Dr Om Prakash Singh
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Dr Om Prakash Singh

Lecturer in Digital Health

School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)

Biography

Biography

Dr. Om Singh, a Lecturer in Digital Health at the Centre for Health Technology, University of Plymouth, brings six years of teaching expertise from both national and international academic institutes. His dynamic career journey began as a postdoctoral Research Associate in medical device engineering at the Bradley Group, University of Edinburgh, from late 2019 to 2020. In 2021, he transitioned to a researcher role at the Life Science Interface Research group, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland, contributing until 2023. Dr. Singh's impactful research includes filing one intellectual property (IP), securing two copyrights, and receiving recognition with two gold awards and one merit award for his exceptional contributions to the field.

Qualifications

2015- 2019: PhD in Biomedical Engineering, University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia.
2007-2009: M.Tech. in Biomedical Engineering, SRM University, Chennai, India.
2005-2007:M.Sc. in Physics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India.
2002-2005:B.Sc. in Science, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India.
Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

Digital Signal Processing
Modeling of Physiological Systems
Bio-signal Processing
Signals and Systems
Signal Processing in Wearable Devices
Sensor and System Integration 
Physiology Control System
Research

Research

Research interests

Dr. Om Singh is a pioneer in multidisciplinary research, blending innovative design methodologies, cutting-edge manufacturing techniques, and advanced materials. His focus is on developing intelligent wearable sensors for early diagnosis, management, and prediction of cardio-respiratory diseases. Collaborating closely with clinicians, he engages in transformative projects that address real-world and clinical problems, emphasizing values-based research. Dr. Singh's work spans sensor technology, frugal electronics, materials science, artificial intelligence, and biology. This comprehensive approach involves meticulous material and device characterization, testing, and evaluation, along with the creative synthesis, prototyping, and characterization of sensors and wearable devices. His vision extends to seamlessly integrating these innovations into digital platforms, making a significant impact on healthcare technology and industry-focused problem-solving.

Other research

We are currently inviting self-funded students interested in pursuing a PhD or Masters degree in various research areas. Applications are open to students with scholarships or those intending to self-fund their studies. The research areas include but are not limited to:
  • Design and fabrication of sensors for monitoring, diagnostic, and therapeutic application
  • Multi-Modal Sensor Systems for Comprehensive Assessment of Cardiopulmonary Diseases
  • Co-designing wearables devices in residential care for older people
  • Wearable Device: A Support System for Enhancing Nursing Care
  • System-on-chip intelligent wearable device for stroke, cardiovascular disorders 
  • Innovative Smart Bandage System: Continuous Monitoring and Early Prediction of Chronic and Acute Wounds

Please note that this list is not exhaustive. For further information or to discuss research options, please feel free to contact Dr. Om Prakash Singh, at Dr Om Prakash Singh.
We are actively seeking individual researchers to join our team, with opportunities for funding from various sources, including:
If you are thinking about joining us, need help with funding applications, or want to collaborate, please reach out. You can send your CV, research papers, and a summary of your goals when you get in touch.
Publications

