Record number of KTH researchers making an impact

“This is fantastic and I feel proud to represent KTH. It shows KTH's leading role and importance for our surrounding society and that our research is relevant and has great potential to contribute in many different areas,” says Annika Borgenstam , vice president of research at KTH.

IVA's (Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences) annual 100 list highlights a variety of research projects from Swedish universities, within current themes. The selected projects are judged to have great potential to create benefits, through commercialisation, business and method development or social impact.

According to Lisa Ericsson , Head of KTH Innovation, it is natural that KTH is successful in translating research into benefits. She refers to a long tradition of taking innovations to the market.

“We often say that this is part of our DNA and our culture, but we also work actively to reinforce this culture, and for almost 20 years we at KTH Innovation have worked to both identify research that can lead to societal benefits and support researchers in their continued work”, she says.

Last year, almost 150 research projects were initiated and developed with the support of KTH Innovation.

“With a few exceptions, we have worked together with the researchers now highlighted on the list for several years,” Ericsson says.

This year's list focuses on innovation through interdisciplinarity and covers topics such as society and welfare, infrastructure, deep tech, smart industry, circular economy, resource and energy efficiency, green and blue industries, and new business models. According to Ericsson, it can serve as a showcase for collaborative partners.

“Promising projects get exposure to both representatives of industry and society at large, and they are also invited to participate in various customised activities and meetings”, she says.

Lisa Ericsson sees the fact that KTH has so many projects on the list this year as a confirmation of KTH's importance.

“It is proof that we play a crucial role in finding solutions to the major societal challenges we face”.

Text: Christer Gummeson

IVA's 100 list in short

IVA's 100 list has existed since 2019. Researchers in engineering or economic sciences can apply for a place on the list. The selection committee consists of more than 60 people from IVA's network of representatives from academia, industry and the public sector. KTH has the most projects, 31, on this year's list, which contains a total of 103 projects. Chalmers has 18, Lund University 9, Luleå University of Technology 8 and Linköping University 5.

Here are all the projects from KTH on IVA's 2024 list

Researcher		Project
Mohammed	Alqedra	An efficient, fiber-coupled, on-demand single photons source at telecom wavelength
Andreas	Archenti	Robotics for surgery
Imane	Bayane	Innovative Data-Driven Solutions for Sustainable Infrastructure Management
Antonio	Capezza	Biodegradable circular Sanitary Material technologies from upgraded natural waste (BioSmart)
Joydeep	Dutta	Supercapacitor for green hydrogen production
Jad	El-khoury	Make Lynxwork - We support engineering companies to collaborate through their product data.
Theocharis	Iordanidis	Aperya
Linda	Fogelström	Biobaserade, resurseffektiva trälim för industriella applikationer
Michael	Fokine	Sustainable fabrication of advanced glass components through 3D printing
Sergei	Glavatskih	A paradigm shift in lubrication: towards a carbon neutral society
Dmitry	Grishenkov	Cavitating microbubbles as a next generation water cleaning technology.
Elena	Gutierrez Farewik	Wearable robotics that assist walking and promote activity
Anna	Herland	Organ-på-Chip för att förstå människokroppen
Sonia	Horchidan	Orb DB - Autocompleting Knowledge Responsibly
Maria	Karlsson	Proligreen- utvinning av fossilfritt material från outnyttjad biomassa
Ahmad	Karnama	Spritju - Energy Traceability
Amirreza	Khataee	Cost-effective green batteries for long-duration stationary energy storage
Martin	Lawoko	Design for Recyclable Materials based entirely on Renewable Feedstocks (DESIRABLE)
Wei	Ouyang	Hypha Platform: Generative AI-Powered Solutions for Secure Data Collaboration and Automation in Life Sciences
Luca	Peretti	The new copper and iron age: transportation electrification without rare earth materials
Alessandro	Prencipe	Greener and faster telecommunications with new opto-electronic devices
Arne	Quellmalz	Integration of atomically thin materials for future electronics.
Federico	Ribet	Minimally-invasive microsampling technology for patient-centric and painless diagnostics enabling access to untapped medical information
Jowan	Rostami	Wet-stable and highly porous bio-based foams
Sasan	Sadrizadeh	Transformative Thermal Energy Storage: Reducing Emissions and Enhancing Living Conditions through Renewable Heating and Cooling Solutions
Peter	Samuelsson	FerroSilva - kostnadseffektiv och koldioxidnegativ järnsvamp
Ilya	Sychugov	Solar Windows
Gerard	van Smeden	BugSee - Enabling truly rapid antibiotic susceptibility tests for sepsis
Magnus	Wiktorsson	Dynamic SALSA: AI for future human-centric production and logistics
Qianwen	Xu	Safe AI for enhanced sustainable energy systems
Weihong	Yang	Fossil free graphite