Speaker

Mihai Sanduleanu, Asssociate Professor, Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Abstract

During this talk, Dr. Sanduleanu will discuss a unified approach to portable medical device development spanning frequencies from DC to millimeter- and sub-millimeter-wave regimes. The research addresses the growing demand for affordable, at-home diagnostic technologies capable of early disease detection and continuous health monitoring. At low frequencies, electrochemical and dielectric sensing techniques are employed for biomedical applications including rapid assessment of therapeutics against Gram-negative pathogens via conductivity variation, femtofarad-resolution Troponin-I detection for early myocardial infarction diagnosis using a digital Wheatstone bridge architecture, and graphene RGO-based Vitamin D3 sensing. These systems emphasize simplicity, sensitivity, and CMOS-compatible implementation.

At higher frequencies, integrated mm-wave platforms operating at 120–160 GHz enable non-contact and non-invasive diagnostics. A 160 GHz wireless vital signs monitoring system demonstrates respiration and heartbeat detection through precise phase extraction methods. At 120 GHz, an S₁₁-based non-invasive glucometer correlates tissue dielectric variations with glucose concentration and is experimentally validated against conventional measurements. The same platform is further extended to sub-wavelength-resolution skin cancer detection through dielectric contrast imaging.

By combining electrochemical sensing with high-frequency electromagnetic diagnostics, this work establishes a scalable framework for compact, low-cost medical devices aimed at enabling accessible, real-time, home-based healthcare solutions.

Bio

Mihai Sanduleanu received his MSc, MEE and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Iasi, Romania, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands and University of Twente, The Netherlands in 1990, 1993 and 1999, respectively.

From 1999 to 2000, he was with Philips Semiconductors, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, working on fiber optic communication circuits. From 2000 to 2007 he joined Philips Research Eindhoven, The Netherlands and he was involved in Fiber Optic Interface circuits, RF IC Design, mm-Waves Transceiver design and Ultra-low-power radios. From 2008 to 2013, he conducted research at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York in mm-Waves transceivers for communication, imaging and RADAR, THz electronics.

He is currently Associate Professor at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. Dr. Sanduleanu’s area of expertise includes Wireless transceiver design for RF/mm-Waves/THz communication, High Speed Communication Circuits for serial I/O, High speed analog-to-digital converters, Phased-Array Systems, High-speed digital circuits and systems. Dr. Sanduleanu authored/co-authored 9 books and more than 200 papers in International Conferences and Journals. He holds 54 US patents. Dr. Sanduleanu served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems in 2011-2012 and he is Associate Editor for Springer Nature “Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing”.

Lunch will be provided at 12:30 P.M.

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