Andrea Cusano
University of Sannio, Italy

Andrea Cusano received his M.S. degree cum laude in electronic engineering on November 27, 1998, from University of Naples Federico II, Italy, and his Ph.D. degree in information engineering from the same university. In December 2002, he was nominated Permanent Researcher at the Engineering Department of University of Sannio, starting his activity on December 30, 2002, in the Optoelectronic Division. Since 1999, his activity has focused on the field of optoelectronic devices for sensing and telecommunication applications. He is coauthor of over 65 articles published on several high level international journals, and of over 100 communications to international conferences. He is also coauthor of 4 chapters in international books. Also he is working as coeditor for the publication of two Special Issues focused on optical fiber sensors: the first will be published by IEEE Sensors Journal and the second one will be published in Current Analytical Chemistry (a Bentham publications). He is coauthor of 4 national patents regarding the development of innovative fiber optic sensors. He is also cofounder of the spin-off society (OptoSmart S.r.l), whose core business is the developing of fiber optic devices for the structural and environmental monitoring. In 2006, he won a national competition for the position of Associate Professor and actually he is waiting for the call in service. He acts also as referee of several high level international journals, such as IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE Sensors Journal, Optical Engineering, IEEE Transaction on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Sensors and Actuators A and B, Optics Express, Optics Communications, Sensors. He is also an Associate Editor of Sensors and Transducers Journal.

Biography Updated on 7 June 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Fiber Optic Chemical Nanosensors Based on Engineered Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    Journal of Sensors, vol. 2008, Article ID 936074, 29 pages, 2008
  2. Near field behavior of SnO_2 particle-layer deposited on standard optical fiber by electrostatic spray pyrolysis method
    Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 8, p. 5136, 2007
  3. Micro-structured fiber Bragg gratings. Part II: Towards advanced photonic devices
    Optical Fiber Technology, 2007
  4. Micro-structured fiber Bragg gratings. Part I: Spectral characteristics
    Optical Fiber Technology, 2007
  5. Modal analysis and damage detection by Fiber Bragg grating sensors
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 133, no. 2, pp. 415–424, 2007
  6. Chemical Detection in Water by Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes-Based Optical Fiber Sensors
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 1004–1005, 2007
  7. Spectral characteristics in long-period fiber gratings with nonuniform symmetrically ring shaped coatings
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 90, no. 14, p. 141105, 2007
  8. Coated Long-Period Fiber Gratings as High-Sensitivity Optochemical Sensors
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1776–1786, 2006
  9. A Novel Optochemical Sensor Based on $\hbox{SnO}_{2}$ Sensitive Thin Film for ppm Ammonia Detection in Liquid Environment
    Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 5000–5007, 2006
  10. Experimental Modal Analysis of an Aircraft Model Wing by Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 67–77, 2006
  11. Chirped Fiber-Bragg Grating as Self-Temperature Referenced Strain Sensor in Nonisothermal Thermoset Processing
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 111–117, 2006
  12. Acoustic and Optical VOCs Sensors Incorporating Carbon Nanotubes
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 867–875, 2006
  13. Novel Optochemical Sensors Based on Hollow Fibers and Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 18, no. 22, pp. 2431–2433, 2006
  14. Sensing properties of buffered and not buffered carbon nanotubes by fibre optic and acoustic sensors
    Measurement Science and Technology, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1220–1228, 2006
  15. Sensitivity characteristics in nanosized coated long period gratings
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 20, p. 201116, 2006
  16. Dynamic measurements on a star tracker prototype of AMS using fiber optic sensors
    Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 441–450, 2006
  17. Chirped-pulsed frequency modulation (C-PFM) for fiber Bragg grating sensors multiplexing
    Optical Fiber Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 71–86, 2006
  18. Real time monitoring of cure and gelification of a thermoset matrix
    Composites Science and Technology, vol. 66, no. 16, pp. 3273–3280, 2006
  19. Cure-induced residual strain build-up in a thermoset resin
    Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 592–601, 2006
  20. Optical probes based on optical fibers and single-walled carbon nanotubes for hydrogen detection at cryogenic temperatures
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 20, p. 201106, 2006
  21. Optochemical sensor for water monitoring based on SnO[sub 2] particle layer deposited onto optical fibers by the electrospray pyrolysis method
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 89, no. 11, p. 111103, 2006
