11/28/2008
» SAFFO – a new Vinnova RFID project
The SAFFO project advances the state-of-the-art in passive/semi-passive RFID sensor tags and provides solutions that can be further utilized in viable commercial products.
SAFFO aims at integrating the technological expertise among the Finnish - Swedish research consortium and at exploiting these in new RFID sensor tags solutions. The project is dedicated to provide technical demonstrations of the developed solutions in wireless humidity and temperature monitoring applied to sectors such as home maintenance, construction, healthcare, and cold chain logistics.
SAFFO project is the continuation of IntelliSense RFID project within the NORDITE program (Vinnova) , which showed that is feasible to develop multi-band / multi-protocol / multi-sensing components for passive RFID sensing tag. The SAFFO partners are for Sweden, Micro and NanoSystems group at MC2/Chalmers University of Technology and Imego Institute, and VTT for Finland. Project leader is Cristina Rusu (cristina.rusu@imego.com) for Sweden and Kaj Nummila (kaj.nummila@vtt.fi) for Finland.
8/26/2010
Electronic design engineer
Imego's business involves maximizing the potential performance of a system by equipping it with sensors.
This sets harsh requirements on the sensor element design, the necessary surrounding electronics and packaging, but also the analysis of the sensor signals plays a central role in the system design. In some systems several sensors are used and controlled and often involves FPGA. Some systems have to be small, cheap and have low power consumption, which means that ASIC based solutions often are required to process the sensor signals.
The many different types of sensors in micro-format used by Imego pose a great variety of new challenges to an electronics design engineer.
Your qualifications
You have a master degree or higher in electrical engineering and have some years of work experience in development digital systems. You have experience in FPGA and PCB design flows. Knowledge about ASIC design flow is an advantage. You are not afraid to take initiatives and you appreciate personal responsibilities. You like to work in small teams, where the members are multidisciplinary, and can divide your time between short-term and long-term projects.
Your tasks
You will take part in the whole work flow from specification up to delivery of completed prototypes. Your main tasks will be design, layout, test and verification of the sensor system electronic. This will also include micro-controller and FPGA programming.
Your tools
Imego has a portfolio of different tools that can aid your development of electronic devices. Altium, Xilinx Foundation, Cadence, Matlab and Simulink are some examples of software tools that we presently use.
For further information, please contact:
Jan Wipenmyr
+46-31-750 18 07
+46-709-15 18 07
jan.wipenmyr@imego.com
6/4/2010
Become a part of our team!
6/4/2010
Business area manager – Inertial Motion Sensors
We are currently seeking a highly motivated, commercially oriented, dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial senior researcher
who will be responsible for Imego’s largest business area - Inertial Motion Sensors. In this research and application field, Imego has a solid reputation as a world leading MEMS inertial sensor system R&D center. You will be responsible for both the technical and commercial development of the business area, so you have both a solid scientific background as well as proven skills in sales and business development.
For further information please contact:
Mr. Gert Andersson, Associate Professor
Vice President Strategy, R&D
Phone: + 46-31-750 18 05
Mobile: +46-709-15 18 05
gert.andersson@imego.com
6/4/2010
Senior researcher – Bio & Chemical Sensors
We are also looking for a creative senior researcher with a drive for opportunities
rather than being problem-oriented, a vitamin injection in our organization that can contribute to the growth of our Bio & Chemical sensor operation. You have a solid scientific background, are used to writing research applications and managing research projects and find it stimulating to work close to industry to commercialize research results. You have sensor project ideas for life and/or environmental science.
For further information please contact:
Mr. Gert Andersson, Associate Professor
Vice President Strategy, R&D
Phone: + 46-31-750 18 05
Mobile: +46-709-15 18 05
gert.andersson@imego.com
12/18/2009
Micronano System Workshop
MSW is the meeting place for Micro- and Nanosystem actors in Scandinavia. Topics include sensors, actuators, microfluidics and integrated optics and electronics.
11/24/2009
Norwegian precision - Swedish innovation
Sensonor Technologies AS, Norway, and Imego enter a long term strategic coorperation for development, manufacturing and marketing of MEMS based inertia sensors and navigation systems. Read more in Swedish...
