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  • Digital virtual lab

    Ulrich Vogt
    Published Jan 26, 2021

    Ulrich Vogt, Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, who usually has physical labs in his course. During the pandemic he had to transition to digital labs. In this interview, he tells us about...

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  • Mathematics of Data and AI

    Published Jan 26, 2021

    Interview with Katharina Jochemko, Kathlén Kohn Martina Scolamiero and Liam Solus, who are Assistant Professors at the newly established division "Mathematics of Data and AI" which is funded by WASP a...

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  • Electric powered aircraft to KTH

    The electric powered aircraft the Windex 1200 (left). Head of SCI school Sandra Di Rocco is testing the plane at KTH (right). Photographer: Saab and Helene Rune.
    Published Dec 22, 2020

    KTH has recently received an electric powered aircraft from Saab in Linköping.  The aircraft type, known as the Windex 1200, was originally developed by a small team involving KTH Professor Sven-Olof ...

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  • Mats Wallin is the new Director of AlbaNova

    Mats Wallin, the new Director of AlbaNova, monitors the growing Albano campus from his office window. Photographer: Sofia Nyström
    Published Dec 17, 2020

    Mats Wallin, professor of theoretical physics, Department of Physics, is from January 2021 the new Director of AlbaNova.

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  • Quantum system solves problem remarkably fast

    Val Zwiller, Department of Applied physics.
    Published Dec 17, 2020

    Val Zwiller, division of Quantum nano photonics, Department of Appleid physics, who collaborate with University of Science and Technology of China research group, was interviewed this week on Chinese ...

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  • Tens of thousands of written examinations during the pandemics puts the administration to the test

    Helene Rune, Head of administration at the SCI school (here at KTH's national exam conference). Photographer: Sofia Nyström
    Published Dec 17, 2020

    Annually about 90,000 written examinations are conducted at KTH, with a third taking place at SCI. Because of the pandemic, the examinations take place digitally and requires extra effort of the organ...

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  • Superconductors can revolutionize how we use electricity

    Oscar Tjernberg and his model of superconducting train that hovers above magnetic rails. Photography: Oscar Tjernberg
    Published Dec 15, 2020

    For the first time, American researchers have succeeded in creating a so-called superconductor that works at room temperature. This technology has the potential to revolutionize how we use electricity...

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  • Mansour and Alfredsson share their teaching

    Rami Mansour and Bo Alfredsson, Department of Engineering mechanics.
    Published Dec 15, 2020

    Rami Mansour, researcher, and Bo Alfredsson, Director of undergraduate studies, Department of Engineering mechanics, share their experience with developing teaching.

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  • Rami Mansour

    Rami Mansour.
    Published Dec 10, 2020

    How can teachers assess the benefits of a combined physical and virtual learning environment? As a course responsible and supervisor of both undergraduate and graduate students, I am particularly inte...

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  • GE buys Swedish start-up Prismatic Sensors

    Mats Danielsson
    Mats Danielsson. Photography: Prismatic Sensors
    Published Nov 27, 2020

    American General Electric acquires the KTH spin-off company Prismatic Sensors founded in 2012.

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  • Danijela Damjanovic and Kristian Bjerklöv KTH Mathematics

    Danijela Damjanovic and Kristian Bjerklöv
    Danijela Damjanovic and Kristian Bjerklöv, Dept. Of Mathematics. Photo: Private
    Published Nov 26, 2020

    This year has posed challenges for the whole society. At these difficult times our faculty and teaching personnel are doing their best to ensure a good quality teaching to our students.

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  • KTH in collaboration with Brazil

    Dan Henningson, Department of Engineering Mechanics,  KTH.
    Dan Henningson, Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Engineering, KTH. Photography: Private
    Published Nov 26, 2020

    Dan Henningson, Professor of Fluid Mechanics, Department of Engineering Mechanics, has been commuting between Stockholm and Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, for five years. The aim is to build a partnersh...

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  • Clarification from SCI school regarding the new KTH Coronavirus guidelines

    Published Nov 20, 2020
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  • A hub for nuclear technology knowledge and competence

    Published Nov 12, 2020

    The annual symposium of the Swedish Centre for Nuclear Technology (SKC) was held in October. For two days, around 100 researchers, students, and industry representatives gathered digitally to share th...

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  • Lucie Delemotte, Biophysics

    Published Oct 29, 2020
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  • Recipients of the 2020 Borelius Medal

    Published Oct 28, 2020

    In the spring of 1998, the board of the then “TFY faculty” decided to establish the Borelius medal, following a proposal by professor Per Carlson (now emeritus professor at the Physics Department). Th...

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  • Welcome lunch seminar for new PhD students

    Published Oct 28, 2020

    Last week, the School of Engineering Sciences (SCI) held a welcome lunch seminar for new PhD students. This is the first year such an event has been organized at our school.

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  • Interview with David B Haviland

    Published Oct 28, 2020

    Interview with David B Haviland (Applied Physics) regarding his assignment as Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

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  • Carl Dahlberg, Solid Mechanics

    Published Oct 28, 2020
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  • Mats Wallin, KTH Physics

    Mats Wallin
    Mats Wallin
    Published Sep 29, 2020

    In period one I teach Thermodynamics for first year Engineering Physics students. While the course work is heavily affected by the corona restrictions, my own aim is to teach as closely as possible to...

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