MMNE Lab - S Amrutha Lahari

S Amrutha Lahari

Doctoral Candidate (Department of EEE)

MEMS, Microfluidics & Nanoelectronics Lab

p20210027@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Research Areas: Water Quality Monitoring, Sensor Development (Electrochemical Sensors and Ion Selective sensors), Circuit Design for Portable Sensing Systems, PCB Designing, Material Characterization Machine Learning, IoT Enable Sensor Framework.

Education

- PhD Candidate: MMNE Lab, EEE Department, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

• Duration: August 2021 – May 2025

• Research Area: IoT and ML-enabled Multiplexed Fully Integrated Portable Platform for Onsite Measurement of Water Quality Indicators

• Supervisors: Prof. Ponnalagu R N and Prof. Sanket Goel.

- Master of Technology: Electronics (Radar and Communication)

• Duration- 2019-2021, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune.

• M Tech Dissertation: Fuzzy logic-based Controller design of fast beam steering mirror for free-space-optical communication.

• Supervisor: Prof. A A Bazil Raj

- Bachelor of Technology: Electrical and Electronic

• Duration-2014-2018, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

• B Tech Dissertation: A controller design for BLDC motor using different techniques.

Achievements

Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (GYTI) 2023 Appreciation Award.
Winner of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) 2024 conducted by C-CAMP.
Winner of IDEAthon on METALSENSE PRO at Goa Innovation& Startup Times (GIST 2023).
2nd Runner-up in PITCH PERFECT at BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus.
Qualified in GATE 2021 with a percentile of 94 and a score of 468 in Electrical Engineering (EE).
Received Scholarship for VLSID-2023 Conference.

Training/Workshops

Course on DATA SCIENCE & ITS APPLICATIONS, Attended 2-day workshop on Ninja drone training,

Professional Development Online Course on INTRODUCTION TO DEVICE AND SYSTEM PACKAGING, NPTEL

online certification courses on BUSINESS ETHICS & HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PEERS Indo-Norway

Workshop.

Work Experience

Senior Research Fellow, MMNE lab, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India. August 2023 – August 2024

• Portable and intelligent Simultaneous heavy metal detection platform

• Soft sensor for BOD analysis using DO, COD, and physical parameter values.

Junior Research Fellow, MMNE lab, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India. August 2021 – August 2023

• Expertise in developing portable physical parameter systems (pH, Turbidity, TDS, Conductivity, Temperature) for water quality assessment.

• Development of a handheld water quality monitoring system for ammonia, nitrate, chlorine, and fluorine by ion-selective electrodes.

Teaching Assistant/Project Monitoring, MMNE lab, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India.

• Labs Handled: Microprocessor and Interfacing lab, Internet of Things lab, Communications Lab

• Projects Guided: 10+ B. Tech Student Major Project for Dissertation

Part-Time Subject Matter Expert in Electronics Engineering at Chegg since 2020.

Publications

Journal Publication

S. A. Lahari, K. Amreen, S. K. Dubey, R. N. Ponnalagu and S. Goel, "Polymer-Functionalized Laser-Induced Graphene Electrochemical Sensor for Selective and Sensitive Detection of Fluoride Ions in Real Water Samples," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 23, no. 15, pp. 16537-16544, 1 Aug.1, 2023, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3285664.
Sreerama Amrutha Lahari, Khairunnisa Amreen, Satish Kumar Dubey, R.N. Ponnalagu, Sanket Goel, Optimized porous carbon-fiber microelectrode for multiplexed, highly reproducible and repeatable detection of heavy metals in real water samples, Environmental Research, Volume 220, 2023, 115192, ISSN 0013-9351, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.115192.
Lahari, S.A., Kumawat, N., Amreen, K. et al. IoT integrated and deep learning assisted electrochemical sensor for multiplexed heavy metal sensing in water samples. npj Clean Water 8, 10 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00441-x.
S. A. Lahari, K. Amreen, S. K. Dubey, P. R. N. and S. Goel, "Modified Ultra Micro-Carbon Electrode for Efficient Ammonia Sensing for Water Quality Assessment," in IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 301-307, April 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNB.2022.3188605.

Conference Publication

S. A. Lahari, K. Amreen, S. K. Dubey, P. Rn and S. Goel, "Au Deposited Carbon-thread Electrode for Lead ions Detection in Water Samples," 2023 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON), Bengaluru, India, 2023, pp. 1-3, doi:10.1109/APSCON56343.2023.10101283.
S. A. Lahari, K. Amreen, S. K. Dubey, P. R N and S. Goel, "Functionalized Carbon Cloth Device for pH Sensing," 2023 16th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), HYDERABAD, India, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICST59744.2023.10460802.
A. Johar, S. A. Lahari and P. RN, "Water Quality Index Prediction System Using IoT Enabled Sensor Suite and Machine Learning," 2023 16th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST), HYDERABAD, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi:10.1109/ICST59744.2023.10460817.

Patent Filed

Title: Electrochemical Sensing Platform And Method For Determining Presence Of Heavy Metals In A Fluid Sample, Patent number: 202411042814, filed on 3rd June 2024.