $288,255.