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New Deputy programme manager of Bio4Energy

Elisabeth Wetterlund, associate professor of Energy Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has been appointed new deputy director of the research environment Bio4Energy. Bio4Energy is a Swedish strategic research environment with emphasis on research that uses the forest as raw material for ...

National efforts to valorize forest raw materials is strenghten from the north

Luleå University of Technology is a new partner in Treesearch, a world-unique platform for research on new materials and products from the forest. The initiative brings together Swedish universities, forestry and industry, private foundations and the state. The goal is to create future innovations f...

Composites seminar 2019 @ LTU

6 Nov. 2019 10:00 – 11:30 , LTU E130:

Welcome to the second composites seminar this fall. Some of the ongoing research in the area of composite materials at LTU will be presented and discussed. The intention with the seminar is to facilitate technical and scientific discussion between researchers and PhD- students active in research wit...

Patrik Fernberg, Professor of Polymer Composite Materials

Patrik Fernberg's dream is that the vehicles in the future will be constructed with locally produced carbon fiber and operated in an energy efficient way. He develops materials that can make this possible.

Composites seminar 2019 @ LTU

16 Oct. 2019 10:00 – 12:00 , E206:

Welcome to a seminar during which some of the ongoing research in the area of composite materials at LTU will be presented and discussed. The intention with the seminar is to facilitate technical and scientific interactions between researchers and PhD- students active in research with direct relevan...

Eight researchers presented at ICCM22 in Melbourne

Three research groups at the Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics (TVM) were represented at the world's largest composite materials conference, ICCM. These were Wood and Bionanocomposites, Fluid Mechanics and Polymeric Composite Materials.

Composite experts from all over the world gathered in Luleå

The international conference CompTest 2019 was held in Kulturens hus in central Luleå. The conference was very successful and brought together experts in composite testing and model identification from all over the world.

Licentiate Seminar in Polymeric Composite Materials – Zainab Al-Maqdasi

5 Jun. 2019 10:00 – 12:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Development of Constituents for Multi-functional Composites Reinforced with Cellulosic Fibers

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials – Hiba Ben Kahla

4 Jun. 2019 09:00 – 11:30 , E231:

Micro-cracking and delaminations in composite laminates under tensile quasi-static and cyclic laoding

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials – Johanna Xu

29 Mar. 2019 08:30 – 11:00 , E231:

Structural Composite Lithium-Ion Battery: Effect of Intercalation induced volumetric changes on micro-damage

Won competition for best presentation at the Marcus Wallenberg Prize

Jiayuan Wei, PhD student in Wood and Bionanocomposites at Luleå University of Technology, won the competition for the best three-minute presentation at the Marcus Wallenberg Prize.

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites – Shiyu Geng

19 Sep. 2018 10:00 – 12:30 , E632:

Cellulose-based Nanocomposites – The Relationship between Structure and Properties

Wax from arctic berries can become new products

Researchers will explore the possibility of using wax from arctic berries to create new products in cosmetics, dental and packaging materials. The berry wax has a unique chemical composition that will now be studied further.

CompTest 2019

27 May. 2019 08:00 – 29 May. 2019 16:00 , Kulturens hus:

CompTest 2019, 9th International Conference on Composite testing and model identification

The International Material Conference FPCM was held in Luleå

From 30 countries, the leading scientists in manufacturing of polymer fiber composites came to Luleå and Norrbotten for the FPCM-14 conference. The material is for instance important in order to make lightweight cars that require less energy.

Focus on Materials of the future

How can cars become lighter? How can the manufacturing process of vehicles become more energy-efficient? One possible solution is an increased use of composites – materials that are light and strong. Next week, researchers from 30 countries gather in Luleå for the international conference on Flow Pr...

Licentiate Seminar in Polymer Composite Materials – Nawres Al-Ramahi

23 Feb. 2018 09:30 – 11:30 , E231, Luleå tekniska universitet:

Numerical stress analysis in hybrid adhesive joint with non-linear materials

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials – Sibin Saseendran

29 Sep. 2017 08:30 – 10:30 , E246:

Super condensators - Biochar as electrode material

30 Nov. 2017 12:00 – 13:00 :

Nanomaterials for advanced solar cells - the present and the future

12 Oct. 2017 12:00 – 13:00 :

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites – Natalia Herrera Vargas

15 Sep. 2017 10:00 – 12:00 , E632:

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials – Linqi Zhuang

24 May. 2017 09:00 – 11:00 , E246:

Mini courses gave a taste of university studies

Students from across the country visited Luleå University of Technology for two days to participate in this year's mini courses. Students had lectures and practical sessions and got to meet teachers and students and also experiences the stimulating environment at the University.

10 000 °C in a second

Gleeble 3800 is a state-of-the-art equipment installed in the materials lab at Luleå University of Technology. It will be used for thermal-mechanical materials testing and simulations. For example, the Gleeble can heat a sample with 10 000 °C per second.

