Rubik's Cube competition was a success

2015-04-20 For the first time, Sweden's northernmost contest in Rubik's Cube, was arranged this weekend - three new swedish records were set. The organizers behind the contest, in Luleå, Adam Lärkeryd and Henrik Olsson, both read the Master Programme in Computer Science and Engineering at Luleå University of ...

Workshop on the Future study enviroment

2015-04-17 Luleå University of Technology has set a goal to have the best student environment in 2017. As part of this work a workshop was recently organized with students from the university who got to express their wishes for the future study environment.

LTU Business expands funding support to businesses

2015-04-16 LTU Business is one of VINNOVA's eight selected support offices in Sweden for small and medium enterprises existing EU billion initiative Horizon 2020. This means that small and medium-sized businesses get free consultations to seek funds from the EU research and innovation programs.

Book to promote school children's health

2015-04-15 The project ArticChildren InNet has resulted in a free downloadable book that will spread good examples of how participation and information and communication technologies (ICT) can be used to improve school children's health. The book is produced together with schoolchildren, teachers and researche...

In the media: Outer Space is soon ready for mining exploration

2015-04-15 Reza Emami is Professor of Onboard Space Systems at Luleå University of Technology. Before coming to Kiruna, he worked at the University of Toronto as a professor for fifteen years. He now plans to build a laboratory in Kiruna for working with nano-satellites that could have been used in mining expl...

International research collaboration in the area of children's health

2015-04-15 Luleå University of Technology and the University of Texas at Austin, has connected in a research collaboration with focus on research in the area of ICT and children's health. The research groups with different expertise and research methods complement each other.

Student Collaboration with Älvsbyhus

2015-04-15 Sweden's largest modular home manufacturers Älvsbyhus recently started a collaboration with Luleå University and the students of the program Industrial Management. The idea is for the students to identify future challenges and possible problem areas and present final proposals for improvement of the...

Javier Lamas - new laser licentiate

2015-04-14 Javier Lamas has completed a licentiate degree with a thesis entitled "Analysis of Hybrid Laser Welding Experiments". Javier Lama is PhD-student at the Department of Product and Production Development and is also working at the Centro Naval Tecnoloxico do Galego, Ferrol 15590 (A Coruña), Spain.

Researchers hesitant to life on Mars

2015-04-13 A very important discovery has been made on the planet Mars. Brines that evaporates during the night proves that there is a water cycle on Mars. The spectacular findings are published in Nature Geoscience and Javier Martín-Torres, professor of Atmospheric Science at Luleå University, is the lead aut...

Great interest for the article on life stories

2015-04-13

Students' Conference in Nursing crowded

2015-04-13

In the media: Solve the railway problems!

2015-04-12 An example that may be mentioned is e-pilot119, a monitoring system developed by researchers at Luleå University of Technology in collaboration with the train operators. The system monitors and flagging up for future problems and causes wear and faults can be detected early and corrected before they...

Interdisciplinary research for better results

2015-04-10 The research conducted by the Control Engineering group, can be of great benefit to the IIP, Intelligent industrial processes, one of the university's areas of excellence in research and innovation. This according to a new report written by Professor Wolfgang Birk.

Praised article on high performance steels

2015-04-09 The researchers Alejandro Leiro and Esa Vuorinen at Luleå University of Technology are two of the authors of an award-winning article that evaluates bainitic steels. It is a new type of heat-treated steel that has very high strength and good toughness.

Promising researchers at Vetenskapens hus

2015-04-09 Canbuildings themselves determine how much energy they wanna use in order to cut down on energy consumption? This and other issues are discussed when promising researchers from Luleå University of Technology holds 10-minute presentations in diverse areas April 15 starting at. 12:00.

New concept for the dissemination of experiences

2015-04-09 A lack of experience scattering has long been a problem in product development - but thanks to new research at the University the communication difficulties may soon be solved. It is with the help of a unique conversation concept consisting of 36 questions.

