Dr. Lokesh DHAKAR

 

Lokesh Dhakar received his B.Eng. (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India in 2010. He received his PhD and MBA from National University of Singapore in 2016. His PhD research focused on developing energy harvesting solutions and self-powered sensors. He is currently working on building a start-up.

 

 

Awards:

Springer theses award 2016 for his PhD dissertation titled "Triboelectric Devices for Power Generation and Self-powered Sensing Applications"

Outstanding oral paper award finalist for IEEE MEMS 2015

Journals/Letters:

  1. Lokesh Dhakar, Sudeep Gudla, Xuechuan Shan, Zhiping Wang, Francis Eng Hock Tay, Chun-Huat Heng and Chengkuo Lee, Large scale triboelectric nanogenerator and self-powered pressure sensor array using low cost roll-to-roll UV embossing, Scientific Reports, vol. 6, 22253, 2016.
  2. Lokesh Dhakar, Prakash Pitchappa, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, An intelligent skin based self-powered finger motion sensor integrated with triboelectric nanogenerator, Nano Energy, vol.19, pp. 532-540, Jan., 2016.
  3. Prakash Pitchappa, Chong Pei Ho, You Qian, Lokesh Dhakar, Navab Singh and Chengkuo Lee, Microelectromechanically tunable multiband metamaterial with preserved isotropy, Scientific Reports, vol. 5, no. 11678, pp. 1-10, 2015.
  4. Prakash Pitchappa, Chong Pei Ho, Lokesh Dhakar, and Chengkuo Lee, Microelectromechanically reconfigurable interpixelated metamaterial for independent tuning of multiple resonances at terahertz spectral region, Optica, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 571-578, 2015.
  5. Prakash Pitchappa, Chong Pei Ho, You Qian, Lokesh Dhakar, Navab Singh and Chengkuo Lee, Microelectromechanically tunable multiband metamaterial with preserved isotropy, Scientific Reports, vol. 5, no. 11678, pp. 1-10, 2015.
  6. Prakash Pitchappa, Chong Pei Ho, Lokesh Dhakar, You Qian, Navab Singh and Chengkuo Lee, Periodic array of subwavelength MEMS cantilevers for dynamic manipulation of terahertz waves, IEEE J. Microelectromech. Syst., vol. 24, no.3, pp. 525-527, 2015.
  7. Lokesh Dhakar, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, Development of a Broadband Triboelectric Energy Harvester With SU-8 Micropillars, IEEE J. Microelectromech. Syst., vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 91, 2015.
  8. Lokesh Dhakar, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, Investigation of contact electrification based broadband energy harvesting mechanism using elastic PDMS microstructures, J. Micromech. Microeng., vol. 24, no. 10, 104002, 2014.
  9. Lokesh Dhakar, Huicong Liu, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, A new energy harvester design for high power output at low frequencies, Sens. Actuators A: Phys., vol. 199, pp. 344-352, 2013.

 

Conferences:

  1. Lokesh Dhakar, Xuechuan Shan, Zhiping Wang, Bin Yang, Francis Eng Hock Tay, Chun-Huat Heng, Chengkuo Lee Scalable fabrication of triboelectric nanogenerators for commercial applications, The 15th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (Power MEMS 2015), Cambridge, USA, Dec. 1-4, 2015.
  2. Prakash Pitchappa, Lokesh Dhakar, Chong Pei Ho, You Qian, Tao Wang andChengkuo Lee, Subwavelength MEMS cantilever array for dynamic manipulation of terahertz waves, The 10th IEEE Intern. Conf. on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (IEEE NEMS 2015), Xi'an, China, Apr. 7-11, 2015.
  3. Lokesh Dhakar, F.E.H. Tay, and Chengkuo Lee, Skin Based Flexible Triboelectric Nanogenerators With Motion Sensing Capability, The 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (IEEE MEMS 2015), Estoril, Portugal, Jan. 18-22, 2015.
  4. Lokesh Dhakar, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, Effect of micro-pattern size on triboelectric energy harvester performance, Intern. Conf. on BioElectronics, BioSensor, BioMedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications 2014 (Bio4Apps 2014), Shanghai, China, Nov. 17-19, 2014.
  5. Lokesh Dhakar, Francis Eng Hock Tay and Chengkuo Lee, Contact Electrification Based Energy Harvester Using PDMS Micropads, The 6th International Symposium on Microchemistry and Microsystems (ISMM 2014), pp. 15-16 Singapore, Jul. 29 Aug. 1, 2014.
  6. Lokesh Dhakar, Huicong Liu, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, A wideband triboelectric energy harvester, The 13th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (Power MEMS 2013), Fr1A.3, pp. 617-620, London, UK, Dec. 3-6, 2013.
  7. Huicong Liu, Lokesh Dhakar, and Chengkuo Lee, Ultra-broadband electromagnetic MEMS vibration energy harvesting, The 13th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (Power MEMS 2013), We4L.29, pp. 231-234, London, UK, Dec. 3-6, 2013.
  8. Lokesh Dhakar, Huicong Liu, F. E. H. Tay, and Chengkuo Lee, Low-Frequency Vibration-Based Energy Harvester Using a Piezoelectric Composite, The 18th Annual IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS 2013), Suzhou, China, 2C2-5, Apr. 7-10, 2013.
  9. Huicong Liu, Lokesh Dhakar, and Chengkuo Lee, Multi-frequency MEMS-based electromagnetic energy harvester,The 12th International Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (Power MEMS 2012), 01A-4, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Dec. 2-5, 2012.
  10. Lokesh Dhakar, Huicong Liu, F. E. H. Tay and Chengkuo Lee, Low-frequency vibration-based energy harvester using a piezoelectric composite beam, Intern. Conf. on BioElectronics, BioSensor, BioMedical Devices, BioMEMS/NEMS and Applications 2012 (Bio4Apps 2012), PP-12, CeLS, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Nov. 19-20, 2012.