Owais Ali

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

NEBOSH certified Mechanical Engineer with 3 years of experience as a technical writer and editor. Owais is interested in occupational health and safety, computer hardware, industrial and mobile robotics. During his academic career, Owais worked on several research projects regarding mobile robots, notably the Autonomous Fire Fighting Mobile Robot.

The designed mobile robot could navigate, detect and extinguish fire autonomously. Arduino Uno was used as the microcontroller to control the flame sensors' input and output of the flame extinguisher. Apart from his professional life, Owais is an avid book reader and a huge computer technology enthusiast and likes to keep himself updated regarding developments in the computer industry.

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Articles from Owais

Image Fusion Technique Improves Image Processing and Damage Threshold of Dark-Field Microscopy

A pre-proof study from Optics Communications introduces a microscopic image fusion technique to improve the signal-to-noise ratio, the dynamic range, and the root-mean-square contrast of dark-field confocal microscopy imaging. This method generates high-quality images with uniform brightness and improves the damage threshold of optical systems.

8 Sep 2022

Study Introduces Portable Non-Invasive Technique to Assess Thermal Characteristics of Flammable Gases

In a study published in the journal Sensors, a portable H2O-based tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) system was designed and applied to assess high temperature and velocity gas flows. This research offers a new valuable method for analyzing thermal hazards in various environments.

7 Sep 2022

Researchers Introduce Environment-Friendly 3D Optical Measurement Technology

In a study published in Materials, a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly three-dimensional optical measurement technology for metallic components with different surface characteristics is proposed. The technology enables accurate three-dimensional optical measurements of materials with different surface properties and without matte coatings.

6 Sep 2022

Study Examines Surface Plasmon Resonance and Lossy Mode Resonance in Indium-Tin Oxide-Based Optical Fiber Sensors

A study published in Biosensors investigates surface plasmon resonance and lossy mode resonance in the bi-layer and tri-layer fiber optic sensing probes in the Kretschmann excitation configuration. This research will aid in understanding the underlying physics and development of biochemical sensors with a broader spectrum range.

6 Sep 2022

Dual CCD Laser System with Improved Aerosol Extinction Coefficient Profiles

In a pre-proof study from the journal Results in Physics, researchers have developed a dual charge-coupled device laser system to detect the atmospheric aerosol and evaluate the errors of the Mie Scattering Light Detection and Ranging (Mie-LiDAR) system in the transition zone. The proposed system quantified the LiDAR signal uncertainty and generated improved aerosol extinction coefficient profiles.

2 Sep 2022

Reappraisal of the Optical Textures of Columnar Phases and a Rationale for the Striated Texture

A study published in Crystals has reappraised Norman Hartshorne's optical textures from The Microscopy of Liquid Crystals. It proposed that the unique striated pattern of columnar textures is due to the molecular columns producing twisted ropes inside the domains.

31 Aug 2022

Asymmetric Frequency Stabilization Method for a Laser Gyroscope's Self-Biasing State

In a paper published in the journal Sensors, researchers investigated an asymmetric frequency stabilization method to stabilize a laser gyroscope's self-biasing state.

26 Aug 2022

Introducing a Novel Absorbing Aerosol Index Retrieval Algorithm

In a study published in Remote Sensing, researchers introduced a novel absorbing aerosol index (AAI) retrieval algorithm based on an environmental trace gases monitoring instrument (EMI). EMI AAI algorithm could efficiently detect large aerosol events to reconstruct the spatial variability of ultraviolet-absorbing aerosols.

26 Aug 2022

Velocity Measurements in Highly Aerated Flow Using a BIV Technique

A study published in Water estimated the velocity field in highly aerated flow over a stepped spillway without sidewall constrain using the Bubble Image Velocimetry (BIV) method.

24 Aug 2022

Novel Method to Determine the Optimal Canopy Shape for Shadow Fraction Estimation

A study published in Remote Sensing has designed a reflectance simulator to determine the optimal canopy shape for calculating the shadow fraction based on the reflectance measured by satellite sensors.

23 Aug 2022

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