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  • Stockholm Heats Up for Summer and So Do We: Meet Our New Colleagues at HPT

    From left to right: Davide, Alejandro, Poornima and Miguel at the HPT Building Entrance
    From left to right: Davide, Alejandro, Poornima and Miguel at the HPT Building Entrance
    Published Jun 10, 2026

    As summer settles in Stockholm, we are delighted to welcome new colleagues bringing fresh and energetic perspectives that help turn up the heat at HPT. With diverse academic and professional backgroun...

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  • HPT Explores Sustainable Power Conversion for Future Molten Salt Reactors

    HPT Researchers: Parth Kumavat and Davide Balzarini with Prof. Magnus Genrup and Lennart Näes
    HPT Researchers: Parth Kumavat and Davide Balzarini with Prof. Magnus Genrup and Lennart Näes from Siemens during a visit to Siemens Energy's Industrial facilities
    Published Jun 08, 2026

    Researchers from the Heat and Power Technology (HPT) Division at KTH are actively engaged in advancing knowledge and collaboration around sustainable power conversion systems for future molten salt re...

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  • Award-winning master thesis on sustainability reporting

    Published Jun 05, 2026

    What if sustainability reporting was not just about compliance—but a driver of better business? In their award-winning master’s thesis, two students explore how industrial companies can improve Scope ...

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  • The hidden value of water

    Published Jun 05, 2026

    What is water really worth? In his master’s thesis, Logan Whitall investigates how industries can make smarter decisions about water use and investment. His research proposes a so called "shadow price...

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  • When assessment becomes digital

    Published Jun 01, 2026

    Ida Naimi-Akbar’s doctoral thesis explores how engineering teachers understand digital assessment. Digitalisation does not automatically lead to change - it depends on the teacher’s perspective and ex...

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  • From AI to green finance

    Sing Sing INDEK Master Thesis Days
    Published May 29, 2026

    What does the future of industry look like? During ongoing INDEK Master Thesis Days, 110 master’s theses are presented, addressing current challenges in areas such as AI, sustainability, and finance. ...

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

    PhD Researcher - Salvatore Guccione from KTH's Energy Technology Department
    PhD Researcher - Salvatore Guccione from KTH's Energy Technology Department
    Published May 29, 2026

    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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  • Predicting and preventing forest fires with AI-technology

    Published May 28, 2026

    Learn more about the latest AI technology within the FIRE project, offering a new way to predict and prevent forest fires.

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  • Academic writing project bridges Japan and Sweden

    Two women and a man.
    Akiko Shirabe, Björn Kjellgren and Jane Bottomley are part of the project.
    Published May 27, 2026

    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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  • Royal recognition for sustainable steel research

    Yu-Chiao Lu and King Carl XVI Gustaf, photo: Jonas Borg
    Published May 26, 2026

    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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  • How INDEK will strengthen industry engagement and student–ecosystem connections

    Published May 21, 2026

    INDEK accelerates entrepreneurial learning by engaging directly with individuals who have already built ventures, encountered failure and accumulated practical experience. The very first FORGE lunch e...

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  • Driving Innovation for High-Temperature Solutions: Meet HPT at the 2026 IEA Heat Pump Conference

    HPT Researchers heading to the 2026 IEA Heat Pump Conference
    HPT Researchers heading to the 2026 IEA Heat Pump Conference [Photo by Carrie Borden on Unsplash - graphic elements added]
    Published May 21, 2026

    Researchers from KTH’s HPT division would be presenting cutting-edge research on ultra high-temperature heat pumps at the 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference, taking place from May 26 – 29 2026 in Vienna, A...

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  • Innovative Heat Pump Powers Both Hot Tub and Ice Bath

    Double-side heat pump prototype
    Published May 20, 2026

    A novel heat pump system developed at KTH Royal Institute of Technology is turning heads by simultaneously heating a hot tub and cooling an ice bath - using a single device.

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  • John Ågren receives Adolf Martens Memorial Steel Lecture Award

    Published May 20, 2026

    John Ågren, professor emeritus at Material Science KTH, has been honored by the prestigious Adolf Martens Memorial Steel Lecture Award for his outstanding contributions to the physical metallurgy and ...

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  • Swedish pension system is more than just a model

    Published May 13, 2026

    Christian Thomann from INDEK discusses Sweden’s pension system in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Seventy percent of Swedes save in investment funds or stocks. The country’s pension system did not...

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  • EU parliamentarian Emma Wiesner guest lectured for the third year in a row

    Published May 12, 2026

    For the third year in a row, EU parliamentarian Emma Wiesner gave a guest lecture in the Energy business course, which is part of the INDEK course offering.

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  • Giving Heat a Voice: KTH Researcher Drives Heat Decarbonization Dialogue at BASF’s Podcast Interview

    KTH Researcher - Silvia Trevisan, Assistant Professor at the Division of Heat and Power Technology
    Silvia Trevisan, Assistant Professor and Researcher at KTH’s Division of Heat and Power Technology (Photo credit: BASF Our World Substance Podcast)
    Published Apr 18, 2026

    KTH Researcher – Silvia Trevisan, from the Energy Technology Department, was recently featured in a BASF podcast interview, where she contributed to a growing public dialogue on the role of heat decar...

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  • Smarter Rocket Nozzles: Predictive Maintenance for Methane Cooling Systems

    Jens Fridh och Taras Koturbash in front of MERiT+ test rig
    Published Apr 16, 2026

    With new funding from the Swedish Space Research School (SSRS) researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology are taking the next step towards more reliable and reusable rocket propulsion. The proje...

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  • Advancing smart logistics with object-centric process mining

    Published Apr 10, 2026

    Felix Klein, a Master’s student in Information Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is completing his thesis at KTH, where he explores the future of warehouse logistics. Focusing on se...

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  • The brothers who want to transform the systems behind bioinformatics: Oscar and Carl Ramfelt

    Published Apr 09, 2026

    Brothers Oscar and Carl Ramfelt have founded Lucimics, a company aiming to simplify and streamline bioinformatic analysis by making established tools available directly in the browser.

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