Emelie Crafoord ready for the final in Forskar Grand Prix

On September 27th, Emelie Crafoord was named the winner of Forskar Grand Prix regional competition and will therefore present her research at Vasateatern in Stockholm. In the final, on November 23rd the researchers compete to see who can present their research as comprehensible, captivating and inspiring as possible - in just four minutes.

”It feels great to have won the regional competition! Especially considering that I had such tough opposition in fellow competitors. It feels good to have the chance to reach out with my research to a wider audience in the final, and just like in the regional competition, it will also be interesting to hear and learn more about the other participants' research. I am both nervous and excited about this,” says Emelie Crafoord, PhD student at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering at Luleå University of Technology.

Forskar Grand Prix is Sweden's largest competition in presenting research. The competition is coordinated by the organization Vetenskap och Allmänhet but is carried out in collaboration with local organizers around the country. The Career Center at Luleå University of Technology organizes the regional competition of Forskar Grand Prix in collaboration with Teknikens Hus. On Wednesday 27th September, five researchers from Luleå University of Technology gathered to participate in the Forskar Grand Prix. Where Emelie Crafoord appointed the winner and representative in the national competition in Stockholm.

”The purpose of Forskar Grand Prix is to bring the general public together with researchers, to show world-leading Norrbothnia research and that researchers are ordinary people with unusually cool jobs, and hopefully attract young people to take an interest in further studies. Being able to present research succinctly and make the audience understand and become curious about the problem that the research solves is challenging. Our researchers are doing a great job and will be able to use their presentations in future research communication,” says Linda Ökvist, pedagogue - school programs, education and projects at Teknikens Hus.

Winning research project - storage of carbon dioxide

Emelie is researching the development of a more energy effective technology for capturing biogenic carbon dioxide from the industry for later storage in the Swedish bedrock.

“In order for Sweden to reach the global climate goals with net zero emissions of greenhouse gases until 2050, it will be required that we make use of supplementary measures such as storage of carbon dioxide. In Sweden today we have a good knowledge of how to capture carbon dioxide, but we lack knowledge of storage possibilities. In my research, I investigate the possibility of land-based geological storage of carbon dioxide in Swedish basalts and similar basic rocks. This type of storage differs from conventional offshore storage, as in this case the aim is to convert the carbon dioxide into stable minerals by reaction with the surrounding rock,” says Emelie Crafoord.

The winner was chosen by a jury consisting of Professor Joakim Lundgren at Luleå University of Technology, Maja Runeberg actor at Norrbottens Theater and media representative Ella Jonsson who represented a third of the votes. Two-thirds of the votes came from the audience, exchange students and students from Luleå University of Technology.

Also competing from Luleå University of Technology were Assistant Professor Jan Frostevarg, Associate Senior Lecturer Linn Berglund, assistant professor Peter Törlind and PhD student Amit Patwardhan.