PhD Engineering: Smart printed RFID sensor tags for health monitoring

The School of Engineering of the University of Glasgow is seeking a highly motivated graduate to undertake an exciting 3-year PhD project entitled ‘Smart Printed RFID Sensor Tags for Health Monitoring’ within the Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering Division

The Radio frequency identification (RFID) with integrated sensing is needed for several applications requiring real-time measurement and monitoring. In particular, the chip-less RFID sensor technology is attractive as it offers a low-cost solution by eliminating the need of an integrated circuit (IC) chip. Further, by means of printing, the chip-less RFID sensors could be made flexible, lightweight and developed at a very low cost, lending themselves to the realization of ubiquitous sensing. This project will investigate the printable chip-less RFID sensor tags, with focus on the incorporation of the active components such as sensors or using RFID as sensor for early warnings of the variations in parameters such as pH, pressure, and moisture. The project will also investigate the development of RFID sensors tag on dissolvable and biodegradable substrates. This project will explore simple 2D planar structures for RFID and develop from them 3D structures in antenna to provide a feasible solution for wireless data transmission.

Application for this scholarship should be made, in the first instance to Dr Dahiya, [Email Address Removed], enclosing your CV and other relevant documents such as awards received.