CURRICULUM VITAE Arvind K.

Srivastava
Principal Scientist & Co-Founder

NanoSonix Inc.
8025 Lamon Ave, Suite 010, Illinois Science + Technology Park, Skokie, IL-60077 USA Phone: (224) 616-0421 E-mail: asrivastava@nanosonix.net ; a_k_srivastava@hotmail.com Website: www.NanoSonix.net; www.linkedin.com/in/drarvindsrivastava

Research Interests and Expertise

I have more than 16 years of interdisciplinary R&D experience (including 3+ yrs. of industrial experience) in the area of Investigation of nanoscale optical, electrical and mechanical properties of functional nanomaterials that are fundamentally interesting for sensing and device applications; their synthesis, patterning, assembly and integration with micro scale devices. Micro/ Nano Sensors (based on Resistive, Capacitive, Field Effect Transistor, MEMS and their hybridization as a method of signal transduction) and Integrated System for Chemical and Biological Sensing, IR Detection, and nano-Actuation and Imaging Advanced sensor excitation/ interrogation, parameter extraction and bioinspired (neural network and Genetic Algorithm) signal processing/data analysis for smart sensing SPM Tools and Techniques for Nanotechnology Research (specially as a nano-metrology toolset for imaging buried defects and sub-surface pattern recognition for semiconductor failure analysis and in-vitro bio-imaging) This includes wide range of technical expertise in the tools and techniques used for semiconductor process/device simulation, MEMS design and simulation, micro/nanofabrication, materials and surface characterization, solid-state device characterization and testing, signal processing and data analysis, including development of readout electronics, instrumentation interfacing and control. For specific details of my work and the tools and techniques that I specialize in please see Research & Development Experience/ Major Accomplishments on page 2 and Technical Expertise/ Hands-on Experience on page 4. I have proven leadership and management experience as well that includes team building, establishing new collaborations, technology evaluation, intellectual property (IP) and business development.

Education
Ph.D. (1996-99) Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology (IT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), (an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus) Varanasi, India Title: Application of artificial neural networks in gas/ odor identification using sensor array Thesis Supervisor: Prof. S. K. Srivastava, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. of Electronics Eng., IT-BHU Thesis Co-supervisor: Prof. K. K. Shukla, Dept. of Computer Eng., IT-BHU Physics (Electronics), Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India.

M. Sc. (1989-91) B.Sc. (1986-89)

Employment History
Sep., 09-Present Sep., 04-Aug., 09 Principal Scientist and Co-founder, NanoSonix Inc., USA Research Scientist, Institute for Nanotechnology, Dept. of Material Science & Engineering, Northwestern University (NU), USA Center Associate Nanoscale Integrated Fabrication, Testing and Instrumentation Facility (NIFTI), NU Atomic & Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center (NUANCE), Northwestern University, USA Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical and Life Science Engineering; Director, Signal Processing Laboratory, Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B), School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), USA Visiting Scholar, Computer Engineering Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical & Information Engg., University of Sydney (USYD), Australia Consultant and Co-founder ENOSE Pty. Ltd., Australia Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Antwerpen (UIA), Belgium Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Computing, Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT), Remote center of Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU, UK), Colombo, Sri Lanka Group Leader Artificial Intelligence Group, Co-coordinator British Computer Society (BCS)/ B.Sc. Final Year Course, IIT, Colombo, Sri Lanka Senior Research Fellow of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR-Govt. of India)/ Research Fellow, Center for Research in Microelectronics, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), India Scientist Fellow, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI, Pilani), India

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Research & Development Experience - Major Accomplishments

