Path 1 Kawader: Research Assistant for wearable dehydration sensor design

Faculty Name and Title: Sohmyung Ha, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering

Research Project Description:

Hydration of the body is a critical physiological health indicator, but it is challenging to measure accurately, especially in a wearable setting. Dehydration of workers leads to performance drop and stroke by dehydration poses serious risks in construction sites. Current wearable methods for detecting dehydration are typically based on the analysis of different characteristics of the skin and body fluids, such as sweat and blood. Many of these methods are challenged with quality (accuracy/precision of measurement), power consumption, usability, mobility and cost.

This project aims at developing a dehydration monitoring system that fuses multiple modalities of measurement in order to enhance the quality of measurement, and improves usability by utilizing vibrotactile cues as a reliable and confidential modality for feedback. The ...