Actively pursued research in the field of optical fiber sensors, distributed sensors and structural health monitoring. Responsible for curriculum design, innovative teaching initiatives, and supervising student organizations.- Principal Investigator, NSF Innovation-Corps: National Fall 2018 Cohort, Engineered Terrain Autonomous lawn mower with the intent to solve labor shortage in the landscaping industry, Award no. 0057895, $50,000- IEEE Chair, Rolla MO Subsection- ASEE Chair, Midwest Section- Published 8 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings - Guest Editor – Journal of Sensors special issue on “Sensors for Structural Health Monitoring in Civil Infrastructure”- Referee – Sensors (USA), Journal of Sensors, IEEE Sensors, Chinese Optics Letters- Invited Member – Sigma Xi- Redesigned Electrical Engineering for non-majors course achieving 46% improved teaching effectiveness and 25% increase in median student performance

Designed and fabricated optical fiber based harsh environment sensors for Structural Health Monitoring. - Based on Long Period Fiber Grating, Extrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer, Intrinsic Fabry-Perot Interferometer structures- Demonstrating high temperature sustainability of up to 850ºC and high strain sustainability of up to 5000 με- Fabrication methods: femto-second laser, CO2 laser, chemical etching, fusion splicing- Applications: Temperature sensing, Strain sensing, Pressure sensing, Down-hole sensing

Vehicle Positioning using Image Processing- Developed an Image Processing system for vehicle positioning for bridge monitoring applications- Application: Minimize personnel intervention, reduced traffic closure time and cost of bridge monitoringOptical waveguide formation using photo-patternable PDMS- Fabricated waveguides with photo-patternable PDMS with power loss reduction of 10%- Application: PDMS Waveguide sensor fabrication Glucose sensor using Europium Tetracycline complex- Developed glucose sensor with EuTc complex as a dye sensitive to hydrogen peroxide with increased sensitivity achieved by selective UV cross-linking polymer matrices to immobilize EuTc- Application: Glucose Sensing