[Defended thesis] Anis Taleb Bendiab: Optical micro-sensors for the characterisation of spray deposits

Optical micro-sensors for the characterisation of spray deposits

My name is Anis Taleb Bendiab, and I'm a PhD student at UMR ITAP in the COMIC team. For my thesis, I'm working in collaboration with teams at the University of Montpellier: the TéHO group at the Institut d'Electronique (IES) and the ChV team at the Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier (ICGM), Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux.
I have a bachelor's degree in Applied Physics and a master's degree in Biomedical Physics. Doing a thesis is a great opportunity for me to learn about research and apply the knowledge I've already acquired to this promising project.

• Starting date: November 2017
• University: MUSE Montpellier Université d’Excellence / Institut Agro
• PhD school: GAIA , Montpellier
• Scientific field: Physics – Optics
• Thesis management: Ryad Bendoula (Inrae, Itap)
• Thesis supervisors: Caroline Vigreux (Université de Montpellier, ICGM), Raphael Kribich (Université de Montpellier, IES)
• Funding: #DigitAg – Irstea
•  #DigitAg: Cofunded PhD – Challenge 3  (Protection des cultures)

Keywords: Optical Sensors, Guided Optics (design, manufacturing, testing), Spray Quality, Agriculture and Environment

Abstract: The spray quality is a crucial issue for our society. A major concern with pesticide application today is related to off-target movement of spray particles (i.e., spray drift). To date, there have been many in field test procedures performed to measure the spray deposition. One of the most common methods includes using water sensitive paper (WSP) and traditional optical techniques that involve analyzing images. However these systems can be time consuming, expensive, and lack sufficient accuracy. Manufacturers and researchers desire a fast and accurate measurement for characterizing spray deposition. The goal objective of this thesis is to develop new optical tools for the characterization of the deposit. This thesis will focus on the potential of the optical sensor to replace the traditional methods based WSP and thus provide an operational solution.

Contact : ryad.bendoula [AT] inrae.fr

Social network : LinkedIn

Communications & Papers

Anis Taleb Bendiab, Malick Bathily, Caroline Vigreux, Raphaël Escalier, Annie Pradel, Raphaël K.Kribich, Ryad Bendoula (2018). Chalcogenide rib waveguides for the characterization of spray deposits. Optical Materials, Volume 86, December 2018, Pages 298-303. DOI : 10.1016/j.optmat.2018.10.021

Anis Taleb Bendiab, Maxime Ryckewaert, Daphné Heran, Raphaël Escalier, Raphaël Kribich, et al.. Coupling Waveguide-Based Micro-Sensors and Spectral Multivariate Analysis to Improve Spray Deposit Characterization in Agriculture. Sensors, 2019, Smart Sensing Technologies for Agriculture, 19 (19), pp.4168. DOI : 10.3390/s19194168

Actes de conférence

A. Taleb Bendiab, M. Ryckewaert, D. Heran, C. Vigreux, R. Escalier, R. K. Kribich, R. Bendoula. Optical sensor combined with chemometric methods for the spray deposits characterization,  NIR2019, Gold Coast (Australie), septembre 2019- https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02319691

A. Taleb Bendiab, M. Ryckewaert, D. Heran, C. Vigreux, R. Escalier, Annie Pradel, R. Kribich, A. Ducanchez, R. Bendoula. Towards optical sensors for the characterization of liquid sprays, EFITA 2019, Rhodes (Grèce)