February 2021 Thursday 4/2 10:00 Kiruna (Zoom) Dissertation in Onboard Space Systems Guidance and Control for Multiple Spacecraft Formation Friday 5/2 09:00 Luleå Dissertation in Machine Elements - Jonny Hansen Elasto-hydrodynamic film formation in heavily loaded rolling-sliding contacts: Influence of surface topography on the transition between lubrication regimes Friday 12/2 10:00 Luleå Dissertation in Applied Physics - Wissam Fakhardji Classical molecular dynamics simulations of collision-induced absorption: method development and evaluation 10:00 Luleå Madhu Muraleedharan Nair is defending his doctoral thesis in biochemical process engineering Lytic Polysaccharide MonoOxygenases; their role for lignocellulose depolymerization and production of (functional) biobased compounds Monday 15/2 13:00 Kiruna Moses Browne Mwakyanjala defends his thesis in Electrical and Space Engineering, Space Technology A Software-Defined Baseband for Satellite Ground Operations: Feasibility and Design Thursday 18/2 10:00 Luleå Dissertation in Applied Physics - Mayura Talwelkar Shimpi Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Boronic Acids as a Co-Crystal Former Monday 22/2 10:00 Luleå Jane Mwaba Mulenshi is defending her doctoral thesis in mineral processing Reprocessing historical tailings for possible remediation and recovery of critical metals and minerals – The Yxsjöberg case. Wednesday 24/2 13:00 Luleå Lina Hällström is defending her doctoral thesis in applied geochemistry Source, mobility and fate of Critical Be, Bi, F and W from historical sulfidic-oxidic skarn tailings. -Remining as remediation method? Friday 26/2 10:00 Luleå Dissertation in Polymeric construction materials - Nawres Jabar Nass Comprehensive numerical analysis of stress state in adhesive layer of joint including thermal residual stress and material non-linearity 10:00 Luleå Dissertation in the subject Applied Physics - Robin Löfgren A theoretical investigation of the NV-center in diamond as a single molecule sensor and qubit - charging through explicit electron donors 10:00 Luleå Oscar Paulsson is defending his doctoral thesis in applied geochemistry Pit lake water quality and hydrology – Insights from case studies and modelling of pit lakes in northern Sweden 14:00 Luleå Nasim Najjarzadeh is defending her doctoral thesis in biochemical process engineering SOUnd-DRIvenBIOtechnology March 2021 Monday 1/3 10:00 Luleå Lic. seminar Roshanak Vadoodi – Exploration Geophysics Geophysical vectoring of mineralized systems in northern Norrbotten Tuesday 2/3 14:00 Luleå Geoffrey Heath is defending his dissertation in work science Performance management, rationality and participation in public sector organization. Friday 12/3 10:00 Luleå Lic. seminar Alexander Jimenez – Construction Management and Building Technology Towards understanding productivity in on-site house-buildning June 2021 Thursday 3/6 10:00 Luleå Taraka Pamidi defends his doctoral thesis in engineering acoustics Process Intensification through Acoustic and Hydrodynamic Cavitation