The IEEE APSCON conference in Bengaluru, India in January was attended by a strong delegation of researchers from Tyndall. The conference was a great success for Tyndall, with insightful presentations and pitches by the team resulting in new partnerships and collaborations.
The IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) was a three-day event in the multi-disciplinary technical area of sensors, covering all aspects of sensors and sensing systems, from design to fabrication and applications.
Over 100 talks and 50 posters were presented at the 3-day conference. The Tyndall team was involved in many activities across the conference; Brendan O’Flynn and Sanathana Venkata Sekar took part in a judging panel, Veda Sandeep Nagaraja co–chaired the Women in Sensors session, and Cian O’Mathuna, Kafil Razeeb and Alan O’Riordan presented talks at the event. Tyndall postgraduate students Amit Tanwar, Tarun Narayanan, Rajvinder Kaur, and Dinesh Gawade also presented their research at the event.
Tyndall researcher Han Shao won the ‘Best Innovation Pitch’ award at the conference with the topic of soil nutrient monitoring. Han’s work in sensors delivers a greater understanding of soil health and can be extended to environmental health and water quality monitoring.
BioPixS, an IPIC and Tyndall spinout, and the world leader in BioPhotonics phantoms also had a presence at the event represented by their CEO Sanathana Venkata Sekar. In collaboration with Tyndall BioPixS exhibited their products and ongoing international standardization efforts. Significant market interest and leads for multidisciplinary collaboration were generated. Sanathana Venkata Sekar was also part of an industry panel where he shared his experience with budding entrepreneurs.
The Tyndall delegation also attended a symposium at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science. This symposium allowed Indian students and researchers to learn more about Tyndall. The teams explored opportunities to establish student exchange programs, create consortiums with fellow peers and collaborate on key projects.
The trip to India generated significant impact with Tyndall showcasing its research excellence to an international audience both in academia and industry, delivering opportunities to increase our research collaborations.