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School of Industrial Engineering and Management

Our core knowledge areas include industrial design and innovation, product and production development, materials development, energy technology, learning in engineering sciences as well as industrial economics, organisation and management. Our efforts are directed towards a green and sustainable society for the future.

Departments 

Competence Centers

Advanced Manufacturing Solutions for Next Generation Powertrain (Centre X) Center for Mechanics and Materials Design (MMD) Center for X-rays in Swedish materials science (CeXS) Centre of Excellence in Production Research (XPRES) Design & Management of Manufacturing Systems (DMMS)
InspireLab Dig-IT Lab Integrated Transport Research Lab (ITRL) Innovative Centre for Embedded Systems (ICES) KTH Climate Action Centre
Lean Center KTH Live-In Lab Neutron and X-ray science for industrial technology transitions (NEXT) Trustworthy Edge Computing Systems and Applications (TECoSA)

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PhD Researcher - Salvatore Guccione from KTH's Energy Technology Department
PhD Researcher - Salvatore Guccione from KTH's Energy Technology Department

Rethinking Solar: KTH Researcher Explores Hybrid PV–CSP for Cost-Competitive Dispatchable Power

Delivering cost-competitive, dispatchable solar power remains an important and ongoing challenge in the transition to low-carbon energy systems. While Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) offers inherent a...

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Two women and a man.
Akiko Shirabe, Björn Kjellgren and Jane Bottomley are part of the project.

Academic writing project bridges Japan and Sweden

Conducting research across borders can be challenging – not least when it comes to communicating knowledge in a new academic culture. A new project at KTH Royal Institute of Technology aims to support...

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Yu-Chiao Lu and King Carl XVI Gustaf, photo: Jonas Borg

Royal recognition for sustainable steel research

Receiving a prestigious scholarship is always a milestone. Receiving it from the King of Sweden makes it even more memorable. When Carl XVI Gustaf handed KTH researcher Yu-Chiao Lu a scholarship from ...

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Publications

[1]
X. Liu et al., "A cloud manufacturing service composition optimization method for fuzzy demands based on improved NSGA-III algorithm," Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 97, 2026.
[2]
M. Cimmino, M. Basquens and A. Lazzarotto, "Higher-order semi-analytical model for the simulation of geothermal boreholes," International journal of thermal sciences, vol. 219, 2026.
[3]
D. Wu et al., "Empowering natural human–robot collaboration through multimodal language models and spatial intelligence: Pathways and perspectives," Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 97, 2026.
Full list in the KTH publications portal