News 2020

Several shortcomings in coordinated care planning

2020-12-28 Elderly people and relatives who participate in coordinated care planning do not always know why it takes place.
– They do not participate on the same terms as the staff, says Ingela Jobe, whose doctoral dissertation shows shortcomings in the coordinated care planning between municipalities and re...

New Centre of Excellence in space

2020-12-22 Luleå University of Technology and Swedish Space Corporation, SSC, deepens their collaboration. Thanks to a cooperation agreement with SSC, the university starts a Centre of Excellence within space, Centre for Space Technology.

Carbon dioxide capture for storage in the bedrock

2020-12-20 Luleå University of Technology has been granted ten million by the Swedish Energy Agency to, in collaboration with the packaging company BillerudKorsnäs, develop a technique that captures carbon dioxide from the industry for future storage in the Swedish bedrock.

Unique research project on the pandemic in Norrbotten

2020-12-17 The corona virus has changed a lot in our lives. In a new project, researchers in history and nursing at Luleå University of Technology – together with a large number of other stakeholders – will gather knowledge and experience from the ongoing pandemic.

Research projects will support AI-driven circular business models in industry

2020-12-15 There are already technical AI solutions that can be used in industry to develop more resource-efficient production processes, to the benefit of both the environment and companies.
– The main challenge is no longer technology development; it is to use technology in concrete business model applicati...

Shakespeare is brought to life

2020-12-14 There is a lot of laughter and a cheerful atmosphere when year two at the Theater Academy rehearses for their Shakespeare performance. – You must not look at the ghost, only I can see it! exclaims Mia Blomberg in the role of Hamlet when Hampus Anveden in the role of Hamlet's mother turns her eyes to...

He wants to increase the work with digital solutions in health and care

2020-12-14

Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn new member of IVA

2020-12-10 Kungl. The Royal Academy of Sciences (IVA) strengthens its competence and know-how with 42 new members, seven of whom are international. Among those elected are Johan Kuylenstierna, Deputy Chairman of the Swedish Climate Policy Council, Johan Forssell, CEO of Investors, Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn, V...

Smart student ideas in this year's SIRIUS-course

2020-12-09 An intelligent hood for testing chainsaws, a positioning system in mining trucks, a proposal to upgrade the driveline in off-road vehicles, a smart idea for coolant controls for drilling equipment and a dynamic charging system for autonomous electric trucks. It is simply expressed what the students ...

Honorary doctor Sam Nilsson has died

2020-12-09 Sam Nilsson, former CEO of Swedish television and honorary doctor at Luleå University of Technology, has died. He was 84 years old.
– He has meant a lot to the Academy of Music in Piteå, especially for the educations in the Programme in Audio Technology and media educations, says Bo Jonsson, Head o...

Growth programs contributed to doubled sales

2020-12-09 Spinab Stålpartier in Norr has doubled its sales and at the same time maintained a profit margin and avoided increased personnel costs. CEO Ulf Isaksson and production manager Rickard Bergström believe that a long-term focus and collaboration with Luleå University of Technology and LTU Business has ...

What happens when teaching becomes digital?

2020-12-08 A network project for researchers in the field of educational science has been created, with headquarters at Luleå University of Technology.
– Among other things, we will explore what the digitalisation of teaching means for teacher educators and teacher students, Eva Alerby and Niclas Ekberg says...

AI or human – who makes the smartest investments?

2020-12-08 Do algorithms make better and fairer investments in start-ups than human angel investors do? Luleå University of Technology professor Malin Malmström has investigated this together with colleagues from Hanken School of Economics in Finland and St Gallen University in Switzerland. The results have no...

New opportunities with Cybernode

2020-12-03 Centre for Critical Infrastructure and Societal Security, CiSS, has become member of Cybernode: the Swedish research and innovation node for cyber security. – Being able to be part of setting the agenda for Swedish investments in cyber security will be a great asset for CiSS, says Martin Lundgren, S...

One step closer to digital EU hub

2020-12-01 The government has elected Luleå University of Technology one of 15 candidates to become a European Digital innovation Hub. – The candidacy is a recognition, a kind of seal of quality that we do the right things that Europe also find important, says Pär-Erik Martinsson, operations manager at Process...

The AI ​​solutions of the future in the focus of new education

2020-11-30 Luleå University of Technology is starting a Master Programme in Applied Artificial Intelligence (AI). This program is nationally and internationally unique for two major reasons: (i) it´s the first master programme on Applied AI and (ii) introduces for the first time a specialization that combines ...

Uses AI to examine balance

2020-11-30 The system involved in human balance is a complex one. To be able to investigate it properly, Mascha Pauelsen uses artificial intelligence, AI.
– I have used machine learning, which can analyse many variables simultaneously, she says.

Luleå University of Technology member of AI Sweden

2020-11-30 Luleå University of Technology has become a member of AI Sweden. Hopefully the national center will contribute to new opportunities and collaborations for the university. – The work that AI Sweden does to accelerate the use of different types of AI technologies and solutions is very important, says ...

Examines how climate change affects industries in the Arctic

2020-11-26 Maria Petterson, Professor of Law, participates in an interdisciplinary EU project on the future effects of climate change on small-scale, traditional industries. The project, which requires national co-financing, has been granted funding from Formas of more than SEK 3 million for the period 2020 - ...

A digital Polarforum 2020

2020-11-26 Polarforum is a meeting place for all researchers with activities about and in the polar regions, the mountains and other northern areas. Luleå University of Technology hosted this year's edition of Polarforum, which was held digitally due to the current pandemic.

Universities open for short-term layoffs

2020-11-26 Luleå University of Technology and Lund University are currently developing a model that increases the exchange of knowledge between business and universities during the covid-19 pandemic. Personnel in the business world are given a simpler opportunity for competence development at universities, on ...

Inauguration of CREATERNITY: Circular economy in focus

2020-11-25 The area CREATERNITY at Luleå University of Technology is up and running. The digital inauguration, which attracted a large number of listeners, featured speeches by representatives of large companies, researchers and the university's vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn.

New project to prevent cracks in concrete

2020-11-24 So-called plastic shrinkage cracks affect the load-bearing capacity and function of a concrete structure. In a new project, researchers at Luleå University of Technology in close collaboration with companies in the industry will try to find a solution to the problem.

Students provide municipal management with a basis for competence supply

2020-11-23 An essay by five students in industrial economics at Luleå University of Technology states that some of the most important factors for highly educated people to settle in a municipality are an attractive housing market, tolerance towards migrants and LGBTQ individuals, good connections to an airport...

Award to Professor Andrzej Cwirzen

2020-11-20 Luleå University of Technology's Professor Andrzej Cwirzen has been named Concrete Researcher of the Year.

Vetenskapens hus closes temporarily

2020-11-18 From Monday November 23 Vetenskapens hus will be closed to the public, except when the venue is booked.

Virtual Mine awarded

2020-11-18 The virtual mine developed by researchers at Luleå University of Technology has been awarded a special innovation prize at the Swedish Mining Innovation Award 2020.

