2013 Academic Grant Scholar – Amr Towfik Sufian – University of Liverpool
After obtaining an MEng degree in Electronics & Communications, Amr completed a Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Electronics of the University of Liverpool. His doctoral work was in developing novel and cost-effective methods for monitoring honey samples using optical properties of light and chromatic methodologies.
The BYS Academic Grant assisted him in performing on-site field tests at different locations in Yemen during 2013 (beekeeping farms, local honey shops, etc) for testing honey samples for quality and authenticity. Further applications to the work may open doors for honey monitoring in remote locations (e.g. in Yemen) using mobile phones and also encourages local governments and NGOs to form a national honey monitoring and quality control hub to help maintain the integrity and reputation of pure and natural honey such as the Yemeni honey.
Currently, he is involved in research & development at the Centre of Intelligent Monitoring Systems (University of Liverpool) where he develops chromatic methodologies and optical sensors devices and monitoring systems that could be applied to a wide range of applications from system implementation to data analysis and image processing that are relevant for the food and health industries
