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CBSC 2025 – Circular Building Sector Conference, 1–3 June
The first Circular Construction Industry Conference will be held in Lund on June 1–3. Academics and practitioners from the field of built environment, and who have an interest in circular economy are welcome. You can still register, but please do so by May 21.
From workplace to atmosphere – air at the centre of Aerosols’ annual meeting
Air was on the agenda during Aerosol’s full day with the profile area. Air pollution, air environment in the workplace and atmospheric aerosols were some of the topics covered. The annual meeting – the third since the profile area started its work – attracted around seventy participants.
Hello Babs Kunle – tell us about your work within LTH Water
In this interview, we talk to Babs Kunle, who works with communications and project coordination in the Water profile area.
Semiconductor ecosystem to be strengthened
The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth – Tillväxtverket – allocates SEK 12 million from the European Regional Development Fund to Lund Nano Lab (Myfab Lund). Over the next four years, the money will strengthen cooperation between academia and industry in the field of semiconductors, and lower the threshold to the lab for companies.
Increased collaboration in focus at the Aerosols yearly meeting
What are the health gains of removing vehicle exhaust from busy city streets, and how can low-cost sensors help to measure the air pollution? These were some of the topics presented at the yearly meeting for the LTH Profile Area Aerosols.
CIRCLE celebrates its 20th anniversary and looks towards the future
The upcoming needs of innovation research were on the agenda when the research centre CIRCLE, Centre for Innovation Research, celebrated its 20th anniversary and held its annual conference for members and invited guests. Lund University's management was present and participated in the discussions.
Research grants to Aerosols 2024
It was a successful year for the funding of aerosols research at Lund University, with grants of different scope and a diverse range of topics. The list below is a selection of awards.
NOSA Aerosologist of the year: Adam Kristensson
Adam Kristensson, senior lecturer at Combustion Physics and member of the profile areas Aerosols and Energy Transition, has been awarded the 2024 NOSA Aerosologist Award. The award is given for his excellent contribution to aerosol research and as an active promotor for aerosol science as both a previous NOSA board member, but also within ACTRIS.
At the service of the electricity system: how can electrified transport support in times of crisis?
Electrified transport is an important key to society's green transition – but can it also strengthen our electricity system and make it more robust in times of crisis? A new project, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and led by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute in collaboration with RISE and LTH, is investigating just that.
Meet Susanna Rezende within the ELLIIT environment
Recently appointed as a Wallenberg Academy Fellow 2023, Susanna Rezende is organizing a research school on complexity theory and starting new collaborations across her field. We spoke with her about her research and ambitions, as she aims to foster more interdisciplinary collaborations within the ELLIIT environment.
Lund Nano Lab among the three research infrastructures named University Core Facilities
The Vice-Chancellor has designated three of the university’s major research infrastructures as University Core Facilities. The designation signals that these research infrastructures are of high strategic importance for the entire university.
‘How many of you are afraid of batteries?’
LTH researcher Elna Heimdal Nilsson started her lecture at Framtidsdagarna with just that question – ‘How many of you are afraid of batteries?’ – and it turned out that the audience was not particularly afraid. In her presentation ‘Batterisation - the safety of future Li-ion batteries’, she shared the latest research on battery technology and gave [...]
Hello, Martin Andersson – tell us about your journey towards a competence centre
In mid-September, Professor Martin Andersson held a lunch seminar presenting the Competence centre AdTherM, of which he is also Deputy Director. The seminar attracted 25 participants from the Energy Transition profile area and focused on how the competence centre was created and how it is organised.
An excursion focusing on aerosol research
The profile area Aerosols focuses on strengthening its community and on promoting a better understanding of the members’ activities. As a part of this initiative, the profile area has arranged a day trip to Lund University's School of Aviation in Ljungbyhed and the ACTRIS measurement site Hyltemossa.
Workshop about water system integration
A workshop about a new collaboration area between Lund University and Imperial College London has been held in September 2024. Behind the Water Systems Integration Workshop (WSIW-2024) was the LTH Profile Area Water (LTH Water) together with the Division of Water Resources Engineering at Lund University.