The goal: fewer elderly people die in fires

2020-11-17 Among the people who die in house fires, the elderly stand out in the statistics. At Luleå University of Technology, research is done on how staff at the home care service feel that they can contribute to increased fire safety.
– We want to investigate whether it is the best solution, says Michael...

Coordination assignment to Luleå University of Technology

2020-11-12 Luleå University of Technology has been commissioned to coordinate knowledge transfer and collaboration between the country's higher education institutions within the so-called K3-projects.

Innovation day with a focus on entrepreneurship and development

2020-11-12 This year's edition of Innovation Day was held as a digital event on the theme of entrepreneurial leadership, changing business models and how innovative ecosystems contribute to creating an attractive region.

AI to navigate space exploration in new innovation partnership

2020-11-12 A new Swedish research project will develop game-changing AI-technology for space exploration. Scientists in robotics and AI are teaming up with space engineers in a new partnership project between Luleå University of Technology and space mission operator OHB Sweden. Over a five year period, RIT2021...

An olympic champion, an astronaut and a professor are new honorary doctors

2020-11-12 Luleå University of Technology has appointed three new honorary doctors: cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla, astronaut Jessica Meir and Professor Dean Shepherd, an internationally leading researcher in entrepreneurship.

Jessica Meir, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2020

2020-11-12 Swedish-American NASA-astronaut Jessica Meir became famous to the world last year when she carried out three unique spacewalks on the International Space Station (ISS). One of them was the first all-female spacewalk.She is the first woman with Swedish citizenship in space.

Charlotte Kalla, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2020

2020-11-12 As Honorary Doctor, the cross-country skiing star Charlotte Kalla continues to inspire young people to follow their dreams, to work hard and make tough priorities to achieve them, but also to have fun along the way.

Dean Shepherd, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2020

2020-11-12 Professor Dean A Shepherd is an internationally leading researcher in entrepreneurship. He has made significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of the decision making of individual entrepreneurs under high uncertainty, emotional stress and extreme conditions.

Top five in ESA competition

2020-11-11 A proposal from researcher at Luleå University of Technology has been selected among top five solutions in the Copernicus masters innovation competition.

University award ceremony - an important tradition

2020-11-09 Luleå University of Technology's traditional award ceremony to draw attention to people who in various ways during the past year have promoted knowledge development, pedagogy and education has been held at Vetenskapens hus. This year's prize winners and prize givers received a memorable award ceremo...

New project on children's reading ability

2020-11-09 Malin Wass, assistant professor of technical psychology, has been granted funding from the Swedish Research Council of SEK 5,994,000 during the period 2021–2024 for a research project on children's reading ability

Luleå University of Technology and Boliden sign collaboration agreements

2020-11-09 Luleå University of Technology and Boliden are today entering in to a long-term strategic collaboration agreement. The new agreement means that collaboration will be enhanced in terms of competence provision and competence development, as well as research and innovation – towards leading positions ...

New study on covid care

2020-11-06 New research on respiratory care at covid-19 is currently ongoing at Luleå University of Technology. Professor Åsa Engström leads the project.
– It was very difficult for relatives who were not allowed to see the patients. Some stood outside the hospital to feel close to them.

Vattenfall's Prize for best doctoral dissertation 2020

2020-11-06 Linn Berglund, Associate Senior Lecturer in Wood and Bionanocomposites at Luleå University of Technology, has been awarded the 2020 Prize for the best Doctoral dissertation at Luleå University of Technology by Vattenfall.

New research areas for a more sustainable future

2020-11-05 For a more sustainable future, it is necessary that both the trade and Industry and the society at large change. Two new cross-border areas at Luleå University of Technology – Creaternity and SUN – will contribute to the transformation required for sustainable industry and social transformation.

Master Programme in Information Security

2020-11-05 First Swedish programme listed in the Cybersecurity Higher Education Database

Nordea Scientific Prize 2020 to Vinit Parida

2020-11-05 The 2020 Scientific Prize from Nordea's Norrland Foundation is awarded to Vinit Parida, Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Luleå University of Technology

"We have training sessions every day"

2020-11-04 In 2020 we bacame an elite sport-friendly university with Joakim Abrahamsson, former national cross-country team manager, as leader and head coach for the elite-sports. The univeristy offers joint training sessions and the opportunity to invest in double careers. In the film below, Joakim tells, am...

2020-11-03

New engine research promotes green conversion

2020-11-03 New research from Luleå University of Technology can contribute to more energy-efficient internal combustion engines. Something that in the long run can mean a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions and facilitate a green transition of the global vehicle fleet.

The Government's investment in Esrange of great importance to Luleå University of Technology

2020-11-02 The government’s investment of 90 million SEK over three years, is specifically meant to enable orbital launches from Esrange – in particular launching small satellites into low Earth orbit. This will also lead to more flight opportunities for LTU’s nano satellites just “next door” to the Kiruna spa...

Projects in the Arctic create a cross-border platform

2020-10-29

Alumni of the year 2020: Helena Hed and Meleknur Alevcan

2020-10-28 Meleknur Alevcan has helped hundreds of elderly people with free therapy during the corona pandemic. Helena Hed has had a long and successful career at Sweco, and will soon be the new President and CEO of listed PE Teknik & Arkitektur.

The urban transformations of the mining towns through the eyes of the citizens

2020-10-27 The mining communities of Kiruna and Gällivare are undergoing a major urban transformation process to ensure the survival of the mining industry. A new dissertation from Luleå University of Technology analyzes how the citizens in those mining communities create an image of their own society during ...

Great interest in future rehabilitation

2020-10-26

German delegation visited the university

2020-10-23 When Germany's ambassador Anna Prinz visited Luleå University of Technology, earlier this fall, she received information about research within the university. The theme for the visit to the county was to get information about green knowledge and establishments.

Exoplanets studied were similar to Earth

2020-10-23 Researchers in Atmospheric Science at Luleå University of Technology have developed a new way to determine habitability of exoplanets. By studying the atmospheres of the planets, they found at least 45 exoplanets with Earth-like properties.

Markus Glaas won the Silver Beam

2020-10-23 The Silver Beam is the The Swedish Institute of Steel Construction´s award for particularly prominent initiatives for the development of steel construction. This year, the Silver Beam was awarded for the 46th year in a row and was received by Markus Glaas at an award ceremony out on The Sluss Bridge...

User engagement – a complex interplay

2020-10-22 User engagement in living labs is an iterative process characterized by complex interplay between different phases and activities. The results of Abdolrasoul Habibipour’s Doctoral thesis can help to understand not only how to engage users in the innovation processes, but also how to keep them engage...

Innovators of the Year 2020 - for the benefit of many people

2020-10-21 The Innovator of the Year 2020 Employee of the Year award goes to Ulrika Rova, Professor of Biochemical Process Engineering. The Innovator Student of the Year award goes to David Sundvall and his brother Kristian Sundvall.

New sculpture inaugurated on campus

2020-10-19 A sculpture group has taken place at Luleå University of Technology. The work Lichen was recently inaugurated by Veronika Sundström, Head of Professional Services. The work is part of the Luleå Biennale and is at the same time part of a new initiative with temporary works that Akademiska hus has sta...

