Shekhar Bhansali

Shekhar Bhansali
Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University (2025 - Present)

Division Director of National Science Foundation EECS Program (2019 - 2020)

Alcatel-Lucent Professor and Distinguished University Professor in the Florida International University Florida International University (2011-2025)

Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Florida International University (2011-2020)
Personal details
Born
India
Alma mater

Shekhar Bhansali Shekhar Bhansali, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Vanderbilt University[1]. Prior to this he was division director in Electrical, Communication and Cyber Systems (ECCS) at the National Science Foundation. He also serves as an Alcatel-Lucent Professor and Distinguished University Professor in the Florida International University (FIU) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[2] Bhansali’s main research interests are in nanotechnology, biosensors, and microfluidics. He holds 40 patents,[3] has published over 300 publications, and has advised more than 40 Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows in research.[2][4] He was elevated to a Fellow of the IEEE in 2023.

Education

Bhansali received his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in metallurgical engineering at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.[4] He then received his Master of Technology (M.Tech) from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Ph.D. in electrical engineering at RMIT University Australia.[2]

Career

Shekhar Bhansali began his career in 1995 as a lecturer in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. He came to the United States in 1988 and joined CMSM, ECECS Department, University of Cincinnati as a research faculty.[4] In 2000, he joined University of South Florida and led a number of inter-connected interdisciplinary graduate student research and training programs, including NSF-IGERT, NSF’s Bridge to the Doctorate and Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Fellowship Programs to increase diversity, retention and graduation rates.[5]

Awards

  • Top Scholar Award from FIU in 2014[5]
  • William R. Jones Outstanding Mentor Award in 2011 and 2009[5]
  • Mentor of the Year Award from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2009[5]
  • Outstanding Mentor Award from the McKnight Foundation in 2004[5]
  • NSF Career Award in 2003[5]
  • In 2018, Bhansali has named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Inventors.
  • Elevated to IEEE Fellow in 2023 "for contributions to portable real-time sensing devices for continuous monitoring".[6]

Books

  • Mems for Biomedical Applications[7]
  • Chemical Sensors 7 -and- MEMS/NEMS 7[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Biography". School of Engineering. Retrieved 2026-08-05.
  2. 1 2 3 "Shekhar Bhansali | NSF - National Science Foundation". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  3. ↑ "Google Patents". patents.google.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  4. 1 2 3 "Curriculum Vitae of Shekhar Bhansali" (PDF). Florida International University.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dr. Shekhar Bhansali". Bio-Mems & Microsystems. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  6. ↑ "2023 NEWLY ELEVATED FELLOWS" (PDF). IEEE.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2022.
  7. ↑ Bhansali, Shekhar; Vasudev, Abhay (18 July 2012). Mems for Biomedical Applications - 1st Edition. Elsevier Science. ISBN 978-0-85709-129-1. Retrieved 2020-12-10. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Hesketh, Peter J. (2006). Chemical Sensors 7 -and- MEMS/NEMS 7. The Electrochemical Society. ISBN 978-1-56677-510-6.
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