MINDI Hub: Tiny tech meets big opportunities

Nova Scotia is making a major stride in advanced technology and innovation with a $1.4 million investment in the new MINDI Hub. This four-year grant comes from the Community Economic Development Fund (CEDF) and is managed by the province’s Department of Growth and Development.

This state-of-the-art facility, based at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, will help drive advances across a range of fields and industries including ocean sensing, biomedicine, autonomous devices and IoT.

Why is this a game-changer?

• Businesses will gain access to world-class resources to accelerate R&D.
• Partnerships between companies, researchers, and students will flourish.
• It positions Nova Scotia as a leader in next-generation technologies.
   

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Innovations in microelectronics materials & design

Key partners include:

• Invest Nova Scotia: collaborating with Dal and others to advance a dedicated advanced technology facility.
• CMC Microsystems: a Canadian not-for-profit organization that accelerates research and innovation in advanced technologies. Funding two engineering staff to support R&D at MINDI.
• Ambature: a company based in Phoenix, Arizona that is providing services to fabricate quantum devices relying on high-temperature superconductors.
• Canada First Research Excellence Fund: supporting related activities via the Transforming Climate Action initiative, in particular quantum magnetometer development.

With the Government of Nova Scotia’s strategic investment in Dalhousie’s Microelectronics Innovation, Design and Integration (MINDI) Hub, the Province is positioning itself to play an important role in the development of the semiconductor industry in Canada and around the world. 

Jennifer Bain
Vice-President Research and Innovation
Dalhousie University

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