Dr. Vijay Vaidyanathan, Associate Professor Electrical Engineering Technology Faculty vvaidyan@unt.edu

Areas of Research:

• Biomedical Optics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Electronics Instrumentation 

Education :

• Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1998
• M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1991
• B.Sc., Electronics Instrumentation, University of Bombay, India, 1988
• B.Sc., Physics, University of Bombay, India, 1985

Selected Publications:

Vaidyanathan, V., Wiggs, R., Stohl, J. & Baxi, M. (2006, JUN). ALA-induced Fluorescence in the Canine Oral Cavity - Sspontaneous Animal Model. Phtomedicine and Laser Surgery, 24(3), 383-88.
Vaidyanathan, V. Hobson, A, Kamego, S., McKean, J. & van Allen, R (2005, JUL/AUG). Design of an Ethernet-based Home Security System. Computers in Education Journal, XV(3).
Vaidyanathan, V. & Fossum, T. (2004). A comparison of ALA-induced fluorescence from normal and inflamed gingiva in the canine model, SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 9 (5), pp. 934-939.
Vaidyanathan, V., Rastegar, S., Fossum, T. W., Flores, P., van der Breggen, E. W., Egger, N. G., Jacques, S. L. & Motamedi, M. (2000) A study of aminolevulinic acid-induced-protoporphyrin IX fluorescence kinetics in the canine oral cavity.  Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, Issue 26(3), pp. 405-414.
Vijay Vaidyanathan, Edward Chaney, Lee Self and Lonnie Langle: RFID based vehicle entry system with biometrics. Computers in Education Journal, Divsion of ASEE, Vol. XVIII, No.1, 52-63, January 2008.
Sunil Putta, Vijay Vaidyanathan and Jaycee Chung: Development and Testing of a Nodal Resistance Measurement (NRM) System for Composite Structures, Elsevier, Measurement 41, 763-773, 2008.

Faculty Activities:

• More than 12 years teaching experience and 4.5 years industrial experience
• More than $300K in funding from federal and industry sources
• 22 publications in refereed journals and refereed conference proceedings
• Faculty advisor for IEEE UNT student chapter
• Associate Editor of International Journal of Modern Engineering
• Division Chair for Engineering Technology - 2 conferences
• Review Panelist National Science Foundation (NSF); U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF)