ABOUT US
Experts In Accurate Deep Cooling Solutions
At ICECAP, we’re all about deep cooling for any application, ranging from image sensors to medical applications! Our expertise in thermal isolation and dissipation, and electronics integration keeps your systems cool and running at their best.
Meet The Team
Andre Micallef
Co-Founder
Electrical engineer with expertise in digital/analogue electronic design and AV engineering. He holds an M.Sc. pioneering innovative industrialisation for high-speed camera systems. Prior to ICECAP, Andre was involved in various entrepreneurial projects, including setting up companies as well as managing various grants
Marc Anthony Azzopardi
Advisor
Marc holds a Ph.D. in avionics from Cranfield University. He is an Associate Professor of Electronics Engineering at the University of Malta. Marc is co-inventor of several of ICECAP's technolgoies and leads the IP portfolio amongst others.
Gareth Blundell
Electrical Engineer
Electronics design engineer with expertise in embedded systems development. He holds an B.Eng from the University of Malta, having developed production ready iteration of the Aristat module.
Thomas Galea
Co-founder
Electronics design engineer with expertise in Hardware / Software co design and FPGA's. He is currently reading for an M.Sc in Industry 5.0 practices in embedded electronics.
Alec Fenech
Co-founder
Mechanical design engineer with expertise in product design and thermal systems engineering. He holds an M.Sc. from the University of Malta in Kansei engineering. Prior to ICECAP, Alec took on mechanical design roles, designing battery systems for the AV sector amongst others.
Contributors
We sincerely thank all the incredible contributors, both past and present, for their dedication and hard work. Your efforts have shaped this project into what it is today, and we couldn’t have done it without you !
Andrew Spiteri – Arriva & Firmware Lead
Christopher Conrad – Admin & internal tools
Raniero Falzon – Thermal Design
Andrew Pirotta – Debug Electronics
Keith Borg – Mechanical Design Vaccine transporter
Benjamin Abela – Heatsink Jig design
Luigi Buhagiar – Debug tools
Daniel DeGaetano – Medical transporter GUI design
Reuben Mizzi – Heatsink Design
Bradley Camilleri – Cloud infrasctructure
Alan Grech – GUI Development
Matthew Camilleri – GUI Development
Thomas Koppens – GUI Development
Darren Cachia – Electronic Power Design
Luca Galea – Vaccine transporter electronics design
Abdallah Moutaa – Debug Tools development
Noemie Justet – Medical transporter GUI design
Nicholas Sciberras – Thermal Design
Alec Cini – Medical transporter thermal design
Joelant Aquilina – Medical transporter thermal design
Josef Xerri – Demo Box Design
Daniel Attard – Demo Box Design
Timeline
2017
Technology Development
Original Problem
The process began with a real-world challenge encountered during a research-funded project called MEMENTO, The research team sought to cool a high frame rate camera’s image sensor below -20°C to enhance its noise and exposure performance. The cooling system needed to fit within a portable handheld camera body and powered off a V-mount battery.
Q1
2020
Experimental Design & Results
An experimental setup was designed involving a stack of 3. This included the preliminary design of a controller, which incorporated most of the elements developed during the camera implementation, such as power supplies, temperature sensors, and control.
Q3
2020
Acquisition of Funding
The team successfully applied for a Technology Development project, named ICECAP, securing nearly €230,000 in funding for the next 3 years. This was done in collaboration between the University of Malta and New Energy Ltd.
Q4
2021
1st Prototype of Aristat Control Module (TRL 4)
Q1
2023
2nd Prototype of Aristat Control Module (TRL 6)
This control module was designed with flexibility in mind, allowing for the power optimisation algorithm to be easily integrated within a multitude of applications. This was also done as part of another undergraduate project.
The first image shows the various assembly options, whilst the second shows the final PCB.
Q3
2023
Vaccine Transporter Demonstrator (TRL3)
Starting Q1, a vaccine transporter demonstrator was developed, reaching TRL3 and demonstrating electrical and UI functionality, including the frontend GUI and IOT tracking.
Q4, November
2023
Technology Demonstrator within Imaging product
ICECAP’s technology was successfully integrated within MEMENTO’s High speed imaging system. This included validated power supplies, several isolation systems (including vacuum chambers), and custom heat dissipation methods.