Evaluation increases the quality in e-learning

2015-04-08 The Occupational Therapy program at Luleå University of Technology was the only occupational education in the country, which in 2012 received the evaluation "Very high quality" of Higher Education. Quality work is continuing and now has an additional evaluation been carried out according to an inter...

Visit by the SKF management

2015-04-01 In April, Luleå University of Technology and SKF-LTU UTC received a visit from SKF´s new management.

Dissertation in Power Engineering

17 Apr. 2015 10:00 – 12:00 , Hörsal A, Campus Skellefteå:

2015-04-01

Students make contacts with employers

2015-04-01 In Luleå University organized a career day with purpose for nursing students to make contact with future employers.

Unique test environment for mobile services

2015-03-31 Botnia Living Lab at Luleå University of Technology is a unique test environment that offers companies, researchers and authorities usability testing of new products and services for the mobile phone and the computer. For example, the test results are invaluable information for companies that are ab...

In the media: Technology opens the doors and put limits

2015-03-30 Maria Larsson Lund, Luleå University of Technology, does research on the challenges and opportunities everyday technology provides for people with acquired brain injury.
Read the article in The occupational therapist.

In the media: Specialists care for patients through video

2015-03-30 Annette Johansson defended recently the subject of nursing. She investigated how video consultation between the patient and the specialist can improve care out there in rural areas. Her research has received media attention.

Public notification of the thesis defense

2015-03-27 On March 27, Richard Östlund made a public notification of the thesis defense. Thesis is entitled "Microstructure-based modeling of ductile fracture in quench-hardenable boron steel".

Thesis defense will be held at 10:00 am, April 17 in Room E231, at Luleå University of Technology.

Social segregation countered with sustainable planning

2015-03-27 In metropolitan municipalities Gothenburg and Malmö with great social segregation is increasing interest in planning for sustainable social development which counteract exclusion. Researchers at Luleå University of Technology has developed a report on how and to what extent sustainability, and not l...

Major investments in focus at SATS

2015-03-27 This year's edition of SATS, a forum for academia and industry to meet and discuss the future challenges for the automotive testing industry, featured discussions on both new and future investments.

Techies prevents women

2015-03-27 New research at Luleå University of Technology shows that the gender imbalance in information and communication technology is maintained through a computer nerd ideal. In addition, the formal qualifications required to act against sex discrimination is in fact preserving it.

Durable household research commended

2015-03-26 The project "Sustainable Household" (SHARP) that was active between the years 2003 to 2008 are praised heavily in the Environmental Protection Agency's evaluation. Areas highlighted in particular include the citation and the amount of qualitative scientific publications.

More women into engineering programs

2015-03-26 More women should start studying Computer Science Engineering and Engineering Physics and Electrical engineering. And the women who are already enrolled, should stay. The project Include aims towards getting more women to choose programmes that traditionally are most chosen by men.

Specialists caring for patients through video

2015-03-26 Luleå University of Technology and healthcare in northern Sweden are the first in the country to use and research on video consultation between specialists and patients in rural areas. Instead of waiting up to 18 months of referral to a medical specialist the waiting time becomes shorter than one w...

Sustainable products in the course Sustainable Living

2015-03-25 Energy-saving products for a sustainable society. This is the theme of the project course Sustainable Living where engineering students at the programs Sustainable Energy Engineering and Mechanical Engineering presented their creative solutions.

Universities collaboration increase competence

2015-03-25 For the first time, students at Luleå Universityof Technology and Umeå University gather to get a better understanding of team collusion importance. The aim is to create positive care- and rehabilitation processes, and increase knowledge of eachothers areas of expertise.