MEMS -Hotplate Gas Sensor: Built low power 1D nanostructured integrated MEMS micro-hotplate gas sensor[1] which was fabricated using soft e-beam lithography for patterning tin oxide nanolines on fragile microscale platform followed by subsequent Pt-electrodes deposition by focused-ion beam (FIB), and demonstrated its applicability to detect CO and benzene. This work was done in collaboration with NIST. (NanoSonix / NU 2010) AFM Add-on Module for Scanning Near Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) for Nanoscale Sub-surface Imaging: Developed architecture of the add-on module for SNFUH that can be interfaced with any commercial AFM platform for nanoscale sub-surface imaging. Add-on module includes digitally synthesized function generator and lock-in-amplifier, all implemented into FPGA and off-the shelf ADC/DAC, amplifier and filter circuits controlled and operated by software driver developed in LabVIEW. This work is supported by DOE. (NanoSonix 2010-2011) MOSFET Embedded Microcantilevers for AFM/ SNFUH imaging: Simulated stress sensitive polysilicon gate MOS transistor for electronic detection of cantilever bending with on-chip CMOS Wheatstone bridge readout and innovative off-chip feedback correction circuit for AFM/ SNFUH imaging[60]. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to design cantilever whereas stress-sensitive MOSFET detector was simulated using Silvaco TCAD (Athena and Atlas) (Process and Device Simulation). This work was supported by NSF. (NanoSonix 2010) Uncooled Infra-Red (IR) Detector: Involved as a key technical personnel in the conception, design and development of an uncooled bimorph microcantilever infra-red detector for night vision application. Based on an extensive theoretical calculations and finite element modeling using COMSOL Multiphysics an innovative biomorph MEMS architecture with integrated electronic readout was developed for LWIR detection. This work was supported by DOD. (NanoSonix 2009-2010) Ultra-small nanopatterned metal oxide gas sensors: Developed high performance (rapid response and recovery and stable base line) gas sensors based on 0D/1D polycrystalline metal oxides and invented patent pending[25-26, 55] novel light (UV) assisted method of chemical sensing at room temperature (RT)[5-6] for the detection of hydrogen and VOCs. Nanopatterned sensors were fabricated using an innovative and versatile nano-patterning technique that synergistically combining dip pen nanolithography (DPN)/ Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) with sol-gel chemistry to pattern polymeric and ceramic nanostructures on variety of substrates with precise nano-scale site and shape specificity. (NU 2004-09) IC compatible MOS capacitor for H2 sensing :Fabricated high performance Pd-gate MOS H2 gas sensor via dry plasma cleaning of Si surface followed by in-situ RF anodization of silicon in O2 plasma at RT and proposed role and mechanism of the formation of H2 induced interface states in MOS sensor by extracting device parameters[74, 76]. (NU 2005-06) Multi-input MOSFET embedded cantilever arrays: Developed ultra-high sensitive and low noise MOSFET embedded cantilever array for bio-chem sensing applications[15, 18] and self-sensing actuators for precise positional control and high frequency oscillation[7]. Proposed the mechanism of stressed induced drain current in MOSFET embedded cantilever platform[8]. Used Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD (Process and Device Simulators) to simulate MOSFET. Two disclosures have been filed for these inventions[54, 57]. (NU 2005-09) Scanning near-field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) as a nano-metrology toolset for buried defects and subsurface pattern recognition: Developed method of imaging nanoscale sub-surface features using ultrasound waves in conjugation with conventional scanning probe microscope (SPM) and demonstrated its application in critical metrology problems in microelectronic devices and circuits (voids and defects) [2-4, 12-13, 16]. (NU 2007-09) Intelligent Electronic Nose (ENOSE) based on embedded PC technology: Developed a turn-key and multiplexed test set-up NanoNoseTM for rapid prototyping of promising gas sensor materials and nanostructures[61]. Showed its applications to detect range of VOCs using hybrid and mono-class metal oxide sensors followed by PCA and ANN as methods of feature extraction and data processing[23]. A disclosure has been filed for this invention[56]. (NU 2004-05) Developed molecular engineering approach to fabricate high sensitivity and robust electroconducting chemoresponsive polymer sensors (chemorsistive and thin film transistor[36, 39] (OTFT) type of devices) by promoting monomer to chip adhesion followed by oxidative and/or electro polymerization[29]. (VCU 2003-04; USYD 2002-03) Proposed method to estimate the effect of variability in physicochemical properties of the polymer-based VOC sensors during sensor fabrication to effectively resolve gas composition[33-34]. (VCU 2003-04) Developed Multichannel Impedimetric ENOSE System based on dual demodulating logarithmic amplifiers and phase detectors with integrated feedback and control logic for automated gain selection. An automated temperature controller using resistive microheater and RTD combination was developed for regulating the operating temperature of sensor[28, 30-32]. A GUI was developed in LabViewTM to control and operate the system.(VCU 2003-04) Developed artificial neural network (ANN) based signal processing and pattern recognition tool for monitoring electrophysiological behavior of neurotoxicity cell-based biosensor arrays under the influence of neurotoxins. (VCU 2003-04) Developed impedimetric hardware platform for electrochemical urease biosensor consisting of potentiometric circuit (for diagnostic), potentiostatic circuit (for redox experiment) and circuit for gain/ phase measurement. (VCU 2003-04) Developed a new, Fetch-n-Store Topology (FAST), encoding scheme for Genetic evolution of feed forward neural network for the application to gas/ odor identification using sensor array. (USYD 2002-03) Developed autonomous robot system for object tracking in indoor environment using ANN for object recognition and simple geometric approach based on threshold detection for control strategy, which was implemented on Nomad XR4000 mobile robot. (USYD 2002-03) Developed hybrid data analysis technique (comprising of ANN and Transformed Cluster Analysis (TCA))[35] as an alternative to regression methods (MLR, PCA and PLS) to model sensory characteristics of fragrances[21, 38]. (USYD 2002-03) Built an application specific ENOSE based on metal-oxide based gas sensors for monitoring environmental air quality. Developed ENOSE records gas/ odor concentration in programmed interval in monitoring mode and sniff mode with automatic periodic calibration and cleaning and is equipped with Predictive Alarm Function for predicting future odor profile[22, 62-63]. Two US patents have been filed on these inventions[58-59]. (ENOSE Pty. Ltd 2002-03)

Developed in collaboration with OligoSense method of fabricating high performance conducting polymer based chemoresistive sensors using an approach based on experimental design (DOE) followed by process modeling and parameter optimization. (UIA Feb., 2001) Developed high density chemical sensors array system for monitoring metabolic conditions of a patent in ICU by means of breath analysis. A programmable data acquisition system capable of handling 300 sensors was built using Keithley 7002 High Density Switching Mainframe. OBLIX S/w written in VB6.0 was developed for measurement and control[64]. (UIA 2001) Designed, built and tested thick film metal oxide gas sensors array (based on SnO2 doped with Pd, Pt and Au; and SnO2 doped with ZnO, NiO and Sb2O3 and undoped SnO2 itself) with on-chip heater and RTD and investigated their gas sensing properties for different VOCs[35, 41, 65]. A method was proposed to increase room temperature sensitivity of the sensor by modulating morphology and surface state density of SnO2 by plasma treatment[51]. (IT-BHU 1996-00) Developed multichannel data acquisition and signal processing tool for gas sensor array. Computer controlled switching controller that comprises of controller section, selection section and switching section was developed for simultaneous scanning of sensor arrays whereas neuro-genetic pattern classifier based on advanced genetic operators was developed for data processing[42-53, 65]. Three different simulation programs - BPNN.C, GANN.C and GAFCM.C (each consisting of 800 lines of C source codes) were developed to test the pattern recognition algorithms. (IT-BHU 1996-00) Developed electronics for High Tc RF SQUID Magnetometer. Off the shelf components, ASICS and PLDs were used to control unit that comprises of control circuit block, reset circuit block and monitor level block[66]. (CEERI, Pilani 1994-95)

Leadership and Management Experience

Co-founded NanoSonix Inc., a hi-tech start-up in the area of MEMS and Nanoscale Imaging. NanoSonix is a result of our inventions of SNFUH Technique for Nano-Scale Sub-Surface Imaging and Ultra-Sensitive MOSFET Embedded Cantilever Platform for sensing and imaging. As a Principal Scientist & Co-founder of NanoSonix Inc. I am responsible for