Award-winning thesis on bio-based foam material

Nikolina Frisk, who recently completed her studies at the MSc program EEIGM, received the 2016 prize for best thesis by the Bo Rydin Foundation. The cash prize was 30 000 SEK.

Oksman receives Nordea Science Prize

Kristiina Oksman, Professor of Wood and Bionanocomposites at Luleå University of Technology, has been awarded the Nordea Science Prize for 2016.

Associate professor lecture - Andrejs Pupurs

14 Nov. 2016 10:00 – 11:00 , E632:

Polymeric Composite Materials
The presentation is titled Modeling the behavior of high performance composites

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites - Zoheb Karim

16 Jun. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , E632:

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Material - Abdelghani Hajlane

10 Jun. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , E231:

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites - Narges Naseri

8 Jun. 2016 13:00 – 15:00 , E632:

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites - Saleh Hooshmand

9 Jun. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , E632:

Licentiate seminar in Polymeric Composite Material - Linqi Zhuang

27 May. 2016 15:00 – 17:00 , F531:

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Material - Hana Zrida Ammar

30 May. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , E231:

Licentiate seminar in Polymeric Composite Material - Sibin Saseendran

27 May. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , F531:

In the media: Technology Buoys Water Treatment

Developments spur improvements as plants place higher priority on water. Progress also is occuring at other vendors such as GE Water and Process Technologies and Suez Advanced Solutions U.K., and in academia such as at Lulea University of Technology in Sweden.

Carrot converted to green super material

Carrots, shrimp- and paper residue is mixed with plastic to strong and biodegradable nanocomposites by researchers at Luleå University of Technology. In the long term, scientists believe bionanocomposites can replace fiberglass.

Minister was shown how nanofibers are extracted from carrots

Sweden's Minister for Higher Education and Research, Helene Hellmark Knutsson, visited the lab at the research subject Wood- and Bionanocomposites at Luleå University of Technology.

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Material - Newsha Doroudgarian

18 Mar. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , E231:

Nano Filter efficient water purifier

Filters of nano-cellulose, which has been tested in two Spanish factories and of a Spanish water company, are highly effective. The tests conclude the EU-funded project Nano Select led by Luleå University of Technology. Filters have been scaled up to the size for purify process water from industri a...

Strong, lightweight and resilient

He gave up his dream of becoming a professional sailor, instead he became CEO of the institute Swerea SICOMP. Under his leadership, the research institute has developed into one of Europe's leaders in fiber composites, where the collaboration with Luleå University of Technology has played a key role...

Young researchers at the Marcus Wallenberg Prize event

Four PhD-students in Wood and Bionanocomposites were selected in the Young Researchers Challenge, and got to present their research at the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, an event which gather leading scientists and engineers from the forest industry.

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites - Peng Liu

21 Jan. 2016 10:00 – 12:00 , E632:

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites - Martha Herrera Rodríguez

6 Nov. 2015 10:00 – 12:00 , E246:

Recent advances in nanocellulose and high temperature composites in the region

CCSWE is holding a workshop on the 21/9 at LTU on the results of the CCSWE Excel project. Presented will be work on nanoellulose based composites and the high temperature composites developed by LTU and Swerea Sicomp.

New knowledge about natural fiber composites

Natural fiber composites have the potential to replace conventional fiberglass materials. In a new doctoral thesis, Liva Pupure presents models that predict the behavior of natural fiber in different loading situations.

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials

17 Apr. 2015 10:00 – 12:00 , E246:

Dissertation in Engineering Materials

31 Mar. 2015 10:15 – 12:15 , E246:

Impregnating Paper Honeycomb with resins

Axxor are offering an internship on impregnating paper honeycomb with resins. Axxor is a global manufacturer of high quality paper honeycombs with it’s main markets in furniture, automotive and building & construction.

Nano Filter cleans dirty industry

Prototypes of nano-cellulose based filters with high purification capacity towards environmentally hazardous contaminants from industrial effluents eg. process industries, have been developed by researchers at Luleå University of Technology. The research, conducted in collaboration with Imperial Col...

Licentiate seminar in Wood and Bionanocomposites

19 Dec. 2014 10:00 – 12:00 , D770:

Installation Lecture - Polymers / Composites / natural fiber

29 Oct. 2014 10:30 – 11:30 , Vetenskapens hus:

Swerea Sicomp Conference 2nd June 2014

The 25th SICOMP Conference will take place in Piteå June 2-3, 2014.

Lightweight research benefits the environment

Materials scientist Andrejs Pupurs at Luleå University of Technology is one of six promising young scientists who have been accepted to LIGHTer. The purpose of LIGHTer, one of Sweden's five priority strategic innovation areas, is to strengthen Swedish industry by developing expertise in lightweight ...

