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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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

"We have training sessions every day"

2020-11-04 Over 20 students in 8 different sports. The elite sports environment at Luleå University of Technology is growing, says leader and head coach Joakim Abrahamsson.

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

New course for engineering students on gender equality

2020-09-11 A new online course which is now offered for all engineering programs Luleå University of Technology's engineering students. 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.

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.

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 ...

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.

Published:7 April 2020

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