Leading a team of researchers by engaging them in multiple projects and working with them from concept development to prototype design through hypothesis driven new problem-solving approaches - Project planning, implementation and co-ordination, and evaluation of milestones with a keen eye for product performance, process optimization and production yield. - Designing R&D strategies to meet organizational objectives for a new business and analyzing conditions/ processes necessary to start new research directions or product development efforts with established R&D programs, collaborations and by writing grant applications. - Evaluation of new technology, intellectual property (IP) and business development. Established over $0.15M worth of Nanosensor Device Development, Characterization and Testing (NDCT) Lab at Northwestern University. NDCT houses commercially available instruments and in-house developed advanced instrument and s/w tool for simulation, design, characterization and testing/ evaluation of solid-state micro/ nano-sensors and integrated arrays. NanoNoseTM set-up developed by me is an integral part of this lab and is heavily used for the characterization of chemical sensors. As a lab manager I was responsible for user-support and hands-on training, project supervision, instrumentation interfacing and troubleshooting, procurement of scientific instruments that included market research, product evaluation, and preparation of PO justification. (2005) Established Signal Processing Laboratory (SPL), now known as Signal Processing and Bioinformatics Laboratory, at the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips (C3B), Virginia Commonwealth University. The SPL is a virtual lab vested with the responsibility for applying appropriate signal processing tools and techniques to all of the biosystems metrology tools under development at the C3B for human health care and medicine. As a Director of SPL I was responsible for project and team management, lab development and management, students supervision and training, preparation of grant applications and establishing new collaborations within and outside of the center. (2003) Co-founded ENOSE Pty. Ltd., a world leading electronic nose (E-NOSE) company in the fields of environmental pollution monitoring, security, and medical diagnostics. E-NOSE Pty Ltd. was a result of our patent applications on the development of Intelligent ENOSE system. In year 2009 E-Nose Pty Ltd was recognized as Innovator of the Year for the Asia-Pacific region. Still working as a consultant to E-NOSE and helping them to improve their product and expand the application portfolio of E-NOSE. (2002) Formed with the help of four faculty members Artificial Intelligence Group in Computer Science Department at Informatics Institute of Technology (IIT), purpose of which was to develop course structures, co-ordinate delivery of modules, identify resource requirements, supervise prototype projects, prepare project proposals, establish collaborations and start new activities via teaching, research and outreach. (2000) Co-ordinator - British Computer Society/B.Sc. Final Year Course at IIT (2000). I was responsible for Individual student support and student counseling; and monitoring and helping in smooth running of the classes and academic session, conducting the exams, chairing faculty meetings and disseminate responsibilities, participating in the board of examiners and course committee meetings including taking the students feedback.

R&D Projects and Consulting Assignments

Development of Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography as an Add-On Module for AFM Systems, Arvind K. Srivastava (PI), Department of Energy (DOE), Funding Amount $584,714. Period: Sept. 15, 2009 to Sept. 14, 2011 (Original Award No. DE-SC0001764 to Northwestern University. Subaward No. PROJ0002180 to NanoSonix) Development of Scanning Near Field Ultrasound Holography with Integrated Electronic Detection for Sub-Surface Nanomechanical Imaging, Arvind K. Srivastava (PI), NSF SBIR Phase I, Funding Amount $150K. Period: Jan. 1, 2010 to Nov. 30, 2010 (Award Number: 0945959)

Novel Uncooled Focal Plane Array for Infrared Detectors based on All-electronic MOSFET- Embedded Microcantilevers, Arvind K. Srivastava (Co-PI), Department of Defense (DOD), Funding Amount $2.15M Oct. 2009 to Mar. 2011 Design and development of Scanning near-field ultrasound holography (SNFUH) system for semiconductor metrology at NanoSonix Inc., USA, 2008 to 2009. (Consultancy) User-Support and Training on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Related Techniques at Nanoscale Integrated Fabrication, Testing and Instrumentation Facility (NIFTI), NUANCE Center, Northwestern University, USA, 2006 to 2009. (Consultancy) Development and Field Trials of an Electronic Nose Device, ENOSE Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia, From Mar. 2002 to Feb. 2003. (Consultancy) Design and fabrication of Integrated MOSFET Gas Sensor Array for an Electronic Nose, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), From Apr. 1998 to Apr. 2001. Funding amount INR 77,200 p.a.

Technical Expertise/ Hands-on Experience

IC Technology and Micro/Nanofabrication: RIE, PECVD, E-Beam Deposition, Sputter Coater, Vacuum Coating Unit, Plasma Cleaner, Oxidation Furnace, Diffusion Furnace, Co-odinatograph, Mask Aligner, Photoresist Spinner, Wire Bonder. Lithography Techniques: UV, Dip Pen Nanolithography, E-Beam Lithography (EBL), Nanometer Pattern Generation System (NPGS) for E-beam Lithography; and Coating Techniques: Thick Film Screen Printing, Vacuum Deposition, Dip coating, Spin Coating, Spray Coating, Nano Dispensing, Electrochemical Technique. IC and MEMS Design Tools: Silvaco TCAD (Athena and Atlas) (Process and Device Simulation), Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD (Process and Device Simulators), Cadence ORCAD and PSPICE (for Circuit Design and Simulation), Tanner SEdit, T-Spice and L-Edit (for Schematic, Simulation and Layout), COMSOL Multiphysics for MEMS modeling and simulation. Micro/ Nano Material and Surface Characterization: SEM, EDX, FIB, FTIR, SIMS, XPS including AFM based techniques such as SCM, SKPM, Acoustic AFM, UFM and SNFUH. Device Characterization/ Signal Analysis: Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, Pulse IV Testing, Precision Impedance Gain/Phase Analyzer, Lock-in-Amplifier, Spectrum Analyzer. Instrumentation Package and Interfacing: LabView, LabVIEW FPGA, Test Point, Instrumentation Interfacing via IEEE488.2, RS232 and USB interface and Data Acquisition, Agilent Switching System, Keithley 7002 High Density Switching System, DataQ 720P A/D-D/A Card, Keithley Digital Multimeter, Source Meter; Design of Automated Gas Delivery, Mixing and Flow Control. Programming Languages, Application/ Data Analysis Software and Platform: Fortran, Turbo C, Visual C, Visual Basic, Matlab, NeuralWare, SPSS, StatistiXL ver. 1.6., HP9000 (HP-UX) Mainframe, Sun Solaris 10, NOMAD XR 4000 Mobile Robot. Most of my trainings on the instruments related to IC Technology, Materials and Device Characterization were at MRC Microfabrication Facility, Northwestern University; Northwestern Universitys Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Center (NIFTI, EPIC); Virginia Microelectronic Center (VMC), Virginia Commonwealth University; Center for Research In Microelectronics (CRME), IT-BHU whereas those related to Programming, Simulation, Circuit Design and Instrumentation were in different labs at different places.

