Research & Development

mSemicon collaborates with researchers to bridge the gap between discovery and real-world impact.

Universities and research institutions are engines of innovation. When a new technology shows promise, mSemicon partners with researchers in order to develop functional prototypes that demonstrate the potential of such innovation. Along the way, we offer technical insight and application-focused thinking to help shape the concept into something ready for validation, investment, or further development. Our role is to accelerate the path from lab to launch — supporting those with the core ideas with some ideas of our own.

Active EU-funded projects include:

AutoDAN

Deploying AUgmented inTelligence sOlutions in EU buildings using DAta aNalytics, an interoperable hardware/software Architecture and a Novel self-energy assessment methodology.

Auto-DAN addresses the gap between designed and real-life energy performance in buildings by developing a cost-effective, IoT-based solution for self-assessment. It captures real-time data on energy use from appliances and systems, helping users make informed decisions on investment, use, and maintenance. Auto-DAN combines augmented intelligence and assistive automation to optimise energy use in buildings, placing occupants at the centre. It also introduces a dynamic, continuous assessment method aligned with smart readiness indicators (“SRI”). mSemicon is heavily involved in two aspects of the project: the development of monitoring hardware – currently being commercialised – and the coordination of a demonstration site, an industrial park.

Auto-DAN has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101000169. (Ending September 2025)

Hypersonic

High mobilitY Printed nEtwoRks of 2D Semiconductors for advanced electrONICs

Future technologies like wearable electronics need cheap, flexible printed circuits, but current devices perform far below silicon. The HYPERSONIC project aims to boost performance by reducing resistance at nanosheet junctions. It uses chemical crosslinking and high-aspect-ratio nanosheets to improve charge transfer and contact area. This could enable printed devices with mobilities in the hundreds of cm²/V·s – vastly better than today’s. mSemicon is involved in evaluating the tecnology in wearable sensor arrays, showcasing its commercial potential.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101129613. (Ending March 2027)

Research Support

mSemicon has also collaborated as a service provider to several of Ireland’s universities on many projects, from complex and adaptive systems to space applications. In all cases, the service that mSemicon has provided has been related to turning ideas into physical functioning prototypes, tools the researchers can use to test and demonstrate their ideas.

Some of these projects have been funded by SFI and ESA as well as by others, and have been in the space, agritech, medical, sensor and acoustics sectors.

Further Research

mSemicon has also participated in several other funded research projects at the national level, including under SBIR and DTIF as well as some smaller focused activities. The company is also very active in internal research and development activities as well as in multiple collaborations with industry.

New Collaborations

mSemicon is very interested in new research challenges and would therefore welcome enquiries from interested parties, especially at the early stages where we can help with assessing technical viability, commercial prospects, and proposal preparation. We are particularly interested in projects that use some of our existing hardware, as well as ones that require the development or customisation of electronic solutions for specific research challenges. Energy, Medical, Networked IoT, and Wearables are particular areas of interest to the company.