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1. Prairie View A&M University Digital Agriculture Field Day
Dr. Tabassum was invited to speak at the “Empowering Producers Through Digital Agriculture” Field Day at Prairie View A&M University on July 24, where she introduced CeSAT's Plant-FIT sensors and demonstrated their integration with an Internet of Agricultural Things (IoAT) platform deployed in a corn field. The sensing systems are being used to monitor crop responses under different biochar and irrigation treatments alongside complementary measurement approaches. The event provided an opportunity to engage with producers, young professionals, and agricultural stakeholders and discuss the potential of our Plant-FIT sensing technologies for data-driven crop management.

2. IEEE FLEPS 2026
Dr. Shawana Tabassum and the CeSAT team had a strong presence at the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (IEEE FLEPS) in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Tabassum was an invited speaker on the WiSe panel, "The Women’s Health Data Gap: What Should We Measure First?" The conference also celebrated the achievements of the CeSAT team, including the IEEE SC Women in Sensors Family Care Grant awarded to Post-Doctoral Research Associate A K M Sarwar Inam.

CeSAT presented five research contributions (three oral presentations and two posters) spanning agricultural sensing, wearable health monitoring, wound sensing, and plant monitoring technologies. These included bioinspired antifouling electrodes for electrochemical nitrate sensing, an organic electrochemical transistor for sweat lactate detection in hemorrhagic shock, a flexible multimodal wound monitoring sensor, and a microneedle-assisted electrochemical sensor for real-time nitrate monitoring in tomato stems. These presentations highlight CeSAT's commitment to advancing flexible sensing technologies through interdisciplinary collaborations, with the proceedings to appear in IEEE Xplore.

Fleps conference — CeSAT team attended IEEE FLEPS Conference 2026

Tabassum fleps — Dr. Shawana Tabassum presented Women's Health Data Gap: Sensing Perspective

Sarwar fleps — Dr. AKM Sarwar Inam presented Bioinspired Antifouling Copper Electrode for Electrochemical Nitrate Sensing in Aqueous Systems

Joseph fleps — Joseph Nuro presented Extended Gate Organic Electrochemical Transistor for Sweat Lactate Detection in Hemorrhagic Shock

Ahsan Fleps — A K M Ahsanul Habib presented A Flexible Multimodal Sensor Array with Resistive Temperature Gradient Sensors and MXene Field Effect Transistor pH Sensor for Wound Monitoring

Wise talk — Dr. Shawana Tabassum after her presentation in WiSe Panel

Ravinder Fleps — Graduate students and post-doc with Dr. Ravinder Dhahiya at Gala Dinner in Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia

3. Our 2025 TRC4-funded project got featured by the UT System
Smart-TBI: Wearable Sweat Biosensors and AI-Driven Multimodal Data Fusion for Early Detection and Monitoring of Traumatic Brain Injury
Press release: UT Tyler Researchers in Collaboration with UTHealth Houston and UT Arlington Pioneer Wearable, AI-Driven Approach for Real-Time Traumatic Brain Injury Monitoring | Trauma Research and Combat Casualty Care Collaborative TRC4.

TRC4 grant

4. Dr. Tabassum Earns NSF CAREER Award
Dr. Shawana Tabassum, director of CeSAT, received a $583,047 National Science Foundation CAREER grant through the Faculty Early Career Development Program.
March 18, 2026
Press Release: UT Tyler Engineering Professor Earns NSF CAREER Award

NSF career award

5. Appointment as a Chair of the IEEE Sensors Council Women in Sensors (WiSe)
CeSAT Director, Dr. Shawana Tabassum, has been appointed Chair of the IEEE Sensors Council Women in Sensors (WiSe) Committee for the 2026 term.
Term: January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026

Sensors Council WiSe Committee