NorrlandsNavet is starting to take shape

2020-10-16 In May 2020 Luleå University of Technology received funding from The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship Research and Charity of 100MSEK. The funding has been used to set up “NorrlandsNavet” – a center operating for eight years targeting on driving growth of small and medium-sized enterpr...

Environmentally friendly new method for washing clothes

2020-10-16 Örjan Johansson, professor in Engineering Acoustics at Luleå University of Technolgy, will in collaboration with the company Ozoneair try to develop a completely new and perhaps revolutionary method for washing. By combining ozone and ultrasound in a washing ball, the idea is to release "superpowers...

Platform for social innovation EU-candidate

2020-10-14 Forum for Social Innovation, Sweden (MSI), in which Luleå University of Technology participates, has been appointed Sweden's candidate in the EU to form a national competence center for social innovation. The Swedish ESF Council is behind the appointment to the European Commission's call.

Drop-in fuel profitable for the pulp industry

2020-10-13 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have, in collaboration with, among others, Smurfit Kappa, Europe's largest manufacturer of paper packaging and the pulp mill Södra Cell in Mörrum, investigated the possibility and profitability of producing drop-in fuel from the pulp industry's residual ...

All-time-high interest in Space Innovation Forum

2020-10-09 More interest than ever as the recurring space conference went online for the very first time. Over 150 stakeholders from industry, academia, policy-making, venture capital and startups to discuss business within satellite data. The conference was arranged by RIT2021.

Research with Hybrit technology in focus

2020-10-09 The Hybrit technology can make Sweden the first in the world to deliver fossil-free steel. Luleå University of Technology participates in research on hydrogen-based steel production within Hybrit.

Studies and skiing on Eric's schedule

2020-10-08 Luleå University of Technology's investment in an elite environment for skiing could not be more timely for Eric Granström. The promising cross-country skier is studying the Master Programme in Computer Science and Engineering and is training under the leadership of former national team captain Joak...

Prestigious scholarship to elite sports students

2020-10-07 Three students at Luleå University of Technology will receive the The Swedish Sports Federation's and Svenska Spel's elite sports scholarship for 2020-2021: sailor Vilma Bobeck, racing driver Andreas Bäckman and ice hockey player Sara Grahn.

New dissertation on the construction industry's safety work

2020-10-07 The construction industry is one of Sweden's most affected by accidents. A new dissertation in human work science from Luleå University of Technology states that a great deal of responsibility is placed on the individual in safety work. Furthermore, it appears that there are expectations that more w...

Develops robot arms for CERN

2020-10-07 In a newly started collaboration with the world's largest particle physics laboratory CERN, researchers at Luleå University of Technology are developing robot arms for the maintenance work at the facility. The goal is lighter robots with higher performance.

Wants a Swedish EU node

2020-10-06 Process IT Innovations is together with the sister organization Automation Region and the strategic innovation program Processindustriell IT och Automation (PiiA) the initiator of the work to become a national candidate for EDIH – European digital innovation hubs.

Mapping of Norrbotten's forestry industry

2020-10-02 In the light of the ongoing work to develop a regional forest program for the county of Norrbotten, Luleå University of Technology has mapped the current importance of the forest industry for the county's economy, and viewed its future significance from a multi-use perspective.

Harvard students study Urban transformation of the Arctic city Kiruna

2020-10-01 History professor Dag Avango, at Luleå University of Technology, is responsible for an international digital workshop: "What does it take to move a city?" It is held for master's students in collaboration with Harvard Research University in Cambridge, on the theme of sustainable development in the A...

In defense of the glossary

2020-10-01 The classic glossary list is today considered a relic from the school of old, although research shows that it can actually be a recipe for success for school students' language development.

Carin Malmlöf-Forssling's award to the composer Jesper Nordin

2020-09-30 The Royal Academy of Music has awarded Jesper Nordin Carin Malmlöf-Forssling a prize of SEK 90,000 in connection the Alfvén day on 7 July, which this year was held digitally due to the corona pandemic.

Wastewater is tested for coronavirus

2020-09-30 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have participated in a European study in which wastewater was sampled in a number of municipalities in Sweden at the same time and then analyzed for SARS-CoV-2. The approach may provide indications of future corona outbreaks.

Saad Ahmed Khan awarded in young researchers competition

2020-09-29 Saad Ahmed Khan, researcher in Operation and Maintenance Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, has with his dissertation won first prize in the competition TRA VISIONS 2020 for young researchers in the category of railway. The competition is funded by The European Commission

Cooperation streamlines train traffic

2020-09-29 As there are many different actors involved in train traffic, it has been difficult to remedy certain problems.
– But now, thanks to the projects that Luleå University of Technology is implementing, it has become possible to collaborate. It is thanks to this that Norrtåg no longer has any major pr...

Challenges traditional listening

2020-09-29 New research at Luleå University of Technology examines the role of listening in intercultural musical collaboration and in ecological sound art. The hope is that the study, which has been carried out for more than 10 years, will be a tool for a greater understanding of how people are part of the wo...

The basic industry needs active gender equality work for its survival

2020-09-29 Technological development cannot in itself create equal workplaces according to Lena Abrahamsson, professor of work science at Luleå University of Technology. Together with Jonna Barsk, operations strategist at SSAB, she gave a lecture at the House of Science in Luleå on the conditions for increasin...

Autonomous vehicle ready for the terrain

2020-09-28 An autonomous terrain vehicle, designed and built at Luleå University of Technology, is now ready to be tested in the field.
– It is a unique machine – there is no one similar in the world as far as we know, says professor Magnus Karlberg.

Creates safer solar power in our homes

2020-09-23 The Swedish Energy Agency and Energiforsk have commissioned researchers at Luleå University of Technology to investigate the problem that residual current devices, which are intended to prevent serious accidents, do not always seem to work at photovoltaic systems in domestic and industrial installat...

“We have won the biggest worldwide competition in Robotics and AI”

2020-09-21 The Robotics and AI research group continues its successful journey in NASA/JPL’s team CoSTAR in the Subterranean Challenge, the biggest robotics competition in the world. The team won the second circuit of the competition and is now preparing for the third and last overall combined challenges.

Sigge Thernwall's major construction award for 2020 to Thomas Blanksvärd

2020-09-18 Thomas Blanksvärd is an Associate Professor at Luleå University of Technology and a specialist and research and development manager at Skanska Sweden for the road and construction business line.

He came up with his winning business idea in the shower

2020-09-17 One day three years ago, when Tommie Lögdahl was standing in the shower, it struck him how much plastic packaging that is consumed in the bathroom. "It's not sustainable," he thought, and began to ponder on how to make a refill bottle for soap and shampoo. Since then, the alumnus from Luleå Universi...

New platform for safer missions in space

2020-09-16 The research group in Onboard Space Systems has developed a new instrument, a frictionless platform, for replicating how a spacecraft moves in orbit. The aim is to make future space missions safer and more fuel-efficient.

