Benedikt Andreas Mithassel

I build sensing systems from first sketch to shipped device as a researcher in SINTEF's Smart Sensors and Microsystems department. Current work: micromirror control for next-generation pathology, novel sensing for hydropower, and Edge AI on low-power hardware. My interest runs deepest toward climate-related sensing — wherever novel hardware can help with the climate crisis and the wider polycrisis. In academia or industry with a project in mind? My mail is on this page — do write.

Education

- MSc in Electronic System Design and Innovation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
- Background in electrical engineering: hardware design, embedded systems and PCB design — from specification and schematic to prototype, production and field use.

Competence and research areas

- Sensor systems for demanding environments (temperature, pressure, vibration, humidity, radiation)
- Hardware and firmware for next-generation pathology
- Novel sensing for hydropower plants and waterways
- Edge AI: novel accelerometer technology, custom AI accelerators, low-energy on-device processing
- Instrumentation and sensor interfacing: analog front-ends, signal conditioning, data acquisition
- PCB design (Altium), embedded programming — hands-on, from soldering iron to oscilloscope