The social benefits of the ITM school - Impact
Most of what we do at ITM aims to benefit society. We contribute knowledge, smart products and services, tools and much more that affect people's everyday lives. This effect we have on society we call "impact".
Impact on different areas
ITM work within the fields of energy, materials, sustainable production, logistics, industrial production, mechanical engineering but also industrial economics and learning. Investmentsor projects that have had an extra large effect on society, or that have great potential, become our so called Impact Stories. Below you’ll find a few different examples.
Materials
High energy X-rays reveal the resistance of steel to embrittlement
The high energy X-rays at the Swedish Material Science beamline make it possible to see what’s happening within steels, in real-time, also in environm...
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Recovered electronics reduce carbon footprint
Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is estimated to grow to about 12 million tons by 2020 in EU, which makes it the fastest growing ...
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Sustainable refrigerators thanks to magnetic materials
Magnetic heat-pumps offer a low-energy demand and environmentally friendly alternative for the classical refrigeration industry. The process is called...
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Energy
Tool helps developing countries with energy planning – to limit costs
KTH has developed a tool for energy and integrated water-energy-land use planning: The Open Source energy Modelling System (OSeMOSYS). The tool calcul...
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Electricity to the nearly 1 billion people still lacking it
KTH has developed probably the most used electrification tool in the world – a decision support when providing rural and urban areas with electricity....
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Learning by solving a real challenge
Identify the problem – and solve it. Gather the knowledge you need along the way. That’s the concept of Challenge driven education, a method used duri...
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Machine Design
Thesis hot topic in politicians’ social media
"It is cheaper to own an electric car than a petrol-driven car." If you think you’ve seen this headline recently, you’re right: the research of Jens H...
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AI improves the lives of amputees
About 35 percent of those who have been amputated refrain from prostheses because they are too uncomfortable. By placing connected sensors in the pros...
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PECA will spread knowledge to the industry
KTH starts a knowledge bank with content that can be used by professional educators to put together corporate training. This way, Swedish industry wil...
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Production Engineering
A new era for equipment diagnoses
With built-in smart sensors and data analysis, machine tools and industrial robots will perform self-diagnoses, which is a big step forward towards a ...
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Big robots getting ready to work alongside humans
The next generation of robots is about to enter the workplace alongside humans. The KTH-led SYMBIO-TIC project presents a smart industrial robot, unle...
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The first components for Plug & Produce
Production modules that reduce the installation cost when producing a product – that is something that the Evolvable Production Systems (EPS) has led ...
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Learning in Engineering Sciences
"Maths coach online" evens out the odds
"Maths coach online" (Mattecoach på nätet) offers young people aged 12-19 help with mathematics through online coaching by using text messages and a s...
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BibCap reveals the research community
By building an advanced bibliometric analysis capacity where you can compare universities and colleges, research institutes, companies and other organ...
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KTH knowledge sharpens African universities
The ITM School helps five African universities to excel in entrepreneurship and teaching methods. Together with a handful of European universities, KT...
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