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• “The industry needs experts in circular manufacturing”

  Hi Farazee Asif, why has the Department of Production Engineering (IIP) started a new master’s course on Circular Manufacturing Systems (CMS) – a course that you are responsible for?

• "An equal engineer is a better engineer"

  Can we be best in gender equality and thus deliver better engineers? Martin Edin Grimheden, Head of Department of Machine Design, thinks so. His mission is to make more people realize the same through education.

• ITM aims to improve KTH ranking

  How can ITM contribute to KTH’s position in the global ranking system for universities? That’s what Hatef Madani, impact leader at ITM tries to find out.

• Denise McCluskey will manage the IRIS project

  Hi Denise McCluskey, new program manager in the overall school initiative IRIS (Research Initiative on Sustainable Industry and Society). Tell us about IRIS, what is it?

• Schools get local support for digital teaching

  Now all schools will offer their teachers help to make the education digital. Andreas Alm Arvidsson leads the project ”Local support” with the goal that KTH shall provide just as good support in digital teaching and examination as in physical.

• What do the JML groups actually do?

  There are plenty of ideas for things that can make ITM more equal and inclusive. During the JML groups' latest workshop, plans for the coming year were presented. Swedish Fika, a developed meeting culture and reviewed recruitment processes are things that are on the agenda.

• Chang Su makes district heating more sustainable

  Chang Su's IRIS related research about the decarbonization of the Swedish district heating sector has received funding from the Swedish Energy Agency.

• KTH in steel revolution

  When the UN Climate Summit gathered the world's leaders in New York last fall, two Swedes were the talk of the town: Greta and "HYBRIT" - an initiative by SSAB, Vattenfall and LKAB that will make steel production fossil-free and substantially reduce CO2 emissions in Sweden. KTH plays an important role in what is called a revolution in steelmaking.

• “Teachers must lead the digitization"

  After months of pandemic most of us have embraced digital tools - especially teachers who have been forced to take on remote teaching. But where does the digital push forward lead to when it comes to learning, what will education and learning look like in the future? What are the innovations waiting around the corner? We had a talk with Stefan Hrastinski at Digital Learning (via Zoom of course), to get a glimpse of the future.

• Annual newsletter about ITM

  We are proud of all the fantastic achievements that the co-workers at the school do! So we gathered some of the projects and people of 2020 in an external newsletter.

• The autonomous forest machines are here

  Researchers and students from KTH have been involved in the development of a new autonomous forest machine that picks up timber. They have both developed the software in the prototype called XT28 that is just being demonstrated in real life and developed a smaller model for test and development projects. Self driving forest machines are both more efficient than classic work vehicles and reduce the amount of ground damage.

• SPS staff given Best Paper Award

• ”Skills in presenting your research is a game changer”

  How do to make people listen to and understand your research? Anders Salman and his collegue Pontus Ströbaek are invited to KTH to coach researchers to sharpen their skills when talking about their research. We asked Anders Sahlman what to expect the 19 th November.

• Learn how to present your research

  SEMINAR: "How to talk about your research so you blow people off their chair". Exclusive seminar/workshop with Anders Sahlman and Pontus Ströbaek for employees at the Schools ITM and EECS.

• Ice age walk in a digital era

  If the students cannot access the ice age walk, ice age walk must come to the classrooms. In a short time, House of Nature has turned a guided tour outdoors into an digital indoor experience.

• Seminars that want to change industry and society

  A seminar series addressing Industrial and Societal transformation towards sustainability starts in the fall. With a mix of inspirational speakers to more focused presentations by both external and internal speakers, the organizers hope for exciting meetings.

• Frauke Urban at INDEK, is one of the Climate Champions of Startup Climate Action

  Time is running out and we must act quickly to limit global warming to 1.5° C. Startup Climate Action therefore has a challenge-driven approach and focuses on UN Sustainability Goal # 13 − Climate Action. The starting point is 13 Climate Challenges, presented by 13 Swedish Climate Champions.

• A new center for edge computing - TECoSA

  Hi, Martin Törngren who’s organizing the launch of the new competence center TECoSA on March 26th as its director.

• This is how we'll work at KTH after the summer

  All campuses will reopen for on-campus education this autumn. Starting 1 August, buildings will gradually be opened to students.

• The SDGs hit hard by the pandemic

  It is not only humans who have been affected by the pandemic. So has the work on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. But, according to a new study, there also exists a silver lining for sustainable transformation. “We should act now to capitalize the opportunities and redesign the plans for how we can achieve the SDGs“, says researcher Dilip Khatiwada.

• "We have come a long way, but the work never ends"

  As a doctoral student, Annika Borgenstam was already involved in gender equality issues and diversity. Today, she is head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and reflects on a journey that never seems to have an end.

• When the environment does not match your abilities

  The year is 2019, and Ulrika Georgsson is engaged in meeting the new law on digital accessibility. She reads all details of the law and teaches how KTH's web editors should create content. Then, she suddenly hits the wall. She becomes one of those in need of the adaptations made with the disabled in mind and gets food for thought.

• ITM helps government define "digital excellence"

  The lack of digital specialists inhibits innovation and growth in Sweden, according to OECD. The need for digital competence today is already big and is expected to increase in the coming years as digitalisation and new technologies develop. KTH and researchers from ITM are involved in finding a solution to the problem.

• “Learning glass” a boost for video lectures

  In a studio at KTH, a team is elaborating video recordings where the speaker make notes on a glass screen. With an air of magic, "Learning glass" lifts distance education to new heights.

• ITM Management Blog with Pär Jönsson

  Bergsskolan celebrates 200 years with a conference. Deputy Head of School Pär Jönsson highlights this Jubilee Conference in June, arranged by the Department of Materials Science together with the KTH Materials Platform. Register and read more about the event in Pär's blog post.

• Your profile page and contact lists

  Profile pages are among KTH's most visited web pages. The profile page is the place to describe yourself and your work, both for external parties and employees at KTH. The profile page is also linked to the personnel list for your unit, so that people can easily contact you.

• A firm grip on the work environment

  At the Department of Industrial Economics and Management (INDEK), there are top-class researchers in the fields of gender, organisation, and leadership. But what in theory seems easy, can be difficult in practice. The Head of Department Cali Nuur explains how the Department has developed its working environment over the past two years.

• Energy Technology wants to attract women with role models

  At the Department of Energy Technology (EGI), 40% of the students are women, but in the faculty's Tenure Track*, 100% are men. "We have obviously failed to attract important talents," says Head of department Björn Laumert, who is now investing heavily in JML in the department's management team.

• Web editors at the ITM School

  The ITM School's external website is managed by the communications team, primarily by the school's designated webmaster. Each department and center also has its own website which is managed by editors.

• Safety representatives at ITM

  The safety representative has the legal right to be present and cooperate in planning and changes to the work environment. They represent the employees, promote a good work environment and report shortcomings in the work environment.

• KTH doubles capacity of ventilators

  With an urge to contribute and with the department's 3D printers, the Department for Production Engineering (IIP) has helped Karolinska Institutet to manufacture components that double the capacity of a ventilator.