PhD Title: Design and development of an innovative low-power hydrogen sensing platform
Sandun Piyumal Ranasinghe is a biomedical engineer and lecturer with extensive experience in medical instrumentation, signal processing, and IoT. He served as a Lecturer-on-Contract at the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, and has previously worked as a Visiting Student at the Instituto di BioRobotica in Italy, an Engineer Intern in Germany, and a Research Assistant in Sri Lanka. He holds an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from Universität zu Lübeck, Germany, and a B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering from General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka. His research focuses on electronic instrumentation and machine learning for different applications including energy, with multiple scientific publications in these areas.
His current project focuses on developing a framework for a smart hydrogen gas sensor system to enhance accuracy, reliability, and real-world performance. Since hydrogen is a key renewable energy carrier but highly flammable, existing sensors often struggle with accuracy due to environmental variations. Therefore, his research aims to overcome these limitations by implementing a hybrid system consisting of hardware and AI/ML algorithms for improved detection and monitoring.