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K-ULF Teachers and researchers collaborate for a strong research project together.
Published Feb 23, 2021The main purpose of the Compensatory Teaching for Learning and Research Project [K-ULF] is to increase research in collaboration between higher education institutions and local municipalities.
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Average and Marginal CO2eq emission factors
Published Feb 22, 2021On Friday the 4th, a seminar/discussion about Marginal and Average CO2 eq emission factors took place online. It had been organized by EGI PhD students to try to get a better understanding of this top...
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ATS - Assessment of Transversal Skills in STEM
Published Feb 18, 2021Assessment of Transversal Skills in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) is an innovative project implemented in eight EU countries and involving a partner network of 12 educational...
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Merging art with cutting edge technology
Published Feb 17, 2021What do you get if you combine art and advanced technology? Well, for example, the artwork Being Unthinkable - a robot sculpture that is floating four meters above the ground at IBM's headquarters in ...
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Robotic 3D printing that can speed up production
Fahad Ahmad Khan next to the robotic 3D printer. Published Feb 10, 2021Hi Fahad Ahmad Khan, you have built a 3D printer from scratch that is collaborating with an industrial robot hand. What is robotic 3D printing - compared to “ordinary” 3D printing?
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A research facility with superpowers
Hi energy X-rays reveal the secrets of materals. Photo: Jens Birch. Published Feb 10, 2021What if it was possible to measure what happens to molecules as they react deep inside materials. To see what happens inside steel when it is manufactured, inside batteries when they are charging and ...
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Death of cash
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Great efforts! From the Advanced Service Design students
Published Feb 08, 2021The students had an unusual task in their course from us at The department of Learning.
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Challenges when cyber systems meet humans
The self-driving car is just one example where cyber systems interact with physical systems and people. Photo: G.M. Cruise Published Feb 03, 2021In our homes and surroundings, computer systems are hiding that both measure and control things, often connected to the Internet. What happens when they fail? Do we still have electricity, water, food...
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Wanted: ventilation team for buildings post corona
KTH Live-In Lab wants to find partners interested in how to ensure risk free indoor space during a challenge such as the corona virus. Published Feb 03, 2021Will ventilation systems in future buildings be designed in a different way to minimize spread of bacteria and virus? This question is raised by KTH Live-In Lab who’s looking for new partners to solve...
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Crowdfunded women better at reaching funding goals
Published Feb 02, 2021Backed up by women, female entrepreneurs at crowdfunding platforms reach their funding goals more often than men. Hadar Gafni at the Department of Industrial Economics and Management has mapped the ge...
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Successful PhD defence by Jenny Gabriela Pena Balderrama
Published Feb 02, 2021On the 18th December 2020, Jenny Gabriela Pena Balderrama from the division of Energy Systems KTH-dES, successfully defended her PhD thesis on the topic “Exploring low-carbon development pathways for ...
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Testing the transport system of the future
Chirag Savant, researcher and responsible for the three vehicle platforms at ITRL, controls the RCV-E platform outside the centre. Photo: Alexandra von Kern. Published Jan 27, 2021Transport is a rapidly developing area with self-driving cars and robots around the corner. It also affects everyone in society. The research centre ITRL provides society and industry with the basis f...
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FAO Water-Energy-Food Nexus Webinar series
Published Jan 26, 2021This FAO series — organized in collaboration with SEI and KTH Royal Institute of Technology — introduces nexus concepts and gives examples of current efforts and best practices in the Near East and No...
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Design students create services for online learning
The project results are presented in eight films. There are suggestions for platforms for finding study buddies or have a coffee with new people and lecture studios for teachers, to mention a couple. Published Jan 26, 2021This year the master students in the Advanced Service Design got a special assignment from their teachers. The result: eight suggestions that really would improve online learning.
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Wave energy benefits from the mistakes of wind power
Next in line to do the same journey as wind and solar power might be ocean wave energy. Photo: Cor-Power Published Jan 20, 2021Is wave energy the new star of renewables? The potential is great and a research team at KTH works towards a faster development for harvesting the powers of the seas.
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All about Competence Centres
Published Jan 11, 2021Why do research in certain areas lead to competence centres and how do they work within the centres? Today a series of articles starts where you can learn about all of the ITM school's competence cent...
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Communication course clarifies the benefits of your research
Published Dec 22, 2020More and more researchers understand the importance of being able to communicate their research to the surrounding society. With the course Communicating Research Beyond the Academy, doctoral students...
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INDEK researcher interviewed in Swedish newspaper about negative emissions
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Impressive projects in mechatronic’s “Grand Finale”
Published Dec 14, 2020As most events these days, the “The Grand Finale”, the demo session of the Mechatronic Capstone Course was given digitally. Despite that, spirit was up when efforts and hard work from almost a year we...
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