Awards, Honors, Review and Professional Memberships

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Researcher Award, NSF-Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center (Awarded annually to the top researcher among post doctoral associates and graduate students in the NSF-NSEC Center), Northwestern University, USA (2007) William Girling Watson Traveling Fellowship Award in Electrical & Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia ( 2002) Visiting Post Doctoral Fellowship Award, University of Antwerpen, Belgium (2001) Senior Research Fellowship Award of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India (Awarded annually to a certain number of people by a discipline-wise high-level expert committee on all India basis in the subject/ topic of research relevant to the research programs of CSIR laboratories and nationally important S&T area). (1998) Interviewed by Frost & Sullivan about Ultrasound Holography for NanoScale Subsurface Imaging of Semiconductor Structures. News published in Frost & Sullivans Technical Insights - Advanced Manufacturing Technology Alert. Dated May 21, 2010 Cited on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Television under the program The New Inventors for our development of Graffiti e-NOSE on November 2008. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s2412326.htm Invited/ selected to participate in Nano Education and Outreach (NEO) Program of NSF-funded Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), San Francisco, CA, USA (2007) Judge, Chicago Public School Area 4 Science Fair Theme: Developing Innovative Possibilities Through Science and Mathematics, Chicago, IL (Jan. 2008) Excellent Oral Presentation on Development of Scanning Near Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) System as a NanoMetrology Toolset for Buried Defects and Sub-Surface Pattern Recognition at Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Global Research Collaboration (GRC) Nanolithography Review held at the University of Wisconsin on May 19-20, 2009 Listed in Marquis Whos Who in America 2011 (65th Edition)
Project Review/ Panel Reviewer (Total Number of Projects Reviewed: 53)

Peer Reviewer for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) 2010 Graduate Research Assistance and Support (GRASP III) Program Panel Reviewer & Rapporteur for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2010 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs Phase I (Nanotechnology) ; Panel Review Meeting Held on Aug. 18-19, 2010 in Washington D.C.

Panel Reviewer & Rapporteur for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2010 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs Phase I (Homeland Security) ; Panel Review Meeting Held on Aug. 3-4, 2010 in Washington D.C. Peer Reviewer for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) 2009 Early Career Support Program (ECSP) Peer Reviewer for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2009 Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships Program (Science and Technology for Sustainability: Environmental Behavior and Decision-making Fellowships Applications) Panel Reviewer & Rapporteur for US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2007 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programs Phase I (Homeland Security); Panel Review Meeting Held on Sept. 13-14, 2007 in Washington D.C. Peer Reviewer for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) 2007 University Centers of Excellence Program (UCEP) Competition Peer Reviewer for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) 2006 Graduate Research Support (GRSP) Program Peer Reviewer for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) 2006 Azerbaijan University Research and Education (AZURE) Program External Reviewer for Alberta Agriculture Funding Consortium Research Funding 2005-2006, Alberta, Canada Peer Reviewer for U. S. National Science Foundation (NSF) 2004 International Research Program (NSF 02-149)
Manuscript Review (Total Number of Manuscripts Reviewed: 58)

Reviewer for Measurement Science & Technology (Institute of Physics (IOP) Pub., UK. Impact Factor: 1.317) (2010) Reviewer for Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (Institute of Physics (IOP) Pub., UK. Impact Factor: 2.083) (2009) Reviewer for Nanotechnology Journal (Institute of Physics (IOP) Pub., UK. Impact Factor: 3.137) (2008, 2010, 2011) Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Pub., USA. Impact Factor: 1.03) (2007) Reviewer for IEEE Sensors Journal (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Pub., USA. Impact Factor: 1.61) (2005, 2010) Reviewer for Sensor Journal, (Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) Pub., Switzerland. Impact Factor: 1.903) (2010, 2011) Reviewer for Sensors & Actuators B: Chemical Journal (Elsevier Pub., Amsterdam. Impact Factor: 3.083) (2003-Present) Reviewer for Sensors & Transducers Journal, (IFSA Pub., Canada. e-Impact Factor: 205.767) (2007-Present) Reviewer for Thin Solid Films (Elsevier Science Pub., Amsterdam. Impact Factor: 1.727) (2008) Reviewer for Information Fusion Journal (Elsevier Science Pub., Amsterdam. Impact Factor: 2.212) (2004, 2007) Reviewer for Talanta Journal (Elsevier Science Pub., Amsterdam. Impact Factor: 3.290) (2004-06) Reviewer for Biotechnology Progress Journal (American Chemical Society (ACS) and American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Pub., USA). Impact Factor: 2.398) (2001-04)
Editorial Advisory and Review Committee

Editorial Board Member of Engineering Journal (Scientific Research Pub., USA) (2010) Editorial Advisor for Sensors & Transducers Journal, (IFSA Pub., Canada. e-Impact Factor: 205.767) (2007-Present) Member, Technical Program Committee and Manuscript Reviewer, The 2nd International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications (SENSORDEVICES 2011), French Riviera, France (August 21-27, 2011) Member, Technical Program Committee and Manuscript Reviewer, The 4rd International Conference on Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics (CENICS 2011), French Riviera, France (August 21-27, 2011) Member, Technical Program Committee and Manuscript Reviewer, The 5th International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2011), French Riviera, France (August 21-27, 2011) Member of Advisory Committee, 4rd National Workshop on Intelligent Data Analysis & Image Processing (IDAIP10), India (Oct. 15 16, 2010) Member, Technical Program Committee and Chair, Industry Liaison, The Ist International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications (SENSORDEVICES 2010), Venice, Italy (July 18 - 25, 2010) Member, Technical Program Committee and Chair, Industry Liaison, The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics (CENICS 2010), Venice, Italy (July 18 - 25, 2010) Member, Technical Program Committee and Chair, Industry Liaison, The 4th International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM 2010), Venice, Italy (July 18 - 25, 2010) Review Committee for The SUMMER 8th International Conference on Computing, Communications and Control Technologies (CCCT 2010), Orlando, Florida, USA (June 29th - July 2nd, 2010) Review Committee for The 3rd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation (IMETI 2010), Orlando, Florida, USA (June 29th - July 2nd, 2010) Member of Advisory Committee, 3rd National Conference on Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology (RTICT10), India (Apr. 9-10, 2010) Review Committee for The 16th International Conference on Information Systems Analysis and Synthesis (ISAS 2010), Orlando, Florida USA (April 6th - 9th, 2010) Review Committee for The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation (IMETI 2009), Orlando, Florida, USA (July 10th - 13th, 2009) Member of Advisory Committee, 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology (RTICT09), India (Mar. 20-21, 2009) Member of Advisory Committee, 2nd National Workshop on Intelligent Data Analytics & Image Processing (IDAIP08), India (Oct. 3-4 2008) Member of Advisory Committee, National Conference on Recent Trends in Information and Communication Technology (RTICT08), India (Mar. 17-18, 2008) Committee Member, PhD Qualifier of Yi-Kai, Title of Thesis Proposal: Sol-gel precursor derived metal oxide nanostructures, Northwestern University, USA (Mar. 15, 2010)