Pressrelease för omedelbar release 2009-09-23, Horten, Göteborg
Norsk precision – Svensk innovation
- skapar konkurrenskraft och tillväxt i Göteborg och Horten regionerna.
Sensonor Technologies AS och forskningsinstitutet Imego ingår ett långsiktigt strategiskt samarbetsavtal gällande utveckling, tillverkning och marknadsföring av MEMS-baserade tröghetssensorer och navigeringssystem.
Det välrenommerade norska sensorföretaget Sensonor Technologies AS med en lång historia som högvolym tillverkare av sensorer för bilindustrin och det svenska forsknings - och innovationsinstitutet Imego har träffat ett ömsesidigt samarbetsavtal för utbyte av IP-rättigheter, högteknologisk kunnande och affärsmässiga prioriteringar. Detta kommer att skapa affärsmässiga fördelar för bägge parter på den internationella marknaden, och därmed blir Imego strategisk leverantör av IPR, ingenjörskunskap, applikationer och tjänster till SensoNor gällande MEMS baserade tröghetsensorer och navigeringssystem. Samtidigt som Imego får företräde till att använda sig av SensoNors produkter och komponenter.
Efter positiva erfarenheter från ett mångårigt samarbete parterna emellan så har nu Imego som Sensonor tagit nästa steg och utvidgat samarbetet för att i framtiden fullt ut kunna utnyttja kombinationen av båda företagens respektive expertis och möta behov på marknaden som annars inget av företagen ensam hade kunnat. Sensonor och Imego har därför nu formaliserat ett ännu närmare samarbete i formen av ett strategiskt ramavtal inom området MEMS baserade sensorer och MEMS baserade tröghetsnavigeringssystem.
Enligt de senaste prognoserna kommer marknaden för MEMS-baserade komponenter att stiga till 400 miljarder US-dollar inom de närmaste 10 åren. ”Det fördjupade samarbetet mellan Imego och Sensonor kommer att öka vår gemensam såväl som vår individuella konkurrenskraft och underlättar framtagning av nya och innovativa lösningar för att möta marknadens behov i en internationell arena”, konstaterar Sverre Horntvedt, VD på Sensonor.
Samarbetsavtalet rör forskning och utveckling av produkter och tjänster inom området sensorutveckling, rörelsemätning och tröghetsnavigering. Detta är ett gränsöverskridande samarbete inom högteknologiska applikationer. Bägge organisationerna är ledande inom sitt respektive expertisområde. ”Detta samarbetsavtal skapar en unik styrka och konkurrensfördel, och bringar därmed tillväxt och internationell konkurrenskraft inom mikroteknologi till regionen Göteborg-Horten”, hävdar Professor Bill Brox, VD på Imego i Göteborg.
Samarbetsavtalet innefattar ett licensavtal, forskningssamarbete och tillgång till produkter och produktelement samt viss gemensam markandsföring.
Imego och Sensonor kommer i forskningssamarbetet utveckla nästa generations tröghetssensorer, vilket gör att Imego kommer att kunna utveckla ännu bättre miniatyriserade rörelsemätnings- och navigeringssystem. Imego blir huvudleverantör av IP-lösningar och applikationskunskap för tröghetsnavigering och rörelsemätning till Sensonor och Sensonor blir Imegos huvudleverantör av tröghetssensorer.
Sensonor blir industriell leverantör av Imegos MEMS baserade tröghetssensorer såsom gyron och accelerometrar.
Samarbetet mellan parterna skapar en unik möjlighet för företag i regionen att få tillgång till den senaste sensorteknologin, kombinerat med världsledande kompetensen för utveckling av miniatyriserade rörelsemätnings- och navigeringssystem, som kan användas för miniatyrisering av befintliga produkter så väl som för utveckling av nya produkter.