Publications

Journals
1. Om Prakash Singh, Yuan Hu, Frank Stam Andrea Bocchino, Theo Guillerm, Conor O'Mahony,” Flexible, Conductive Fabric‐Backed, Microneedle Electrodes for Electrophysiological Monitoring. Advanced Materials Technologies. 2023 Dec 9:2301606.
2. El-Badawy, Ismail M., Zaid Omar, and Om Prakash Singh, "An effective machine learning approach for classifying artefact-free and distorted capnogram segments using simple time-domain features." IEEE Access (2022). Web of Science (IF – 3.367).
3. Om Prakash Singh, Marta Vallejo, Ismail M. El-Badawy, Ali Aysha, Jagannathan Madhanagopal, and Ahmad Athif Mohd Faudzi "Classification of SARS-CoV-2 and non-SARS-CoV-2 using machine learning algorithms." Computers in biology and medicine 136 (2021): 104650. Web of Science (IF – 4.589, Q1).
4. Om Prakash Singh, Ismail M. El-Badawy, and M. B. Malarvili. "Design and validation of a handheld capnography device for cardiopulmonary assessment based on the Arduino platform." Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences 14.6 (2021): 2150015. Web of Science (IF – 1.77).
5. Chia, Kau Pui, Ooi Ke Li, Teh Shyong Yuong, Om Prakash Singh, Ahmad Athif Bin Mohd Faudzi, Sundaram Sornambikai, and Jagannathan Madhanagopal. "New real-time force monitoring device with enhanced accuracy for evaluation of applied force during the joint mobilization technique." Technology and Health Care Preprint (2021): 1-8. Web of Science (IF – 1.285).
6. Ismail M. El-Badawy, Om Prakash Singh, and Z Omar,” Automatic classification of regular and irregular capnogram segments using time-and frequency-domain features: A machine learning-based approach”, Technology and Health Care, Preprint (2020): 1-14., Web of Science, (IF-0.806, Q4).
7. Om Prakash Singh, Teo Aik Howe, MB Malarvili, “Real time human respiration carbon dioxide measurement device for cardiorespiratory assessment”, Journal of Breath Research, Volume 12, 2018-Issue 2. Web of Science (IF – 4.318, Q1).
8. Om Prakash Singh, Ramaswamy Palaniappan and MB Malarvili, “Automatic Quantitative Analysis of Human Respired Carbon Dioxide Waveform for Asthma and Non-Asthma Classification Using Support Vector Machine”, IEEE Access, Vol. 6 (2018). Web of Science (IF – 3.577, Q1).
9. Om Prakash Singh, Ismail Bin Ahmed, MB Malarvili, ” Assessment of Newly Developed Real-Time Human Respiration Carbon Dioxide Measurement Device for Management of Asthma outside of hospital”, Technology and Health Care, Vol. 26, No.5, Web of Science (IF-0.724, Q4).
10.Om Prakash Singh, Ismail M. El-Badawy, M.B. Malarvili, “Development of handheld capnography device using open-source electronic platform Arduino for cardiopulmonary evaluation”, IETE Journal of Research, Under Review, Web of Science (IF – 0.818, Q4).
11. Om Prakash Singh, M.B. Malarvili, “Review of Infrared Carbon-Dioxide Sensor and capnogram features for Developing an Asthma-Monitoring Device”, in Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, Volume 12, Issue 10, pp. OE01-OE06, Scopus & Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science).
12. Om Prakash Singh, Dawit Mekonnen, and M.B. Malarvili “Labview Based ECG Patient Monitoring System for Cardiovascular Patient Using SMTP Technology”, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, Journal of Medical Engineering, Volume 2015, Article ID 701520,9 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/701520.(Pubmed)
13. Norjihada Izzah Ismail, Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir, Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood, Om Prakash Singh, Nida Iqbal & Razauden Mohamed Zulkifli, “Apini and Meliponini foraging activities influence the phenolic content of different types of Malaysian honey”, Journal of Apicultural Research, Volume 55, 2016 - Issue 2. Web of Science (IF – 2.084, Q1).
14. Jagannathan Madhanagopal, Om Prakash Singh, Sornambikai Sundaram, Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir, “Enhanced wide range monotonic piezoresistivity, reliability of Ketjenblack/deproteinized natural rubber nanocomposite, and its biomedical application”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 134:44981 · February 2017. Web of Science (IF – 1.860, Q2).
15. Jagannathan Madhanagopala, Om Prakash Singh, Vikram Mohan, Aatit Paungmali, Kathiresan V. Sathasivam, Abdul HafidzOmar, Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadira,”New Device for Intrinsic Hand Muscle Strength Measurement- Alternative to Strain Gauge Hand-Held Dynamometer”, Evaluation & the Health Professions, Volume 20, 2017-Issue 10, Web of Science (IF – 1.306, Q3).
16. Husna Azyan binti Ahmad, Ismail M. El-Badawy, Om Prakash Singh*, Rozana binti Hisham and MB Malarvili,” Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Device Using Condenser Microphone Sensor – Validation and Comparison to standard Devices”, Technology and Health Care, Preprint (2018): 1-7., Web of Science, (IF-0.724, Q4).
17. Nur Amira Nadia Binti Mohd Shabry, O.P. Singh, Pranshul Sardana, Rozana binti Hisham and M. B. Malarvili, “Home Based Fetal Heart Rate Monitor”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 12, No. 6, March 2017, pp. 813 ~ 817. ISSN 0973-4562 (Scopus Indexed).
18. Abhay Kumar Gupta, Manish Kumar, O.P. Singh, Malarvili Balakrishnan,“Development of Low Cost and Robust Nursing Calling Device for Hospitalized Patients”,International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 11, No. 22, December 2016, pp. 11060 ~ 11064.ISSN 0973 -4562 (Scopus Indexed).
19. Om Prakash Singh, Dr. Hemraj Saini, S. Kalaivani, “A USB Based ECG Portable System and Analysis of Cardiovascular Diseases”, International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Volume 3, Issue 3, March 2012.
20. Om Prakash Singh, S.Kalaivani, “ An Improved Implementation for Brain Tumor and cyst Detection Using Edge Detection, Segmentation with Pixel by Pixel Analysis on CT scan Image” Journal of Engineering, Science and Management Technology, JESMT-2011, Vol.1, No.2, pp. 32-36, July December 2011.
Books
  1. M.B. Malarvili, Teo Aik Howe, Santheraleka Ramanathan, Mushikiwabeza Alexie, Om Prakash Singh. Systems and Signal Processing of Capnography as a Diagnostic Tool for Asthma Assessment. Academic Press; 2022 Nov 4.
  2. Gautam Kumar, Om Prakash Singh, Hemraj Saini, eds., 2021. Cybersecurity: Ambient Technologies, IoT, and Industry 4.0 Implications. CRC Press.

