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Rama University’s B.Tech Biotechnology final year students have designed a Food Gas based sensor that can detect the presence of compounds and gases that are formed due to spoilage of food by Bacteria, Viruses, Fungi or Parasites.

Designing a Gas based sensor for food analysis will help in the detection of different causative agents of food spoilage, and their metabolism too. Having knowledge about the metabolism of these agents will help us to take more precautions and to be more careful regarding the preservation of foodstuffs.
 

This Gas based sensor is based on the principle of signal transduction where the physical sensors will interact with a specific analyte (i.e. Gases released from contaminated food). The transducer will then measure the interaction and generate output signal. This signal output will be proportional to concentration of analyte. Finally, the signal will be amplified and processed by electronic system to give the desired results.
 

The project can serve as a significant step towards the food industry and can be applied in other related industries as well. 

The students who’ve worked on this project include Vikesh Sharma, Pratiksha Singh, Srijita Acharya, Anjali Verma, Shivani Srivastava, and Suraj Sharma. They have worked under the able guidance of Dr. Hari Om Sharan- Dean-FET and Mr. Samir Mishra- Assistant Director- R&D