Mr. Nandkishor Motiram Dhawale

I have Technical Specialty in :Instrumentation Engineer with expertise in; Proximal Soil Sensing, DAQ & Instrumentation Systems, Mechatronics & Automation Systems, Sensor Fusion, Geo-Spatial Data Analysis, Hyperspectral Data Analysis and Software Development. During my academic and industrial career, I developed expertise that cover a wide spectrum of science and technologies, making me capable to design, develop, fabricate/prototype and test special purpose industrial and research tools; such as, automated instrumentation and DAQ platforms, Sensing systems (industrial, environmental, geological and biological), modeling and simulation modules. I prototyped and co-patented an On-the-spot Soil Analyser (OSA), capable to determine quantities of soil chemical and physical properties in situ. The platform uses an array of ion selective electrodes (ISE) to quantify the levels of several ion species. In addition, to quantify soil organic matter, carbon, and textural attribute, it is possible to deploy a range of sensors including a portable mid infrared (mid-IR) probe or a microsopic digital imaging sensor (camera). Further, I designed and developed a customized software application to process and analyze dense spatial information obtained using proximal soil sensing (PSS) and remote sensing (RS) techniques. Altogether, I have about 13 years of full-time research, 8 years of part-time teaching and 4 years of full-time teaching experience and about 6 years of industry work experien