För ytterligare information:
Gert Andersson
Vice President, R&D, Imego
gert.andersson@imego.com
www.imego.com
Tfn: +46-31-750 18 05
Mobil: +46-709-15 18 05
Terje Kvisterøy
CTO, Sensonor Technologies AS
terje.kvisteroey@sensonor.no
www.sensonor.com
Tfn: +4733035172
Mobil: +4791191946
10/19/2009
Emergency Support System (ESS) to Serve as a Framework for Future European Crisis Event Management
The Emergency Support System (ESS) Consortium today announced that it has received formal approval from the European Commission to begin research and development of a portable emergency command and control system that incorporates real-time data collection technologies. The system will provide actionable intelligence to managers during crisis events and will be used as a framework for future crisis management systems.
Part of the Seventh EU Framework Program, ESS is a four year project which is expected to run until 2013 (http://www.ess-project.eu). The European Commission will contribute €9.1 million over the next 4 years. The ESS consortium, which is led by Verint Systems, is comprised of 19 leading European technology companies, research institutes and end- user organizations.
The purpose of ESS is to enable improved control and management of major crisis events such as terror attacks, industrial accidents, natural disasters etc. The idea guiding the development of ESS is real-time fusion of various forms of field-derived data including radioactivity, bio-chemical, audio-video, weather location tracking, affected population reports and other information. The data would be communicated via both portable and fixed platforms including wireless communication devices, UAV, air-balloon and field-vehicles. The fusion of the data is handled within a central system which performs information analysis and provides decision support applications for web based command and control systems. This provides flexible, yet comprehensive coverage of the affected area.
Once available to the market, the ESS concept would offer real time synchronization and information sharing between first responders and support forces at the site of the incident such as police, rescue teams and fire-fighters as well as out-of-theatre command and control centres of the various involved authorities (e.g. municipalities and homeland security). ESS will also enable the commanders to communicate with the affected on-site personnel by sending text (SMS) or recorded voice messages.
“We are proud to advance our innovative concept in the field of civil security through partnership with world-leading industrial and research organizations,” says Gideon Hazzani, Director of Technologies for Verint Systems, who initiated the ESS concept and serves as the consortium coordinator. “Crisis situations are usually characterized by random location, uncertainty, stress and the availability of partial information according to which commanders need to make life and death decisions. By using independent, portable and quickly deployable command and control systems which share information between all the parties, decision makers can make decisions based on better quality, clearer and more complete data. As such, ESS will help limit the scope of the crisis and ultimately save lives,” explains Hazzani.
9/16/2009
ITS World Congress
The Swedish ICT stand at the 16:th ITS world congress 2009, Stockholmsmässan, Sweden, 21-25:th September.
When the 16:th ITS world congress takes place in Stockholm the 21-25:th of September, you will find Swedish ICT represented in stand Z20 in the exhibition center. We are also represented with several interesting presentations in the conference program.
Please visit us in the stand and meet with our researchers who will tell you about our projects and methodology.
4/14/2009
10 Imego Years
10 Imego years of Research Excellence at the frontiers of sensor technology
The new ownership structure creates opportunities for more extensive
collaboration with the other institutes in the group and enables us to
participate in larger joint projects, both nationally and
internationally. Our close relationship with Chalmers University of Technology also
provides access to extensive research facilities. Companies doing
business with us will benefit from the know-how and resources of our
expanding network.
10 Imego years of research excellence
Over the last ten years, we have developed to become a significant
multidisciplinary research institute and a valued component of the
Swedish educational and industrial system. The stability of a strong
owner, the State of Sweden, enabled us to invest boldly in innovation and
growth, which investments have paid off handsomely. We have become a
dynamic and professional organization that is focused on the problems and
challenges of micro- and nanotechnology. Together with our customers and
partners, we have overcome technical challenges and created smart
products and production methods.
Closing the gap between universities and industry is necessary to meet
the growing need for converting discovery into innovation and
commercializing Swedish research results. We are now proud to play a
leading role in transferring technology to market in the important and
rapidly growing field of miniaturized sensor systems.
Smart investment has paid off
We are one of the few leading global actors in miniaturized dynamic
inertial measurement systems (DIM). With projects for large Swedish and
international companies and organizations, we have built up knowledge in
a range of disciplines such as wireless sensor networks and dynamic
susceptometry. In this way, we have generated Imego’s most important
resource – technological excellence.
