Srinivas Tadigadapa

Senior Vice Provost for Institutes, Centers, and Impact Engines,  Office of the Provost
Professor,  Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Research Focus

Sensor Devices and Smart Sensor Systems realized through interdisciplinary field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); including the design, optimization, fabrication, testing, and networking of such transducers; fabrication of novel micro and nano-sensors and actuators by integrating non-traditional materials using silicon planar microfabrication techniques and exploring phenomenon at the micro-nano interfaces; development of sustainable sensing solutions for biomedical applications including investigation of robust magnetic technologies for interfacing to the brain

About

Formerly a Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, his field of expertise includes physics and microelectronics; research includes integrated heterogeneous materials-based microsystems, bio and chemical sensors, and exploring electric and thermal transport at the micro-nano interfaces

Education

  • PhD, Cambridge University, 1994

Honors & Awards

  • National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Member
  • IEEE Fellow
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in Germany
  • Walton Fellowship, Science Foundation of Ireland
  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London
  • Life-Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Sensors Letters Journal

Research Overview

Sensor Devices and Smart Sensor Systems realized through interdisciplinary field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS); including the design, optimization, fabrication, testing, and networking of such transducers; fabrication of novel micro and nano-sensors and actuators by integrating non-traditional materials using silicon planar microfabrication techniques and exploring phenomenon at the micro-nano interfaces; development of sustainable sensing solutions for biomedical applications including investigation of robust magnetic technologies for interfacing to the brain

Selected Research Projects

  • Continuous Urine Assay Instrumentation for Monitoring Kidney Function
    • – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
  • EAGER: Gate Tunable Thermo-Plasmonic Mid-Ir Coherent Light Emitters
    • – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation
  • Multi-Gas Sensor Demonstrator Program
    • – Principal Investigator, Invensense-TDK

Selected Publications

  • D.S. Kim, R. Du, S.-Y. Yu, Y. Yin, S. Dong, Q. Li, S.E. Mohney, X. Li, S.Tadigadapa, Enhanced Thermoelectric Efficiency in Nanocrystalline Bismuth Telluride Nanotubes, Nanotechnology, 31(36), 2020, 365703
  • D. Kumaran, S. Tadigadapa, M. Panchagnula, A Study of Spray Performance of MEMS Based Microscale Pressure Swirl Atomizer, Atomizers & Sprays, 20(6), 2019, 477–491
  • D. Butler, N. Goel, L. Goodnigh, S. Tadigadapa, A. Ebrahimi, Detection of Bacterial Metabolism in Lag-Phase using Impedance Spectroscopy of Agar-integrated 3D Microelectrodes, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 126, 2019, 269 – 276
  • I. Sandeep, V. Toutam, S. Tadigadapa, Robust Visibility of Graphene Monolayer on Patterned Plasmonic Substrates, Nanotechnology, 30(1), 2019, 015202
Srinivas Tadigadapa

Faculty

Feb 14, 2023

Tadigadapa Selected as a NAI Senior Member

ECE Chair and Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa was selected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Member.

Faculty

Apr 28, 2022

FY23 TIER 1 Award Recipients

Congratulations to the 15 COE faculty and affiliates who were recipients of FY23 TIER 1 Interdisciplinary Research Seed Grants for 13 different projects.

Srinivas Tadigadapa

Faculty

Aug 02, 2021

Treating Neurodiseases with Implantable Ultrasound Stimulation

ECE Chair and Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa, in collaboration with Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli from Penn State University, was awarded a $250K NSF grant to create “An implantable intracranial ultrasound stimulation for treating neurodiseases.”

Faculty

Oct 16, 2020

COE Faculty Awarded Seed Funding in Collaboration with University of Maine

BioE Assistant Professors Jiahe Li and Mingyang Lu, ECE Professor & Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa, ECE Assistant Professors Sarah Ostadabbas and Xue “Shelley” Lin, and ECE Associate Research Scientist Ataur Katebi were among the faculty chosen for five competitive collaborative research projects with the University of Maine in the areas of artificial intelligence, earth and climate sciences, health and life sciences, manufacturing, and marine sciences.

steering wheel and dashboard of self-driving car

Faculty

Oct 01, 2020

Assuring that Self-Driving Cars are Accessible to Those with Disabilities

ECE Assistant Professor Xue “Shelley” Lin is working with the algorithms in self-driving vehicles to ensure that they will be accessible to those with disabilities.

Srinivas Tadigadapa

Faculty

Jul 15, 2020

Tadigadapa Recipient of 2020 IEEE Sensors Council Meritorious Service Award

ECE Professor and Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa is the recipient of the 2020 IEEE Sensors Council Meritorious Service Award for his outstanding long-term service to the IEEE Sensors Council.

Srinivas Tadigadapa

Faculty

Jun 04, 2020

Tunable, Mid-Infrared Light Emitters

ECE Professor and Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa was awarded a $110K NSF EAGER grant for “Gate tunable thermo-plasmonic mid-IR coherent light emitters.”

Srinivas Tadigadapa

Faculty

Mar 31, 2020

Tadigapada Awarded Biochemical Sensing Patent

ECE Professor & Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa was awarded a patent for Biochemical Sensing Using Microbubbles On A Chip Using Whispering Gallery Mode Resonance.

Faculty

Jul 30, 2019

Creating Pressure Sensors with Higher Sensitivity over a Wider Range

ECE Professor & Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa was awarded a patent for creating a “Micromachined bulk acoustic wave resonator pressure sensor”. Abstract Source: USPTO A pressure sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate having a generally planar structure and an anchor location fixing the piezoelectric substrate at the periphery of the planar structure of the piezoelectric substrate. The […]

Faculty

Mar 12, 2019

Providing Students with Access to Superconducting Electronics and Circuits

ECE Assistant Professor Yanzhi Wang and ECE Chair Srinivas Tadigadapa were awarded a $300K NSF IRES grant for a “U.S.-Japan International Research Experience for Students on Superconducting Electronics.”

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