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International Journal of Engineering Research and Development
ISSN: 2278-067X, Volume 1, Issue 12 (July 2012), PP. 58-64
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              E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water
                              of Udupi District
Krishnamurthy Nayak1, Supreetha B.S.2, Deccaraman M.3, Vijayashree Nayak4,
                                  1
                                  Research scholar, Dr. M.G.R. University, Chennai
              1,2
                Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, MIT, Manipal
                       3
                         Dean, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. M. G. R. University, Chennai
                    4
                      Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Goa


Abstract– E-nose (Electronic nose), which is an array of chemical sensors, is widely used in food industry and pollution
control. Nowadays e-nose technology has become powerful tool to evaluate the aroma compounds during the quality
control process. This work is intended to detect biological water contaminants like coliform group of bacteria in drinking
water. However, a number of limitations are associated with traditional methods of microbial detection. The water
samples were collected from the River Swarna in Udupi district and analyzed for the presence of E-coli. An E-nose
system is developed using embedded PIC micro controller to detect and quantify the microbial contaminants. The results
of this analysis were compared with standard Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) method, which indicates the
Most Probable Number (MPN) for the bacterial density in drinking water.

Keywords––E-nose, E-coli, PIC Micro Controller, Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) method, Most Probable
Number (MPN)

                                           I.          INTRODUCTION
          E-nose are being developed as systems for the automated detection and classification of odour, vapors and
gases.The detection of gases using e-nose has a wide range of application in air quality monitoring [1], food spoilage
detection [2] and medical diagnostic[3]. E-nose contains array of sensors resulting in multiple measurements which have
been analyzed using pattern recognition techniques, An e-nose could be a universal vapor sensor , in practice however all
existing e-nose detects only a family of related chemicals due to the difficulty of producing a variety of sensing materials
required for universal sensing [4]. E-nose using SnO2 gas sensors are used for detection of methanol contamination in
whiskeys [5]. In this work, we detect E-coli in drinking water using CO2 sensor. The water is collected from Swarna river of
Udupi district. Swarna river, which is born in Agumbe Ghats and flows through Udupi district, reaches Arabian sea. Swarna
river water is the main source of drinking water for people residing in and around Manipal and Udupi.

           Drinking water must possess high degree of purity and free from micro-organism. The potential and quality of
drinking water is an economic resource and essential component for survival of living beings on earth. Living conditions are
being deteriorated in major rural centers due to pollution caused by population explosion, urbanization and microbial
contaminations [7]. The detection of microorganisms in drinking water that are harmful to health, gives a historical overview
of the risk of disease from pathogens. E.coli is the most abundant coliform organism present in the human [8] and animal
intestine, and can be present in faeces causing a main concern to the health. Since E.coli and other coliform organisms are
present in large numbers in faeces and sewage, they can be detected in numbers as small as 1 in 100 ml of water. They are
considered to be the most sensitive indicator bacteria for demonstrating excremental contamination. For this reason,
quantification of E.coli in drinking water is important to assess the degree of pollution and thereafter to protect human
health [6].

           Traditionally indicator microorganisms have been used to suggest the presence of pathogens. The specific methods
for the detection and enumeration of enteric pathogenic bacteria and viruses are complex and time consuming [11]. The test
for detection and enumeration of indicator organisms, rather than pathogens are used.

A. Assessment of Water Quality by Detecting Microbial Water Contaminants
          The commonly used methods to detect the presence of coliform bacteria are Membrane Filter technique and
Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) technique. Membrane filter technique involves direct plating for detection and
estimation of coliform densities [7].The toxic substances in the water may be absorbed by filter and interfaces with bacterial
growth. The plate count provides an approximate enumeration of total number of bacteria multiplying at room temperature
that provide approximate information about water quality. Thus, the membrane filter technique fails to detect and quantify
bacterial count in drinking water. MTTF technique involves mixing different dilutions of a sample of water with lactose
broth and incubating them in test tubes for 48 hours at room temperature. The presence of CO2 gas tubes will indicate the
presence of coliform bacteria. Most Probable Number (MPN) represents the bacterial density [11].The presence or absence
test using MTTF method is used to monitor high quality samples, where the presence of the target organism is improbable.
The sensitivity of this technique depends on the sample volume analyzed and the precision on the number of samples
analyzed in parallel with each dilution step. In all of the enumeration techniques, the cultivation conditions are selected to