Conference Papers
  1. Om Prakash Singh, Andrea Bocchino, Theo Guillerm, Conor O'Mahony,“ Design, Fabrication and Performance Assessment ofFlexible, Microneedle–Based Electrodes For ECG Signal Monitoring”, 44th International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, held in Glasgow, United Kingdom from 11-15 July 2022.
  2. Om Prakash Singh, Yuan Hu, Andrea Bocchino, Theo Guillerm, Conor O'Mahony,“ Performance Assessment of Microneedle Dry and Wet Gel Electrodes Using a Dual-Channel, Single Lead Wearable ECG Device”, 21st IEEE MELECON 2022.
  3. Om Prakash Singh, MB Malarvili, "Virtual Instrument Based Real Time ECG Monitoring Device." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. Vol. 884. No. 1. IOP Publishing, 2020.
  4. Om Prakash Singh, and M. B. Malarvili. "Effect of Temperature, Pressure and Humidity on Carbon Dioxide Concentration— Simulation Study." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. Vol. 884. No. 1. IOP Publishing, 2020.
  5. Om Prakash Singh, Kumarasamy Rokini and MB Malarvili, "Identification of asthmatic patient during exercise using feature extraction of carbon dioxide waveform", In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA) (pp. 17-22). IEEE.
  6. Om Prakash Singh, Kumarasamy Rokini and MB Malarvili, “Automatic Segmentation and Extraction of Features from Human Respired Carbon Dioxide Waveform”, IEEE EMBS CONFERENCE, 3-6 December 2018, Kuching, Sarawak, pp. 177-183. (Scopus)
  7. Tengku Ahmad Iskandar Bin T. Alang, Om Prakash Singh, M. B. Malarvili “Time-Frequency Analysis of Wheezing Sound to
    Differentiate Asthmatic and Non-Asthmatic Condition”, IEEE International Conference On Control System, Computing And Engineering (ICCSCE), 2016, pp. 593- 598, Penang, Malaysia. –(Scopus indexed)
  8. Om Prakash Singh, Theo Guillerm, Andrea Bocchino, Conor O'Mahony,“ DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MICRONEEDLE–BASED ELECTRODES WITH FLEXIBLESUBSTRATE FOR ECG SIGNAL MONITORING”, Bioengineering in Ireland, Vol. 27, Published in the Proceeding of Bini 2022.
  9. Om Prakash Singh, and MB Malarvili, “Virtual Instrument Based Real Time ECG Monitoring Device”, ICEECS 2018. Published in the Proceeding of ICEECS 2018.
  10. Sameen Ahmed Malik, Om Prakash Singh, Aimi Nurifhan, M. B. Malarvili “Portable Respiratory CO2 Monitoring Device for Early Screening of Asthma”, Fourth International Conference on Advances in Computing, Electronics and Communication - (ACEC) 2016, pp. 90- 93, Rome, Italy.
  11. Om Prakash Singh, S. Kalaivani “Statistical Approach to Reduce the Speckle Noise from Ultrasound Medical Images” in International conference at Institute of Science and Technology, Kalwad, India, on International Multiconference on Intelligent Systems and Nanotechnology (IISN-2012), March 18, 2012.
  12. Om Prakash Singh, Lokendra Yadav “An Improve Implementation of Brain Tumor & Cyst Detection Using Edge Detection & Pixel by Pixel Analysis Technique on CT Scan Image” in International conference at Dr. B. R Ambedkar National Institute of, Technology, Jalandhar India on Biomedical Engineering & Assistive Technologies (Beats-2010), December 19, 2010.
  13. Om Prakash Singh, P. Barni Srinivasan “A Ultra Low Power Image Compression Technique for Capsule Endoscope” in International conference at Prist University, Thanjvour, India, on Biotechnology, Food and Bioengineering – Emerging Trends and Future Prospects ICBFBE-2010, February 26, 2010.
  14. Om Prakash Singh, Dual Channel Receiver For Nerve Stimulation Implant” in National conference on Recent Advances in Bioengineering at SRM University on February 9, 2008.
Patents
Title: A device for monitoring asthma severity.
Reference number: PI 2018700454 (Filed)
The present disclosure relates to a device for monitoring asthma severity. The available device for monitoring asthma severity is bulky, which makes it difficult to carry around and to transfer from one subject to another. The present invention provides a
device for monitoring asthma severity comprising a carbon dioxide (CO2) acquisitions unit (10), said CO2 acquisitions unit (10) having at least a CO2 nasal cannula unit (12), a water trap unit (14), a pump unit, a motor unit and a CO2 sensor unit (16); a controller module (20) electrically connected to said CO2 acquisition unit (10), said controller module (20) is an Arduino board having a port connectable to a computer and/or a power unit; a display unit (30) electrically connected to said controller module (20), said display unit (30) is a thin film transistor display unit; a real-time control (RTC) module unit (40) electrically connected to said controller module (20) and said display unit (30); characterized in that said device having at least a user operable switch and an LED; and said display unit (30) having a size of 8 cm to 9 cm diagonally.
2. Title: Algorithm for identification of asthma severity level using CO2 waveform
Reference number: LY2018000805 (Approved)
Asthma is known as one of the top causes of death in Malaysia, especially with increased morbidity. Many deaths and morbidity have been associated with poor treatment, under-use of objective measurement of severity level and lack of supervision. A survey carried out by Asthma Council Malaysia indicated that 66% of asthmatic patients have never undergone a lung function test due to high cost, non-portable and lack of availability of diagnostic devices in the clinical set-up in Malaysia. Apart from this, the existing methods (Spirometer and Peak Flow Meter) cannot give accurate result if a patient or children under the age of 6 years old, does not cooperate, suffering from chest pain averting a forceful effort or does not understand the set of instructions. To overcome the limitation of existing diagnostic method, a CO2 waveform that varies in shape based on the CO2 concentration level has been proposed in literature as a noninvasive, real-time, and effort-independent diagnostic and screening tool for monitoring asthmatic condition. However, to date, the studies have been conducted offline in order to extract the features from CO2 waveform in correlation with asthmatic condition. Hence a real time CO2 waveform interpreter screening tool is proposed here for monitoring level of that may lead to reduce the morbidity and mortality rate.
Title: Smartphone Application Based Cardiopulmonary Disorders Monitoring Device iBREATHE
Reference number: IP/CR/2018/1137 (Filed)
Early and effective diagnosis of the COVID-19 infection may greatly help in providing effective support treatment to the COVID-19 patients, and in reducing further spread of the virus which can even put an end to the COVID-19 infection from human society. In that endeavor, we propose the use of a new device which we named as i-breath to screen SARS-CoV-2 infection by analyzing CO2 patterns of a COVID-19 patient .The proposed device has been tested to differentiate respiratory conditions such as asthma, COPD and Covid-19 patients. Our preliminary result proves that it has the ability of classifying different respiratory conditions namely asthma, COPD and Covid-19 based on CO2 features. This report has several limitations. First, information regarding SARS- CoV-2 is limited. Second, information provided here is based on current data, but may be modified as more data becomes available. On the other hand, adding an amalgamation of more covid data from all category (CAT1-5) while developing the device will provide a breakthrough in understanding COVID-19.
Personal