New course for engineering students on gender equality

2020-09-11 A new online course is now offered in all engineering programs at Luleå University of Technology. The purpose is to provide basic knowledge about gender equality and how it has helped the workplace. The course is given to students during their first year at the university.

New project on computer game addiction

2020-09-10 Computer games are a popular hobby, not least among many young people. Gambling has demonstrable positive effects on mental health. But in some cases, it can lead to an addiction. In a newly started research project, Christian Bäcklund, doctoral student in technical psychology at Luleå University of...

Tour of the university library

2020-09-10 On September 10 2020, the new university library at Luleå University of Technology was inaugurated. Join a digital tour.

The union members' speech at the inauguration of the university library

2020-09-10 In connection with the digital inauguration of the new university library, 10 September, the Luleå Student Union and the Technology Union gave speeches.

The new university library is inaugurated

2020-09-10 Today, 10 September, the new university library at Luleå University of Technology will be inaugurated digitally, with speeches by, among others, Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn. After the renovation, the University Library in Luleå is considered one of the most modern research libraries ...

Praised for this year's best degree project

2020-09-10 The former teacher student Sandra Mårtensson is praised by the National Center for Science and Technology Didactics (NATDID). Her study on what constitutes a life was named the winner in the category of this year's degree project.

Great interest in NorrlandsNavet's workshop

2020-09-08 It was a successful start-up for NorrlandsNavet, which attracted over 50 people to the initiative's first event - a digital workshop. Participants were representatives from small and medium-sized companies in Norrland, but also researchers, business promoters and municipal representatives.

Cozy lighting of Wibergsgården

2020-09-04 Taking an evening walk up to Wibergsgården, from 1665, perhaps with a friend, gives a cozy experience like this in the autumn. The new lighting of the house facade, the gravel walkway and adjacent birches and rowans, offers a homely, old-fashioned, atmosphere.

Best innovation from Luleå researchers

2020-09-03 The Predictive Movement project has won first prize in Datadriven innovationstävling för pakettjänster och transporter i Sveriges gles- och landsbygder.

New mineral discovered

2020-09-03 A scientist at Luleå University of Technology is one of the persons behind the discovery of a brand new mineral, which has now been named zinkgruvanit.
– It's a bit of a childhood dream for a geologist. It is also a good reminder that there is still a lot of new things to discover in nature, says ...

Björn O. Nilsson new chairman of Process IT Innovations

2020-09-01 The County Governor of Norrbotten, Björn O. Nilsson, is new chairman of Process IT Innovations. He looks forward to promoting the innovative power of the basic industry in the region.

They are involved in developing the AI engine

2020-08-28 As part of the development of an AI engine for, among other things, railway maintenance, the students Emil Lindh and Kevin Karim have worked at Luleå University of Technology as research engineers in the summer.
– It has been fun and we have learned a lot, they say.

ChatPal promotes mental health

2020-08-28 The ChatPal project will develop a service where artificial intelligence (AI) is used to promote mental health.The target group in Norrbotten is young people.
– The first version of the app ChatPal is available on the App Store, in English. But it will also come in Swedish and Finnish, says Catrin...

"Keep your distance, also in your free time"

2020-08-27 The pandemic is not over. Hear what Chief County Medical Officer for infectious diseases control Anders Nystedt has to say about the coronavirus and the start of the semester, parties, face masks and the important personal responsibility.

New index for better coverage

2020-08-26 The government's target for mobile coverage is insufficient and unclear. This according to Jaap van de Beek, professor of Signal Processing. He addresses the problems in an article in Ny teknik. The solution may be a new index developed by researchers at Luleå University of Technology.

She wants to increase security for women

2020-08-26 As a degree project in the Master's Program in Industrial Design engineering, Linn Gerhardsson developed a waistband to prevent sexual abuse in outdoor environment. But the thesis became more than just a desk product. Today, 28-year-old Linn Gerhardsson runs the company Alarmwear. In 2019, she was ...

Common Earth modelling of the Kiruna mining district

2020-08-19 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology will, together with LKAB, do a comprehensive survey of the ore body in the Kiruna area.
– We compile all available data in a single model to find out what the bedrock looks like in depth, says Tobias Bauer, associate professor of ore geology at Luleå U...

New maintenance model increases productivity in mines

2020-08-12 The harsh working environment in the mines wears heavily on materials and machinery with high maintenance costs as a result. Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have in the Harshwork project developed a model that will facilitate material selection and maintenance, which in turn can reduce...

New innovation provides more reliable railway traffic

2020-07-27 Professor Jan Lundberg, active in the field of operations and maintenance engineering at Luleå University of Technology, promises more reliable trains in the future with the help of his own invention. An application for a patent is submitted to the The Swedish Intellectual Property Office.

LTU becomes new European University

2020-07-10 Luleå University of Technology and four other Swedish universities have been appointed new European universities within the framework of an initiative from the European Commission.

Great interest for studying at Luleå University of Technology

2020-07-09 Almost 12,500 persons have been admitted to Luleå University of Technology's programs and courses that start in the autumn semester of 2020. This is an increase of 23 percent compared with the previous year.

Summer job with Urban Planning

2020-07-08 A recurring feature of the university's activities are summer jobs for young people in community development and urban planning. This year's assignment was to develop a new residential area, Hertsöheden.

Smart-Recycling is investing through the project KTP

2020-07-03 Smart-Recycling expands and hires a newly graduated academic who, in collaboration with the academic coach, business coach and process leader, will strengthen the company's development work. The investment is made within KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnerships), a project for the exchange of knowledge ...

New construction pod is launched

2020-07-03 Researchers at the Division of Industrialized and Sustainable Construction at Luleå University of Technology are now launching a series of podcast for the initiated with the BIM pod.

Large research grant for Active school transport

2020-07-02 The project Active school transport at Luleå University of Technology has been awarded a total of SEK 15.8 million. With 17 collaborative partners and funding from, among others, Vinnova, researchers Stina Rutberg and Anna-Karin Lindqvist will develop the concept. "The vision is that 80 percent of c...

Nursing after intensive care is worrying nurses

2020-06-25 When patients are transferred from the intensive care unit to the care unit, the staff who receive them feel anxious about inadequate knowledge. This is shown in the degree project by Emma Lundbäck and Edvin Lundmark. For this they received the award for best degree work at the programme in nursing...

The new university library has opened

2020-06-22 The University Library at Luleå University of Technology is ready after the rebuild and has opened. The University Library in Luleå is regarded as one of the most modern research libraries in Sweden.

New collaboration for the industry of the future

2020-06-22 Northvolt, Skellefteå Municipality, Luleå University of Technology and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden initiate a new strategic collaboration to develop the supply of skills for the modern industry.

Unique AI venture for the Rail Industry

2020-06-18 An AI engine where large amounts of information can be sorted should become an important tool for companies in the Rail Industry. It is the AI Factory Railway project, AIFR, at Luleå University of Technology that will be responsible for the development in collaboration with a number of companies.
–...

