Work in projects - Luleå University of Technology

Students in collaboration with the industry

Right now, students at Luleå University of Technology are helping Scania with tests of various coatings that hopefully will reduce friction and abrasion in the engines of heavy vehicles – thereby reducing both wear and fuel consumption.

Sharp projects in Sirius 19

In January prospective civil engineers in mechanical engineering finished their project course, Sirius 19. The purpose is to test their wings with sharp projects in product development. In one of the projects, a prototype for so-called inverse soil preparation, which is in demand by the forest industry, was produced.

Innovations in collaboration with companies

Sharp projects with real clients give the civil engineering students in The Master Programme in Mechanical Engineering a tough challenge every year in three courses, SIRIUS - Integrated Production Development. This year's project held very high quality and a wide range of clients and innovations.

Real student projects with a focus on sustainability

Nine student projects with a focus on sustainability were presented in this year's edition of Sustainable Living, the project course given at the third year at the Master Programmes in Mechanical Engineering and Sustainable Energy Engineering.

Festive atmosphere at the final presentation day

90 graduation students had ironed their shirts and perfected their Powerpoints when it was time for the final presentations of theses at the Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics.

Product development with engineering sharpness

During the year, five student groups have worked intensively in the project course Sirius with sharp assignments for Volvo CE, Vattenfall, BAE Systems Hägglunds, Sandvik and Skogstekniska Klustret. As usual, the results were impressive and commercialization of a couple of the solutions can be expected.

The students presented creative prototypes

A smart bicycle rack, an optimized seeding tool and a functioning wind turbine. These were some of the exciting prototypes that engineering students had developed in the Sustainable Living project course.

Strong effort by the students in Delsbo Electric

For the fourth consecutive year, students from Luleå University of Technology participated in the Delsbo Electric competition. The aim of the competition is to drive a rail vehicle as energy-efficient as possible on a stretch of 3.36 km. The students stood for a strong achievement when they beat last year's world record and finished second.

"Like the day of a dream"

For the fifth consecutive year, the Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics had gathered all of the spring's theses presentations at the same day. This year, over 60 degree projects were presented in various technical areas, most of which were conducted in the form of sharp projects at the companies.

"Our education programmes promotes Swedish industry’s competitiveness"

On their website, Siemens PLM Software draws attention to their collaboration with Luleå University of Technology and highlights the university's strong collaboration with industry.

This year's project in Sirius was a success

Smart forestry machines and improved gearboxes were on the menu when students presented creative solutions to sharp projects in Sirius. Sirius is an appreciated project course given in the fifth year of the Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Hard work behind smart prototypes

Developing smart products with sustainability in focus, that is what the project course Sustainable Living is about. This year's edition offered a portable car lift and a compactor for plastic waste.

Published:5 December 2013

Updated: 13 December 2019

By:Ted Karlsson

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