Committee Member, PhD Qualifier of Shih-Han Lo, Title of Thesis Proposal: Structural Engineering, Characterization and Transport Properties in 1-D Confined Nanostructures, Northwestern University, USA (Apr. 5, 2011) Member of Board of Examinations for the Evaluation of PhD Thesis, Banaras Hindu University (Feb. 17 and Jun. 14, 2011)
Membership

Senior Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA (2011 - Present) Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA (2008-2010) Member IEEE Communications Society, USA (2008-2010) Member IEEE Electron Devices Society, USA (2010 - 2011) Member Materials Research Society (MRS), USA (2007 - Present)

Publications
Journals and Conferences: 53; Technical Reports: 7; Patents & Disclosures: 6; Other Presentation: 19 Journals and Conferences 1. Kurt D. Benkstein, Christopher B. Montgomery, Casey S. Mungle, Steve Semancik, Suresh Donthu , Arvind K. Srivastava, Vinayak Dravid, Tin oxide nanolines patterned onto microhotplate platforms by soft-electron-beam lithography for chemical sensor applications (Ready to be submitted) 2. Gajendra S. Shekhawat, Ted Liang, Shraddha Avasthy, Arvind K. Srivastava, Soo-Hyun Tark, and Vinayak P. Dravid, Probing Buried Defects in Extreme Ultraviolet Multilayer Blanks Using Ultrasound Holography, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol.: 9 Issue: 6, 21 Nov. 2010 Pages: 671 - 674 [Citation Index: 1 as of Jan. 12, 2010] 3. Gajendra Shekhawat, Arvind K. Srivastava, Shraddha Avasthy, Vinayak P. Dravid, Ultrasound holography for noninvasive probing of buried defects and interfaces for advanced interconnect architectures, Applied Physics Letters, 95 (1) 2009. [Citation Index: 2 as of Jan. 12, 2010] 4. Shraddha Avasthy, Arvind K. Srivastava, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, Seeing the Invisible: Noninvasive Subsurface Nanoscale Imaging With Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography, Future Fab International, Issue 30, July 2009 p. 89-96 5. Shan-Wei Fan, Arvind K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, Nanopatterned polycrystalline ZnO for room temperature gas sensing, Sensors and Actuator B: Chemical, Volume 144, Issue 1, 2010, p. 159-163 [Citation Index: 2 as of Jan. 12, 2010] 6. Shan-Wei Fan, Arvind K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, UV-activated room-temperature gas sensing mechanism of polycrystalline ZnO, Applied Physics Letters 95 (14), 2009, p.142106 [Citation Index: 10 as of Aug. 08, 2010] 7. Stanley S. Chou, Arvind Srivastava, Soo-Hyun Tark, Vinayak. P. Dravid, Gajendra Shekhawat, Microcantilever array with embedded metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor actuators for deflection control, deflection sensing, and high frequency oscillation, Applied Physics Letters, 94 (22), 2009, p. 224103 8. Soo-Hyun Tark, Arvind Srivastava, Stanley Chou, Gajendra Shekhawat, and Vinayak P. Dravid, Nanomechanoelectronic signal transduction scheme with metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor-embedded microcantilevers, Applied Physics Letters, 94 (10), 2009, p. 104101 [Citation Index: 11 as of Jul. 27, 2010] 9. Tao Sun, S. Donthu, Arvind Srivastava, Jin Wang, and Vinayak P. Dravid, Quantitative characterization and evolution of nanoscale porosity (Nano Highlight), 2009 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, Dec. 7-9, 2009 Arlington, VA 10. Soo-Hyun Tark, Arvind Srivastava, Gajendra Shekhawat, and Vinayak P. Dravid, Microcantilever-based signal transduction platform for biochemical detection and diagnosis (Nano Highlight), 2009 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, Dec. 7-9, 2009 Arlington, VA 11. Arvind Srivastava, Shanwei Fan, Vinayak P. Dravid, and Steve Semancik, Room temperature sensing of explosive gases with nanopatterned oxides (Nano Highlight), 2009 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Grantees Conference, Dec. 7-9, 2009 Arlington, VA 12. S. Avasthy and Arvind Srivastava, Development of Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) System as a NanoMetrology Toolset for Buried Defects and Sub-Surface Pattern Recognition, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Annual Review Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, May 19-20, 2009 13. Gajendra Shekhawat, Arvind Srivastava and Vinayak Dravid, Sub-surface nano-metrology of buried patterns and structures in EUVL and DUV masks using ultrasound, SESSION 3: Electrical Measurements at Nano Dimensions, International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University at Albany, Albany, NY May 11-15, 2009 14. Tao Sun, Suresh Donthu, Michael Sprung, Kenneth DAquila, Zhang Jiang, Arvind K. Srivastava, Jin Wang, Vinayak P. Dravid, Effect of Pd doping on the microstructure and gas-sensing performance of nanoporous SnOx thin films, Acta Materialia, Vol. 57, Issue 4, Feb. 2009, p. 1095-1104. [Citation Index: 2 as of Oct. 21, 2010] 15. Soo-Hyun Tark, Arvind Srivastava, Stanley Chou, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, Thomas Thundat, Arun Majumdar, MOSFET-embedded microcantilevers, International Workshop on Nanomechanical Cantilever Sensors 2008, Mainz, Germany, May 19-21, 2008 16. Vinayak P. Dravid, Stanley S. Chou, Arvind K. Srivastava, Gajendra Shekhawat, Development of Scanning Near-Field Ultrasound Holography (SNFUH) System as a Nano-Metrology Toolset for Buried Defects and Sub-Surface Pattern Recognition, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Annual Review Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, May 19, 2008 17. Soo-Hyun Tark, Shanwei Fan, Arvind Srivastava, Stanley Chou, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, Electronic Signal Transduction System for Biomolecular & Chemical Sensing (Poster), NSF Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center (NSEC) Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL. 2008 18. Soo-Hyun Tark, Arvind K. Srivastava, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, MOSFET-embedded Microcantilever Platform for Biochemical Detection and Diagnostics, Symposium DD: Microelectromechanical Systems--Materials and Devices, SESSION DD4: MEMS Devices I, 2007 Material Research Society (MRS07) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, Nov. 26 - 30, 2007

