Prof. Sheikh Akbar

Dr. Sheikh A. Akbar is a professor of materials science and engineering and founder of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Industrial Sensors and Measurements (CISM) at Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, USA. His recent work deals with synthesis-microstructure-property relations of ceramic bulk, thin-film and nano-heterostructures. He was the Chair of the 12th International Conference on Chemical Sensors (IMCS-12) held in 2008. His sensors received three (3) R&D awards selected by R&D Magazine and 2005 NASA TGIR award. Dr. Akbar is the recipient of the 2012 Electrochemical Society Sensor Division Outstanding Achievement Award, the 2002 Tan Chin Tuan Fellow of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, and the 2001 Fulrath Award of the American Ceramic Society. He was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society in 2001 and a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society in 2018. He has published more than 225 papers and holds 8 patents with an h-index of 44.