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promote the multiplication of the target organisms, while simultaneously inhibiting the growth of other organisms. The
balance between sensitivity and selectivity is the reason for different methods for drinking water and highly contaminated
waters. Since in our work we are concentrating on drinking water, MTTF method is preferred. The MPN index represents the
bacterial density.

                                         II.          METHODOLOGY
            Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) method is performed with 100ml of water sample using three test tubes,
containing serial dilution, that are incubated in to a broth media. The combinations of positive results are interpreted from
statistical tables, to estimate the number of organisms present. After incubating water sample with media for 24 to 48 hours
the MPN Index is calculated. If not more than 1 coliform is present per 100ml of water, then water is said to be safe for
drinking. The experimental set up for MTTF test with e-nose system is shown in Fig.1.




                                                 Fig. 1 Experimental setup

         The MTTF method, also referred as MPN method, is based on an indirect assessment of microbial density in the
water sample by reference to statistical tables, to determine the MPN of organism present in the original sample. The MPN
per 100ml of sample using three test-tubes of each dilution is recorded from the MPN (Table I). [APHA-AWWA-WPCF,
„Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater‟]

          The water samples collected for bacterial analysis are: Sample 1: Water collected directly from Swarna river
during rainy season; Sample 2: Water collected directly from Swarna river during summer season; Sample 3: Water
collected after preliminary filtration (Swarna river water); Sample 4: Filtered and chlorinated drinking water supplied from
Udupi Municipal Corporation (Swarna river water).

         The coliform group of bacteria is detected based on lactose fermentation. The release of CO2 gas at room
temperature proportional to the bacterial count is the indication of bacterial contamination. To improve culture-based
techniques for monitoring specificmicrobial populations in water samples, the current study has adapted the sensor
technology [7] to automate the process of water analysis.

                                         TABLE I MPN TABLE PER 100 ML OF SAMPLE

                                                      MPN
                                 Number         of             Number         of    MPN
                                                      per
                                 positive tubes in             positive tubes in    per
                                                      100
                                 dilutions                     dilutions            100 ml
                                                      ml
                                 10    1       0.1             10      1     0.1
                                 ml    ml      ml              ml      ml    ml
                                 0     0       0      0        2       0     0      9.1
                                 0     1       0      3        2       0     1      14
                                 0     0       2      6        2       0     2      20
                                 0     1       0      3        2       0     3      26
                                 0     1       1      6.1      2       1     0      15
                                 0     1       2      9.2      2       1     1      20
                                 0     1       3      12       2       1     2      27
                                 0     2       0      6.2      2       1     3      34
                                 0     2       1      9.3      2       2     0      21
                                 0     2       2      12       2       2     1      28
                                 0     2       3      16       2       2     2      35
                                 0     3       0      9.4      2       2     3      42
                                 0     3       1      13       2       3     0      29
                                 0     3       2      16       2       3     1      36
                                 0     3       3      19       2       3     2      44
                                 1     0       0      3.6      3       0     0      23
                                 1     0       1      7.2      3       0     1      39
                                 1     0       3      11       3       0     2      64
                                 1     1       0      7.3      3       0     3      95
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                                1      1       1      11       3      1     0      43
                                1      1       2      15       3      1     1      75
                                1      1       3      19       3      1     2      120
                                1      2       0      11       3      1     3      160
                                1      2       1      15       3      2     0      93
                                1      2       2      20       3      2     1      150
                                1      2       3      24       3      2     2      210
                                1      3       9      16       3      2     3      290
                                1      3       1      20       3      3     0      240
                                1      3       2      24       3      3     1      460
                                1      3       3      29       3      3     2      1100

        The coliform group of bacteria is detected and quantified using PIC microcontroller based data acquisition system
(DAQ). Fig. 2 shows the simplified schematic diagram of the e-nose system. The project flow is shown in Fig. 3.

