Materials research at KTH covers a very wide spectrum of materials and their applications. Activities can often be traced from a focus towards a specific application or industry such as mining, electronics, or the wood fiber industry.
Materials research at KTH
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The KTH Materials Platform connects more than 1000 researchers in over 80 research groups and around
26 competence centres
in
six thematic areas
related to materials issues.
Materials science has traditionally been an important multidisciplinary research area at KTH with strong ties to Swedish industry and areas such as mechanics, process technology, design, product development, and life cycle analysis. Materials is one of KTH's six multidisciplinary focus areas, with many research projects aiming at contributing to sustainable development.
Mari Lundström is a Visiting Professor of the WISE Wallenberg Initiative Material Science for Sustainability at KTH. Photo: Mikko Raskinen
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