Scientists find fixed nitrogen in Martian sediments

2015-03-24 Javier Martín-Torres, Professor of Atmospheric Science at Luleå University of Technology, is one of several researchers who has found fixed forms of nitrogen in Mars. The research findings are now beeing published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Gender influences public funding

2015-03-23 Business women do not have equal access to public capital as business men. Tomorrow Tuesday visiting Malin Malmström and Jeaneth Johansson, a researcher in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Luleå University of Technology, House of Science. They have studied what happens in the processes before deci...

Collaboration on person-centered care

2015-03-23 The patient's own stories and experiences are in focus of person-centered care. The core is a partnership between the patient and the caregiver. Luleå University of Technology, Norrbotten County Council and the Health Professionals organized a seminar that highlights the importance of creating care ...

New Saw Technique Increase Profit for Sawmill Industry

2015-03-23 A product that scan logs in real time and adjusts the saw-blades tilt after the log's curvature - this is the idea that will save large sums of money for the sawmill industry. Mats Ekevad, Professor at Luleå University of Technology are now looking for an industrial partner who wants to develop his ...

Consensus assessment of students

2015-03-18 It is important that students are assessed in a fair manner during their clinical placement, internship. Therefore, supervisors and teachers of nursing and specialist nursing programs met to discuss and review the assessment system.

Highlights humanities research

2015-03-18 Twelve universities in Sweden have joined forces to strengthen research in the humanities. This, through the think tank Humtank. Luleå University's new representative there is the historian Roine Viklund.

Food waste is converted to ethanol

2015-03-18 Food waste from Swedish households are converted to ethanol by Professor Paul Christakopoulos and his research group at Luleå University of Technology. Making biofuel from food waste has many advantages for the environment.

SKF's Director and VP Business LTU

2015-03-17 SKF's Director of Global Strategic Development Filippo Zingariello and Senior Vice President Bernd Stephan visited LTU to learn more about the SKF University Technology Center at LTU and discuss future collaboration.

SKF IBETTER Mini-Conference

2015-03-17 Improvement in Bearing Technology Through European Research Collaboration (IBETTER) mini-conference at the SKF Engineering and Research Center (ERC).

Higher studies in health and health care

2015-03-16 Recently, it has been decided that the master's programs in Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy should be given in the fall of 2015. New this year is that an intake is allowed to the later part of the Master's in Nursing.

Blog about health guidance

2015-03-12 Five students from hälsovägledarprogrammet, 4th semester has started a blog to promote and inform about what a health counselor working with. They want to give a clearer picture of hälsovägledares role and provide skills to employers, prospective students and other interested parties.

In the media: Smart technology will improve the Swedish railway

2015-03-09 Ulla Juntti at the Luleå Railway Research Center in Swedish Radio.

Solid Mechanics develops next generation of bulk wagons

2015-03-09 Researchers at Solid Mechanics, Luleå University of Technology, will together with Kiruna Wagon and SSAB develop a new type of railway wagon for bulk shipments that could lead to a new wagon standard in the EU.

Innovation by Region

2015-03-03 On Tuesday evening, March 10 Hakan Ylinenpää, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Luleå University of Technology, visit House of Science. He discusses diffferent conditions based on what region you are in when it comes to creating innovations.

New book: Social innovation in Norrbotten

2015-03-03

Electric Power Engineering celebrated its 10th anniversary

2015-02-27 The research subject Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology in Skellefteå can look back on ten eventful years. The word snowball effect is a fitting description for the development that the electric power research have had with Math Bollen as leader.

“Wood is a great material”

2015-02-26 Benedikt Neyses from Aachen in Germany is three weeks away from finishing the Master Programme in Wood Technology.

EU project HERMES

2015-02-24 Division of Materials and Solid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics at LTU, Kiruna Wagon and SSAB develops future bulk transport in the EU project HERMES - Development of smart and flexible wagons and facilities for improved transport of granular multimaterials

Online Course with an international perspective

2015-02-24 For a few years, research and education in occupational therapy have collaborated with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. Now a joint interdisciplinary online course is planned, which will focus on people's participation based on different life situations.