                                           Sampling        Array of        Computing
                                            system         sensors          system


                                    Fig.2. Simplified schematic diagram of e-nose system




                                            Fig.3 Block diagram of e-nose system

          The e-nose system involves hardware and software implementation. The water sample is tested using MTTF
method and the CO2 gas released depending on the bacterial contamination, is sensed using array of nine carbon dioxide
sensors. Signal conditioning circuit using OPAMP will improve the quality of signals. The sensor output voltage is measured
using an operational amplifier with high input impedance and low bias current (less than 1 pA) shown in Fig. 4.




                                      Fig.4 Sensor interface and signal conditioning

         The PIC Microcontroller is programmed to detect and quantify the microbial water contaminants as shown in
below flow diagram Fig. 5.The schematic diagram of e-nose system is built using PSPICE as shown in Fig. 6.

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    Fig.5 Software flow diagram




Fig.6. Circuit diagram of e-nose system
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E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District

                                 III.         EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
          The MPN index of Bacterial count is recorded from statistical table and it is compared with sensor response of e-
nose system as shown in Table II.The sensor response 220 mV for 350 ppm of CO2 gas is taken as threshold voltage. The
tables prove that e-nose system accurately measures microbial water contaminants and indicates the degree of contamination.
The bacterial concentration for all 4 samples are plotted as shown in Fig. 7, which indicates that bacterial count varies
randomly and This system is able to monitor the degree of contamination and thus the water quality.

         TABLE II : TABLE OF BACTERIAL COUNT PER 100 ML OF SAMPLE USING THREE TEST-TUBES
                                             OF EACH DILUTION
          MPN No (Index)                           Sensor response
                           No          of
                           positive tubes          10ml      1ml   0.1ml
                                                                           Percentag
                           out of 3       MPN
          Water sample                                                     e Water Comment
                                      0.  Index
                           10 1                    S11 S12 S21 S22 S31 S32 Quality
                                      1
                           ml ml                   S13       S23   S33
                                      ml
                                                   299m      240m  285m
          Sample1                                  V         V     V
          (collected from                 1100/10 300m       285m  275m              Not
                           3     3    2
          river     during                0ml      V         V     V       0%        Drinkable
          rainy season)                            390m      260m  295m
                                                   V         V     V
                                                                    289m      229m
                                                          293m
          Sample 2                                                  V         V
                                                          V
          (collected from                      35/                  300m      329m                   Not
                             2     2     2                328m                         25%
          river     during                     100ml                V         V                      Drinkable
                                                          V
          summer)                                                   205m      219m
                                                          215m
                                                                    V         V
                                                          V
                                                          282m      280m      500m
                                                          V         V         V
          Sample 3(after
                                               20         210m      260m      290m                   Treatment
          preliminary        1     2     2                                             50%
                                               /100ml     V         V         V                      required
          filtration)
                                                          200m      199m      203m
                                                          V         V         V
          Sample
                                                          120m      115m      105m
          4(filtered and
                                                          V         V         V
          chlorinated by
                                                          118m      116m      108m
          municipal          0     0     0     0/100ml                                 100%          Drinkable
                                                          V         V         V
          corporation for
                                                          110m      115m      110m
          drinking
                                                          V         V         V
          purpose)




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                                 Fig.7. E-nose system responses for different water samples.

                                             IV.            CONCLUSION
           E-nose system found to be effective in detecting and accurately quantifying the microbial contaminants,
specifically coliform group of bacteria (E. coli).This work compares the traditional bacterial count in MPN index with sensor
response. The system monitors the quality of drinking water and display the percentage level of microbial contaminants.
Further improvement in the system can be done by integrating advanced chemical sensors for detecting chemical
contaminants and hardness of the drinking water.

