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

Engineering Light Wavefront of a Solid-State Source via Single-Surface Optics

In a study published in Horticulturae, researchers proposed a method to engineer a solid-state source's light wavefront using freeform single-surface optics, resulting in a uniform light dispersion across the plant. This research contributes to the ongoing paradigm shift toward using LEDs as a viable lighting solution in the horticulture industry.

10 Nov 2022

The Future of Freeform Wide Field-of-View Spaceborne Imaging

In a study published in Sensors, researchers proposed a spaceborne imaging telescope design that uses freeform optics.

2 Nov 2022

Improving Fingerprint Data with Optical Coherence Tomography

A study published in Sensors has proposed a method involving a digital signal processing chain and optical coherence tomography to accurately and rapidly identify fingerprint data.

2 Nov 2022

Tackling the Challenges of Ice Phenology in Optical Satellite Data

In a study published in Water, researchers proposed a new algorithm for monitoring ice phenology in lake wetlands using optical satellite (Landsat and Sentinel-2) imaging and optical sensor (MODIS) datasets.

27 Oct 2022

Effect of Energy Flow on Waveguide Losses in Solid-Core Micro-Structured Optical Fibers

A study published in Photonics offers a new perspective on the localization of light in the core of solid-core micro-structured optical fibers, the effect of orbital and spin parts of the Poynting vector (energy flow), and singularities arising in it.

25 Oct 2022

New Microscopic Method Helps Study Aero-Optical Effects of Hypersonic Vehicles

A study published in Aerospace proposed a method for investigating aero-optical effects in hypersonic vehicles based on the interaction between gas molecules and photons. This method can explain energy dissipation and the optical distortion induced by aero-optical effects at the microscopic level.

24 Oct 2022

Satellite Radar Technology Used to Help Monitor Forest Species

In a study published in Remote Sensing, researchers used polarimetric decomposition techniques on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite remote sensing data to support the management and planning activities of poplar plantations in Italy.

19 Oct 2022

Researchers Make Steps to Improve the Micro-Optic Gyroscope

In a study published in Electronics, researchers designed and optimized a resonant micro-optic gyroscope based on a transmissive silica waveguide ring resonator.

19 Oct 2022

Enhancing Subway Wheel Frictional Properties Using Laser-Cladding Technology

A study published in Coatings used laser-cladding technology to enhance the sliding frictional properties of subway wheels with metallic alloy deposition. It analyzes the tribological properties of nickel- and iron-based alloy powders applied to subway wheel coatings.

18 Oct 2022

Metalens-Based Optical Microsensors: A New Revolution in Engineering Optics

In a study published in Sensors, researchers experimentally, numerically, and theoretically investigated an optical microsensor based on high-aperture metalens in an amorphous silicon film.

18 Oct 2022