Efficient wood drying with AI

2020-06-17 Wood drying is the most energy demanding process in wood processing. By using automation and digitalisation – machine learning and AI – researchers at Luleå University of Technology will try to increase the energy and resource efficiency in the process.

RIT2021 presents new partnership between university and SSC

2020-06-17 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology will develop models to provides an even deeper understanding of the radio environment at SSC space center Esrange, located in northern Sweden. As the space industry and demand for satellite data increases globally, SSC is aiming to increase capacity with...

Investments in the data center industry continue

2020-06-17 More business, more employees and new start-ups. These are some of the objectives when researchers at Luleå University of Technology will help small and medium-sized companies in the data center industry to expand.

Free digital courses for the hospitality industry

2020-06-17 Luleå University of Technology will develop MOOC courses - for the restaurant and tourismindustry, which have been hit hard by the current pandemic. The changed state of the labor market as a result of the corona crisis means that more people may need to strengthen their skills in specific areas thr...

Poetry promotes self-understanding and acceptance

2020-06-15 High school students who read poetry in their spare time do so for the strong aesthetic and emotional experiences. The poetry reading also entails increased self-understanding, acceptance and community during difficult periods. This according to new research at Luleå University of Technology.

Lars Elenius in Truth Commission for Torndedalins, Kvens and Lantalaiset

2020-06-12 Lars Elenius professor emeritus in history at Luleå University of Technology has on June 11 been appointed by the government as a member of a Truth and Reconciliation Torndedalins, Kvens and Lantalaiset. The decision was made following a dialogue with the Swedish Tornedalingar National Federation - ...

Student experiment on sounding rocket

2020-06-11 Space students at Luleå University of Technology will develop an attitude control system for free falling experiments from sounding rockets. This within the framework of the REXUS/BEXUS student programme.

Swedish Water Award for best master's thesis

2020-06-11 Emelie Hedlund Nilsson, former student at Luleå University of Technology Master Programme in Natural Resources Engineering, wins the Swedish Water Award for best master's thesis in urban water engineering. The winner is awarded SEK 25,000.

Erik Westberg's vocal ensemble awarded prize

2020-06-10 The Swedish Composers Association awards Erik Westberg and his vocal ensemble this year's Interpretation Award. In addition to the honor, a prize sum of SEK 50,000 is also included.

Conference focusing on streamed music

2020-06-10 Next week, the Music in the Age of Streaming conference will be held at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology. For two days, the event brings together Nordic and international researchers with an interest in streamed music.

Vision for Storheden City

2020-06-08 Several researchers from Luleå University of Technology have participated in the vision developed to develop the large shopping area Storheden outside Luleå. Responsible architect was Björn Ekelund with his firm Warm in the Winter.

Wants to see greater focus on work-life health promotion

2020-06-08 Existing studies on organizing work from a health-promoting perspective has a greater focus on what does not work rather than what actually works. This according to an overview that researchers from Luleå University of Technology have commissioned for the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertis...

Live graduation concert

2020-06-07 On Friday, June 5, the orchestra academy's graduation concert was performed at the Concert Hall in Stockholm. The program, which is a collaboration between Luleå University of Technology and the Royal Philharmonic, brings together young musicians from all over the world. At the concert, the former s...

International students receive scholarships

2020-06-04 Luleå University of Technology has awarded a scholarship to nine international students. The scholarship is aimed at students who will start their second year on any of the university's international master's programs.

Swedes prefer subsidized night trains over air taxes

2020-06-03 Swedes prefer biofuel requirements, subsidies for night trains as well as requirements for climate declaration of aviation over taxes and limiting the flying of individuals. This is stated in a recently published research report on policy measures in aviation. One of the co-authors of the report is ...

High pressure on on-site wastewater systems this corona summer

2020-06-02 Many will spend this year's vacation in a summer house to avoid the ravages of the coronavirus. This, in turn, will increase the pressure on on-site wastewater facilities that belong to a summer house. Researcher Inga Herrmann at Luleå University of Technology has studied these wastewater systems a ...

SIP STRIM becomes Swedish Mining innovation

2020-06-01 The strategic innovation program for the mining and metal-producing industry SIP STRIM has worked for six years to strengthen Swedish competitiveness and gather the Swedish mining cluster for sustainable innovation. On June 1, the program enters a new three-year program period under the new name Swe...

Sven Thysell has passed away

2020-05-29 One of Luleå University of Technology's great patrons has gone out of time. Sven Thysell, born in 1916, passed away May 27, 2020. He has through Elsa and Sven Thysell's foundation donated large sums to the university over the years.

Luleå research on the Solar Impuls Foundation list

2020-05-29 The Solar Impuls Foundation has included the DISIRE project, coordinated by Luleå University of Technology, in their list of top 1 000 technologies to change the world. – It is a great honor and responsibility to have DISIRE on this prestigious list, says George Nikolakopoulos, Professor of Robotics...

Prestigious appointment for Professor Delsing

2020-05-26 Jerker Delsing, Professor at Luleå University of Technology, has been elected Vice President of Artemis Industry Association.

Making the dead alive in risk management

2020-05-25 Include the social aspect and let dynamic routines improve and facilitate your organisation's risk management in information security. This is the conclusion of Martin Lundgren's doctoral thesis Making the Dead Alive: Dynamic Routines in Risk Management.

Want to spread old knowledge about reindeer slaughter

2020-05-20 In a new project within Interreg Sápmi, an innovative education is being developed to make small businesses in the reindeer industry more competitive and attractive.

NorrlandsNavet – a new business development center

2020-05-19 The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity initiates NorrlandsNavet, a new business development center at Luleå University of Technology to strengthen and develop small and medium-sized enterprises in northern Sweden. The foundation invests a total of SEK 100 million over...

"Small and medium-sized companies are growth engines for economic and social development"

2020-05-18 NorrlandsNavet is the new center for business development in northern Sweden - a collaboration between The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity and Luleå University of Technology. The center, which operates over eight years, targets small and medium-sized businesses in ...

Greater diversity leeds to better business

2020-05-18 Inclusive business models lead to better competitiveness. An on-line tool, Richer business, can help companies and organizations to become better at gender equality and do better business.

Patrik Söderholm new member of Swedish Climate Policy Council

2020-05-18 The Government has appointed Patrik Söderholm, Professor of Economics at Luleå University of Technology, as a new member of the Climate Policy Council from 1 July 2020. The Council will in 2020 review whether the corona crisis recovery policy is compatible with Sweden's climate goals.

Strengthens the links between university and school

2020-05-18 Luleå University of Technology has signed four collaboration agreements with school principals in Piteå, Luleå, Kalix and Skellefteå. The purpose is to establish closer links between academia and school within the framework of the national experimental activities ULF (Development, Learning, Research...

Innovative technology at Sami museums

2020-05-14 Virtual and augmented reality, holograms, gamification, and interactive storytelling are possible ways to display Sámi culture. In a new project, researchers from Luleå University of Technology collaborates with three Sámi museums to create a museum language from the Sámi’s perspective.