Stimulating the growth and profitability of small Swedish enterprises
mainly by providing applied research of the highest quality and helping
them find ways to obtain external financing for development projects are
also important to us. We have collaborated with a large number of small
enterprises and have been involved in several successful development
projects. Our research in sensor systems has also resulted in promising
spin-offs such as Vasasensor, a company that produces
pressure sensors for the paper industry.
We are proud to be an important resource for Swedish industry today. With
new owners and ten years of experience behind us, our outstanding people
are eager to confront the challenges of the future!
4/14/2009
COMS 2009
COMS is the leading annual conference on micro- and nanotechnology commercialization and education...
From concept to marketplace COMS2009
is the 14th annual conference on commercialization of micro- and nano-systems.
COMS 2009 is the leading annual conference on micro- and nanotechnology commercialization and education. The COMS conference is not just about the science like so many other micro/nano meetings but also about how to turn research and theory into commercial products.
The accompanying exhibition will cover all aspects of the technologies related to commercialization and provide an ideal environment for new
business development.
3/20/2009
Launch of REXUS 6 at Esrange Space Center, 12 March, 2009 at 10:08 UTC
The
REXUS program is a joint project between the
Swedish Space Corporation SSC, ESRANGE, and the Mobile Rocket Base (Moraba) of the German Aerospace Center DLR, conducted by EUROLAUNCH. Half of the payload is reserved for German students, while the Swedish half has been made available to students from other European countries through a collaboration with ESA Education. REXUS is considered as an annual sounding rocket program, launched from Esrange Space Center, Sweden.
1/19/2009
» SAFER seminar February 3rd!
An introduction to automotive radar technology. February 3rd 2009, 13:00‐16:00 at Manegen, Lindholmspiren 5 (Entrance floor), Lindholmen Science Park in Göteborg. To register, please send an e‐mail to lisa.knutsson@chalmers.se.
12/19/2008
» Imego får ett innovativt ägarskap!
Den 18 december 2008, lagom till Imegos 10-årsjubileum, undertecknades ett avtal om överlåtelse av det statligt helägda forskningsinstitutet Imego till Swedish ICT.
Efter tio år med staten som ägare så har Imego utvecklats till ett dynamiskt nationellt forskningsinstitut. Dagens överlåtelse till Swedish ICT innebär ett historiskt kliv mot ett nytt decennium av utveckling och innovation.
Försäljningen av Imego är ett led i regeringens strävan att främja industriforskningen genom en sammanslagning av landets institut. Målet är att de svenska industriforskningsinstituten ska bli mer konkurrenskraftiga och bättre rustade för att stärka näringslivet, bland annat genom ökad samverkan med universitet och högskolor. Imegos nya ägare Swedish ICT är en av fyra nya bolagsgrupper inom IRECO Holding AB.
- Vi är övertygade om att denna omstrukturering kommer att stärka institutens möjligheter att möta näringslivets behov av forskning och utveckling på ett mer effektivt och flexibelt sätt, kommenterar Hans Hentzell, VD och koncernchef på Swedish ICT.
- En nationell kraftsamling under Swedish ICT:s ägarskap ger oss betydligt större möjlighet till ett fördjupat samarbete mellan de olika instituten inom koncernen, menar Bill Brox, VD på Imego-institutet. Detta ger potential till deltagande i större gemensamma projekt av både nationell och internationell karaktär, till exempel med inriktning på fordonsindustrin eller informations- och kommunikationsteknologi. Imegos nära anknytning till Chalmers ger också en värdefull möjlighet till hantering av större industriuppdrag samt starkare samverkan med Chalmers forskningsavdelning.
Swedish ICT består idag av Acreo, Imego-institutet, Interaktiva Institutet, Santa Anna, SICS och Viktoria-institutet. Dessa aktörer verkar främst inom informations- och kommunikationsteknologi, mikro- och nanoteknologi samt sensorteknik med fokus på fordonsindustrin.
