HVDC and Electric Roads
Seminar by Gunnar Asplund
You are cordially invited to the following seminar. Master students must physically attend the seminar to get credits.
Do not miss this opportunity to hear the ‘Father of HVDC Light’ share experiences from his long career.
Time: Tue 2025-11-04 08.00 - 09.00
Location: Sten Velander, Teknikringen 33 floor 4
Speaker Bio:
Over his nearly 40-year career in the field, Asplund has helped HVDC technology become the new standard for transmitting power reliably, below ground, and over long distances. Asplund’s work has earned him several awards, including an honorary doctorate from Sweden’s Royal Institute of Technology and the IEEE Power Engineering Society’s prestigious Uno Lamm HVDC Award for advancements in HVDC technology.
From 1993 until 2009 Asplund was Research and Development Manager HVDC at ABB. In 2009, he founded Elways AB, which develops electric automobile infrastructure systems. Asplund holds 75 individual patents, and he is involved in a total of 297 patents.