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Michael O’Toole

Engineering · The Ohio State University

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Established · publishing since 1976Rising activity
Non-Destructive Testing TechniquesGeophysical and Geoelectrical MethodsElectrical and Bioimpedance TomographyLanguage, Metaphor, and CognitionMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

Publications

104

Citations

1,207

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1976

Research summary
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This researcher works on sensing and measurement technologies, especially electromagnetic and impedance-based methods for characterizing materials and biological systems. Application areas include sorting recycled metals and batteries, assessing fruit quality, medical imaging for stroke detection, and microfluidic analysis of single cells. The work combines instrumentation design, signal processing, and machine learning/machine vision to classify or monitor physical and biological samples.

Magnetic induction spectroscopy and impedance sensingNon-destructive testing and materials classification (metals, batteries)Biomedical and agricultural sensing applicationsMicrofluidics and bioimpedance for single-cell analysisMechanical vibration/gear dynamics modelling

Publication output was higher in 2017-2019, dropped sharply between 2020 and 2022, and has since recovered to a moderate, fairly steady pace of a few papers per year through 2023-2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.0/year recently
2017: 7 publications172018: 15 publications15182019: 9 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication222023: 6 publications232024: 4 publications242025: 9 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IEEE Sensors Journal×2
  • Sensors×2
  • Lab on a Chip×1
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics×1
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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