19. Soo-Hyun Tark, Arvind Srivastava, Suresh Donthu, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, Steve Wollinsky, Milan Mrksich, Chang Liu, Steve Semancik, Electronic Signal Transduction for Biomolecular and Chemical Sensing (Poster), NSF Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center (NSEC) Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL. June 19-21, 2007 20. M. Aslam, Arvind K. Srivastava, Y. -L. Ambrose, R. Frey, S. Tark, S. K. Donthu, Saurabh Sharma, P. N. Prasad, R. R. Edelman, E. A. Schultz, T. Mede, S. Semancik, V. P. Dravid, Sensing and Diagnosis: Why Nano?,(Poster), NSF Nano Education and Outreach (NEO 2007) Program, San Francisco, CA, May. 21-25, 2007 21. Raju Krishnamurthy, A. K. Srivastava, J. E. Paton, G. A. Bell, D. C. Levy, Prediction of consumer liking from trained sensory panel information: Evaluation of neural networks, Food Quality and Preferences, Vol. 18, Issue 2, Mar. 2007, p. 275-285 [ONE OF THE TOP 25 HOTTEST ARTICLES DURING OCT. to DEC. 2006] [Citation Index: 15 as of Jan. 12, 2010] 22. Graham A. Bell, Brian R. Crowley, Wenzhi Wu, Arvind K. Srivatstava, David C. Levy, Donald Barnett and D. Brynn Hibbert, Environmental and industrial applications for tailored-array electronic noses, PANEL DISCUSSION 3: Gas Sensor, Odour Sensor and Biosensor, 17th Congress of the European Chemoreception Research Organization (ECRO06), Granada, Spain, Sept., 4-8, 2006 ; List of Abstracts of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the European Chemoreception Research Organization, Chemical Senses (Oxford University Press), Vol. 31(8) 2006, p. E29 23. A. K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, On the performance evaluation of hybrid and mono-class sensor arrays in selective detection of VOCs: a comparative study, Sensors & Actuators B Chemical, Vol. 117, Issue 1, 12 Sept. 2006, p 244-252. [Citation Index: 10 as of Jan. 12, 2010] 24. Suresh Donthu, Zixiao Pan, Arvind Srivastava, Vinayak Dravid, Chang Liu, Steve Semancik, Nanopatterning of Functional Solid-State Structures (Poster), NSF Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center (NSEC) Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL. 2006 25. Suresh K. Donthu, Z. Pan, M. Aslam, A. K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, Site-specific nanopatterning of functional inorganic nanostructures for gas sensing applications, Symposium R: Nanostructured Materials and Hybrid Composites for Gas Sensors and Biomedical Applications, SESSION R7: Oxide Nanostructures for Sensing, 2006 Material Research Society (MRS06) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, Apr. 17- 21, 2006. 26. S.K. Donthu, Z. Pan, A.K. Srivastava, Y. Chang and Vinayak P. Dravid, Site-Specific Nanopatterning of Functional Inorganic Nanostructures, 3rd International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2005 (ICMAT05) Int. Union of Materials Research Society 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICAM05), Singapore, Jul. 3-8, 2005 27. Suresh Donthu, Zixiao Pan, Arvind Srivastava, Vinayak Dravid, Chad A. Mirkin, Horaciao Espinosa, Chang Liu, Steve Semancik, Nanopatterning of Functional Solid-State Structures (Poster), NSF Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center (NSEC) Annual Meeting, Evanston, IL. June 30-July 1, 2005 28. A. K. Srivastava, Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, A Novel Technique for the Impedimetric Measurement of Chemoresistive VOC Sensors (Poster), 2004 Virginia Nanotech. Showcase, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, Chorlottesville, VA, USA June 22 23, 2004 29. Shruti A. Manek, A. K. Srivastava, A. Guiseppi-Ellie, Contact and Bulk Resistance of Polypyrrole-Based Chemical Sensors, Proceedings of 82nd Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science (VAS04), CATEGORY: Biomedical and General Engineering, Richmond, VA, USA May 27, 2004 30. Jerome D. Edmonson, A. K. Srivastava, Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Impedimetric Electronic Nose (E-NOSE), Proceedings of 82nd Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science (VAS04), CATEGORY: Biomedical and General Engineering, Richmond, VA, USA May 27, 2004 31. Arvind K. Srivastava and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie , A Novel Technique for the Impedimetric Measurement of Chemoresistive VOC Sensors (Poster), 4th International Meeting of C3B (C3B04), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, May 20, 2004 32. Jerome Edmonson, Arvind Kumar Srivastava, Anthony Guiseppi-Elie and Rosalyn Hobson, Development and Design of a Programmable E-NOSE (Poster), 4th International Meeting of C3B (C3B04), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, May 20, 2004 33. Guy N. Tchoupo, Arvind K. Srivastava and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Pattern Recognition Dependency on Desorption Heat and Activation Energy (Poster), 4th International Meeting of C3B (C3B04), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, May 20, 2004 34. Guy Narcisse Tchoupo, Arvind K. Srivastava and Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Pattern Recognition Dependency On Adsorption and Activation Energy (Poster), Mid-Atlantic Biochemical Engineering Consortium (MABEC04), University of Maryland, MD, USA Mar. 22, 2004 35. A. K. Srivastava, Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using SnO2 sensor array and artificial neural network, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical (Elsevier Science) Vol. 96. Issue 1-2 Nov. 15, 2003 p. 24-37 [Citation Index: 96 as of Jul. 27, 2010] 36. A. K. Srivastava, D.C. Levy, Disposable Gas Sensors for Chemosensory Applications, In Proc. Of 5th Annual Meeting of Australasian Assoc. for Chemosensory Science (AACSS02), Heron Island (Australia) Dec. 7-11, 2002. p. 9 37. A.K. Srivastava, D.C. Levy, Real-time monitoring of environmental air quality, In Proc. Of 5th Annual Meeting of Australasian Assoc. for Chemosensory Science (AACSS02), Heron Island (Australia) Dec. 7-11, 2002. p. 9 38. Raju Krishnamurthy, A. K. Srivastava, Jane E. Paton, G. A. Bell, D. C. Levy, Modeling the sensory characteristics of beef flavors using artificial neural networks, In Proc. Of 5th Annual Meeting of Australasian Assoc. for Chemosensory Science (AACSS02), Heron Island (Australia) Dec. 7-11, 2002. p. 10 39. A. K. Srivastava and D. C. Levy, Disposable plastic transistor gas sensor for Intelligent Electronic (ENOSE), Research Conversazione02, Electrical & Information Engineering Foundation, The University of Sydney, (Australia) Oct. 18, 2002. 40. A. K. Srivastava, David C. Levy, Gas Sensor Monitoring of Environmental Air Quality, ChemoSense, Vol. 4 No. 3, Jun. 2002. p. 1-6. [Citation Index: 4 as of Jan. 12, 2010] 41. A. K. Srivastava, Detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and alcoholic beverages by electronic nose (ENOSE) system using SnO2 based sensor array and neuro-genetic approach to pattern classification, 3rd Annual Meeting of Australasian Association for Chemosensory Science (AACSS2000), Swinburn University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria (Australia) Nov. 30 - Dec. 1, 2000. 42. A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Genetic evolution of neural network based on a new three - parents crossover operator, in Proc. of IEEE - International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2000), Goa (India), January 19-22, 2000,

