Vaibhav Khurana, currently working as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is associated to the Laboratory of Printed Electronics and Sensors (LPES) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, UW-Madison with Prof. Joseph Andrews.   He finished his Doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, with specialization in developing flexible piezoelectric sensors and energy harvesters using electroactive polymers. During his PhD., Vaibhav has created highly efficient piezoelectric nanogenerators using chemically treated fluoropolymer films leading to self-polarization alignment, which are further used in developing self-powered sensors. He completed his Master of Technology degree in Materials Science and Technology in 2017 from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, during which he developed strain sensors using carbon derivatives for human motion and vibration sensing. In his current role as a PostDoc, he is investigating the triboelectric sensing mechanism in aerosol jet printed electrode against micro-textured polymers and developing blast pressure sensors through it. Also, he has developed expertise in simulation of triboelectric and capacitive sensors using COMSOL Multiphysics Module. In addition, he is working in developing pressure maps on the airfoils tested under water using interdigitated capacitors. 

Interests: Triboelectric Sensors, Wearables, Smart Devices, Piezoelectric Nanogenerators, Biosensors, Interdigitated Capacitors.

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