Skip to main content
To KTH's start page

News ITM

  • Per Lundqvist - new Vice President for Sustainability

    Per Lundqvist, Professor, Vice Rector for Sustainability
    Published Mar 29, 2021

    Per Lundqvist from EGI has become the new Vice President for Sustainable Development at KTH

    Read the article
  • “Citation is a sign of quality”

    Portrait of Lihui Wang
    Lihui Wang
    Published Mar 24, 2021

    By spreading your work in the research community, you stay relevant and influence the agenda. The words are Lihui Wang’s, who thinks sharing results is the most effective way to evaluate your own rese...

    Read the article
  • Vincent Wang wins SME award

    Published Mar 24, 2021

    Vincent Wang’s skilled research and engagement in the manufacturing industry has rendered him the SME 2021 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.

    Read the article
  • “I want my research to matter”

    Published Mar 17, 2021

    He is passionate about sustainable development. Francesco Fuso Nerini’s motive to make his work known to others is simple: to make a difference. ”As researchers we have a duty to produce quality resea...

    Read the article
  • Highest citation and best paper for unusual trio

    Published Mar 10, 2021

    Three ITM Professors from two different departments form the team behind JMS Best Paper Award for 2020 – celebrating the highest citations during five years. The cooperation is a little unusual, but i...

    Read the article
  • Accelerating the transition to clean and modern cooking for the 3 billion people without access

    Photo credit: Youssef Boulkaid
    Published Mar 10, 2021

    More than 3 billion people worldwide still do not have access to clean cooking, which results in around 4 million premature deaths annually related to household air pollution (WHO, 2018), and in a num...

    Read the article
  • Aiming for faster material development

    Group photo
    MMD coordinator Carl Dahlberg (SCI), Director Annika Borgenstam (ITM), and Vice Director Per-Lennart Larsson (SCI).
    Published Mar 03, 2021

    Mechanics and Materials Science are two disciplines with their own research methods, their own terminology and strong traditions within KTH. The Center for Mechanics and Materials Design (MMD) is a ne...

    Read the article
  • Fabian Levihn guest in the finance podcast Avanza

    Published Mar 02, 2021
    Read the article
  • Webinars arouse research interest

    Hand holding a light bulb, and a test tube with liquid.
    Poto: Louis Reed and ThisisEngineering, Stockholms universitet.
    Published Mar 02, 2021

    The House of Science wants to inspire high school students to choose educations in science, technology, and mathematics. In their popular webinars, researchers from KTH and Stockholm University talk a...

    Read the article
  • Open position as Industrial PhD student at NIBE

    NIBE heat pump. https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=3OEIq%2fnQ&id=DA00F4523081AE02
    Published Feb 23, 2021

    One of Europe’s leading manufacturers of heat pumps, NIBE, together with Electricité de France (EDF) is looking for an industrial ph.d. student, to be supervised from the French university Mines Paris...

    Read the article
  • K-ULF Teachers and researchers collaborate for a strong research project together.

    Published Feb 23, 2021

    The 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.

    Read the article
  • Average and Marginal CO2eq emission factors

    Alta-damm. javascript:actionEventData({$action:"view", $target:"work", $contentId:"1.1051788"})
    Published Feb 22, 2021

    On 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...

    Read the article
  • ATS - Assessment of Transversal Skills in STEM

    Published Feb 18, 2021

    Assessment 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...

    Read the article
  • Merging art with cutting edge technology

    A woman interacting with the robot sculpture.
    Published Feb 17, 2021

    What 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 ...

    Read the article
  • Robotic 3D printing that can speed up production

    Fahad Ahmad Khan in front of the robot arm.
    Fahad Ahmad Khan next to the robotic 3D printer.
    Published Feb 10, 2021

    Hi 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?

    Read the article
  • A research facility with superpowers

    1st Cathodic Arc Deposition in a synchrotron hutch
    Hi energy X-rays reveal the secrets of materals. Photo: Jens Birch.
    Published Feb 10, 2021

    What 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 ...

    Read the article
  • Death of cash

    Published Feb 09, 2021
    Read the article
  • Great efforts! From the Advanced Service Design students

    Published Feb 08, 2021

    The students had an unusual task in their course from us at The department of Learning.

    Read the article
  • Challenges when cyber systems meet humans

    Selfdriving minibus in city
    The self-driving car is just one example where cyber systems interact with physical systems and people. Photo: G.M. Cruise
    Published Feb 03, 2021

    In 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...

    Read the article
  • Wanted: ventilation team for buildings post corona

    Conference room in the basement of KTH Live-in Lab.
    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, 2021

    Will 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...

    Read the article