Sensors for Automotive and Aerospace Applications

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Shantanu Bhattacharya (PhD) is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Head of Design Program at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Prior to this he completed his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas and a PhD in Bio-engineering from the University of Missouri at Columbia, United States of America. He also completed a post-doctoral training at the Birck Nanotechnology Center at the Purdue University. Dr. Bhattacharya's main research interests are Design and development of micro- nano sensors and actuation platforms, nano-energetic materials, micro and nanofabrication technologies, water  remediation using visible light photocatalysis and product design and development. He has many awards and accolades to his credit which includes the Institution of Engineers Young engineer award, the Institute of Smart structures and systems young scientist award, the national design research best mechanical engineering award, fellowship from the high energetic materials institute at Australia, fellowship of the Institution of Engineers of India etc. Dr. Bhattacharya has guided many PhD and masters students and has many international journal publications, patents, books and conference proceedings.   Avinash K Agarwal is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His areas of interest are IC engines, combustion, alternative fuels, conventional fuels, optical diagnostics, laser ignition, HCCI, emission and particulate control, and large bore engines. He has published 24 books and 230+ international journal and conference papers. Prof. Agarwal is a Fellow of SAE (2012), ASME (2013), ISEES (2015) and INAE (2015). He received several awards such as Prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award-2016 in Engineering Sciences, Rajib Goyal prize-2015, NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award-2012; INAE Silver Jubilee Young Engineer Award-2012; SAE International's Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award-2008; INSA Young Scientist Award-2007; UICT Young Scientist Award-2007; INAE Young Engineer Award-2005.   Om Prakash is the Director of Materials & Manufacturing Research in Boeing's Research and Technology Division in Bangalore, India. He has done his  ME in Mechanical Engineering and PhD in Engineering Materials from IISc Bangalore and the University of Cambridge respectively.  He has since worked in McMaster University (Canada), IIT Kanpur (India) and GE Global Research (India). He has published more than 20 technical reports, 30 journal articles and filed 18 patents.    Shailendra Singh is Vice President for warehouse-parts and accessories-marketing and sales in Maruti Suzuki India Limited. After completing his B.Tech. from HBTI Kanpur, India, he has done his MBA from ICS Hitotsubashi (JAPAN) and is a EFPM candidate at IIM Lucknow.