Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants

This project will develop power units that can supply the power requirements of mobile and distributed low-power electronics. These units will harvest energy from motion and be able to operate without maintenance or replacement for the life time of the system. The University of Waterloo research team will develop the energy harvesting and power handling subsystems comprising the power unit and integrate them. In collaboration with the industrial partner, Arjae Spectral Enterprises, Ltd., it will customize these units to the needs of niche entry-markets. The project will lead to electronic systems that do not run out of power and open possibilities for widely distributed electronic systems with low maintenance overhead. It will result in economic benefits by transferring new products to Canadian industry and environmental benefits by decreasing the use of batteries.