New power relations in the future mines

2015-02-18 Globalization and automation has fundamentally changed today's mining industry. A new research project at Luleå University of Technology will therefore seek answers to how a modern mine is organized with particular focus on power relations.

In the media: Pilot project to improve rail traffic

2015-02-16 On Tuesday en treprenours withih in the railway industry met to evaluate the first year of the pilot project ePilot119 that will make train services better and safer.

SKF-UTC Team Building Workshop

2015-02-16 Our research group at LTU had a workshop to learn more about teamwork. Fun and free food was had by all.

Electric power system's future - quality and intelligence

2015-02-13 The Electric Power Research in Skellefteå celebrates 10 year anniversary.

In conjunction with the anniversary, Math Bollen, Professor in Electric Power Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, holds his inaugural lecture "Electric Power System Future - quality and intelligence".

Green iron production with biogas from forest

2015-02-13 Biogas made of residues from the forest can replace coal in iron and steel production. Researchers from Luleå University of collaborates with LKAB and large Swedish forest companies to develop processes to produce 'green' iron.

New technology supports people with dementia

2015-02-12 In Sweden there are approximately 150,000 people with dementia, by those seeking about half help. Today there are new techniques developed to support people with dementia and in Scotland has also cities dementia-adapted to facilitate everyday life. Welcome to hearing more of this on 13 February at 1...

Million prize to researchers developing Norrbotten

2015-02-11 The Norrbotten Research Council recently awarded a prize to three researchers who will contribute to the development of Norrbotten. The researchers Marcus Björling, Kentaro Umeki and Damiano Varagnolo at Luleå University of Technology will each receive one million SEK per year for a maximum of three...

"The road to success is the detour"

2015-02-10 Robert Larsson is CEO of Valutec in Skellefteå that manufactures wood dries. In 1997 he took a MSc degree in mechanical engineering at Luleå University of Technology including a two-year specialization in wood. That specialization corresponds to the current master's program in wood technology.

Maintenance provides better sleep on trains

2015-02-10 Project ePilot119 with Luleå University of Technology, Swedish Transport Administration and others have in research on improved train maintenance been able to develop methods to measure and monitor the vehicles' status. It's about being able to measure wheel wear while the train is running and thus ...

Temporary Staff - Who is responsible then?

2015-02-09 When Magnus Nygren, graduate students at Luleå University of Technology, holding his lunch lecture February 11. 12:00 ports hiring of personnel and outsourcing in the spotlight. Magnus Nygren discusses the implications, who has power and who is responsible when the company hires services. A warm wel...

Employers request Motivational interviewing

2015-02-09 Motivational Interviewing is a person-centered method that is increasingly valued by the employers. Luleå University of Technology is the only occupational therapy program in Sweden that offers college credits in the call method.

SFC's program conference 2015

2015-02-06 The 2015 Program Conference for the Swedish Gasification Centre (SFC) was held on 2-4 February at Kulturens Hus in Luleå. The conference offered many interesting presentations and discussions within the area of gasification.

Alumnus of the brains behind the new SAS interior design

2015-02-06 Kristine Mayer studied civil engineering technical design at Luleå University during the years 2001-2006. Today she works as Productdesign Director at SAS. Her latest project was the new interior design of the airline's long-haul fleet.

Steroids can increase the viability of seniors

2015-02-06 Older people who receive a small dose of anabolic steroids can become more alert, get better mobility and thereby reduce the risk of falls. Anders Eriksson, senior lecturer in anatomy at Luleå University of Technology, conducted research on anabolic steroids and muscle cells structure. Now he wants ...

Viral success for iced dive

2015-02-05 Jesper Johansson, an MBA student at Luleå University of Technology has recently received considerable attention in social media. It is thanks to an ice-cold dive in Luleå's record deep snowocean.

Grand Slam in competition for light design

2015-02-05 With three of the five awards in his hand took students from Luleå University of home movie and lighting design competition "Chasing Light" on ski resort Dundret.

