Adel Elmaghraby
Winnia Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Adel S. Elmaghraby, an IEEE Life Senior Member, is professor and former chairman of the Computer Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Louisville. He has also held appointments at Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has advised over 60 master's graduates and 24 doctoral graduates. His research and publications span intelligent systems, neural networks, cyber-security, visualization and simulation. The IEEE-Computer Society has recognized his work with multiple awards including a Golden Core membership.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1982
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1978
- B.S. in Computer Science, Alexandria University, 1973
Publications
In this paper we analyze an experiment for the use of low-cost gas sensors intended to detect bacteria in wounds using a non-intrusive technique. Seven different genera/species of microbes tend to be present in most wound infections. Detection of these bacteria usually requires sample and laboratory testing which is costly, inconvenient and time-consuming. The validation processes for these sensors with nineteen types of microbes (1 , 2 , 6 , 1 , 1 , 2 and 6 ) are presented here, in which four sensors were evaluated: TGS-826 used for ammonia and amines, MQ-3 used for alcohol detection, MQ-135 for CO₂ and MQ-138 for acetone detection. Validation was undertaken by studying the behavior of the sensors at different distances and gas concentrations. Preliminary results with liquid cultures of 10⁸ CFU/mL and solid cultures of 10⁸ CFU/cm of the 6 strains revealed that the four gas sensors showed a response at a height of 5 mm. The ammonia detection response of the TGS-826 to showed the highest responses for the experimental samples over the background signals, with a difference between the values of up to 60 units in the solid samples and the most consistent and constant values. This could suggest that this sensor is a good detector of , and the recording made of its values could be indicative of the detection of this species. All the species revealed similar CO₂ emission and a high response rate with acetone for , and .