Imego bedriver forsknings- och utvecklingsarbete i nära samverkan med Chalmers Tekniska Högskola och Göteborgs Universitet. Kärnan i verksamheten är tillämpad forskning och produktutveckling inom mikro- och nanoteknologi med sensorsystem i fokus.
11/28/2008
» Imego joins the EU-FP7 IP Emergency Support System
The Emergency Support System is a suite of real-time data-centric technologies which will provide actionable information to crisis managers during abnormal events.
This information will enable improved control and management, resulting in real time synchronization between forces on the ground (police, rescue, firefighters) and out-of-theater command and control centers.
Imego’s contribution is in the area of wireless sensors, eg local weather sensors and bio-chemical sensors.
Please contact Cristina Rusu (cristina.rusu@imego.com) for more information!
11/27/2008
» Imego is partner in RFID Nordic
RFID Nordic is a non-profit organization that has the aim to act as a link and know-how cluster between customers, suppliers, universities and other education establishments, the media, decision-makers and authorities within the RFID field.
http://www.rfidnordic.se
10/3/2008
» MERMAID - analysis of material properties
Imego has developed MERMAID, a measurement instrument for analysis of liquid and thin film properties using magnetoelastic resonance (MER) sensors.
The MER sensor is either coated by or immersed in the substance under investigation. Dynamic events such as viscosity changes, phase transitions or bio film growth on the surface of the MER sensor can be analyzed. The MERMAID is useful in many applications, such as food processing, biomedicine and polymer testing.
http://www.imego.com/Products/MERMAID/MERMAID.aspx
6/18/2008
» Imego arbetar med regional tillväxt
Imego är en av parterna i ”Industriell Dynamik”, ett regionalt nätverk i Västra Götaland.
Nätverket tillhandahåller kvalificerad experthjälp inom olika områden och det långsiktiga målet är att skapa tillväxt och starkare konkurrenskraft för regionens industriföretag.
12/13/2007
» Vinnova-stöd till Vasasensor
Vinnova bidrar med 2,8 miljoner till ett projekt för utvärdering av PressEyes i pappersbruk. Projektdeltagare är Stora Enso Nymölla AB, forskningsavknoppningen Vasasensor samt en pappersmaskinbeklädnadstillverkare.
Projektets syfte är att utvärdera ett helt nytt trådlöst sensorsystem för processoptimering i ett svenskt pappersbruk. Sensorsystemet, framtaget av företaget Vasasensor, mäter tryckprofilen i pappersmaskinens pressnyp. Mätningen sker kontinuerligt under det att pappersmaskinen är i full drift, vilket ingen lyckats med tidigare.
Information från det unika mätsystemet, i kombination med gedigen erfarenhet från papperstillverkning, möjliggör realtidsstyrning mot effektivare avvattning och minskad energiförbrukning för papperstillverkare. Jämnare papperskvalitet liksom minskat pappersspill och färre oplanerade driftstopp är andra fördelar som skall utvärderas under projektet.
Projektdeltagarna är Stora Enso Nymölla AB, forskningsavknoppningen Vasasensor samt en pappersmaskinbeklädnadstillverkare. Projektet finansieras till stor del av projektdeltagarna men har i hård konkurrens med andra företag och forskare även fått 2,8 miljoner kronor i finansiering från VINNOVA.
Projektledare:
Sofia Johnsson, VD Vasasensor
031-780 18 70
sofia.johnsson@vasasensor.com
www.vasasensor.com
12/12/2007
» Imego på Elektronik/EP-mässan (pdf)
Acreo, IMEGO, FOI och SP ställer gemensamt ut på Elektronik/EP-mässan den 28-30 jan 2008 (Stockholmsmässan). Tillsammans representerar de fyra instituten ett kraftfullt erbjudande av FoU-tjänster och produktionsresurser som kan leverera nya innovativa produkter för tillväxt och ökad konkurrenskraft.
1/1/2007
» Vasasensor – Spin-off of the year
Vasasensor AB is announced as "Spin-off of the year 2005" by The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and Connect Sweden. Vasasensor was founded in 2003 and is a spin-off from Imego and Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship.