Shanmuga Dhanabalan

Shanmuga Dhanabalan

Adjunct Senior Fellow

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Dr. Shanmuga Sundar Dhanabalan works at the Functional materials and microsystem research group, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. His research area focuses on flexible and stretchable electronics, wearable biosensors, antennas, optics, and photonics. Currently, he is working on developing a Smart Mattress for aged care applications and Smart eye patches for chronic eye disease in collaboration with the industry.

Supervisor projects

  • Synthesis and charactrization of cost effective silicide thermoelectric materials
  • 19 Jun 2024
  • Advancing Wearable and Flexible Electronics with On-Chip Spectrometers
  • 3 Jun 2024
  • Decoupled Multifunctional Sensors for Personal Healthcare Monitoring
  • 7 Feb 2024
  • Multi-stimuli thin films for tomorrows electronics and optics
  • 3 Aug 2022
  • Non-invasive Bioelectronic Devices for Diabetes Management
  • 30 Jul 2021
  • Conformable Sensors for Healthcare and Environmental Sensing Applications
  • 23 Jul 2021

Teaching interests

Eight years of Teaching Experience in Universities in India. Developed Curriculum and syllabus for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Supervised Bachelor and Master students.

Research interests

Flexible and Stretchable Electronics
Smart Patches for medical applications
Wearable Optical Label-free Biodetectors
Wearable Sensors
Optical Communications
Photonics
Antennas
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.