The annual Academic Ceremony – Saturday 9 November 2019

The academic ceremony at Luleå University of Technology in 2019 with conferment of doctor’s degrees, inauguration of new professors, diplomas to new adjunct professors and awarded of academic prizes take place on Saturday 9 November.

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Researchers congratulated at academic ceremony

2018-11-11 During the year, Luleå University of Technology has gotten 17 new Professors, 73 new Doctors and three Honorary Doctors. The achievements were celebrated traditionally at the University's academic ceremony.

Sheds light on Sweden's northern history

2018-11-09 Lilian Ryd is a cultural historian and author and has published books and articles about North Swedish cultural history since the 1980s. Lillian Ryd's authorship revolves around the North-Swedish newbuilding life, women's history and Sami traditional knowledge. During this years academic ceremony sh...

"Gender equality is a mission for everyone"

2018-11-09 – Striving for gender equality shows you take people's terms and conditions seriously, said Luleå University of Technology's new honorary doctor, entrepreneur and expert on gender equality issues Gertrud Åström, in a highly appreciated lecture.

With a sense of wood and people

2018-11-09 In his honorary doctorate lecture, Lars Martinson told shared the interesting story about the family company Martinson's development. What started in 1929 when Lars Martinson's great grandfather Sigurd bought an ambulatory sawmill, has today grown to a leading wood processing group who takes advanta...

Inspiring lectures by this year's honorary doctors

2018-11-09 A writer, a CEO and a business executive. The faculties' choice of honorary doctors for 2018 were Lilian Ryd, Lars Martinsson and Gertrud Åström. Honorary doctors are people who in some way benefited research or education at the university.

Estimating the useful life of industrial systems

11 Dec. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

2018-10-30 Behzad Ghodrati is new professor in Operation and Maintenance at Luleå University of Technology. In this lecture, he talks about the need of changing traditional thinking and concepts of machine life and its maintenance in order to reduce costs and make it more sustainable.

Probing physical properties for new nanomaterials

8 Nov. 2018 14:00 – 15:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

2018-10-29 Nils Almqvist is new professor in Experimental physics at Luleå University of Technology. He lectures on how measurements to understand nanomaterials can help us develop future solar cells, surfaces and nano devices.

Digital transformation and humanity

5 Nov. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

2018-10-27 Anna Ståhlbröst is a new professor of information systems at Luleå University of Technology. She lectures on the digital transformation, and how we can get a positive impact from it.

Everything begins with the body!

10 Dec. 2018 13:00 – 14:30 , C305, Luleå University of Technology:

2018-10-26 Cecilia Björklund Dahlgren is new professor of Dance Education at Luleå University of Technology. She lectures on the important role of dance in preschool and school, and how it can contribute to the development of children.

Teaching Machines for the Welfare of Society

6 Nov. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

2018-10-26 Marcus Liwicki is a new professor of Machine Learning at Luleå University of Technology. He lectures on how intelligent systems can solve human tasks, and the ethical dilemmas that can arise.

Collective actions will solve global challenges

28 Nov. 2018 12:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

2018-10-26 Simon Matti is new professor of political science at Luleå University of Technology. He lectures on how complex challenges of our society can be solved by more collaboration, and what policy tools are needed.

AI for Safety of Industrial Systems

12 Nov. 2018 10:00 – 11:00 , F436, Luleå University of Technology:

2018-10-25 Abhinav Saxena is new adjunct professor in Operation and Maintenance Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. He lectures on how we can predict failures in our industrial systems, and thereby become more safe and cost efficient.

Future Machine Condition Monitoring – A must for smart machines

8 Nov. 2018 09:00 – 10:00 , A109, Luleå University of Technology:

2018-10-25 Pär Marklund is new professor in Machine Elements at Luleå University of Technology. His lecture is about how future machine condition monitoring will look like, in a society that becomes more connected.

Decision Making: look backward, before moving forward

5 Nov. 2018 09:00 – 10:00 , A109, Luleå University of Technology:

2018-10-25 Ahmed Elragal is new professor of Information Systems at Luleå University of Technology. In his lecture he will introduce one of the most important skills a manager should have. That is, decision making.

9 Nov. 2018 09:30 – 11:40 :

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Industrial safety - production environments with IoT and the cloud

5 Nov. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , A109, Luleå University of Technology:

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The transformation to a fossil-free vehicle fleet

13 Nov. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

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Sound in our daily lives - how are we affected?

5 Dec. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

2018-10-23 Örjan Johansson is a new professor of Engineering Acoustics at Luleå University of Technology. In his lecture, he will talk about the sound environment in our daily lives, linked to the Acustic research that he has been conducting during the last 30 years.

Engineering the digital future

16 Nov. 2018 13:00 – 14:00 , E231, Luleå University of Technology:

2018-10-23 Jonathan Lewis Summers is a new Adjunct Professor of Fluid Mechanics at Luleå University of Technology. In his lecture he takes us on a journey through the digital infrastructure landscape.

Traditions in change: music, multiculturalism and new technology

12 Nov. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

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Sustainable growth with less products

29 Nov. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

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Societal change research and innovation

6 Dec. 2018 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus, Storgatan 53, Luleå:

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Award ceremony

8 Nov. 2018 11:30 – 13:45 , Vetenskapens hus:

2018-10-15 Welcome to a ceremony to reward persons that in different ways have promoted the development of knowledge, education and training.

Gertrud Åström, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy and Technology

2018-06-27 Gertrud Åström is a business and organisation developer and one of Sweden's leading gender equality experts, who for centuries has pursued gender equality issues in Sweden.

Lilian Ryd, Honorary Doctor of Philosophy 2018

2018-06-27 Lilian Ryd is a culture historian and author of, among other works, the book Kvinnor i väglöst land: nybyggarkvinnors liv och arbete (1995) that was awarded serveral prizes.

Lars Martinson, Honorary Doctor of Technology 2018

2018-06-27 Lars Martinson was brought up in Bygdsiljum, Skellefteå and is today CEO of the Martinsons´ business group, which under his leadership has developed into a leading company in the wood products industry.

Honory Doctors 2018 at Luleå University of Technology

2018-06-27 Luleå University of Technology’s Honorary Doctors of 2018 are Lars Martinson, CEO of Martinsons, a world-leading company in wood products industry, Lilian Ryd a cultural historian and author of, among other works, the award-winning book Kvinnor i väglöst land, and Gertrud Åström, one of Sweden’s for...

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