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Peter Voss: Speaking at the Embedded Tech Convention USA

Peter Voss

(BSc, BA, CPA, CA) President & CEO  -  Shimco

Self Powering Sensors For Aircraft Using Novel Flexible Piezoelectric Nanogenerators

Developing increasingly compact structures and high-performing sustainable power sources has become an important area of development to assist in the deployment of self-powered electronics. Piezoelectric nanogenerators comprising flexible and compact structures have emerged as a strong candidate to address this need. More specifically, these self-powering devices are desired to monitor in-service conditions and out-of-spec events in aircraft structures, that will enhance their safety, consistency, operational cost, and efficiency.

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About Peter Voss

Peter earned a Bachelor of Science in Physics from McMaster University in 1988, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1989. He earned his Chartered Accountant designation from PriceWaterhouse (PwC now) in 1994. Peter then went into industry and held various senior roles in both private and public hi-tech companies in accounting, finance, operations, and M&A. Peter purchased Shimco in 2011 and transformed the company into a world-class niche manufacturer supplying material and machined parts primarily to the aerospace and defense industries, worldwide. He then recognized a need for data acquisition and management in aerospace, to capture real-time environmental data on aircraft for diagnostic and prognostic health monitoring. Working with local research institutions in Southern Ontario, he developed a high-efficiency, flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator material used in the company’s all-in-one self-powering sensing and transmitting devices, currently being tested in multiple applications.