A magnetosphere is born – observations from a comet

2015-02-04 In an article in the journal Science, an international research team led by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna, shows what happens when a magnetosphere is being formed around a comet.

Large-scale lab provides unique opportunities

2015-02-04 20 cameras with infrared technology contributes to a unique test site, which is one of the largest in Europe. – This opens up a whole new field of research issues, says Thomas Gustafsson, Professor and holder of a chair in Control Engineering.

In the media: Students' side project started the adventure

2015-01-30 Elin Bergvik Eriksson and Ida Larsson needed a backup to secure the final work placement of their journalism education. It became the "Iliad," writes Norrbottens-Kuriren.

Lectures on international congress

2015-01-30 Åsa Enstrom, Assistant Professor in Nursing, and doctoral Ulrica Strömbäck at Luleå University of Technology are in Spain to participate in the congress 6th EfCCNa CONGRESS 2015 (European Federation of Critical Care Nursing associations. The congress attends by approximately 550 participants from 25...

International night inspires study abroad

2015-01-30 The International evening at the Department of Health Sciences covered all the corners of the world. To inspire and inform, students had presentations about their study abroad from the Caribbean, Norway, Vietnam and Liberia.

Integrated Online Information Security Lab for Education and Research

2015-01-29 The first phase of building an online Information Security (InfoSec) lab is now completed. – The InfoSec lab will most definitely be a strong point for us, says Ali Ismail Awad, Associate Senior lecturer in Information Systems and the InfoSec lab coordinator.

The entire continuum of care is analyzed on film

2015-01-28 Students on the programme for specialist nurses, ambulance care, can practice the whole continuum of care, and then analyze the situation. Thanks to a projekt, cameras and technology have been purchased to film the process which gives the learning process another dimension.

Lassinantti a true entrepreneur

2015-01-27 100-year anniversary of Ragnar Lassinantti has begun. In the House of Science, the audience got to listen to the consideration of an analysis, of two plastic bags with books from the university library, regarding Lassinantti as beeing a real entrepreneur or not.

Electric power researcher visiting Professor in Córdoba

2015-01-27 A year ago, Sarah Rönnberg got her PhD in Electric Power Engineering. Shortly thereafter, she became a visiting professor at the University of Córdoba, Spain, where she along with Dr. Aurora Gil-de-Castro will be researching how the transition to LED lights affect the power grid.

Supplier diversity leads to higher growth

2015-01-26 Women entrepreneurs from immigrant background are less probable to participate and win public procurements than other entrepreneurs. New research at Luleå University of Technology, however want to remedy this.

Unique research with ultrasound

2015-01-26 One of Sweden's most advanced research platforms for imaging with ultrasound is now to be found at Luleå University of Technology. – This gives us unique opportunities, says Johan Carlson, Professor in Signal Processing.

Sustainable urban development - Beautiful words or active workshop?

27 Mar. 2015 12:00 – 13:00 , Vetenskapens hus:

2015-01-21

Current social issues on stage at Vetenskapens hus

2015-01-21 As a new event on Vetenskapens hus current social issues are discussed from stage through lectures from Luleå University of Technology. Health, Society and Environment frames the months of February, March and April. Among other things, our researchers tells about how stress can be managed, how long...

The conference gave international challenges

2015-01-21 Katarina Leijon Sundqvist presented a poster about her research at the conference ThermoMed 2014 in Langen, Frankfurt. It resulted in new international contacts and an invitation to give a lecture at the XIII European Association of Thermology, EAT, Congress in Madrid in the autumn 2015.

Smart connection key to higher wind turbines

2015-01-20 The towers of wind turbines tend to be higher and higher, which creates big demands on the construction, not least for the connections that are being used. In a new doctoral thesis at Luleå University of Technology, Christine Heistermann gives recommendations for how the connections should be design...

