%0 Thesis %A DEY, SHUVASHIS %D 2018 %T Electromagnetic Transduction Based Chipless RFID Sensors for Internet of Things (IoT) %U https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Electromagnetic_Transduction_Based_Chipless_RFID_Sensors_for_Internet_of_Things_IoT_/6230972 %R 10.4225/03/5af17ef06b888 %K Chipless RFID %K Internet of Things %K IoT %K RFID %K UHF RFID %K Sensors %K Super Wide Band %K Antenna %K Smart Material %K Precision Agriculture %K Crack sensor %K Soil moisture sensor %K Soil salinity sensor %K Leaf wetness detector %K Tag %K Interdigital capacitor %K Time domain reflectometry %K Near field communication %K Radio Frequeny Identification %K RADAR Cross Section %K RCS %K Structural Health Monitoring %K Ultra Wide Band %K UWB %K SWB %K CST %K Functional material %K Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance %K Antennas and Propagation %K Wireless Communications %K Sensory Systems %X This thesis provides low cost chipless RFID based sensing solutions for a number of specified Internet of Things (IoT) application areas, namely- Precision Agriculture, smart buildings, and retail and supply chain. These areas have a burning requirement of low cost sensing and item tagging devices. However, due to the absence of such devices, these applications areas do not receive enough traction in terms of industrial applications. This thesis involves the development of such inexpensive devices to monitor soil moisture and salinity contents, leaf moisture contents, temperature in perishable food items and environment as well as crack in public infrastructure. %I Monash University