New concrete methods can save 50 million a year

2020-05-14 The need for environmentally friendly and strong concrete is increasing in Sweden. Several major infrastructure projects are currently underway, such as Förbifart Stockholm, and tunnels and bridges for the Götaälv and Mälarbanan. Sweden's leading concrete lab at Luleå University of Technology has n...

"The university has been as an external development department"

2020-05-13 Lundqvist Trävaru has been named one of Sweden's smartest companies. Inspired by the computer games world, they have, in close collaboration with the university, digitized a successful company.
– Luleå University of Technology has been there for us as a kind of external development department duri...

Debuting with superhuman single

2020-05-08 Elin Johansson, a student at the Higher Education Diploma Programme as recording/performing artist program, is releasing her debut single Human on Spotify. A song inspired by complicated relationships and the Spider Man.

Hoping for research on life after respiratory care

2020-05-07

Study the effect of long-term oxygen deficiency

2020-05-05 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology have developed a method to study how muscle cells in the blood vessels of the lung, permanently contract because of long-term oxygen deficiency. This phenomenon leads to increased pressure in the vessels of the lung and the strain on the heart increases....

New acoustic lab for testing winter tires

2020-04-29 The sound from the contact between the tire and the roadway is perceived inside the car as a source of irritation and a disturbance for coversations. Tire noise is a major part of the car's overall sound image and entails costly control measures on the part of the community.

Nature-based care for treatment of stress

2020-04-27 Nature-based Care is the focus of the Nordic NaBS project, which is conducted at Luleå University of Technology. Now a number of companies have entered – – We know that Nature-Based Activities reduce the level of stress and have a positive impact on health, Gunilla Johansson, PhD student at the Depa...

Eva Hamilton new chair of the University board

2020-04-24 Eva Hamilton, former CEO of SVT, becomes new chairperson of the board of Luleå University of Technology.
– Top priority will be addressing the issue of the properties. There is much to be done there, she says.

Childhood perspective important in health promotion work

2020-04-20 Experiences through life and especially those we have received as children are important in our efforts to promote our health. Margareta Sjöblom has written a dissertation on this.
– I have interviewed children, adults and the elderly and have done analyzes based on their stories. I wanted to give...

Many applications for University programmes

2020-04-17 Many want to study at Luleå University of Technology this fall and the number of applicants has increased compared to last year.

New perspectives after international internship

2020-04-15 Preschool teacher students Fanny Löfmark and Isabelle Hägg chose to do their business education (VFU) at a school in western Uganda. An experience that involved both challenges, lessons learned and broader perspectives.

"All assignments have their special opportunities and challanges"

2020-04-09 Josefina Nordmark, CEO of Nordmark & Nordmark Arkitekter AB, is a prominent architect with many buildings on the track record. She is also an adjunct professor and teacher at Luleå University of Technology's civil engineering program in architecture, where she is responsible for two advanced level c...

Students at Luleå University of Technology receives Swedtrains award for best thesis project

2020-04-08 Every year Swedtrain, the industry association for the Swedish railway industry, awards a prize for best thesis project in railway technology and this year the prize goes to two former students at Luleå University of Technology.

New start for Health Sciences in fresh premises

2020-04-08 New, fresh and appropriate premises await students at the Department of Health Sciences this autumn.
New, fresh and appropriate premises await students at the Department of Health Sciences this autumn.
– We have developed the premises one more step. Now they are even better adapted to teaching, sa...

Former student takes care of corona patients

2020-04-08 Åsa Carlsson has completed the training as intensive care nurse at Luleå University of Technology. Today she works at Sunderby Hospital. She quickly had to change when the corona virus created a pandemic.
– Now I work with Covid -19 patients full time. It is clear that you are affected, but we are ...

Groundbreaking methods for district heating and district cooling

2020-04-08 In a new project, researchers at Luleå University of Technology will optimize systems for district heating and district cooling by utilizing flexibility in the systems. The project aims to optimize the flexibility in the district energy sector.

Luleå University of Technology signs the Magna Charta Universitatum

2020-04-07 900 universities from 88 different countries have signed the Declaration on Academic Freedom and the University's role in society. This year, it is Luleå University of Technology's turn.

How effective are face masks?

2020-04-07 How do particles spread when a person coughs with or without a face mask? A group of researchers, including from Luleå University of Technology, wants to increase knowledge about this.

New 5G capabilities uncovered with indoor testing

2020-04-07 Increased capacity and better performance will be showcased when Luleå University of Technology expands its 5G test bed with an indoor system. Jointly developed by Telia and Ericsson, this facility opens up fantastic new opportunities for both researchers and companies.

KTP Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

2020-04-05 You can improve your business' competitiveness and productivity through funded partnerships with academics and researchers.

Scientists make a podd on nursing

2020-04-02

Occupational therapists in new areas

2020-04-02 Improvements for pupils in school, study of the working environment at a dog center and digital health education for staff at a call center. These are just some of the results of the Occupational Therapy course in new arenas. - The assignment was to introduce the occupational therapist's competence ...

New Deputy programme manager of Bio4Energy

2020-04-01 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 ...

Examines students' study motivation

2020-04-01 What is it that motivates students in their school work and can you find keys to unlock the individual's driving forces? These are questions that a new project at Luleå University of Technology hopes to find the answers to.

Researchers on different aspects of the corona pandemi

2020-03-31

Donates protective equipment from university lab

2020-03-27 Region Norrbotten is in dire need of protective equipment to enable its staff to care for patients with covid-19 safely. Luleå University of Technology now donates protective equipment from various laboratories.

Vinit Parida elected to RE:Source Board

2020-03-25 Vinit Parida, Professor of Entrepreneurship and innovation at Luleå University of Technology, is one of four people elected to the Board of Directors at RE:Source, a strategic innovation program with the vision that Sweden should become a pioneering country for material use within the planet's bord...

Life after concussions difficult for hockey players

2020-03-24 Symptoms after concussions can be permanent. Nathalie Ferno, former hockey player in Luleå hockey MSSK and also in the National Team, has been forced to stop her career.
– Our research shows that the hockey players who quit because of concussions struggle to create a new identity and meaning with ...

Can crowdfunding contribute to climate change?

2020-03-24 Can so-called grassroots funding (crowdfunding) be a way to finance new climate projects and sustainable energy projects in Norrbotten? Researchers in Economics at Luleå University of Technology will investigate this in a new research project.

3D fabrication holder for covid-19 visor

2020-03-20 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology help hospital with the manufacture of covid-19 visor holders. Medical personnel make their own protections using transparencies and holders from, among others, Luleå University of Technology.

Contributes with material to covid 19 visor

2020-03-19

Popular network for doctoral students in mining research

2020-03-19 MINERS, a network for PhD students in research related to mining, metal production and exploration in Sweden currently has 35 members. The initiative for the interdisciplinary network came two years ago from the strategic innovation program SIP STRIM, with Luleå University of Technology as coordinat...

Decision on distance education for all students

2020-03-18 Luleå University of Technology follows the government's recommendation to introduce distance education, due to corona disease covid-19 in Sweden. This means that the university will switch to distance education and place-independent examination forms from 18 March.

