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Circular economy

ITM has received a task from the president to lead a four year initiative on circular economy. A group has been formed at ITH led by Amir Rashid (IIP). Initially, meetings have been held with participants from the departments within ITM: Sofia Ritzen (MMK), Semida Silviera (EGI), Cali Nuur (INDEK) and me. The initial aim … Continue reading “Circular economy”

A historical event has taken place in Södertälje!

First, I hope that all of you had relaxing vacations and that you now are full of energy and motivation, which is needed to drive ITM towards excellence in teaching, research and administration this semester. Myself, I had a great summer where I spent most of the time in Stockholm, being a tourist. Since I … Continue reading “A historical event has taken place in Södertälje!”

Some news regarding ITM’s efforts to improve the work environment and some updates on the faculty situation

Safety inspections at ITM As we have talked about earlier in this blog, the working environment for the personnel and the student’s is an important part of ITM’s work. As part of our systematic work focusing on the working environment, we have completed the safety inspections at each department under the lead of each department … Continue reading “Some news regarding ITM’s efforts to improve the work environment and some updates on the faculty situation”

Business as usual!

Since my last blog things has been dragging along as usual. Nevertheless, the work is by far not boring!  However, before I explore more about this topic I wish to convey the happy news that Sofia Ritzén has been promoted to a professor at the Departemnt of Machine Design and that Torskel Strömstedt has  been … Continue reading “Business as usual!”

Recruitments of new faculty and your valuable input to the organization!

As you know from my previous blogs, the recruitment of new faculty members is a time consuming task that needs good planning. Here, it is clear that most of us think that everybody knows a lot more about what we do, than is true in the reality. Thus, it is extremely important that we prepare … Continue reading “Recruitments of new faculty and your valuable input to the organization!”