emnisense was established in 2025 with the mission to provide fast and simple
R&D services. The company mainly focuses on the development of microwave-based sensors, an area which
holds great promise as an emerging sensor technology. Our passion for that particular area has allowed
us to recently make some really exciting non-invasive sensors for healthcare, food processing, and
water-quality monitoring, and we strongly believe there is great further potential.
Why microwave-based sensors? We are often asked why we focus on microwave-based
systems. To date, the technology has been under-utilised due to lack of available (affordable) hardware.
That is now changing at a rapid pace, so the opportunities for using microwave sensors open up. The
sensors are quite robust and flexible to a range of applications. They can "see" further inside
objects (e.g., foods, tissues) than typical optical sensors, and are non-ionising which gives them a
significant advantage compared to X-rays for continuous use.
We have demonstrated their use over the years in range of areas. See below some examples of our
peer-reviewed work in several key areas. Note that links will open in a new page/tab and are external
to emnisense.
While microwave-based sensor is at our core, we do also work in other related fields. For
example, we have years of experience in low-power wireless systems and RFID, as well as in the use of
vision systems in complex robotics environments. If there is something that we can help you with, please
do get in touch!
Alex Mason is the founder of emnisense, having worked for many years in University and
private sector research organisations. He completed a BSc(Hons) in Computing at
the University of Liverpool (2005), and a PhD in Wireless Sensor Networks at
Liverpool John Moores University (2008). Since 2020, he is a Professor of Sensing, Automation and
Robotics at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU). Alex has extensive experience of both
writing and coordinating publicly funded research projects, having most recently coordinated the Horizon
2020 initiative RoBUTCHER. As an academic, Alex has a long history of generating and sharing knowledge,
with over 270 peer-reviewed articles. However, Alex enjoys being very much hands on, which
is one of the reasons he formed emnisense and moved a little away from the University environment. He
is motivated to develop solutions to challenges, and invent new tools or methods where none exist today.
To that end, Alex provides a range of technical and expertise skills to any project.
Olga Korostynska: Advisor
Olga Korostynska is an advisor for emnisense with an expertise in electromagnetic wave sensors and
their applications, including for water and food quality monitoring, smart health technologies and
non-invasive biomedical sensing. She holds a position of a Professor in Biomedical Engineering at
Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway. She started working with Alex Mason and microwave sensors
when she moved from Ireland to the UK as a Marie Curie EU Postdoctoral Fellow to develop electromagnetic
wave sensors for real-time water quality monitoring. Both of these turned into love and passion for life.
She has over 20 years R&D experience and has been part of several research projects, including funded
by IRCSET, Enterprise Ireland, Innovate UK, EU FP7 and Horizon, Cancer Research UK, Daiwa foundation and
Norwegian Research Council. She is also a regular expert reviewer and monitor of EU-funded projects. Olga
has co-authored 2 books, 15 book chapters, 5 UK patents and over 300 scientific papers in peer-reviewed
journals and conference proceedings.
Location
We are located in Indre Østfold, Norway, about 40 minutes south of Oslo along the E6.
Business Information
emnisense (EMNISENSE AS) is registered with Norwegian organisation number
935103886 MVA.