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Catalog No. 00TH8482 Vol. 1, p. 153-158. ISBN No. 0-7803-5812-0 [INVITED PAPER] [Citation Index: 1 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, On the design issue of intelligent electronic nose system, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2000), Goa (India), January 19-22, 2000, Catalog No. 00TH8482 Vol. 1, p. 243-248. ISBN No. 0-7803-5812-0 [INVITED PAPER] [Citation Index: 2 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, In search of a good neuro-genetic computational paradigm, in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2000), Goa (India), January 19-22, 2000, Catalog No. 00TH8482 Vol. 2, p. 497-502. ISBN No. 0-7803-5812-0 [INVITED PAPER] [Citation Index: 1 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, On the performance evaluation of hybrid-trained neural classifier for detection of hazardous vapors using responses from SAW sensor array, Proc. of IEEE - International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT2000), Goa (India), January 19-22, 2000, Catalog No. 00TH8482 Vol. 2, p. 656-661. ISBN No. 0-7803-5812-0 [INVITED PAPER] [Citation Index: 2 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Application of genetically trained neural network with scheduled mutation to intelligent gas sensors, Advances in Pattern Recognition and Digital Technique, Editors: N. R. Pal, A. K. De and J. Das, Publisher: Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi., 2000. ISBN 81-73190347-9 p. 326-330. This paper was presented in 4th International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition and Digital Technique, (ICAPRDT99), SESSION: Image Processing IV, ISI Calcutta (India), Dec. 28-31, 1999. [Citation Index: 2 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, A programmable data acquisition system for characterization of gas sensor array, Proc. of XXIIIrd National System Conference (NSC99), Editors: S K Kak, T Srinivasan, B N Basu. Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, (India) Dec. 9-11, 1999 pp. 248-252. ISBN No. 81-7023-996-6 A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Exploring neuro-genetic processing of electronic nose data, Microelectronics Journal (Elsevier Science, UK), Vol. 29, No. 11, (Nov. 1998) p. 921-931. [Citation Index: 23 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Neuro-genetic technique in electronic nose data processing, National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Electronics & Computers (NSETEC99), (Sponsored by UGC), RMLA University, Faizabad (India). Mar. 1112, 1999, CP/C-01, p. 26-27. A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Weight - sensitivity of genetically trained neural networks in gas identification problems, 1st National Seminar on Artificial Neural Networks & Cognitive Systems (ANCS 98), (Sponsored by Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)), Cochin University, Cochin (India). Sept. 23-25 Sept. 1998. S-III B-Applications-2/B-6. A. K. Srivastava, Pyare Lal, S. K. Srivastava, Effect of hydrogen plasma treatment on polycrystalline metal oxide gas sensor: An empirical study, 8th International Conference on Recent Trends in Sensor Development for Monitoring Environmental Quality (SENSOR97), IIT Kharagpur. Kharagpur (India),Dec.29-31,1997, p.112-113. [Citation Index: 1 as of Jan. 12, 2010] A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Performance evaluation of neural classifier of electronic nose data under noisy conditions, 3rd Nat. Conf. on Neural Networks & Fuzzy Systems (NCNNFS97), Anna University, Chennai (India). Jul. 23-25, 1997. A. K. Srivastava, K. K. Shukla, S. K. Srivastava, Pattern - recognition (PARC) techniques in multisensor array processing for gas discrimination, Proc. of National Seminar on Physics & Technology of Sensors (NSPTS97), S. P. University, Anand, Gujrat (India). Feb. 3-5, 1997. C50-1 - C50-6.

