Mohamed Yacin
University of Majmaah, Medical-Equipment-Technology, Faculty Member
- Dr Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar had completed Bachelor's in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj U... moreDr Mohamed Yacin Sikkandar had completed Bachelor's in Instrumentation and Control Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University (1998), graduated Master's and PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in the year 2003 and 2011 respectively. He has 20 years of professional experience in teaching and research.
He started his career in 1998 as Lecturer in the Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering at Sethu Institute of Technology (SIT), Madurai and worked there till December 2006. He was heading the department from 2004 during when he faced the National Board of Accreditation (NBA, New Delhi) committee and got the department accredited first time. He also served as Deputy Warden of Boys Hostel at Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, Madurai from August 1998 to December 2006. After this, he carried out full time PhD research at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) from Jan 2007 to March 2011. Then he joined Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai as Professor and Head of Biomedical Engineering Department and worked there from April 2011 to April 2016. He faced the National Board of Accreditation (NBA, New Delhi) committee and got the department accredited first time. He transformed the department to the level of Research Center approved by Anna University, Chennai during 2015. For a short span of time 2014-2015, he was given the additional responsibility of Secretary for Research and Consultancy Advisory Board (RCAB) at Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai. He acted as a member of Board of Studies for the Department of Biomedical Engineering at SRM Univerity, Chennai and Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur.
Presently, he is working as a faculty of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Medical Equipment Technology, CAMS, Majmaah University, Saudi Arabia. He is a member of Curriculum Development Committee for both Bachelor and Master program in Biomedical Engineering at Majmaah University. He is a member of professional bodies such as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Institution of Engineers (India) (IE (India)) and Indian Society for Applied Mechanics (ISAM). His research interests are developing computerized signal and image analysis and feature extraction tools to facilitate synergistic and correlative analysis of human pathological conditions for early diagnosis. He is a Chartered Engineer (India). He is a certified BLS Provider by Saudi Heart Association. He is familiar with many accreditation processes such as NBA, New Delhi, NCAAA, Saudi Arabia and ABET, USA.
In his credit, he has fifteen journal publications and fourteen international conference publications. He has presented research works in IASTED Conference BioMed 2010 held at Innsbruck, Austria and BMES Annual Meeting 2015 held at Tampa, Florida, USA. His travel was supported by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, Govt. of India), IITMAA, IIT Madras and University Grants Commission (UGC). He delivered many plenary talks, invited lectures in faculty development programmes, workshops and conferences on Biosignal Processing Concepts and Medical Infrared Imaging to students and faculty members of various engineering colleges and Universities in India and abroad. He is a progressing academician, researcher and administrator.edit
This paper proposes an effective portable cough monitoring system for early screening and treatment of pulmonary diseases at a very early stage. Cough acts as a protective and defensive act for the removal of mucus and infections from the... more
This paper proposes an effective portable cough monitoring system for early screening and treatment of pulmonary diseases at a very early stage. Cough acts as a protective and defensive act for the removal of mucus and infections from the bronchi. The effect of continuous cough may be harmful to the patient by interfering with breathing, social activities and sleep, muscle ache, insomnia and fatigue. According to the world statistics, more than 3 million people died of COPD in 2012, which is equal to 6% of all deaths globally a year. More than 90% of COPD deaths occur in low and middle income countries. On the basis of worldwide survey we find that majority of people are suffering from pulmonary diseases. In rural areas people find it difficult to monitor cough related diseases due to complexity of equipments and their cost of diagnosis. An affordable cough monitoring system is developed for recording the cough sounds and vibrational activities produced, by using sensors placed on t...
In this paper, we present the design and analysis of the proof mass for capacitive based MEMS accelerometers. A study was done to determine the parameters (length of hinge and number of combs) to be optimized for the MEMS accelerometer... more
In this paper, we present the design and analysis of the proof mass for capacitive based MEMS accelerometers. A study was done to determine the parameters (length of hinge and number of combs) to be optimized for the MEMS accelerometer design. The proposed design can measure the acceleration in [Formula: see text]-, [Formula: see text]- and [Formula: see text]-axes. The design features a proof mass with interdigitated fingers along each side. These interdigitated fingers act as parallel plate capacitors. Due to acceleration, capacitance changes along the comb drive. This change in capacitance can be used to monitor the acceleration. Analysis has been carried out with different comb width designs. Using the MEMS CAD tool CoventorWare, the structure has been designed, simulated and analyzed. The process flow for the fabrication has also been proposed for the above structure. Comparative study with several designs has been made and the efficient design parameters to be considered while...