The profession affects memory as we grow older

2020-03-18 What we work with during life has an impact on memory as we grow older. This can be shown by memorial researchers at Luleå University of Technology and Umeå University.

Can extreme weather affect people's support for climate control?

2020-03-16 In a new research project, researchers in Political Science at Luleå University of Technology will investigate how different forms of extreme weather affect the public's support for different types of climate control measures.

Unique ice research in laboratory

2020-03-12 Researchers within the research groups building materials and geotechnical engineering are currently conducting a completely unique ice research where natural crushed ice from Luleå harbor has been collected for testing in a lab environment. They want to investigate which forces and movements are mo...

IVA-mentors make research into innovations

2020-03-10 With the project Research2Business, R2B, IVA wants to strengthen Sweden in being a leader in transforming academic research into innovation and competitiveness in business. George Nikolakopoulos, professor of Robotics and Automation, is one of twelve mentors in Sweden who are involved in the project...

2020-03-09

Former national team manager new leader for elite sports environment

2020-03-09 Former national cross-country team manager Joakim Abrahamsson is the new leader and coach for elite sports at Luleå University of Technology, with a special focus on cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski orienteering.

Anxiety at surgery can affect recovery

2020-03-06 By working preventively with the anxiety that patients can feel before and after surgery, the recovery can be better, a study shows. – It can lead to a reduction in the suffering of the individual patient, says Josefin Bergstrand and Viktor Andersson, who attended the specialist nurse training progr...

Studenternas hus opened with a celebration

2020-03-05 With speeches, food, champagne and fireworks, Studenternas hus, opened yesterday, Wednesday, March 4.
– Finally, we have our own house, Oscar Eriksson, said, chairman of Teknologkåren.

Peter Collin receives the Nordic Road Forum's educational award

2020-03-02 Peter Collin, professor at Luleå University of Technology, who teaches in bridge construction is awarded the Nordic Road Forum's (NVF) Swedish Department's educational award in 2020. The prize winner is described as an enthusiastic teacher with a great commitment to knowledge dissemination.

Teachers from Hanoi are impressed by the technology in teaching

2020-03-02 Cuc Lee Thi and Ngoc Dam Minh are teachers in nursing education at Hanoi Medical University in Vietnam. They think it is great to participate in an exchange with Luleå University of Technology.
– We learn new methods for teaching and we like Luleå, they say.

Fredrik Nikolajeff named IVA's prestigious 100 list

2020-03-02 Fredrik Nikolajeff, professor of Medical Technology at Luleå University of Technology, has been selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, for this year's 100 list of outstanding researchers.
– My research is about sustainable health. We are working to make Parkinson's dis...

Four Luleå researchers on IVA's 100 list

2020-03-02 With its 100 list of current research, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, wants to highlight sustainability projects. Four researchers from Luleå University of Technology – Jerker Delsing, Veronica Jägare, Fredrik Nikolajeff and George Nikolakopoulos – are on the prestigious lis...

60 million for research in Wood Science and Engineering

2020-02-28 A unique computer tomograph, specialized in in-depth x-ray, will shortly be delivered to the laboratory in Wood Science and Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. The equipment is an important component of CT Wood, a newly started strategic research program, which is focused on applied resea...

Urban Water Seminar and Business Day 2020

2020-02-28 Water supply and drinking water quality were discussed during this year's edition of this recurring seminar. The challenges of global warming and environmental toxins in water sources that we now have to deal with were hot topics.

Anders Sundström chair of the university's new advisory board

2020-02-28 Future technology, sustainable natural resources and the development of the region. Strategic initiatives to find solutions to challenges in these three areas are the main focus of Luleå University of Technology's new external advisory board – which will be chaired by Anders Sundström.

Students nominated to prestigious journalism award

2020-02-27 Luleå University of Technology's students Ellen Lundström and Elin Hall are nominated for one of Sweden's finest journalism awards, Guldspaden, in the new category Studentspaden. This for a review of the news coverage in P4 Västerbotten.

Focus on the heart - many suffer from heart attack and cardiac arrest each year

2020-02-21 Every year around 24,800 people in Sweden have a heart attack. About 12 percent of these suffer from a second heart attack. What is important for the affected person and what do staff think is important in cardiac rehabilitation? This was the topic when Ulrica Strömbäck, a researcher at Luleå Univer...

Antikrundan to Vetenskapens hus

2020-02-20 On August 21, Antikrundan arrives in Luleå. Vetenskapens hus will be one of the six sites visited by Anne Lundberg and 21 of Sweden's leading antique experts.

Christina Allard provides clarity in the Girjas judgment

2020-02-20 After ten years came the verdict: but what does the verdict about Girja's Sami village really say? Christina Allard, Associate professor of law at Luleå University of Technology, made the judgment a little easier to understand in a lecture at Vetenskapens hus.

Study visit at MAX IV

2020-02-19 Researchers in ore geology, polymer and waste science at Luleå University of Technology recently visited MAX IV, the synchrotron X-ray light facility at Lund University.

Positive and negative results for Master programme in Secondary Education

2020-02-19 Swedish University Higher Education Authority's (UKÄ) evaluation of Master programme in Secondary Education is now published. For Luleå University of Technology, the result is that the Master programme in the subjects dance, music, mathematics and social science does not meet the quality requirement...

Documentary film day with intrusive theme

2020-02-17 Some of Sweden's leading documentary filmmakers gathered at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology during Friday's documentary film day. This year's event circled around the most personal and how close we can go in film.

Robotics for better competitiveness

2020-02-16 Robotics, intelligent automation and simulation can help companies to improve their competitiveness and productivity. In the project RoboSol, researchers from Luleå University of Technology will provide companies with the necessary know-how, demonstrations and information on actual solutions.

Digitization in the construction industry

2020-02-14 Researchers in the field of Construction Management and Buildning Technology and Structural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology and Sweden's Construction Industries gave a seminar on the theme of digitization of the construction industry for invited guests. Here, the audience gained an ins...

US Ambassador Kenneth Howery highlights the university's importance for entrepreneurship

2020-02-14 US Ambassador Kenneth Howery emphasizes the university's role for an entrepreneur's success. Both research and education are important for entrepreneurs of the future.

University signs cooperation agreement with Epiroc

2020-02-14 The global engineering company Epiroc and Luleå University of Technology intend to strengthen strategic cooperation in education, research and innovation in the long term, where the University is one of Epiroc's first choices of academic partner. A cooperation agreement has now been signed between t...

The Vice-chancellor and a professor in the government's collaboration groups

2020-02-11 Luleå University of Technology is represented in two of the government's four collaborative groups that will create innovative solutions for society. The Vice-Chancellor Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn is part of the Group of Skills Supply and Lifelong Learning, while Professor Vinit Parida is part of th...

Festival shows the breadth of the School of Music

2020-02-10 This week, this year's Midwinter Festival takes place in Piteå. A festival that showcases the best that the Academy of Music at Luleå University of Technology has to offer.

