Dr Sreten Askraba

Senior Research Fellow

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5431  
Facsimile: (61 8)  6304 5302  
Email: s.askraba@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO8.119  

 

Background

  • 2005-current – Edith Cowan University - Research/Senior Fellow
  • 2001-2005: Australian Nuclear Science of Technology Organisation - Research Scientist - Physicist
  • 1998-2001: BOSCH (Australia/Germany) - Research & Development Engineer
  • 1997-1998: Commonwealth Research Center (CRC) - Research Scientist
  • 1993-1997: Victoria University/Melbourne – PhD course/Tutoring
  • 1991-1993: GM Holden (Melbourne) – Development Engineer (Electronics)

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • Appointed as regular reviewer for papers published in the Optics Express (Top ranked Journal in the field of Optics and Quantum Physics with Impact Factor 4.05 or A*).

Research Areas and Interests

  • Quantum Physics, Sensors, Thin Films and Solar Cells.
  • Laser spectroscopy for plant discrimination and weed detection

Staff Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Research Program Agreement: Development of Photonics Based Weed Sensor Prototypes for Weed Detection and Plant Discrimination,  Photonic Detection Systems Pty Ltd,  Grant(**),  2010,  $159,800.
  • Photonics Based Weed Sensor Prototypes for Weed detection and Plant Discrimination,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**),  2010,  $5,000.
  • Spectral reflectance characterisation of sugarcane and guinea grass for the development of MicroPhotonic Weed Sensor,  Edith Cowan University,  Grant - Industry Collaboration,  2008,  $5,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Avdesh, A., Martin-Iverson, MT., Mondal, A., Chen, M., Askraba, S., Morgan, N., Lardelli, M., Ladelli, M., Groth, DM., Verdile, G., Martins, R., (2011), Evaluation of Color Preference in Zebrafish for Learning and Memory. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 28(2), 459-469, USA, DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-110704.
  • Venkataraayan, K., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Smith, C., (2011), Multi-wavelength laser sensor for intruder detection and discrimination. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 50(2), 176-181, USA.
  • Venkataraayan, K., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Smith, C., (2011), Optical-Cavity-Based Multiwavelength Sensor for Spectral Discrimination and Object Position Detection. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 29(16), 2365-2371, USA, DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2158571.
  • Venkataraayan, K., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Smith, C., (2010), Photonic-based multi-wavelength sensor for object identification. Optics Express, 18(4), 3774-3783, United States, DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003774.
  • Alameh, K., Askraba, S., Paap, A., Rowe, J., Yannan, S., Hengzhong, Y., (2010), Novel photonic sensor engine for discrimination and detection of weeds and crops. Physics, 39(10), 705-712, China.
  • Paap, A., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Rowe, J., (2008), Photonic-based spectral reflectance sensor for ground-based plant detection and weed discrimination. Optics Express, 16(2), 1051-1055, United States, DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001051.

Conference Publications

  • Askraba, S., Paap, A., Alameh, K., Rowe, J., (2011), Design of laser multi-beam generator for plant discrimination. High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), 2011 , 26 - 29 , Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, DOI: 10.1109/HONET.2011.6149781.
  • Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Rowe, J., Song, F., Paap, A., (2011), Pnotonic Sensor for Plant Discrimination., 86, Hong Kong .
  • Venkataraayan, K., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Smith, C., (2010), Multi-wavelength laser scanning architecture for object discrimination. High-Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies (HONET), 2010, 196-199 , Piscataway, N.J., DOI: 10.1109/HONET.2010.5715772.
  • Venkataraayan, K., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Smith, C., (2010), Object discrimination using a multi-wavelength photonic sensor. Proceedings of The 1st International Cyber Resilience Conference, 97-104, Perth, Western Australia.
  • Askraba, S., Paap, A., Alameh, K., Rowe, J., (2009), Optimal design for the laser multi-beam generator used in MicroPhotonic plant discrimination sensor. 2nd Photonics and OptoElectronics Meetings (POEM), Proceeding of SPIE, 10p, USA.
  • Paap, A., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Rowe, J., (2008), Photonic-based spectral reflectance sensor for ground-based plant detection and weed discrimination. Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 7004 -- 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 70045K, DOI: 10.1117/12.786538.
  • Paap, A., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., Rowe, J., (2008), Evaluation Of An Optical Image Sensor For Use In The Microphotonic Real-Time Vegetation Discrimination System. Joint conference of the Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008., 1-2, Sydney, Australia, DOI: 10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610358.
  • Sahba, K., Askraba, S., Alameh, K., (2007), Photonics-based Spectral Reflectance Sensor for Plant Discrimination. Photonics-based Spectral Reflectance Sensor for Plant discrimination, Wec2-2, Electronic CD.