KTH International Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008
The School of Electrical Engineering produces world-class research.
When KTH set itself the challenge of conducting an international review of its entire research base in 2008, the School of Electrical Engineering (EE) research received an excellent evaluation.
The international recognition provided by the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) clearly shows the excellence and strength of our research and that we have created a solid foundation on which to build and maintain this position.
A panel of 80 international experts assessed the research quality of EE’s five strategic areas:
- Electrical Power Engineering
- Network, Information and Control Systems
- Fusion and Space Plasma Physics
- MEMS
- Telecommunications
EE will continue to produce research at the highest international levels.
Electrical Power Engineering
This is the one of the largest power engineering units at European universities focusing on mitigation and adaption to climate change. “Exceptionally close and fruitful connections to Swedish power industry”, the panel concludes.
Network, Information and Control Systems
“Excellent cross-disciplinary activities compared to international norms and standings”. The strongest aspect of this unit, according to this expert assessment, is its “work on convergence of communication and control in networked systems under the Linnaeus Center for Automatic
Complex Communication Networks, Signal and Systems (ACCESS)”.
Fusion and Space Plasma Physics
The unit is “involved in an amazing number of international research projects”. The fusion group works within the EURATOM fusion program, including ITER and the space group within the ESA science program. The panel encouraged KTH to seize the “excellent opportunity” that plasma activities provide and exploit the” largely unused potential for technical plasma applications.”
MEMS/Systems Biology
“Application in medical diagnostics is pioneering” and publication performance is at a leading edge level, the assessment read. The fields of excellence include: fluidics, mechanics, (bio) chemistry and electrical physics at the micro-level, material physics and MEMS fabrication processes. Recently the unit has undertaken studies in fluidic phenomena on the nano-scale.
Telecommunications
“This is an outstanding, world leading research group – among the most respected.” It has leading research in communication theory and wireless communications. The expert panel found that this unit showed much collaboration between the groups, “creating a globally unique research environment”.
We at EE will continue to focus on quality and excellence for humankind and for the environment.
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