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Our mission is to make civil infrastructure safer and industrial assets more efficient by enabling widespread adoption of fiber optic sensors

Our story

Sentea is a spin-off of the joint Photonics Research Group of Ghent University and nano-technology research center imec. The Photonics Research Group has been working on Silicon Photonics based fiber optic sensor technology and interrogators since 2009.

A team of researchers from Ghent University together with seasoned managers, and supported by a consortium of leading Belgian high-tech investors, founded the company in 2018 to commercialize 10 years of research.

Fiber optic sensing allows for highly accurate and robust structural health monitoring solutions, predicting and preventing equipment failure and structural damage even in the most harsh environments. Furthermore fiber optic sensors can also be used to monitor and improve the operational efficiency of equipment and processes.

Thanks to the use of Silicon Photonics, wind farms, civil structures, heavy industry and transport will benefit from Sentea’s small and cost-effective fiber optic sensor interrogators.

Our offices
Located at the Ghent Science Park, Europe's main hotspot for silicon photonics

Meet our team

Thijs Spuesens

CTO

Silicon Photonics expert with a PhD from the world renowned Photonics Research Group of Ghent University and imec

Karsten Verhaegen

CEO

Seasoned executive with proven track record in international business management & entrepreneurship.

Ronny Bockstaele

COO

Serial entrepreneur with extensive technical & operations expertise and a PhD in Photonics from Ghent University

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