                                       V.            ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
         The author wish to thank Manipal University for providing the research facilities at the environmental laboratory
of MIT, Manipal.

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Biography

                   K. M. Nayak obtained his BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Mangalore University, Karnataka
                   India and MTech in Industrial Biotechnology from Dr.MGR University Chennai. He is the Associate member of Institute
                   of Engineers India and Life member of Indian society for Technical Education. Currently he is working as Assistant
                   Professor (Sel. Grade) in Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, MIT, Manipal of Manipal
                   University and part time research scholar at Dr. MGR University, Maduravoyal, Chennai. His specialization includes Bio
MEMS and Microsensor and Bio Electronics. His current research includes E-nose technology for Environmental Monitoring and Artificial
Neural Networks.




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  • 1. International Journal of Engineering Research and Development ISSN: 2278-067X, Volume 1, Issue 12 (July 2012), PP. 58-64 www.ijerd.com E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District Krishnamurthy Nayak1, Supreetha B.S.2, Deccaraman M.3, Vijayashree Nayak4, 1 Research scholar, Dr. M.G.R. University, Chennai 1,2 Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, MIT, Manipal 3 Dean, Department of Biotechnology, Dr. M. G. R. University, Chennai 4 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Goa Abstract– E-nose (Electronic nose), which is an array of chemical sensors, is widely used in food industry and pollution control. Nowadays e-nose technology has become powerful tool to evaluate the aroma compounds during the quality control process. This work is intended to detect biological water contaminants like coliform group of bacteria in drinking water. However, a number of limitations are associated with traditional methods of microbial detection. The water samples were collected from the River Swarna in Udupi district and analyzed for the presence of E-coli. An E-nose system is developed using embedded PIC micro controller to detect and quantify the microbial contaminants. The results of this analysis were compared with standard Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) method, which indicates the Most Probable Number (MPN) for the bacterial density in drinking water. Keywords––E-nose, E-coli, PIC Micro Controller, Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) method, Most Probable Number (MPN) I. INTRODUCTION E-nose are being developed as systems for the automated detection and classification of odour, vapors and gases.The detection of gases using e-nose has a wide range of application in air quality monitoring [1], food spoilage detection [2] and medical diagnostic[3]. E-nose contains array of sensors resulting in multiple measurements which have been analyzed using pattern recognition techniques, An e-nose could be a universal vapor sensor , in practice however all existing e-nose detects only a family of related chemicals due to the difficulty of producing a variety of sensing materials required for universal sensing [4]. E-nose using SnO2 gas sensors are used for detection of methanol contamination in whiskeys [5]. In this work, we detect E-coli in drinking water using CO2 sensor. The water is collected from Swarna river of Udupi district. Swarna river, which is born in Agumbe Ghats and flows through Udupi district, reaches Arabian sea. Swarna river water is the main source of drinking water for people residing in and around Manipal and Udupi. Drinking water must possess high degree of purity and free from micro-organism. The potential and quality of drinking water is an economic resource and essential component for survival of living beings on earth. Living conditions are being deteriorated in major rural centers due to pollution caused by population explosion, urbanization and microbial contaminations [7]. The detection of microorganisms in drinking water that are harmful to health, gives a historical overview of the risk of disease from pathogens. E.coli is the most abundant coliform organism present in the human [8] and animal intestine, and can be present in faeces causing a main concern to the health. Since