Ravinder Dahiya
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Research Focus
Flexible printed electronics, robotics (soft robotics), electronic skin, tactile sensing, haptics, intelligent interactive systems, wearable systems
Education
- PhD, Italian Institute of Technology, 2009
Honors & Awards
- Fellow, IEEE
- Fellow, The Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Life Member, Marie Curie Fellows Association
- Fellow, The Institution of Engineers in Scotland
- Microelectronic Engineering Young Investigator Award, 2016
Research Overview
Flexible printed electronics, robotics (soft robotics), electronic skin, tactile sensing, haptics, intelligent interactive systems, wearable systems
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- G. Khandelwal, R. Dahiya, “Self-Powered Active Sensing based on Triboelectric Generator,” Advanced Materials, 2200724, 2022.
- A. S. Dahiya, A. Zumeit, A. Christou, R. Dahiya, “High performance n-channel printed transistors on biodegradable substrate for transient electronics,” Advanced Electronic Materials, 2200098, 2022. (DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202200098).
- E. S. Hosseini, M. Chakraborty, R. Dahiya, “Porous Elastomer based Wide Range Flexible Pressure Sensor Device for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 22(10), pp. 9914 – 9921, 2022. (DOI:
10.1109/JSEN.2022.3165560). - R. Dahiya, “Editorial Introduction to the First Issue,” IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, 2022. (DOI: 10.1109/JFLEX.2022.3162128)
- A. S. Dahiya, A. Christou, J. Neto, A. Zumeit, D. Shakthivel, R. Dahiya, “In Tandem Contact-Transfer Printing for High-Performance Transient Electronics,” Advanced Electronic Materials, 2200170, 2022 (DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202200170)
- M. Chakraborty, J. Kettle, R. Dahiya, “Electronic Waste Reduction through Devices and Printed Circuit Boards designed for Circularity,” IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics, 1(1), pp 4-23, 2022. (DOI:10.1109/JFLEX.2022.3159258) (invited)
- P. K. Murali, A. Dutta, M. L. Gentner, E. Burdet, R. Dahiya, M. Kaboli, “Active Visuo-Tactile Interactive Perception for Accurate Object Pose Estimation in Dense Clutter,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 7 (2), pp 4686-4693, 2022.
- F. Nikbakhtnasrabadi, E. S. Hosseini, S. Dervin, D. Shakthivel, R. Dahiya, “Smart Bandage with Inductor-Capacitor Resonant Tank Based Printed Wireless Pressure Sensor on Electrospun Poly-L-Lactide Nanofibers,” Advanced Electronic Materials, 2101348, 2022. (DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202101348)

Jun 05, 2023
Team makes electronic skin that can sense touch
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya was featured in the TechXplore article “Team makes electronic skin that can sense touch.”

May 15, 2023
Innovative Out-of-Plane Printed Design Boosts Electronics Efficiency and Performance
Ravinder Dahiya, professor of electrical and computer engineering, has published “Out-of-Plane Electronics on Flexible Substrates Using Inorganic Nanowires Grown on High Aspect Ratio Printed Gold Micropillars” in Advanced Materials. The paper describes a new method of creating nanowire-based electronics that are more efficient in their manufacture and performance than current methods allow, potentially enabling more sensitive sensors or efficient energy harvesters.

Apr 07, 2023
Biodegradable Nanogenerators Lead to Less Electronic Waste
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya’s research on “Aligned PLLA electrospun fibres based biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator” was published in Nano Energy. His research demonstrates a fully biodegradable triboelectric nanogenerator to tackle the global issue of electronic waste. The approach can provide an attractive green energy harvesting machine to power portable devices at a large scale, without having to worry about end-of-life electronic waste management.

Mar 14, 2023
Dahiya Publishes Book on Sensory Systems for Robotic Applications
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya has published a book on “Sensory Systems for Robotic Applications.”

Mar 07, 2023
Advances in Multimaterial 3D Printers
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya’s research on creating multimaterial 3D printers was published in the Additive Manufacturing article “Closed-loop direct ink extruder system with multi-part materials mixing.”

Mar 02, 2023
Innovations in Printed Electronics
ECE Professor Ravinder Dahiya, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Glasgow, published their research on advancing electronic printing in the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces article “Printed n- and p-Channel Transistors using Silicon Nanoribbons Enduring Electrical, Thermal, and Mechanical Stress”.

Dec 20, 2022
New Faculty Spotlight: Ravinder Dahiya
Ravinder Dahiya joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in January 2023 as a Professor.