Personal

Other academic activities

  1. Received a best student award for research based on excellent academic achievement for the research in conjunction with the 62nd convocation ceremony, 28th April 2019.
  2. Gold Award for the invention Cardiopulmonary Disorders Monitoring Device Using IoT Technology (iBREATHE) at 18th International Expo on Inventions and Innovations MALAYSIA TECHNOLOGY EXPO (MTE-2019), 23rd February 2019, Kuala Lumpur,
    Malaysia.
  3. Gold Award for the invention Real Time Human Respiration Carbon Dioxide Measurement Device for Monitoring Asthma Severity at the 4th Korea Creative Invention Contest (CiC), 13th August 2017, Seoul, Korea.
  4. Merit Award for Real Time Human Respiration Respiratory Carbon Dioxide Measurement Device for Cardiorespiratory Assessment at 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Medical & Biological Engineering in conjunction with the International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences ,10th – 13th December 2017, Penang, Malaysia.
  5. Certificate of Appreciation for Prototype Development of Human Respiratory Carbon Dioxide (CO2) measurement Tool for Monitoring Asthmatic Condition at International Research Conference & Innovation Exhibition 2016, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
  6. Certificate of Appreciation for Showcase Participant at Faculty of Biosciences and Medical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
  7. Received a Certificate of merit for securing SECOND RANK in SRM University During MASTER DEGREE EXAMINATIONS.