Patents and Disclosures

54. Arvind K. Srivastava, Stanley Shihyao Chou, Vinayak P. Dravid, Embedded metal oxide silicon field effect transistor (MOSFET) thermal actuator for nanoscale electro-mechanical actuation, Invention Disclosure (#NU 28148) submitted to The Office of Technology

Transfer, Northwestern University on Sept. 18, 2008

55. Arvind K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, Light induced gas sensing at room temperature, US Patent Application # 20100077840 dated April 1, 2010 (Serial #12/459,193 filed on Jun. 26, 2008) 56. Arvind K. Srivastava, Vinayak P. Dravid, NanoNoseTM: Software tool for rapid prototyping, testing and evaluation of high density sensor arrays, Invention Disclosure (#NU 26146) submitted to The Office of Technology Transfer, Northwestern University on Oct. 6, 2006

57. Arvind K. Srivastava, Soo-Hyun Tark, Gajendra Shekhawat, Vinayak P. Dravid, Cascaded MOSFET multi-input embedded cantilever, US Patent # 7759924 dated Jul. 20, 2010 58. W. Wu, D. Barnett, G. A. Bell, B. R. Crowley, D. B. Hibbert, D. C. Levy, Arvind K. Srivastava, A method of monitoring a predetermined type of molecules conveyed through a gaseous medium, International Patent Application # WO2005104053A1 Nov. 3, 2005; US Patent Application # 20070134800 dated Jun. 14, 2007. Applications filed nationally for these patents also in Australia (AU Patent Award No. 2005236500) and New Zealand. Assigned to E-NOSE Pvt. Ltd., Sydney, Australia. 59. W. Wu, D. Barnett, G. A. Bell, B. R. Crowley, D. B. Hibbert, D. C. Levy, Arvind K. Srivastava, A detector for detecting molecules conveyed through a gaseous medium, International Application # WO2005103662A1 Nov. 3, 2005; US Patent Application # 20070134133 dated Jun. 14, 2007. Applications filed nationally for these patents also in Australia and New Zealand. Assigned to E-NOSE Pvt. Ltd., Sydney, Australia.

Technical Reports
60. A. K. Srivastava, Development of Scanning Near Field Ultrasound Holography with Integrated Electronic Detection for Sub-Surface Nanomechanical Imaging, NSF Phase I Final Report for the Award No. 0945959, Period: Jan. 1, 2010 to Nov. 30, 2010. p. 1-15 61. A. K. Srivastava, Users Manual on NanoNoseTM, Northwestern University on Oct. 5, 2006. p. 1-26 62. A. K. Srivastava, Development of an intelligent predictive model for monitoring environmental air quality using an electronic nose system, Technical Report, Center for Chemosensory Research, Australian Technology Park, Sydney, (Australia) for the project entitled Development and Field Trials of an Electronic Nose Device sponsored by Meat and Livestock Australia Limited. Mar. 25, 2003. p. 1-27 63. A. K. Srivastava, Sentinel Alarm Function, Appendix 2: Pg. 27 to 35 as a part of the MLA (Meat and Livestock Australia) E-Nose Final Report, Development and Field Trials of an Electronic Nose Device, prepared by E-Nose Pty. Ltd. (Australia) on Oct. 24,

2003. A comprehensive final report entitled Development of an Electronic Nose was published by Meat and Livestock Australia Limited on January 2005. p. 1-48. ISBN No. ISBN 1 74036 616 6 64. A. K. Srivastava, Design and development of programmable data acquisition system for breath analysis, Technical Report, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp (UIA), Antwerp (Belgium) Oct. 31, 2001 p. 1-57 65. A. K. Srivastava, Application of artificial neural network in gas/ odor identification using sensor array, Ph. D. Thesis, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, (India) 1999 66. A. K. Srivastava, Development of High Tc RF SQUID Electronics, Technical Report, Digital System Group, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Pilani (India) Mar. 31, 1995

Others Presentations, Meetings and Workshop 67. Scanning Near Field Acoustic Holography (SNFUH): Principle, Applications and Implementations, Northwestern University, USA, Sept. 2, 2008 68. Non-Destructive Sub-Surface Nanoscale Imaging with Sound Waves, Northwestern University, USA, Apr. 29, 2008 69. Towards Development of Miniature Sensor Systems for Chemosensory Applications, Northwestern University, USA, Sept. 5, 2007 70. Towards Development of Miniature Sensor Systems for Chemosensory Applications, Applied Nanotech Inc., Austin, Texas, USA, Jul. 31, 2007 71. Investigation of the Mechanism of Change in Drain Current in MOSFET Integrated Cantilever, Northwestern University, USA, Nov. 15, 2006 72. Method of Room Temperature Detection of VOCs using MO Chemoresistors, Northwestern University, USA, Jul 5, 2006 73. Application of Nanostructured Metal Oxide Sensors in Selective Detection of Toxic Chemicals, SESSION I: Nanopatterning Synergystic Research Group, NU-NSEC Funded Graduate Students & Postdoctoral Associates Retreat (NU-NSEC Retreat06), Northwestern University, Feb. 27, 2006 74. Towards Development of Miniature Chemical Sensor System for Smart Sensing, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Washington D.C., USA, Feb. 22, 2006 75. Towards Development of Miniature Chemical Sensor System for PCB Detection, Gas Technology Institute at International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Jan 17, 2006 76. IC Compatible MOS Architecture for Hydrogen Sensing, Northwestern University, USA, Jan. 25, 2006 77. On the Analysis of UV Photo-response of ZnO Thin Film: Impedance Spectroscopy (IS) Approach, Northwestern University, USA, Aug. 25, 2006 78. Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Toxic Chemicals using Non-Selective Sensors, Northwestern Univ., USA, Mar. 24, 2005 79. Nano-Structural Engineering for Enhanced Gas Sensor Performance, Air Liquide Corporation at International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Mar. 23, 2005 80. Intelligent Electronic Nose, Northwestern University, USA, Oct. 19, 2004 81. Design and Construction of an Electronic-NOSE Test Bed, 4th International Meeting of C3B (C3B04), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, May 20, 2004. 82. Participated in Video Conference/ Teleconference: Intel Corporation and VCU C3B, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA, Mar. 30, 2004. 83. Development of an intelligent predictive model for monitoring environmental air quality using an electronic nose system, Department of Electrical & Information Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Mar. 21, 2003 84. Disposable Gas Sensors for Chemosensory Applications, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Aug. 30, 2002 85. Environmental Air Quality Monitoring, Center for Chemosensory Research, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Sydney, Australia, Apr. 30, 2002. 86. Application of artificial neural network in gas/ odor identification using sensor array, IT-BHU, Varanasi, India, Aug., 1999