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  • Obama saw future fuel cell from EE

    Obama at KTH. KTH's showcase of renewable energy technology included a hybride fuel cell form EE.
    Published Sep 04, 2013

    On his visit to KTH, Barack Obama was showcased PowerTrekk, a fuel cell and battery charger that runs on water - a spin-off from EE. The proud inventors of the future energy hybrid fuel cell are Woute...

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  • 3D printing research showcased on top industry innovation list

    Giving engineers access to easy specialized manufacturing processes for a wide selection of advanced sensors opens up completely new and creative solutions in fields like medical technology,” Frank Niklaus says.
    Published Mar 25, 2013

    3D printing has the potential to revolutionize manufacturing processes in a vast number of fields and that includes objects both big and very, very small. The US-based Society of Manufacturing Engine...

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  • New dimensions of 3D printing

    “This could allow for manufacturing specially designed sensors for a few patients or creating tailor-made applications for industry at a much lower cost,” Frank Niklaus says.
    Published Mar 24, 2013

    A drawing programme and a 3D printer: in the future, that’s all it will take to produce customised micro- and nanoscale silicon structures for sensors and other devices.

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  • Cash prize for polymer pioneers

    Published Mar 18, 2013

    Mercene Labs has won the 2013 Ingemar Croon Award from KTH Royal Institute of Technology’s Greenhouse Labs. The pioneering firm founded in 2012 is behind an advanced polymer solution with great potent...

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  • Micro and Nanosystems

    Published Nov 29, 2012

    "Micro and Nanosystems" is the new name for the lab that was previously called Microsystem technology. The acronym will still be MST. The change is made to reflect the fact that much of the research d...

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  • Ragnar Holm Fellowship awarded to Nikolai Chekurov, KTH-EE-MST

    Published Oct 25, 2012

    During a seminar on Wednesday, October 24, 2012, the recipient of the 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship in honor of the physicist Ragnar Holm, Dr. Nikolai Chekurov, was formally awarded with the silver pla...

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  • MST research on 3D silicon nanostructuring on the front page of Advanced Functional Materials

    The cover of Advanced Functional materials with a colorized SEM image of a 3D structure
    The cover of Advanced Functional materials
    Published Oct 09, 2012

    In the latest issue of Advanced Functional Materials, Frank Niklaus and co-workers report on the fabrication of 3D nanostructures by alternating steps of silicon deposition and local ion implantation ...

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  • Gas sensors could become the mobile “noses” of the future

    Published Jun 29, 2012

    KTH and a group of industrial partners will receive a grant of SEK 10 million from VINNOVA, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, for the large-scale development of the next generati...

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  • Cutting the cost of micro- and nanomanufacturing

    Schematic of the 3D printing process and an image of a manufactured micro-structure.
    Published Jun 21, 2012

    A drawing programme and a 3D printer: that could be all it will take to produce the micro- and nanostructures required for the millions of devices and sensors of the future. With a new manufacturing t...

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  • Kristinn B. Gylfason receives a Göran Gustafsson’s Young Researcher Prize

    The miniaturized sensors are embedded in so called Labs-on-Chip, which integrate sample handling and sensing functions in a compact chip.
    The miniaturized sensors are embedded in so called Labs-on-Chip, which integrate sample handling and sensing functions in a compact chip.
    Published May 04, 2012

    Kristinn B. Gylfason, researcher at the KTH Microsystem Technology Laboratory, has been awarded one of the Young Researcher Prizes of the Göran Gustafsson foundation this year, for his work on photoni...

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  • The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) PhD fellowship to Nutapong Somjit

    Published Feb 10, 2012

    The IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) awards $2500 PhD fellowships each year to encourage students to pursue a career in the area of electromagnetics. One of the award recipients this year ...

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  • Strong interest in new fabrication method for micro-fluidics

    Published Sep 26, 2011

    "Beyond PDMS: off-stoichiometry thiol–ene (OSTE) based soft lithography for rapid prototyping of microfluidic devices" by researchers at The Microsystem technology lab and the Division of Coating Tech...

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  • Brain valve to ease the pressure

    Published May 31, 2011

    NPH, or Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus gives severe problems for those affected. It gives Dementia-like symptoms and each year 2000 Swedes are affected. It is caused by an over-pressure in the brain fl...

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  • Recognition of major contributions on a micro scale

    Published Feb 25, 2011

    Their most successful project within medical diagnostics is a pressure sensor that measures strictures in the heart and consequently prevent heart attacks. Today hundreds of such sensors are sold ever...

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  • Passion only takes you so far

    Published Dec 21, 2010

    He is striving to obtain the perfect combination of new features in a small size, at a low cost to carry out portable tests for cancer, bacteria or viruses. It must produce results in minutes. The new...

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  • Quick food allergy test - just a drop of blood

    Food allergy skin prick test.
    Food allergy tests can be particularly painful and are usually very traumatic for young children. Positive is about to change that.
    Published Dec 10, 2010

    Over 15 million people in Europe – including eight percent of all children - suffer from food allergies, and this number is growing steadily. Currently, children who portray mild symptoms may undergo ...

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  • Best Student Paper Award at IEEE APMC 2010 to Umer Shah

    Umer with the Award
    Umer with the Award
    Published Dec 09, 2010
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  • A Ph.D. student position in Medical Microwave Microsensors

    Published Sep 15, 2010

    The Microsystem Technology Laboratory conducts research in the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), for applications including medical technology, telecommunication, car safety systems, bi...

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  • Asthma breakthrough in the making

    KTH and Aerocrine are developing a personal monitoring device for asthma sufferers.
    Published Jul 26, 2010

    An estimated 300 million people around the world suffer from Asthma. A personal monitoring device that enables asthma sufferers to determine appropriate medication levels may soon be on the market tha...

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  • When small is big

    Microcomponents are used everywhere - in medical equipment and other consumer products.
    Microcomponents are used everywhere - in medical equipment and other consumer products.
    Published Jul 26, 2010

    Microcomponents are used everywhere – in fuel cells, medical equipment and consumer products like mobile phones and game consoles. Advances in research have led to dramatically lower manufacturing cos...

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