Research in Broad Sensing Technologies

Dr. Babak Parkhideh advanced his research in broad sensing technologies by collaborating on two highly competitive projects with scientists from the University of Maryland, College Park, and UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics. In the project with UMD, Dr. Parkhideh is leading research on ultrafast, non-intrusive current sensing. If successful, this work could enable an eightfold increase in power density and a 2.5-fold increase in specific power compared to state-of-the-art solar photovoltaic microinverters. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the ASCENT (Addressing Systems Challenges through Engineering Teams) program.

In the other project, Dr. Parkhideh is collaborating with CCI scientists on the development of a wide-range nano-sensing platform. This platform aims to screen for pesticide exposure and kidney diseases using just a tiny finger-stick blood sample, with a focus on improving health outcomes for farm workers. The project is supported by an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).