Community and research in focus at PhD Conference

Machine Elements recently gathered its doctoral students and researchers for its annual doctoral conference. This year's event featured inspiring presentations and strengthened relationships within the group. The focus was on knowledge exchange and highlighting the expertise within the field.

During the conference, doctoral students presented their research projects and findings from the past year. Through short and concise presentations, participants practiced emphasizing the core of their research in a clear and engaging way. Over the course of the year, no fewer than ten doctoral students have defended their theses in the field, a fact worth both celebrating and acknowledging.
"We are incredibly proud of our doctoral students and supervisors who have worked hard and enabled ten doctoral defenses in the subject of Machine Elements in a single year. This demonstrates both the size of our research environment and the breadth of the field when you look at the focus areas of each thesis. An important aspect is the competence supply we provide to industry and academia, both in Sweden and internationally," says Jens Hardell, Professor of Machine Elements at Luleå University of Technology.

Jens Hardell, Head of Department and Professor of Machine Elements.

A Comprehensive View of the Subject's Strengths

A new feature this year was the exchange of competence profiles, where participants shared their research areas and expertise. This offered a comprehensive view of the collective strengths of the subject and laid the groundwork for even stronger collaboration moving forward.
"Our annual doctoral conference is an important and appreciated event where the entire research group has the opportunity to meet and update each other on the research being conducted within the subject. With a large research group that has significant subject breadth, this is crucial for creating awareness of each other's work and opportunities for internal collaboration and support. The doctoral conference is also a pleasant way to round off and summarize the academic year before the Christmas break begins," concludes Jens Hardell.

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