E.coli and other coliform organisms are present in large numbers in faeces and sewage, they can be detected in numbers as small as 1 in 100 ml of water. They are considered to be the most sensitive indicator bacteria for demonstrating excremental contamination. For this reason, quantification of E.coli in drinking water is important to assess the degree of pollution and thereafter to protect human health [6]. Traditionally indicator microorganisms have been used to suggest the presence of pathogens. The specific methods for the detection and enumeration of enteric pathogenic bacteria and viruses are complex and time consuming [11]. The test for detection and enumeration of indicator organisms, rather than pathogens are used. A. Assessment of Water Quality by Detecting Microbial Water Contaminants The commonly used methods to detect the presence of coliform bacteria are Membrane Filter technique and Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) technique. Membrane filter technique involves direct plating for detection and estimation of coliform densities [7].The toxic substances in the water may be absorbed by filter and interfaces with bacterial growth. The plate count provides an approximate enumeration of total number of bacteria multiplying at room temperature that provide approximate information about water quality. Thus, the membrane filter technique fails to detect and quantify bacterial count in drinking water. MTTF technique involves mixing different dilutions of a sample of water with lactose broth and incubating them in test tubes for 48 hours at room temperature. The presence of CO2 gas tubes will indicate the presence of coliform bacteria. Most Probable Number (MPN) represents the bacterial density [11].The presence or absence test using MTTF method is used to monitor high quality samples, where the presence of the target organism is improbable. The sensitivity of this technique depends on the sample volume analyzed and the precision on the number of samples analyzed in parallel with each dilution step. In all of the enumeration techniques, the cultivation conditions are selected to 58
  • 2. E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District promote the multiplication of the target organisms, while simultaneously inhibiting the growth of other organisms. The balance between sensitivity and selectivity is the reason for different methods for drinking water and highly contaminated waters. Since in our work we are concentrating on drinking water, MTTF method is preferred. The MPN index represents the bacterial density. II. METHODOLOGY Multiple Test Tube Fermentation (MTTF) method is performed with 100ml of water sample using three test tubes, containing serial dilution, that are incubated in to a broth media. The combinations of positive results are interpreted from statistical tables, to estimate the number of organisms present. After incubating water sample with media for 24 to 48 hours the MPN Index is calculated. If not more than 1 coliform is present per 100ml of water, then water is said to be safe for drinking. The experimental set up for MTTF test with e-nose system is shown in Fig.1. Fig. 1 Experimental setup The MTTF method, also referred as MPN method, is based on an indirect assessment of microbial density in the water sample by reference to statistical tables, to determine the MPN of organism present in the original sample. The MPN per 100ml of sample using three test-tubes of each dilution is recorded from the MPN (Table I). [APHA-AWWA-WPCF, „Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater‟] The water samples collected for bacterial analysis are: Sample 1: Water collected directly from Swarna river during rainy season; Sample 2: Water collected directly from Swarna river during summer season; Sample 3: Water collected after preliminary filtration (Swarna river water); Sample 4: Filtered and chlorinated drinking water supplied from Udupi Municipal Corporation (Swarna river water). The coliform group of bacteria is detected based on lactose fermentation. The release of CO2 gas at room temperature proportional to the bacterial count is the indication of bacterial contamination. To improve culture-based techniques for monitoring specificmicrobial populations in water samples, the current study has adapted the sensor technology [7] to automate the process of water analysis. TABLE I MPN TABLE PER 100 ML OF SAMPLE MPN Number of Number of MPN per positive tubes in positive tubes in per 100 dilutions dilutions 100 ml ml 10 1 0.1 10 1 0.1 ml ml ml ml ml ml 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9.1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 14 0 0 2 6 2 0 2 20 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 26 0 1 1 6.1 2 1 0 15 0 1 2 9.2 2 1 1 20 0 1 3 12 2 1 2 27 0 2 0 6.2 2 1 3 34 0 2 1 9.3 2 2 0 21 0 2 2 12 2 2 1 28 0 2 3 16 2 2 2 35 0 3 0 9.4 2 2 3 42 0 3 1 13 2 3 0 29 0 3 2 16 2 3 1 36 0 3 3 19 2 3 2 44 1 0 0 3.6 3 0 0 23 1 0 1 7.2 3 0 1 39 1 0 3 11 3 0 2 64 1 1 0 7.3 3 0 3 95 59