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Research Interests: Psychology, Assessment, Structural Equation Modeling, Medicine, Insomnia, and 13 moreScreening, Factor analysis, Confirmatory factor analysis, Sleep disorders, Reliability, Sleep, Validity, Clinical Sciences, Rating Scale, Akaike Information Criterion, Sensitivity and Specificity, Neurosciences, and Bayesian Information Criterion
Monitoring the fetal growth and diagnosing any possible abnormality plays a vital role in ensuring the healthy growth of a fetus. Certain health issues like Hyperthermia, Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) and Intrauterine Growth... more
Monitoring the fetal growth and diagnosing any possible abnormality plays a vital role in ensuring the healthy growth of a fetus. Certain health issues like Hyperthermia, Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM) and Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) has to be diagnosed early. A pilot study comprising of 27 pregnant and 2 non-pregnant subjects was conducted to check the effectiveness of Thermal imaging in predicting the fetal growth. The heat dissipated by the fetus to the maternal abdominal wall is acquired as a surface thermal distribution. These images were processed qualitatively and quantitatively for better understanding. There was a consistent higher thermal pattern for pregnant women. A more pronounced temperature pattern is notable in the umbilical region that correlates with gestation age. However, as thermal pattern varies with age, gestation period and BMI, it is advisable to track the same person and compare the images for better assessment. This pilot study justifies ...
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Understanding the hemodynamic interactions of a non-cardiac system with the main circulatory system is a challenging task in modern medicine. In this study the effect of gastric myoelectric activity (GMA) on peripheral blood volume pulse,... more
Understanding the hemodynamic interactions of a non-cardiac system with the main circulatory system is a challenging task in modern medicine. In this study the effect of gastric myoelectric activity (GMA) on peripheral blood volume pulse, acquired by photoplethysmographic (PPG) technique during fasting and postprandial states are analyzed using wavelets. PPG and Electrogastrogram (EGG) signals were acquired simultaneously from 8 healthy
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This paper is an experimental study to examine the possibility of extracting gastric myoelectric activity (GMA) from photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals. Diagnosing GMA is a clinically challenging task because of its invasive/cumbersome... more
This paper is an experimental study to examine the possibility of extracting gastric myoelectric activity (GMA) from photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals. Diagnosing GMA is a clinically challenging task because of its invasive/cumbersome methods. It is known that the PPG consists of information related to heart rate, respiratory rate and phenomena. Here we take this thread further and see whether GMA can
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Abstract In this article we investigate the presence of gastric motility (GM) oscillation in the lower frequency range of photoplethysmography (PPG) signal. The objective of this article is to analyze the lower frequency oscillations of... more
Abstract In this article we investigate the presence of gastric motility (GM) oscillation in the lower frequency range of photoplethysmography (PPG) signal. The objective of this article is to analyze the lower frequency oscillations of PPG signal using the novel autoregressive ( ...
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Research Interests: Biomedical Engineering, Cross Correlation, Humans, Wavelet Transform, Male, and 13 moreYoung Adult, Radial Basis Function Neural Network, Adult, Discrete wavelet transform, Fingers, Stomach, Healthy Subjects, Electrical And Electronic Engineering, Clinical Application, Gastric Emptying, Time Series Model, Photoplethysmography, and Biological & Medical Sciences
Aim of this paper is to study the effect of Gastric Myoelectric Activity (GMA) in finger PPG signal. To this end, Pulse Rate Variability (PRV) analysis in combination with Poincare plots was selected. In PRV, the power of High Frequency... more
Aim of this paper is to study the effect of Gastric Myoelectric Activity (GMA) in finger PPG signal. To this end, Pulse Rate Variability (PRV) analysis in combination with Poincare plots was selected. In PRV, the power of High Frequency (HF) component significantly changes ...