Conference

Third day summary - part 2

After the seminar concluded, the participants have transferred to Przegorzały Castle, where the second part of the meeting was held. The meeting was attended by ESRs, SB members and industry representatives. The conference has been divided into three sessions: industry presentations, ESR presentations and consortium matters (closed session). The first two sessions were dedicated to presenting the potential of both the SENSEIVER consortium and industrial partners, with the goal of finding cooperation perspectives.

The conference featured a live demonstration of the SENSEIVER sensor network: a small sensor network  has been placed in the conference room, transmitting live data to the main server located at ITE. A live data stream has been made available over the internet at http://live.senseiver.net/ to be viewed by attendees using their mobile devices and shown on the screen before the start of presentations. On the left: Live data feed shown on the screen.

The meeting has been opened by Prof. Goran Stojanovic (UNS). Prof. Stojanovic has presented the goals and achievements of the SENSEIVER project. On the right: Prof. Stojanovic presenting results of the SENSEIVER project.

The next presentation was by Dr. Phil Poole, Director of Semiconductors, MICRODUL. Mr. Poole has outlined history of MICRODUL, activity areas, and potential for cooperation. Mr. Adam Jarosz (ITE Warsaw) discussed the experience and potential of ITE’s IC design group and Mr. Krzysztof Zaraska (ITE Krakow), talked on general activities of ITE Kraków and its LTCC technology facilities. The fifth presenter was Mr. Jacek Pierkarski (ITE Kraków). Mr. Piekarski specializes in development of energy harvesters, i.e. devices which obtain energy from environment, e.g. temperature, vibration, light, or electromagnetic radiation. Mr. Piekarski has demonstrated multiple practical harversters which could be used for powering wireless sensors. The next presenter was Mr. Sławomir Nowak (Every European Digital Poland). EEDP is a company which operates large-area 900MHz wireless M2M networks. These networks are used for a variety of purposes, such as remote metering and digital signage. The last presenter was Mr. Szymon Pilch (EDFProject / heli.pl). EDFProject develops unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Mr. Pilch has demonstrated capabilities of their newest UAV.

The first presentation in the session dedicated to ESR was by Mr. Libu Manjakkal (ITE) on metal-oxide pH sensors. Mr. Manjakkal has summarized three years of work in the area, culminating in the submission of his Ph.D. thesis. On the left: Libu Manjakkal and his Ph. D. thesis. The second presentation was by Mr. Akhil Chandran (UNS). Mr. Chandran presented his work on fabrication of gas sensors based on SnO2/InO2 composites and graphene oxide / metal oxide composites. This work has been conducted during his secondment at ITE Kraków.

The next presenters were:

• Mr. Aleksandar Pajkanovic (UNS), on his work in characterization of the IC developed during the SENSEIVER project
• Mr. Bilal Hussain (INESC), on characterization results of the LNA amplifier and flexible UWB antenna
• Mr. Iman Kianpour (INESC), on development of 500kbit FIFO memory
• Mr. Milenko Milicevic (TES), on the development of the IC baseband filter
• Ms. Branislava Millinkovic (TES), on the design of the IC passive mixer.

Following the presentations, a discussion was held concerning possibilities for future cooperation.

Above: Discussion.

The last part of the meeting was a closed session dedicated to project management.

Group photo. Standing, left-to-right: S. Nowak (EEDP), M. Millicevic (TES), B. Millinkovic (TES), B. Hussain (INESC), V. Tavares (INESC), G. Stojanovic (UNS), A. Chandran (UNS), D. Simic (TES), C. Schneider (TUI), R. Ciobanu (TUI), A. Piekarski (ITE). Front row, left-to-right: K. Zaraska (ITE), M. Machnik (ITE), I. Kianpour (INESC), H. Mendoca (INESC), L. Manjakkal (ITE), A. Pajkanovic (UNS).

Fourth day summary

The fourth day was dedicated to a social event: excursion to Benedictine Monastery in Tyniec. It began with a river cruise to Tyniec.