  • 3. E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District 1 1 1 11 3 1 0 43 1 1 2 15 3 1 1 75 1 1 3 19 3 1 2 120 1 2 0 11 3 1 3 160 1 2 1 15 3 2 0 93 1 2 2 20 3 2 1 150 1 2 3 24 3 2 2 210 1 3 9 16 3 2 3 290 1 3 1 20 3 3 0 240 1 3 2 24 3 3 1 460 1 3 3 29 3 3 2 1100 The coliform group of bacteria is detected and quantified using PIC microcontroller based data acquisition system (DAQ). Fig. 2 shows the simplified schematic diagram of the e-nose system. The project flow is shown in Fig. 3. Sampling Array of Computing system sensors system Fig.2. Simplified schematic diagram of e-nose system Fig.3 Block diagram of e-nose system The e-nose system involves hardware and software implementation. The water sample is tested using MTTF method and the CO2 gas released depending on the bacterial contamination, is sensed using array of nine carbon dioxide sensors. Signal conditioning circuit using OPAMP will improve the quality of signals. The sensor output voltage is measured using an operational amplifier with high input impedance and low bias current (less than 1 pA) shown in Fig. 4. Fig.4 Sensor interface and signal conditioning The PIC Microcontroller is programmed to detect and quantify the microbial water contaminants as shown in below flow diagram Fig. 5.The schematic diagram of e-nose system is built using PSPICE as shown in Fig. 6. 60
  • 4. E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District Fig.5 Software flow diagram Fig.6. Circuit diagram of e-nose system 61
  • 5. E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District III. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS The MPN index of Bacterial count is recorded from statistical table and it is compared with sensor response of e- nose system as shown in Table II.The sensor response 220 mV for 350 ppm of CO2 gas is taken as threshold voltage. The tables prove that e-nose system accurately measures microbial water contaminants and indicates the degree of contamination. The bacterial concentration for all 4 samples are plotted as shown in Fig. 7, which indicates that bacterial count varies randomly and This system is able to monitor the degree of contamination and thus the water quality. TABLE II : TABLE OF BACTERIAL COUNT PER 100 ML OF SAMPLE USING THREE TEST-TUBES OF EACH DILUTION MPN No (Index) Sensor response No of positive tubes 10ml 1ml 0.1ml Percentag out of 3 MPN Water sample e Water Comment 0. Index 10 1 S11 S12 S21 S22 S31 S32 Quality 1 ml ml S13 S23 S33 ml 299m 240m 285m Sample1 V V V (collected from 1100/10 300m 285m 275m Not 3 3 2 river during 0ml V V V 0% Drinkable rainy season) 390m 260m 295m V V V 289m 229m 293m Sample 2 V V V (collected from 35/ 300m 329m Not 2 2 2 328m 25% river during 100ml V V Drinkable V summer) 205m 219m 215m V V V 282m 280m 500m V V V Sample 3(after 20 210m 260m 290m Treatment preliminary 1 2 2 50% /100ml V V V required filtration) 200m 199m 203m V V V Sample 120m 115m 105m 4(filtered and V V V chlorinated by 118m 116m 108m municipal 0 0 0 0/100ml 100% Drinkable V V V corporation for 110m 115m 110m drinking V V V purpose) 62
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  • 7. E-Nose System to Detect E-Coli in Drinking Water of Udupi District Biography K. M. Nayak obtained his BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Mangalore University, Karnataka India and MTech in Industrial Biotechnology from Dr.MGR University Chennai. He is the Associate member of Institute of Engineers India and Life member of Indian society for Technical Education. Currently he is working as Assistant Professor (Sel. Grade) in Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, MIT, Manipal of Manipal University and part time research scholar at Dr. MGR University, Maduravoyal, Chennai. His specialization includes Bio MEMS and Microsensor and Bio Electronics. His current research includes E-nose technology for Environmental Monitoring and Artificial Neural Networks. 64