Portable Sensor Systems for Monitoring Environment and Health

Dear Colleagues,

Sensors that can be integrated into systems for portable or field deployment are critical to enabling a wide range of applications involving the monitoring of individual health and the natural environment. Monitoring individual health outside of the doctor’s office, particularly in rural or remote locations, supports improved point-of-care diagnostics, better chronic disease management, and greater continuity of healthcare. Monitoring the natural environment enables improved climate change mitigation, more effective habitat management and protection, increased support for improved air and water quality, and many other benefits. Advances both in individual sensor technologies and the integration of these sensors into low-power, reduced footprint portable systems including wireless sensor networks are needed to support the myriad of applications in these two critical areas of care.  

This Special Issue of Sensors invites researchers in engineering as well as physical and life sciences to submit their research in the monitoring of parameters relevant to environment and human health. Efforts that focus on the unique system-level needs of portable footprints are especially welcome. Technologies and research of interest include but are not limited to:

• Chemical and biological sensors;
• Magnetic sensors;
• Temperature sensors;
• Radiant/light sensors;
• Mechanical sensors including force and acceleration;
• Optical sensors;
• Sensor networks;
• Sensor system integration.

Prof. Dr. Denise M. Wilson
Guest Editor

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