Mengchen Lin
The I2Sense lab is renowned for its world-class research. Learn more about our research areas in Analog Digital Design, Biomedical Applications, Contact CMOS Imager Based Systems, Silicon Photonics, and Wireless Sensor Networks.
Analog / Digital Design
The design of CMOS image sensors appropriate for High and Low Light imagining is an area of significant research for us. We have also performed work in other areas of sensor design, applying our expertise to other areas of sensor design.
Research Topics
Modulation Imager
Real-Time Wide Dynamic Range Capture & Display
An image sensor was designed making use of multiple resets and Mantissa-Exponent Representation
Mantissa Exponent Representation
Low Light Level Image Sensor
Active Reset & Active Column Sensing
HaLLi (High and Low Light Imaging)
WDR and Low Light Imaging Fusion
Watermarking Imager
Biomedical Applications
Using advanced CMOS Image Sensors, we have designed, fabricated, and tested miniature high-quality detection systems, applicable in various Biomedical applications.
Research Topics
Brain Monitoring
In Progress
Human Brain Spectrum Sensing
Extremely Low Frequency Detection for Biometric Sensing (Thesis)
Gluten Detection
A bench-top gluten detection device is currently under design. This device should be capable of carrying out the interaction between the bio-probe and the food samples to undergo fluorogenic detection via micro-optical filters over the CMOS imager.
Calcium Detection
pH Detection
Chlorophyl and CDOM Detection
Compact Raman System
Entrepreneurship
Our paper, "Women in Entrepreneurship: Effective Training and Development Strategies," has beenaccepted to CICE 2025, exploring impactful educational approaches for fostering entrepreneurial success.
Effective Training
Women in Entrepreneurship: Effective Training and Development Strategies
AI tools
In progress work developing training utilizing AI
Small Data Sets and LLMs
Works in progress include ImagingIntellect, an imaging database project, andHealth Tool, focusing on AI-driven insights with minimal datasets.
Health Tool
Imaging Intellect
Imaging Intellect - Releasing Soon
Tone Mapping
Tone mapping allows proper handling of Wide dynamic range data.
Research Topics
Hardware Tone Mapping
FPGA and ASIC implementations of tone mapping algorithms for Wide Dynamic Range images and videos
Deep Single Image Enhancer
Contact CMOS Imager Based System
A contact-based CMOS Image system for detection applications.
Works
Coated filter on chip
Examples of contact imaging
Silicon Photonics
On-Chip photonics for Lab on Chip Applications
Works
Fiber-based compact supercontinuum sources for lab-on-a-chip applications
Supercontinuum sources for lab-on-a-chip applications
Generation of SC Light Source using feedback
Wireless Sensor Networks
Development of Wireless Sensor Networks