Dissertation Alejandro Leiro

April 29, 2014
Luleå University of Technology

EEIGM articles freely available

The proceedings of the 7th EEIGM International Conference on Advanced Materials Research has been published as Volume 48 of IOP Publishing's open access IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

PhD position in Wood and Bionanocomposites

A PhD position is now open in the Wood and Bionanocomposite group. This work will be focused on surface characterization of nano cellulose and membranes using microscopy

Licentiate seminar in Wood and Bionanocomposites

3 Dec. 2014 10:00 – 12:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate seminar in Wood and Bionanocomposites

4 Dec. 2014 10:00 – 12:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate seminar in Wood and Bionanocomposites

28 Nov. 2014 10:00 – 12:00 , E632 Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate Seminar in Polymer construction material

12 Jun. 2014 15:00 – 17:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate seminar in Wood and Bionanocomposites

11 Jun. 2014 13:00 – 15:00 , E632, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate seminar in Engineering Materials

27 May. 2014 10:00 – 12:00 , E632, Luleå University of Technology:

Dissertation in Engineering Materials

29 Apr. 2014 09:30 – 11:30 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate Seminar in Polymer construction material

7 Mar. 2014 10:00 – 12:00 , E632, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate seminar in Polymeric Composite Materials

19 Feb. 2014 10:15 – 12:15 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

VR funds for modeling and advancerat microscopy of water pollution

Aji Mathews, associate Professor Wood and Bionanocomposites has been awarded funding from VR modeling and advanced microscopy of water pollution.

Wood and Bionanocomposites group presents at the the materials in Medicine International Conference

Narges Naseri presented her work on chitosan random mats reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals for wound dressing application at the Materials in Medicine International Conference in Italy in October

New composite that stores energy

A composite of carbon fiber and plastic that, except being light and strong, also serves as a battery. The concept of energy storage in multifunctional materials are now presented in a doctoral thesis by Tony Carlson at LTU. The technology, which is patent pending, makes it possible to create so-cal...

Lifetime achievement award from the BioEnviromental Polymer Society

Professor Kristiina Oksman, head of the Wood and Bionanocomposite group at LTU was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Beps, the BioEnvironmental Polymer Society

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials

4 Oct. 2013 09:00 – 11:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials

27 Sep. 2013 10:00 – 12:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites

27 Sep. 2013 10:00 – 12:00 , Auditorium A, LTU Skellefteå, Luleå University of Technology:

Dissertation in Polymeric Composite Materials engineering materials

13 Sep. 2013 10:00 – 12:00 :

First with new enviromental engineering

Luleå University of Technology is the first in Sweden with a new technology that scales up production of nano-cellulose from wood residues. It may eventually give the forest industry profitable new products, such as nano-filter that can clean both gas and processwater, but also drinking water. Bette...

Swerea Sicomp recruiting PhD students

Swerea Sicomp are looking to recruit a PhD student for the modeling of composite materials during crash

Flowtite Norway looking for composite chemists

Flowtite are looking for a material or polymer chemist to join their R&D department in Sandefjord.

Materials scientists conferred at LTU

On 21-22 March the EEIGM Advanced Materials Research Conference 2013 was held at Luleå University of Technology and was organized by the Division of Materials Science and Composite Centre Sweden at LTU.

Green nano filters purifies contaminated water

Cheap, highly efficient and environmentally friendly bionanofilters, with optimal ability to clean contaminated water from industry, are developed in the EU project Nano Select headed by LTU professor Aji Mathew, Luleå University of Technology. The new bionanofilters are made of cellulose fibers. T...

Wood and plastic in perfect harmony

Research at Luleå University of Technology presents a method where individual wood fibers can be used to enhance wood-plastic composites (WPC). Wood fiber serves as reinforcement and gives a stronger and stiffer material. The solution is described in a new doctoral thesis written by Maiju Hietala, P...

Dissertation in Wood and Bionanocomposites

17 Jan. 2013 10:00 – 12:00 , E632, Luleå University of Technology:

Composite Award 2012

An article from Kristiina Okmans' Wood and Bionanocomposite group received the Composite Award 2012. This is an award for published work of particular merit in the field of composites.

Licentiate seminar in Polymeric Composite Materials

18 Dec. 2012 10:15 – 12:15 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

Licentiate seminar in Wood and Bionanocomposites

4 Dec. 2012 13:00 – 15:00 , E632, Luleå University of Technology:

Nanofibres made of sludge from Cellulose manufacturer- a success story

For example, at one single cellulose manufacturer, Domsjö Fabrikerna in Sweden, the producer of special cellulose, which is used to in the manufacturing of viscose fibers, causes one thousand tons of sludge as a residue each year. In the current situation the sludge is not re-used. It is this indust...

Multi Composite Makes the Car Eco-smart

Cars built with composite materials that are both lightweight and strong and which also acts as a battery. A fully realizable goal according to a LTU research group in the field of polymeric construction materials. Among other things the group is working to develop multi-functional, high-strength co...

Prize for best published work

The PhD student Andrejs Pupurs and Professor Janis Varna was awarded the prize for best published in 2011 by IOM3, The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.