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Research Activities and Projects

Research Activities and Projects

The research activities at the Centre currently focus on Optical Remote Sensing for Environmental and Agriculture purposes and Applied Spectroscopy for studies relevant to Agriculture, Industry and Medicine.

Some of the equipment available for research at the Centre includes the following:

  • Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy (DOAS) system
  • Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) system
  • Optical Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometer (ESPI)
  • Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer system
  • Multispectral Imaging System and Horizontal microscope
  • Fluorosensor

In the past the Centre had undertaken projects such as:

  • Study of Air Quality using DOAS
  • QCL for Pollution Measurements
  • Use of Optical Technique for Sensing and Analysis of Gases
  • Use of Mach-Zehnder Interferometry for Material Characterization
  • Use of FTIR for Optical Characterization of Anti-malaria Herbal Medicines
  • Multispectral Imaging Spectroscopy and Digital Imaging Processing for Biological Analysis (red-blood cells with malaria antigens, Sickle Cells, Diabetic Tissues)
  • Multispectral Imaging Spectroscopy and Digital Imaging Processing to Discriminate Cataractous Lenses from healthy ones
  • Investigating UV transparency of eye- and window-glasses
  • Use of Non-invasive Optical Techniques to Determine the Sexes of Nutmeg plant
  • Use of Non-invasive Optical Techniques to Determine Extent of Cassava Mosaic Infection
  • On Water purification using Nano-Particles