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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)

Latest news

Innovating Thermal Energy Storage: Insights from the KTH–Kyoto Group Collaboration

KTH and Kyoto Group, a Norwegian leading thermal battery company, have maintained an ongoing research collaboration since 2022, with the latest milestone of the industrial partner being the inaugurati...

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Francesco Fuso-Nerini
Francesco Fuso-Nerini is part of the international research team behind a study on AI's environmental impact.

AI servers could use ten percent of U.S. electricity by 2030

A study recently published in Nature Sustainability warns that, by 2030, AI servers in the U.S. alone could consume up to ten percent of the country’s current electricity use, an amount comparable to ...

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Strafan Hrastinski and Arnold Pers will run three new research schools. Photo: Anna Gullers

KTH in three new national research schools for teacher educators

The Swedish Research Council has awarded funding to twelve national research schools for teacher educators. KTH is participating in three of them – two with a clear focus on AI and one in science and ...

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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