Srinivas Tadigadapa
Senior Vice Provost for Institutes, Centers, and Impact Engines,
Office of the Provost
Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Center Member,
Cross-College Magnetics Center
Contact
- srinivas@northeastern.edu
- 101L CH
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
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
Department Research Areas
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
May 12, 2025
Northeastern’s Boston Campus Hosts Inaugural Magnetics Workshop
The Inaugural NU Cross-College Magnetics Center Workshop, hosted at Northeastern’s Boston campus on May 7, 2025, brought together dozens of participants from the university’s Boston, Burlington, and Portland campuses.
Aug 29, 2024
Innovating Infrared Spectroscopy With Optical Microchips
ECE Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa and Soheil Farazi, PhD’24, electrical engineering, are using quantum mechanical techniques to develop optical microchips that will revolutionize infrared spectroscopy by reducing the need for bulky and costly palmtop machinery, making the process more accessible.
Feb 14, 2023
Tadigadapa Selected as an NAI Senior Member
ECE Chair and Professor Srinivas Tadigadapa was selected as a National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Member.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.