Facilities & Labs

A facility built for the work, not a demo bench

V-SENSE

"Instrumentation and reconfigurable electronics serve both cores; every instrument is multi-purpose by design."

Core A

Biosensing & Bioanalytical Laboratory

Electrode fabrication, nanomaterial functionalization, full electrochemical characterization, and integration into wireless and wearable platforms — the complete chain from raw material to working device.

What it enables
Point-of-care diagnostics — disposable-electrode detection of cancer markers, cardiac proteins, and viral antigens
Wearable & sweat sensing — continuous, non-invasive metabolite monitoring from skin
Environmental & water monitoring — heavy metals and organic pollutants, including underwater deployment
Therapeutic drug monitoring — continuous drug-level tracking for individualized dosing

Electrode fabrication

  • CO₂ laser engraver / scriber
  • Sputter coater (Au/Ag/Pt)
  • Thermal evaporator
  • Screen / inkjet electrode printer
  • Spin coater

Electrochemical characterization

  • Benchtop & multichannel potentiostats
  • Source-measure unit & low-noise current source
  • Electrochemical QCM
  • Rotating disk / ring-disk electrode
  • Bench oscilloscope, DMM, power supply

Biological sample prep

  • Biosafety cabinet & CO₂ incubator
  • Thermocycler / qPCR
  • Microplate reader
  • Refrigerated centrifuge
  • Ultrapure water system

Surface & optical characterization

  • Surface profilometer
  • Contact-angle goniometer
  • UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer
  • Inverted & stereo microscopes
  • Inert-atmosphere glovebox
Core B

Instrumentation Laboratory

Optical read-out for Core A biosensors, kilometre-scale fiber sensing, high-rate optical wireless communication, and real-time reconfigurable AI processing — one shared instrument set, three research directions.

What it enables
Optical biosensing read-out — fluorescence and luminescence detection below electrochemical limits
Optical & fiber sensing — acoustic, strain, and temperature sensing over kilometre-scale distances
Optical wireless communication — gigabit underwater links and free-space / visible-light links toward 6G
Reconfigurable AI processing — real-time FPGA modulation, equalization, and edge inference

Optics & photonics

  • Vibration-isolated optical table
  • Multi-wavelength laser diodes
  • High-power LED sources & drivers
  • PIN & avalanche photodetectors
  • Free-space opto-mechanics

High-speed instrumentation

  • High-bandwidth oscilloscope (≥1 GHz)
  • Arbitrary waveform generator
  • FPGA platform w/ high-speed converters
  • Vector network analyzer
  • RF / microwave spectrum analyzer

Optical sensing & comms testbeds

  • Optical spectrum analyzer
  • Water-tank / channel testbed
  • Fiber-optic OTDR
  • Fiber-optic spectrometer + sources
  • Monochromator

Precision electronics

  • Precision source-measure unit
  • Multi-channel DAQ / PXI chassis
  • Lock-in amplifier
  • Programmable electronic load
  • Environmental test chamber
Facilities & Labs

Shared Characterization Suite

A second-phase investment planned as the institute grows — bringing materials characterization in-house instead of relying on external services.

Scanning Electron Microscope Atomic Force Microscope X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy X-ray Diffraction Raman & FTIR Spectroscopy
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Facilities in Action

Enabling Research & Pilots

Research Pillars

Our Research Focus

These facilities support our three core research pillars, enabling development and validation of trusted sensing systems.

Pilot Projects

Real-World Deployment

Our facilities provide the infrastructure for developing, testing, and validating pilot projects across critical domains.

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Visit our research page to learn how these facilities enable groundbreaking work across all three pillars.

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