News ITM
-
SVT visits CoKitchen at KTH Live-In Lab
Published Nov 16, 2021SVT recently visited the CoKitchen apartment at KTH's campus. One of the participating students in the CoKitchen project gave SVT a tour of the apartment, where a total of four students will be living...
Read the article -
Publication: Recruitment of academic staff
Published Nov 15, 2021Recruitment of academic staff is a central aspect of university life, a vital instrument for university management and a pertinent issue in research on higher education. This study focuses on recruitm...
Read the article -
Exploring tuition fees as a policy instrument of internationalisation in a welfare state
Published Nov 12, 2021This article sheds light on some challenges that internationalisation raises for policymakers regarding public funding of higher education in a welfare state by examining policy logics for introducing...
Read the article -
New centre uses a system approach to tackle climate crisis
Giant iceberg from a melting glacier in Ilulissat on Greenland. Photo: Maridav / Mostphotos Published Nov 10, 2021Why hasn’t the climate crisis been met with faster action? In the newly-launched KTH Climate Action Centre, researchers aim to speed up the climate action process by engaging the whole of society.
Read the article -
Future leaders get to know cyber-physical systems
Published Nov 03, 2021A new course will give INDEK students and other KTH students the basics of one of the hottest technology subjects: cyber-physical systems. " To be able to invest in new technology, we need people at e...
Read the article -
Novel Mechatronics-Twin Framework based on Stewart Platform
Published Nov 01, 2021Within the EU H2020 project SocketSense, a novel mechatronics-twin framework has been developed to integrate advanced biomechanical modeling and simulation capabilities with the support for physical t...
Read the article -
Pain reducing tech suit on export
In 2009, the Exopulse suit was just a prototype. Today, the garment improves motion range and reduces pain for hundreds of people with brain disorders as MS or dysfunctions from stroke. Published Oct 26, 2021Garments designed to reduce pain and spasms for patients with brain damage – yes, this is done at KTH. More than ten years ago, researchers Johan Gawell and Jonas Wistrand at the Department of Machine...
Read the article -
The SDGs hit hard by the pandemic
Photo: Unsplash. Photo: Unsplash Published Oct 20, 2021It is not only humans who have been affected by the pandemic. So has the work on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. But, according to a new study, there also exists a silver lining for sustainabl...
Read the article -
“The industry needs experts in circular manufacturing”
Published Oct 20, 2021Hi Farazee Asif, why has the Department of Production Engineering (IIP) started a new master’s course on Circular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) – a course that you are responsible for?
Read the article -
To be or not to be a technical university
Published Oct 20, 2021The technical university category in the national context of Sweden involves two dominant actors, both founded in the early nineteenth century: KTH and Chalmers University of Technology.
Read the article -
Universities in the Knowledge Society has just been released
Published Oct 19, 2021Lars Geschwind and Industrial doctoral student Stefan Lundborg have contributed a chapter on the Swedish higher education system in this volume.
Read the article -
Bright Research Future at the Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences
Published Oct 15, 2021Learning in Engineering Sciences is evaluated as the strongest environment of its type and as the leader in Engineering Education Research in the Nordic countries.
Read the article -
“I focus on those in the shadow of the entrepreneurs”
Kristina Nyström, new professor at INDEK. Published Oct 06, 2021The third newborn professor from INDEK, Kristina Nyström, put the spotlight on people and companies that normally are overshadowed by charismatic entrepreneurs and startups.
Read the article -
Our new course - LT1029 Supervising School Placements Students 3.0 credits
Published Oct 06, 2021The course is designed for secondary school teachers who, in their professional practice, receive students on school placement education (VFU).
Read the article -
Meet the all virtual Hillert Laboratory
Levente Vitos, director of Hillert Laboratory, explaining ”muffin-tin orbitals”. Published Oct 05, 2021Modeling is a rapidly growing field in materials science. It is also an area where the new Hillert Laboratory will play an important role.
Read the article -
KTH students improve Spanish university campus
Photo: Reiseuhu on Unsplash Published Sep 30, 2021Over 100 KTH students have worked on creating sustainable energy system proposals for Valencia’s technical university. Each year the students of Energy Management, an international masters programme, ...
Read the article -
Leadership Forum will support ITM’s managers
Photo from Unsplash. Published Sep 22, 2021How do you tell an employee that the person is not doing their job? What responsibility do I have when I suddenly become a manager? And how do I implement the development dialogues? ITM's new Leadersh...
Read the article -
New director at Hultgren Laboratory
Anders Tillander is associate professor in industrial process metallurgy. He started as a researcher at the Department of Materials Science in 2003. He has also worked with safety issues and fire protection at the department. Photo: Alexandra von Kern. Published Sep 21, 2021With increased accessibility and an expanded instrument park, Anders Tilliander wants to offer the lab’s services to small and medium-sized companies.
Read the article -
"Money and payments concern everyone”
Niklas Arvidsson is a fresh Professor at INDEK. Photo: Anna Gullers Published Sep 15, 2021INDEK's Niklas Arvidsson foresaw the cashless society and says that several exciting innovations are on the way that will change the payment systems for all of us. Niklas is one of three new professor...
Read the article -
Agreeing on how to collide
Do we and the self-driving cars understand each other? Photo: Samuele Errico Piccarini, Unsplash Published Sep 14, 2021Autonomous vehicles (AV) are expected to improve road safety and avoid serious accidents significantly. But do the autonomous systems and humans understand each others reactions in a tense traffic sit...
Read the article
Showing page
13
of
46