Hi, , who is the new X man of ITM?
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| Mats Magnusson, Deputy Head of the ITM School.
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Skies are clearing – thank you all!
The
financial outlook at the ITM School is brightening, thanks to everyone's efforts. A lot of improvements have also been done to the doctoral education, and there's more to come!
Mats Magnusson's blog post
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honorary doctor in FinlandArnold Pears, Head of the Department of Learning, will become honorary doctor at the University of Eastern Finland at a ceremony in June.
Congratulations Arnold!
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new X man
Centre X is a new initiative in the field of Production Engineering,
bringing together KTH, Chalmers, Scania, and Volvo. Centre X aims to
advance manufacturing solutions for the next generation of power train
systems. Andreas Archenti is Centre Director.
Read more about Centre X | | | | | KTH helped Scania incorporate remanufactured components
KTH helped Scania write automotive history by incorporating remanufactured
components into the production of new trucks. “This project demonstrated a systematic way to scale up remanufacturing", says ITM:s Farazee Asif. Interview with Farazee Asif
| | | | | A pump for the future
High temperature heat pumps (HTHP) might hold keys to future energy technologies. According to Monika Ignatowicz, PhD student at EGI, they can can save energy and radically reduce emissions
from both buildings and industry.
Interview with Monika Ignatowicz
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Welcome to a lunchtime concert at KTH with Händel to Aviciii with Trio Julino. Bring your own lunch and enjoy the music.
Lunch concert 19 February
| | | | INDEK students winners of the SOI scholarshipINDEK students Arvid Holmäng and Carl-Johan Fröling have won a scholarship from SOI (Sveriges offentliga inköpare) for their paper in public procurement – Integrating AI in a Swedish Public Procurement Setting.
More about the winners
| | | New support on the intranet for managers
The HR department has launched a new manager support section on KTH's intranet. It provides managers with personnel responsibilities information about their role and answers to their questions.. Lena Niemi Birgersdotter is HR specialist and project leader for the manager portal.
Read more | | | Want to update your
skills this summer? | Do you, or someone you know, want to learn something new? KTH offers a
range of short summer courses, most of them distance
learning, in subjects like psychology, programming or learning.
Explore the offer here (and don't forget to spread the word!). Summer courses at KTH 2025
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Get prepared in case of armed violenceThe Security and Safety Department offers training in preventive security for all staff, as part of KTH's strategic security work. The theme is armed attacks in an educational environment and focuses on the conditions for us to act, as well as guidelines and experiences from other authorities and organisations. Wed Feb 19: Utbildning i förebyggande säkerhet för alla anställda (in Swedish) Thu May 15: Preventive security training (in English) | Lunch 'n' Learn on question-based learning
Question-based learning (QBL) focuses on participants' understanding and creates an interactive experience. Come and try QBL, listen to a lecture and participate in a discussion. If possible, try QBL in advance! | | | | | | Automated course
surveys in Canvas
KTH has launched a new system for course evaluation and analysis that is automated in Canvas. As a teacher, you only need to write your course analysis – everything else is automatic. The new system is used for all courses starting study period 3 in VT25. You will receive an email when the survey is available in Canvas and can add questions and adjust the survey start date, if you wish. The new course evaluation and analysis system | | | | |
Fikasnack on lessons learned from a project on student completionHow can we get more than 50% of students to graduate? Patrik Hilber has tested one way and talks about the lessons learned from a development project.
Listen to podcast #52 on Spotify,
YouTube, KTH
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The 2024 development projects of the Future Education
Get an overview of school- and KTH-wide development projects from 2024
in the Future Education programme. Development projects 2024
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Join a
poetic adventure
Immerse yourself in the art of creative writing through a multilingual initiative by the university alliance Unite! Welcome to a creative collaboration where we create and share poetry across languages and cultures. Joined-Up Writing: Unite! Edition
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Submit your abstract to SoTL
KTH's
higher education pedagogical conference SoTL is part of Storträffen 20
May 2025, and structured abstracts can be submitted between 17 February and 17
March. Take the chance to contribute to the conversation on pedagogical
development! Read about SoTL and submit your abstract
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Seminar: Boost your
research with LinkedIn
Curious about how LinkedIn can boost your research? Join our seminar on
March 5 to discover tips for building your profile, reaching collaborators, and
amplifying your work.
Organizer: KTH communication.
Read more and sign up
| | | Share your views
in the doctoral survey | In February/March, a
new and revised survey to all doctoral students will be sent out via email by
KTH in collaboration with the PhD Chapter. Take the chance to
share your views on different areas such as information and introduction, study
environment, supervision, courses and the third-cycle education. Your answers
will be anonymized.
Read more
about the survey | | | | Course: Researchproject management
| Professional Development for Research Project Managers: Take the step towards bigger and more successful projects. The Research Support Office offers a training course tailored for those who lead collaborative research projects and wish to develop the tools and skills required to manage projects at a higher level. Research project management | | | | Do you want to learn more about open science? | In February/March, a
new and revised survey to all doctoral In this course you'll learn more about open science, both how open
practices are implemented in Sweden, and how to use them in your own
research. Apply by February 28. Read more | | | | Exploring Urban Artificial
Intelligences and Robotic Futures
| Machine learning (artificial intelligence) enabled robotic systems can be found in many UK cities. For
instance, ‘Starship’ robots form the basis of a grocery delivery service in Milton Keynes (MK), a new town
located some 100 kilometres north of London.
This talk will critically examine the emergence of such urban machine learning enabled robotics, consider
their potential to disrupt extant transport systems and discuss urban planning and governance challenges. Speaker: Matthew Cook, Open University | | | | | | | | | | |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
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