Wireless, Self-Powered Vibration Monitoring and Control for Complex Industrial Systems (Energy Harvesting and Storage Europe 2013)

A self-powered, vibration monitoring and control platform with

Prof. Paul J.M. Havinga is full professor and chair of the Pervasive Systems research group at the Computer Science department at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He received his PhD at the University of Twente on the thesis entitled "Mobile Multimedia Systems" in 2000, and was awarded with the 'DOW Dissertation Energy Award' for this work. His research themes have focused on wireless sensor networks, large-scale distributed systems, Internet of Things, and energy-efficient wireless communication. He has a significant experience as project manager in several international research projects on wireless sensor networks. In 2001 he initiated the first European project on wireless sensor networks EYES, and many national and international projects evolved from this. He received the ICT Innovation Award for the successful transfer of knowledge from university to industrial use, and the "van den Kroonenberg award" for being a successful innovative entrepreneur.

WiBRATE explores new paradigms for developing innovative strategies for wirelessly monitoring and controlling vibration using a network of intelligent embedded devices that power themselves using harvested vibration energy. WiBRATE brings together a unique combination of experts from industry and academics. The consortium consists of Universiteit Twente, Inertia Technology, Centro Ricerche FIAT, Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab, LMS International, Università della Svizzera italiana - AlaRI, and Perpetuum Ltd.