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New member of the Royal Academy of Music

Sverker Jullander, Professor of Musical Instrumentation, was recently elected as a new member of the Royal Academy of Music.

Challenges education on entrepreneurship

What are successful entrepreneurs doing to succeed? Ida Lindh, Luleå University of Technology, challenges, in her doctoral thesis, the way schools work to increase students' opportunities and interest in becoming entrepreneurs.

Achieving gender equality in Ghanaian mines

Male dominance in the mining industry in Ghana is being challenged to achieve a more gender-balanced work environment. Rufai Haruna Kilu, in his doctoral thesis at Luleå University of Technology, identifies key changes being made to combat gender imbalance while making an economic case for gender equality.

Music research on the agenda

The music school at Luleå University of Technology hosted the ambulatory conference Music Research today for the first time.

Biomethanol tested on dragster

How is it to drive a 1600 horsepower-dragster on renewable methanol? That was tested this weekend by researchers from Luleå University of Technology together with the drag racing-team Heaven or Hell.

Creative and sustainable urban transformation

Kiruna Sustainability Center is the name of a new innovation platform for testing and evaluating new creative solutions for a sustainable society. Luleå University of Technology will contribute to recycling and waste solutions, energy systems, socioeconomic analyzes, industrial construction, social sustainability and innovative traffic solutions.

Article on gravitation receives award

Physicists Johan Hansson and Stephane Francois at Luleå University of Technology have received the Honorable Mention Award by the Gravity Research Foundation. The award is given for their article, which deals with how to test quantum gravity.

Connected building site is the target

Luleå University of Technology has been assigned the task of developing a project in collaboration with Linköping University and seven companies from the Construction and Telecom sectors, aiming at digitizing Swedish construction sites, in order to streamline the construction industry in Sweden. In October Vinnova will decide on the project, which in that case, means 40 million for the research and development project "Online Construction Site".

Conferred Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Tsinghua University Beijing

Professor Kumar was conferred a Distinguished Visiting Professorship by Tsinghua University, Beijing in a in a simple ceremony on May 17, 2017 in recognition of his academic contribution to the body of knowledge relevant for railway maintenance technology. The installation ceremony also included an open seminar to the Faulty and students.

New project will enable Swedish companies to benefit from digitalisation

Digitalisation affects almost all industries in Sweden - but many companies lack knowledge about how they can benefit commercially. In a new project, researchers at Luleå University of Technology, together with established companies, will investigate how new business models can be created.

Published:17 January 2013