Ravinder Dahiya

About

Ravinder Dahiya is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University College of Engineering. His research focuses on flexible printed electronics, robotics (including soft robotics), electronic skin, tactile sensing, haptics, intelligent interactive systems, and wearable systems. He leads the Bendable Electronics and Sustainable Technologies Group, a multidisciplinary team working at the interface of printed electronics, material science, sensors, applied physics, robotics, and interactive systems. His work spans from the synthesis of nanostructures to the integration of electronic systems on large-area, flexible, and non-conventional substrates, with an emphasis on resource-efficient manufacturing and addressing global challenges such as electronic waste. Dahiya has made significant contributions to the development of technologies that promote societal benefit through sustainable electronics and innovative sensing systems.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Materials science
• Nanotechnology
• Composite material
• Engineering
• Chemical engineering
• Systems engineering
• Risk analysis (engineering)
• Business
• Chemistry

Selected publications

• Fully degradable, transparent, and flexible photodetectors using ZnO nanowires and PEDOT:PSS based nanofibres

  npj Flexible Electronics · 2025-03-10 · 30 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract Transparent light detection devices are attractive for emerging see-through applications such as augmented reality, smart windows and optical communications using light fidelity (Li-Fi). Herein, we present flexible and transparent photodetectors (PDs) using conductive poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS): Ag nanowires (NWs) based nanofibres and zinc oxide (ZnO) NWs on a transparent and degradable cellulose acetate (CA) substrate. The electrospun (PEDOT:PSS…

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• Transparent and Transient Flexible Electronics

  Advanced Science · 2025-06-20 · 17 citations

  reviewOpen accessSenior author

  Transparent electronics has gained tremendous attention in recent years because of the growing demand for see-through devices in applications such as displays, windscreens, and wearables. These applications require transparent electronics in a large area and flexible form factors along with performances at par with conventional electronics. Additionally, the controlled transience and degradability of electronics are desired to reduce the end-of-life challenges. Attaining these attributes simulta…

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• End-of-Life usefulness of degradation by products from transient electronics

  npj Flexible Electronics · 2025-05-07 · 8 citations

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract Transient electronics, comprising of degradable devices that disintegrate and disappear after their operational life, has received considerable interest in recent years because of the concerns related to the rapidly growing electronic waste (e-waste). However, the degradability or biodegradability of electronic devices alone is insufficient to ascertain environmental safety. The evaluation of the nature of degradation by-products is also essential to assess the environmental impact of a…

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• Semiconductor manufacturing wastewater challenges and the potential solutions via printed electronics

  iScience · 2025-09-17 · 7 citations

  reviewOpen accessSenior author

  The rapid expansion of the semiconductor industry has not only accelerated global digital transformation but also brought serious environmental concerns, particularly through the discharge of hazardous, toxic, and persistent wastewater. Traditional semiconductor manufacturing is highly water and energy intensive, relying on critical and often toxic materials-many with proprietary or unknown chemical compositions. This review outlines the environmental impact of semiconductor wastewater, highligh…

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• A roadmap for AI in robotics

  Nature Machine Intelligence · 2025-06-19 · 7 citations

  articleOpen access
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01CA064872

  NIH · $2.0M · 2002

• Role of genetic biomarkers in clinical assessment of prostate cancer

  NIH · 2012–2016

• Regulation of c-Myc/HIF pathway in the management of kidney cancer

  NIH · 2011–2020

Frequent coauthors

• Krikor Ozanyan

  University of Manchester

  1394 shared

• Fabrice Labeau

  1346 shared

• Chonggang Wang

  InterDigital (United States)

  1344 shared

• Anil Roy

  Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

  1344 shared

• Andrei Past

  University of Glasgow

  768 shared

• Andrei Past

  The University of Texas at Arlington

  576 shared

• Leandro Lorenzelli

  Fondazione Bruno Kessler

  97 shared

• Deepak Uttamchandani

  Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

  68 shared

Labs

• Bendable Electronics and Sustainable Technologies GroupPI

Awards & honors

• Fellow, IEEE
• Fellow, The Royal Society of Edinburgh
• Life Member, Marie Curie Fellows Association
• Fellow, The Institution of Engineers in Scotland
• Microelectronic Engineering Young Investigator Award (2016)

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