Lapland University of Applied Sciences

Lapland University of Applied Sciences will act as the lead partner in the project with expertise provided by multiple Interreg Nord projects over the years. In addition Lapland UAS can provide for example electronics testing services, harsh environment testing and failure mode analysis. Lapland UAS can also provide software and hardware development for sensor systems and backend services. Lapland UAS has a wide range of expertise in various wireless transmission technologies as well. Modern UI technologies can also be provided by Lapland UAS specialists, these can contain multiple different technologies from conventional touchscreen devices and computers to AR and VR technology solutions.Lapland UAS has also some experience in working and developing systems operating on energy harvesting power sources and applications of this technology in industrial environments.

Lapland University of Applied Sciences (Lapland UAS) is the Lead EU partner for HE4T and is responsible for these webpages. Also Lapland UAS is the work package leader for WPs 6 and 7 of which WP6's leadership is shared with University of Vaasa

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UiT The Arctic University of Norway

UIT The Arctic University of Norway is a medium-sized research university and have approx. 3500 employees and 17 000 students. The engineering faculty (IVT) has education at all levels. The faculty stands foremost in the development of technical and engineering research, teaching methods and pedagogy.

IVT has close cooperation with universities and institutes in the North financed by eq. Interreg, Norden, Horizon and National programs. The IET and IBEM institute have several big research projects with SINTEF and Norwegian industry and collaborating in several projects with Swedish and Finish universities and business.

Increasing the competence level in the industry based on relevant research and state of the art technologies are one of UIT main priorities and to be part of a cross-border academia and industry cooperation in the North is within the strategy for building new international activities and research projects. In this project UIT will deliver research in all work packages.

UiT is the lead partner of the Norwegian consortium of the HE4T. They are WP leaders of work packages 4 & 5.

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Luleå Univeristy of Technology

The Electronic systems group at Luleå University of Technology has a long history of external research projects and cross-border collaboration. In the Interreg project Joint Test Service Platform for High Tech Industries (JoHTo), we were engaged in developing cross-border testing service together with 6 Finnish partners. In the proposed project, HE4T, we contribute with two of the three focus areas for our group, Electronic design and Electromagnetic compatibility. Both areas are vital in the creation of future self-powered Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Our competence will be used to design, build, and evaluate the low power, small size electronics that are vital for the energy harvesting system to function. Our expertises in ASIC and EMC will be used to develop energy harvesting based solutions. Our ability to simulate performance of structures and components will be combined with measurement capabilities in our shielded chamber in order to create the most efficient design.

Luleå University of Technology (LTU) will act as the WP leader for work packages 1 & 2. They will be providing especially electromagnetic modelling know-how to the project.

LTU website:

https://www.ltu.se/?l=en

University of Vaasa

The University of Vaasa has more than ten years experience on the development of the energy harvesting technologies for the industrial use. Several energy harvesting systems have been developed including harvester modules, power management electronics connected with different sensors, wireless data transfer units and IoT. The functioning of the developed systems has been demonstrated in the field tests. At the moment there is a group consisting of five scientists working in the energy harvesting development work. This work is done in a close cooperation with the industrial companies.

For this project the University of Vaasa can offer a wide range experience especially on the development of energy harvesting modules, energy management electronics, wireless data transfer and IoT. Also, the University of Vaasa has several years experience on the working with industrial companies in the field of energy harvesting.

University of Vaasa is the WP leader of work packages 3 & shares leadership of WP6 with Lapland UAS.

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