First machine in new additive manufacturing infrastructure

Built on the CAM2 competence centre, the new Chalmers infrastructure AM@Chalmers is taking shape. The first machine was successfully installed at the end of October. 

AM@Chalmers is a node of the national infrastructure WISE AM, which is a collaboration between Uppsala University, Linköping University and Chalmers University of Technology. At Chalmers, the infrastructure is hosted at the Department of Industrial and Materials Science (IMS) and supported by Production Area of Advance. 

Work is underway to complete laboratories at the three universities, which will be taken into use during 2025. A first step was taken here at Chalmers a few weeks ago, when the installation of the Lithography-based Metal Manufacturing machine from Incus GmbH was finalized and managed to successfully print first high-resolution metal components.  

The inauguration of the infrastructure at Chalmers is planned around mid-2025. It will then be an open infrastructure, accessible to all research and industrial organizations within and outside Sweden.

Read more and see pictures from the installation of the first machine in October.  

With focus on sustainability and efficiency 

IUC-syd's labour market director Linda Florén showed how young people view the labour market and working in industry. In summary, we in academia and industry need to better reach out with what interesting, important and rewarding jobs are available in technology and manufacturing. 

Christina Windmark, member of Production Area of Advance's steering group, attended as representative of SPI (the strategic research subject Sustainable Production Initiative, a collaboration between Chalmers and Lund University) and gave a talk on the global sustainability situation, where both nature, people and health are affected and how we through information and data-driven decisions can systematically counteract the negative effects that industry and today's consumption are causing. 

Bengt-Göran Rosén and Mattias Bokinge from Halmstad University also joined the day to demonstrate the possibilities and offerings of Ingenjör 4.0, a digital education platform developed by 14 different Swedish universities to provide shorter further education modules in intelligent and sustainable technologies. The day was summarised with a panel discussion on industrial upskilling and Ingenjör 4.0, which is currently offering SMEs to take the course modules for free in spring 2025. 

How does integrating sustainability work affect the individuals in an organisation?

Ida Gremyr, at Chalmers Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology, has been granted funding to study how individuals experience this type of integration. How should the organisation be designed to strengthen the employees' capacity to contribute to the green transition? The project will also develop support for how to map skills needs for the integration of quality and sustainability work.

The research project is part of the research programme The Work Environment in the Green Transition, which is funded by Afa Insurance and consists of eight projects. The study, led by Professor Ida Gremyr, is called "New roles for the integration of quality and sustainability – a rewarding opportunity or an increased stress".

The research will result in tools for skills mapping and skills development, which make it clear to both employers and employees what conditions they need to be able to contribute to the green transition. The project will also provide increased understanding of how, for example, integrated management systems can support the integration of sustainability focus in daily work.

Students honored at IKEA X Chalmers Award Ceremony

Building on previous collaboration with IKEA, students in their third year of the MSc Software Engineering program participated this autumn in the IKEA x Chalmers innovation challenge as part of the course ”Digitalization & AI in Practice” led by Professor Robin Teigland (TME). 

On November 11th, IKEA handed out the diplomas to the students in a ceremony in the Chalmers boardroom on campus. 

Nobelpristagare
besöker Göteborg

Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne 2024 handlar om varför vissa länder är rika och andra är fattiga. En av pristagarna, Simon Johnson från MIT Sloan, besöker Göteborg den 14 december för en föreläsning arrangerad av Chalmers och Göteborgs universitet. Anmäl dig nedan!

Nobel prize
laureate visits Gothenburg

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 is about why some countries are rich and others are poor. One of the laureates, Simon Johnson from MIT Sloan, will visit Gothenburg on 14 December for a lecture organised by Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg. Register below!

Dags att bidra till Kul 2025

22 april är det dags för Chalmers konferens om undervisning och lärande – Kul – igen. Med start 28 november har du möjlighet att bidra till innehållet i någon av fyra kategorier: presentation med vetenskaplig ansats, pågående arbete, workshop och rundabordssamtal. Skicka in ditt bidrag via länken nedan senast 27 januari!

Time to Contribute to Kul 2025

On 22 April, it's time for Chalmers' conference on teaching and learning – Kul – again. Starting from 28 November, you can contribute to the content in one of four categories: presentation with a scientific approach, ongoing work, workshop, and roundtable discussion. Submit your contribution via the link below by 27 January!