Facilities
SenSys is establishing an integrated research environment at the University of Manitoba for sensing, microsystems, microfluidics, advanced fabrication, characterization, and translational technology development.
The infrastructure is being designed around complete research workflows — connecting device fabrication with characterization, instrumentation, system integration, and application-level validation.
Infrastructure Vision
SenSys infrastructure is being developed to support the progression from materials and fabrication to sensing, integration, characterization, intelligent analysis, and real-world evaluation.
Emerging Capabilities
The laboratory environment is being organized around six complementary capability areas that support the major SenSys research thrusts.
An integrated fabrication environment for rapid prototyping, microdevices, microfluidics, direct-write manufacturing, laser processing, printed electronics, and unconventional device architectures.
Electrochemical and analytical workflows supporting biosensors, functional materials, energy devices, electrochemical interfaces, and point-of-care technologies.
Optical sensing, fluorescence, microscopy, imaging, spectroscopy, and multimodal characterization for device development and analytical measurement.
Fabrication and testing approaches for textile electronics, flexible devices, wearable sensors, compliant systems, and biointegrated technologies.
Capabilities connecting fluid handling, pumping, thermal control, microreactors, lab-on-chip systems, sensing interfaces, and portable diagnostic instrumentation.
Infrastructure supporting technology evaluation across water, soil, food, agriculture, environmental monitoring, and other application-driven research settings.
Research Workflow
The value of the infrastructure lies in how individual capabilities connect across a complete experimental and engineering pathway.
Translate a research question into device architecture, fluidic design, sensing strategy, and system requirements.
Prototype devices using additive, subtractive, direct-write, laser, printed, and flexible manufacturing approaches.
Integrate nanomaterials, recognition chemistries, electrodes, optical interfaces, and biofunctional surfaces.
Evaluate electrical, electrochemical, optical, mechanical, morphological, and analytical performance.
Combine sensing with microfluidics, electronics, control, thermal management, software, and portable instrumentation.
Test complete systems using application-relevant samples, environments, workflows, and deployment scenarios.
Research Enabled
The facility strategy is being shaped around the four SenSys research thrusts rather than around a stand-alone inventory of equipment.
University Environment
SenSys is based within the University of Manitoba, providing a broader institutional environment for interdisciplinary research, collaboration, infrastructure, training, and technology development.
100+
Buildings
Across the University of Manitoba facilities environment.
6.41M
Square Feet
University facilities and infrastructure space.
676
Acres
Land represented within the UM Facilities profile.
Infrastructure for Translation
The aim is to create an environment in which researchers can move efficiently from a sensing concept to a functional, characterized, integrated, and application-tested system.
