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New app makes the transport industry transparent
Swedish road freight companies that abide by work environment legislation, taxation regulations and environmental agreements have had a hard time surviving on a market where illegal transport operators can perform the same services at a much lower cost. A new app being developed at Lund University in Sweden makes the entire chain of transport [...]
Save your city centre – by shopping online
Many shopping districts have experienced a decrease in revenue as customers increasingly turn to shopping malls and e-commerce.
Smarter transistors could be three times more energy-efficient
Together with his research team, Lars-Erik Wernersson, professor of nanoelectronics at Lund University in Sweden, has developed a technology for smarter transistors which could be used in electronics that operate on low energy, such as sensors for the Internet of Things. Using the new transistors on a large scale could save enormous amounts of [...]
Dean's blog: Gender equality – not just for show
LTH is one of the faculties at Lund University that is considered to be single-gendered. This discussion focuses mainly on the number of female professors – a figure that at LTH is around 15 per cent, although the proportions vary greatly within the faculty. Obviously, we are not happy with this number; on the contrary, we will do our best to raise [...]
Lund University among the world's top 100 in latest THE ranking
Lund University is ranked in 96th place in the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2016/17.
Earthquakes, sandslides and space exploration – the hidden forces of granular materials
Stephen Hall, lecturer in Solid Mechanics at Lund University, has led an international team of researchers in their search of explanations to complex behaviour of granular materials. Their results have now been published in Physical Review Letters, and their analysis of granular mechanics can eventually lead to better predictions of landslides and [...]
Lund University once again top 100 in the QS University Rankings
Lund University has once again been ranked as the number one university in Sweden and the 73rd best in the world in the QS World University Rankings 2016/17 that was released today.
Dean's blog: Thank you for choosing LTH!
Thank you for choosing Lund University and LTH! Today we held our introduction for almost 600 international Master’s and exchange students from roughly 50 different countries. It felt incredibly positive and the lecture hall was full of hope and expectation. It is great to feel the energy from all these students who have chosen Lund University as [...]
Researchers set new 5G-world record and earn multiple awards
Researchers at the universities of Lund and Bristol have conducted a number of experiments using a form of 5G technology called Massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output), and set not one but two world records in so-called spectrum efficiency for wireless communication. Spectrum efficiency measures how much data can successfully be packed into [...]
Dean's blog: Lights from Lund!
The time just before summer is a time for graduation ceremonies and various forms of festivities. We began with our graduation ceremony in the main University building on 20 May, where more than 110 Bachelor’s and Master’s students in engineering and architecture received their diplomas. Several scholarships were also awarded for efforts that [...]
Degree project in the fight against cancer
Doctors can use 3-D images to create a picture of how cancer spreads within the body. However, what information in the image is actually of interest to doctors, and how can that information be presented in the best possible way? These are some of the issues that student Rebecka Henrysson investigated in her degree project. She is the first student [...]
LTH student is IT Girl of the Year
LTH student Elin Bäcklund, who is studying for an MSc in Engineering Physics specialising in Software, has been named “IT Girl of the Year” by Microsoft.
Ulrika Forsgren Högman – new Head of Communications at LTH
On 1 June 2016 we welcome Ulrika Forsgren Högman to LTH. She is the new Head of Communications, taking over from Lisbeth Wester-Leandersson who is set to retire in July.
Master's students come up with nutritious, chocolate-tasting bean spread
Rather than spreadable chocolate, future consumers will perhaps be spreading a bean-based paste on their toast. This is thanks to a group of innovative students in Food Technology at Lund University, who recently developed a bean paste called Le Cobean.
More clarity in the organisation
The new research and education organisations have now been launched at the Faculty of Engineering LTH, both with the aims of reducing territorial mindsets and increasing clarity. Erik Swietlicki, Professor and Assistant Dean for Research, was responsible for developing the new structure for LTH’s research organisation, which was launched on 1 May [...]