RobIn - Robust in-process joint finding

2015-01-20 "Robin - Robust In-process Joint Finding" is a collaboration between industry and universities / institutes in Sweden with the aim of developing seam finding and seam tracking in laser welding. The project focuses on the challenge of finding the joint whicht is barely visible to the naked eye. Thi...

Movie: Health counselor - promotes your health

2015-01-20 Health counselor is a new profession. As a health counselor you can work with health towards individuals, companies, and organizations. To get an idea what a health counselor does, take part in the film health counselor - promotes your health.

Talk about the film at # hälsovägledare_ltu on Instag...

Seaweed Cultivation became the best business idea

2015-01-16 An seaweed cultivation for biogas production was best business idea when students from Luleå University of Technology presented viable business plans in Boden.

Better flow gives longer life to grease

2015-01-16 Lubrication with grease instead of oil has a number of advantages; it can act as a seal and can have anticorrosive properties. Grease lubrication also poses challenges and the limited life of grease means that re-lubrication is important. In a new dissertation at the university, researcher Jinxia Li...

The good work - what does it mean today?

2015-01-16 The university's popular science lectures are in the spring of 2015 focused on how workplaces and businesses can be designed and developed to meet individual needs and complex organizations and markets requests.

Two shades of IT and mobility

2015-01-16 How new technologies can be used to make digital services available anywhere and anytime. That is the topic of a new doctoral thesis at Luleå University of Technology. Traditional computers have increasingly been replaced by portable devices like smartphones and tablets, which require new solutions ...

Seminar: Engineering nano- and micro-structured semiconductors for Functional Applications

21 Jan. 2015 10:30 – 11:30 , E243, Luleå University of Technology:

2015-01-15 Isabella Concina, PhD
University of Brescia & SENSOR Laboratory, CNR-INO, Italy

Math Bollen Visited Shichuan University in Chengdu, China.

2015-01-15 Math Bollen, professor in electric power engineering, visited Shichuan University in Chengdu, China on 29 December 2014.

Field study in Vietnam focuses on children with disabilities

2015-01-15 Saramaria Olsson, Östersund, and Marielle Ohlsson, Västerås, studyin on occupational therapy program, semester six, are going to Hanoi, Vietnam, to gather material for their thesis. From an occupational therapy perspective, will they study the rehabilitative interventions for children with disabili...

Action important for the development of ideas

2015-01-13 Innovation requires creative ideas but new research at Luleå University of Technology shows that it is not quite so simple.

The Continent´s movements created our natural resources

2015-01-09 For about 4600 million years ago when our planet was created the earth looked completely different with a probably thinner crust and other continents which later formed today's continents. Research on continental drift gives us today's unique knowledge of how rocks, ores and minerals once formed and...

Visiting the university in Hanoi

2015-01-09 Malin Henriksson and Päivi Juuso has completed the teacher exchange in Vietnam where they taught nursing for three weeks at Hanoi Medical University.
– There are differences between the universities and the way they teach, but also many similarities. We can learn a lot from each other, Malin Henri...

Top marks for excellent research

2015-01-08 The Faste Laboratory at Luleå University of Technology, is a VINN Excellence Center that conducts research on functional products, gets top marks in VINNOVA's international evaluation of Stage 3.

Kiruna Wagon achieves success through LTU Business AB

2015-01-02 Kiruna Wagon has collaborated with Luleå University of Technology in the student project Sirius with great success during 2014. The company wanted to reach a technological breakthrough that would be used in the company's latest trailer Side Dumper. Now the company is aiming at a long-term partnershi...

Students write an essay in the Caribbean

2015-01-02 In early January, the nursing students Victoria Bergqvist and Henrietta Stridsman Moller go to the Caribbean to work as volunteers at St. John's Hospice. Through an MFS scholarship, they will during 8 weeks gathering material for their essay on nursing at the end of life. Follow their journey on the...

Published:10 June 2015
Updated: 11 June 2015
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