Collaboration - Linköping University

LiU exports urban sustainable development

Linköping University and Guangzhou University have opened the Urban Sustainable Development Research Center in Guangzhou, China. Three pilot projects with around 20 committed LiU researchers are already under way as part of the collaboration.

Trinh Van Chien, Giovanni Intredonato och Amin Ghazanfari,

Smart communication making the world smaller

The PhD students working in the 5GWireless programme come from all corners of the world. They are attracted by the opportunity of contributing to a generation change in the mobile traffic network from 4G to 5G, with thousands of times more traffic.

More knowledge exchange is good for everyone

Since 2015, six Swedish universities have joined forces with the aim of advancing collaboration and partnership in Suth Korea, Singapore, China, Indinesia and Brazil.

Wood is good for you

What many within the building industry already knew has now been scientifically proven: wood used in buildings, furniture and walls promotes health and well-being. The three-year research project Wood2New has just ended.

Faster help in future crises

What are the accidents and emergencies we can expect in the future? Can others than the rescue services carry out rescue operations? These are some of the questions that the five-year research project “Framtidens skadeplats” is to answer.

People make systems safer

Automation contributes to safer and more efficient traffic, but brings new risks with it. Jonas Lundberg leading a four-year research project intended to contribute to better and more efficient education for maritime pilots and flight controllers.

Mummy visualisation impresses

World-leading technology from Linköping University and Visualization Center C has been described in a prestigious journal of computer science, Communications of the ACM, where it has received a great deal of attention.

International business agreements need careful follow up

Agreements for major international business are often subject to a mismatch between the overall agreement and agreements at the operative level. In her doctoral thesis, Anna Malm proposes tools that can link these.

Large research grant for greener timber trucks

With the aid of a supercomputer, a wind tunnel and a research grant of SEK 5.7 million, the 2,000 timber trucks in Sweden are to achieve lower fuel consumption, becoming in this way a little bit greener.

More collaboration with Singapore

A delegation from Linköping University recently visited Singapore to enhance research collaboration and promote Swedish research.

Testuppställning för undervisning i kvantkryptering

Help researchers in The BIG Bell Test

In a large number of identical experiments conducted at nine locations worldwide, the ability of people to act unpredictably will be used in an experiment in quantum physics. LiU is the Swedish node of the experiment

LiU researchers make space for drones

Reports of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) that force airports to close are becoming increasingly frequent. Researchers at LiU are now starting a research project to develop models for the efficient management of the increasing numbers of drones.

Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck i klassrummet på Skäggetorpsskolan. Foto från skoland facebook.

Professor rushes to school to solve maths problem

What’s zero to the power of zero? When an eighth-year pupil asked that question, Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck, senior lecturer at LiU’s Department of Mathematics, had to rush over to a local primary school to discuss mathematics.

Biogas – worth fighting for

“We must tell the world that we could achieve 50% of the EU’s environmental objective for the transport sector using biofuel”. Prof Willy Verstraete issued a call to arms to the participants of the ATBEST biogas conference in Linköping.

Makhosazana Baker, Thabo Mahlatsi och Edison Muzenda

Johannesburg looks to biogas

South Africa’s largest city, Johannesburg, wants to reduce its impact on the climate, solve its problems with waste and become an environmentally sensitive city.

Major EU grant for research into regional innovation

LiU has been given the go-ahead for a project designed to reinforce the role of the universities in innovation and regional development. The total grant is approximately SEK 35 million.

Best project stops cycle theft

Fredrik Löfgren and his teammates are fed up with having their bikes stolen. They have developed a solution that also makes it easier to get hold of a bike when you need one. Their idea won the Best Project prize at this year’s East Sweden Hack.

Hackathon aims to solve real-world challenges

This weekend it’s time for the 2016 East Sweden Hack. Equipped with open data and creativity, 20 teams will take part, with the aim of solving important challenges facing society.

Important discussions at AFM 2016

The AFM2016 conference provided two days of the latest within materials science, together with discussions about the benefits to society and the difficulty of applying research results in industry.

Maestro of signals

Distinguished professor, senior coordinator, director, innovator, entrepreneur, rhinoceros saviour, ideas man: Fredrik Gustafsson has a lot to put on his business card. Now he is chasing both poachers and space junk.

Solar cell première

Tryckta organiska solceller producerar el från fönster hos Tekniska verken i Linköping. Professor Olle Inganäs och hans grupp leder utvecklingen mot framtidens hållbara energikälla.

Their degree project won in Maryland

Two engineering students did their degree project long-distance together with two students from the University of Maryland. They went over there to present it on-site – and brought home the university’s prize for best project.

1 TWh of biogas to be gotten from waste

It is now an established fact: there is one terawatt-hour of biogas in the waste streams from paper and pulp mills. A biogas facility at, or adjacent to, a mill also provides a number of other advantages, as a newly released research report shows.

Three Horizon 2020 projects to LiU

The circular economy, the recovery of resources from landfill mining and the regional influence of universities are three projects with LiU involvement that have received funding from Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions.

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