Protect yourself from cyber threats

2020-02-07 The risk of a company being exposed to digital threats increases at the same time as the threats are constantly changing. During CyberNorth you will learn more about the risks and how to protect your business against cyber threats.

New research on best ways to store snow

2020-02-07 The winter sports holiday is approaching, but parts of Sweden have not had any meteorological winter or snow this season. In a new study, researchers at Luleå University of Technology have investigated the best insulation materials for snow storage.

New fire risks with increased solar cell installations

2020-02-06 The electrical environment in our buildings, including our homes, is changing. An example is local production of electricity, where solar cell installations are becoming increasingly popular. What are the consequences of this development for the fire safety of our buildings?

Luleå research highlighted in Girjas verdict

2020-02-06 The Swedish state vs Girjas Sami village is one of Sweden's most noticed legal cases. In the verdict the Supreme court refers to research from Luleå University of Technology.
– It's great to help bringing order and clarity to this matter, says Christina Allard, associate professor of law at Luleå ...

New features and fast 5G network

2020-02-05 The 5G work at Luleå University of Technology is entering a new intensive phase. For example, local breakout and indoor coverage are new features. The 5G network in Luleå is also fast – download speed has been measured at 1.9 gigabits per second.

International collaboration for master students

2020-02-04 During the academic year 2019/20, the master's program in conducting and composition at the School of Music at Luleå University of Technology, worked closely with the Music School Kópavogs in Reykjavik and the Conservatorio di Musica Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Popular reopening of Vetenskapens hus

2020-02-04 More than 300 people came to the reopening of Vetenskapens hus in Luleå and the queue rang long outside the entrance. A strong reason was the lecture with Professor Jessica K. Ljungberg on Brain Training for a long and healthy life.

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

2020-02-04 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...

Grand slam for Industrial and Management Engineering students

2020-01-31 94 entries from universities and colleges throughout Sweden came in – but both first and second prizes in the degree project competition Nytt&Nyttigt went to students from Luleå University of Technology's Industrial and Management Engineering programme.

Computer game technology for better reading ability

2020-01-30 An application will help children in special school to improve their reading ability. Better reading ability will hopefully contribute to greater participation in society. – We want to find out if computer game technology can increase the children's intrest in reading, says Peter Parnes, Professor o...

Planning proposal for a new multi-storey university building

2020-01-30 Now the planning proposal for a new block in the university area in Luleå goes out for consultation. Akademiska Hus, together with the municipality of Luleå, in collaboration with Luleå University of Technology, has produced a new proposal on a detailed plan of the so-called D-house district.

Plasma technology, a step towards zero emissions of greenhouse gases

2020-01-30 The goal is to replace fossil fuels with electric drive in industrial burners, something that has the potential to reduce Sweden's carbon dioxide emissions by several million tonnes per year. A five-year research project is now underway at Luleå University of Technology.

Wanted nurses from other countries took the Swedish degree

2020-01-28 For the second time, nurses from countries outside the EU, EES and from Switzerland have been examined at Luleå University of Technology. This time, 18 people received a diploma and an LTU needle. - We are already offered jobs, says Karen de los Reyes and Hakar Fathalla at the closing ceremony.

She has received 50,000 to develop teaching methods

2020-01-28 The goal is to develop Peer Learning that nursing students use during their internship. Carina Nilsson, Senior Lecturer of nursing at Luleå University of Technology, has applied for and received SEK 50,000 in scholarship from the Swedish Nursing Association.
– It's fun, you get happy. I Have alway...

Large vocabulary extra important for children with cochlear implants

2020-01-28 The vocabulary plays the biggest role when it comes to developing reading comprehension for children with cochlear implants (CIs). This has been shown by researchers at Luleå University of Technology.

Luleå University of Technology and Kiruna Municipality in strategic cooperation

2020-01-23 Skills development, education, research and innovation. These are the areas included in the letter of intent on strategic collaboration that Luleå University of Technology and Kiruna Municipality have signed.

Safety assignments are not prioritized at school

2020-01-23 One of the primary school principals' most important tasks is to lead the work against abusive treatment, discrimination and harassment. Although the task plays a major role for students' health, development and learning, the assignment is often lower prioritized, according to new research from Lule...

Students measure snow loads on solar panels

2020-01-22 Together with RISE, students at Luleå University of Technology have designed a test rig to measure snow loads on solar panels. The purpose is to understand what loads they are exposed to in real winter conditions. – It's been interesting working in a real project, says Anna Arnesson, who studies Mas...

Design for a sustainable future

2020-01-22 Researchers in Industrial Design at Luleå University of Technology are developing a digital service that will motivate people to make climate-smart choices in everyday life.

LowerBalans och handgreppsstyrka är nedsatt hos de som har kroni muscle strength in people with COPD

2020-01-22 Balance and grip strength are impaired in those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. This shows the results in a doctoral dissertation in physiotherapy written by Viktor Strandkvist at Luleå University of Technology.
– Above all, people with more severe illness had weaker grip strengt...

Speeches and awards at the solemn closing ceremony

2020-01-21 In spite of the season, the ice floe was held at Luleå University of Technology in January. It is the name of a ceremony held twice a year.
– In one group, more than 70 nursing students and 20
Diagnostic Radiology Nursing students were thanked, says Åsa Engström, professor of nursing.

Digital twins for bridges and tunnels

2020-01-21 To improve safety and lifespan for existing bridges and tunnels, researchers in the subject of Structural Engineering at Luleå University of Technology will develop digital twins for this purpose. Routine inspections of bridges and tunnels are usually done by an inspector performing visual observati...

How female entrepreneurs can respond to gender stereotypes

2020-01-15 Female entrepreneurs can be more successful in fundraising processes by anticipating and handling potentially biased responses to their pitches, according to a large-scale study led by Luleå University of Technology's professor Malin Malmström.

Applying theory to practice

2020-01-13 New EU legislation on vehicle emissions, the so-called WLTP Directive, is increasing the driving forces for reducing emissions. At Luleå University of Technology, a student group has investigated how spoilers on light trucks might help with that.

"Luleå needs to promote the entrepreneurial spirit"

2020-01-13 What could the municipalities do to get more businesses started, and how are different municipalities in the country in terms of entrepreneurial activity? A group of students in Industrial and Management Engineering have investigated that.

Babel's tower remains three years longer

2020-01-10 The painting Babel's tower, which has been at Luleå University of Technology since 1983, will be taken down as the university leaves the building where the painting hangs. The political brigade painting, which is one of Sweden's largest works of art, measures 18.5 meters and was painted by the artis...

Construction studies in Antarctica

2020-01-10 The Swedish research station Wasa in Antarctica was built 30 years ago. I is built in timber. Dag Haugum is researching how this building has coped with the harsh climate and that knowledge can improve timber structures here at home in the cool Nordic region.

Elderly give their opinions about new technology in healthcare

2020-01-03 Researchers at Luleå University of Technology are investigating how elderly perceive the use of new technology that can replace healthcare and care staff at certain stages. It is about, for example, connected shower robots and alarm and surveillance systems.

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Updated: 14 January 2020
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