FlexSmell - Gas Sensors on Flexible Substrates for Wireless Applications

Markku Känsäkoski received his MSc degree in Electrical engineering from the University of Oulu, Finland in 1991. After graduation he joined VTT Electronics and is currently holding a position Customer Manager of both Printable Electronics and Optics and Micromodules. He is also a senior research scientist in multidisciplinary Biomicrosystems team at VTT. During 2000 he was a visiting scientist at the Sira Ltd., UK. He is inventor in five original patents and author in more than 30 scientific peer-reviewed and scientific conference presentations in the fields of on-line process analyzer development and applications and polymer lab-on-a-chips. He is a member of the organising committee of Bio Meets Nano and IT international conference. His current research is focused on the development of biomicrosystems for applications in health care, environmental diagnostics and packaging and advancing latest printable electronics and optics technologies in these applications

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is a globally networked multitechnological contract research organization. VTT has taken a wide R&D approach to RFID and wireless sensing, which is supported by extensive interdisciplinary know-how and in-house technology platforms. Our activities cover RFID and wireless systems from low frequency to mm-waves. VTT develops novel solutions to improve the performance level of RFID systems. Modern equipment and excellent facilities, like micro- and nanofabrication services and anechoic chambers, provide exceptional opportunities for the fabrication and characterization of components. VTT is collaborating with many of the key European players in the field of RFID.