  22. Carbon nanotubes thin films fiber optic and acoustic VOCs sensors: Performances analysis
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 118, no. 1-2, pp. 232–242, 2006
  23. Self temperature referenced refractive index sensor by non-uniform thinned fiber Bragg gratings
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 120, no. 1, pp. 231–237, 2006
  24. Mode transition in high refractive index coated long period gratings
    Optics Express, vol. 14, no. 1, p. 19, 2006
  25. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 1493–1502, 2006
  26. Optical Chemo-Sensor Based on Long Period Gratings Coated With$delta$Form Syndiotactic Polystyrene
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 8, pp. 1713–1715, 2005
  27. Chirped Fiber Bragg Gratings for Electrically Tunable Time Delay Lines
    IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 408–416, 2005
  28. Nonuniform Thinned Fiber Bragg Gratings for Simultaneous Refractive Index and Temperature Measurements
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 1495–1497, 2005
  29. Cladding mode reorganization in high-refractive-index-coated long-period gratings: effects on the refractive-index sensitivity
    Optics Letters, vol. 30, no. 19, p. 2536, 2005
  30. Carbon nanotubes-coated multi-transducing sensors for VOCs detection
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 111-112, pp. 171–180, 2005
  31. An high sensitivity optical sensor for chloroform vapours detection based on nanometric film of δ-form syndiotactic polystyrene
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 140–147, 2005
  32. Syndiotactic polystyrene thin film as sensitive layer for an optoelectronic chemical sensing device
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 109, no. 2, pp. 177–184, 2005
  33. High-sensitivity optical chemosensor based on coated long-period gratings for sub-ppm chemical detection in water
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 87, no. 23, p. 234105, 2005
  34. Microstructured fibre Bragg gratings: analysis and fabrication
    Electronics Letters, vol. 41, no. 8, p. 466, 2005
  35. The effect of cooling rate on the glass transition of an amorphous polymer
    Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, vol. 351, no. 6-7, pp. 515–522, 2005
  36. Thinned and micro-structured fibre Bragg gratings: towards new all-fibre high-sensitivity chemical sensors
    Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 734–741, 2005
  37. Carbon nanotube acoustic and optical sensors for volatile organic compound detection
    Nanotechnology, vol. 16, no. 11, pp. 2536–2547, 2005
  38. Response of fiber Bragg gratings to longitudinal ultrasonic waves
    IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 304–312, 2005
  39. Low-cost all-fiber Bragg grating sensing system for temperature and strain measurements
    Optical Engineering, vol. 44, no. 8, p. 084402, 2005
  40. Refractive Index Sensor Based on Microstructured Fiber Bragg Grating
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 1250–1252, 2005
  41. Thinned Fiber Bragg Gratings as Refractive Index Sensors
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1288–1295, 2005
  42. Thinned Fiber Bragg Gratings as High Sensitivity Refractive Index Sensor
    IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 1149–1151, 2004
  43. Multifunction Fiber Optic Sensing System for Smart Applications
    IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 40–49, 2004
  44. Novel Optoelectronic Sensing System for Thin Polymer Films Glass Transition Investigation
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 837–844, 2004
  45. Advanced cure monitoring by optoelectronic multifunction sensing system
    Thin Solid Films, vol. 450, no. 1, pp. 191–194, 2004
  46. Optical sensor based on ultrathin films of d-form syndiotactic polystyrene for fast and high resolution detection of chloroform
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 22, p. 5349, 2004
  47. Alcohol detection using carbon nanotubes acoustic and optical sensors
    Applied Physics Letters, vol. 85, no. 12, p. 2379, 2004
  48. Fiber optic sensor arrays: a new method to improve multiplexing capability with a low complexity approach
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 100, no. 1-2, pp. 147–150, 2004
  49. Generalized Mach–Zehnder interferometers for sensing applications
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 100, no. 1-2, pp. 72–74, 2004
  50. Monitoring by a single fiber Bragg grating of the process induced chemo-physical transformations of a model thermoset
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 113, no. 2, pp. 166–173, 2004
  51. Dynamic strain measurements by fibre Bragg grating sensor
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 110, no. 1-3, pp. 276–281, 2004
  52. Resin flow monitoring in resin film infusion process
    Journal of Materials Processing Technology, vol. 143-144, pp. 687–692, 2003
  53. Optoelectronic refractive index measurements: application to smart processing
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 781–787, 2003
  54. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 126–130, 2001
  55. A fiber optic thermoset cure monitoring sensor
    Polymer Composites, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 523–530, 2000
  56. An optoelectronic sensor for cure monitoring in thermoset-based composites
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 270–275, 2000