12 November 2024
Research with potential for business and societal benefit on IVA's 100 list
Luleå University of Technology has eight projects on the 2024 edition of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences' (IVA) prestigious 100 list. The research projects on the list are considered to have great potential to benefit through commercialisation, business and method development or societal impact.
This year's list focuses on innovation through interdisciplinary research and covers topics such as society and welfare, infrastructure, deep tech, smart industry, circular economy, resource and energy efficiency, green and blue industries and new business models. Eight of the 103 research projects on the list are from Luleå University of Technology, which is fourth place among universities in terms of number of projects on the list.
“At Luleå University of Technology, research is conducted that shapes the future and creates societal benefits. The fact that eight projects this year are included in the 100 list is proof of that,” says Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, Vice-Chancellor at Luleå University of Technology.
Projects from Luleå University of Technology on the 2024 100 list
Research projects and responsible researchers:
- Development of novel self-lubricating polymeric composites with application in hydropower bearings.
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Read more about the project: New Technology Could Extend the Lifespan of Turbines - An energy-efficient way to reduce society's climate impact, development of a new concept for Supplementart Cementitious Material, cement replacement. External link, opens in new window.
Åke Roos, Anders Öhrvall, Magnus Ek, Peter Johansson, Linus Brander, Katarina Malaga, Urs Mueller, Bo Björkman, Caisa Samuelsson, Jenny Isaksson, Andreas Lennartsson, Anton Andersson, Fredrik Engström.
Read more about the research project: A greener cement future - MdT_sampler - A new process for faster and cheaper development of new metallic materials. External link, opens in new window.
Jan Frostevarg
Read more about the project: Groundbreaking technology opens the way for sustainable materials - Fossil-free, water-soluble and non-toxic lubricants. External link, opens in new window.
Yijun Shi, Pontus Johansson, Jan Jonsson.
Read more about the project: Fossil-Free and Non-Toxic Lubricant Could Transform the Industry - Reconfigurable 6G Quality of Service (QoS) and Edge Integration for Robotics and Automation. External link, opens in new window.Gerasimos Damingos, Achilleas Seisa, Sara Sandberg, George Nikolakopoulos.
- AI enabled Data Driven Change Detection. External link, opens in new window.
George Nikolakopoulos, Ilias Tevetzidis, Nikos Stathoulopoulos, Christoforos Kanellakis, Anton Koval. - Collaborative Large Scale Autonomous Task Allocation for aerial multi-robots based Mine Inspections. External link, opens in new window.
Niklas Dahlquist, Aksit Saradagi, George Nikolakopoulos. - Advanced Multi-modal Perception System for Precision Autonomous Scrap Classification. External link, opens in new window.
Anton Koval, Jakub Haluska, Rucha Sawlekar, Yosri Fersi, Fernando Labra Caso.
“Sweden has outstanding research with great potential to improve the world through new technology. The high quality of research has made it particularly challenging for IVA's selection committee to choose the most promising research projects for the 100 list this year,” says Sylvia Schwaag Serger, Professor and president of IVA.
About the IVA 100 list
The 100 list is produced by IVA's Research2Business, R2B, which works to ensure that Sweden is a leader in transforming academic research, in technical and economic sciences, into innovation and competitiveness in business. IVA's 100 list was launched in connection with IVA's 100th anniversary in 2019, hence the name. The selection committee consists of more than 60 qualified persons from IVA's broad network of representatives from academia, business and the public sector.