Topic Categories
Applied Industrial Spectroscopy (AIS)
AIS explores the use of spectroscopy and spectral sensing to provide actionable information to industry.
Topics of Interest
- Air and Climate Effect of Industrial Processes
Gas sensing for environmental and energy applications (greenhouse gases, PFAS/PFOS, TICs, aerosols, pollution, hydrogen gas sensing, etc.) AND sensing in harsh environments (industrial air monitoring, carbon capture sequestration, high pressure and temperature sensing, space and extraterrestrial science, astrobiology, etc.) - Water and Disease in the Industrial Era
Water pollution (microplastics, PFAS, TICs/TIMs, wastewater analysis) AND disease/pathogen detection (waterborne and bloodborne pathogen identification, circulating tumor cells, photonics in point-of-care applications, wearables for geriatric and life-style disease management, etc.) - Agri-Food-Pharma-Precision-Photonics for Industrial Optimization
Smart sensing in agri-food-pharma (plant analysis, phenotype discrimination, precision farming, safety-quality-origin of food, pharmaceutical quality control) AND soil sensing (soil monitoring, PFAS/PFOS, denitrification, fertilizer, microalgae research etc.) - Energy and Resource Optimization Towards Green Industry
Sensing for newer sustainable energy resources (perovskites in-tandem solar cells, artificial photosynthesis, green battery, etc.) AND process analytical technologies (on-line analysis, resource optimization with sequential decision analytics, automated industrial processes, etc.) - Extraction Industries and Circular Economy
Extreme industries (mining, combustion, metal identification, mineral characterization, nuclear energy safety, etc.) AND recycling of industrial materials (plastics, fabrics, textiles, metals, etc.) - Hot Topics in Industrial Sensing
Upcoming trends in industrial sensing (multivariate optical elements and computing, IoT with photonic-enabled smart sensing, quantum optical sensing in diagnostics, quantum optomechanics for single molecule sensing, etc.)
