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Mechatronics & Embedded Systems MSc Thesis Presentations

(MF214X, MF224X)

Mechatronics Master Thesis Presentation Day

All are welcome to join some or all of the Mechatronics Master Thesis Presentations on Tuesday 2 June 2026.

The presentations will be given in parallel in M3, M31, M32, M35, M36 and Gladan. Details of who, when and where are given below. [changes since 25 May are indicated]

9.15

M3 - Daniel Heydari & Joachim Knällman "Pad Control and Activity Recognition for Smart Prosthetic Sockets"
M31 - Lucas Dahlberg & Robin Gunnarsson  "Fuzzy Logic Control of a Two-Axis Gimbal with Nonlinear Friction"
M32 -  Jonathan Körvits & Georg Wahlberg  "Drone perception for mapping degraded wildfire environments"
M35 -  Mark Thomaszik  "Development of a dynamic torque generation machine for inline rotary torque transducer calibration with adjustable frequency and torque" [new time]
M36 -  Fabian Forsberg & Alex Wegener  "Surviving the Lunar Night: System Design of a Thermal Shelter for Lunar Micro-Rovers"
Gladan - Gonçalo Rosa  "Hierarchical Dynamic Programming Controller for Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Health-Aware Predictive Energy Control"

10.15

M3 - Elias Albag & Joakim Ergon  "Design and Development of a Small-Scale Testbed for Autonomous electric vehicle Charging Infrastructure"
M31 - Amanda Ekholm & Sofia Fridell  "Collaborative Dynamic Occupancy Grid Maps"
M32 -  Amy Annebäck & Astrid Bäckström "Smart safety system for lone working around forestry machines" [new time]
M35 -  Johan Kindlundh "Electrical Exhaust Heater Control: A Simulation-Based Study of Exhaust Aftertreatment Heater Control Strategies"
M36 - Frida Arinbjarnardóttir & Oscar Held  "Design and Intent Detection of a Soft Elbow Exoskeleton for Elderly Support"
Gladan -Anastasia Antanova "Improving mapping capabilities of omnidirectional soft robot through LiDAR and RGB-D Camera SLAM fusion"

11.15

M3 - Jennifer Lundström  "State Space Models for Industrial Communication Failure Prediction"
M31 - Marko Gvero & Hanna Sennerö "Comparison of Thrusters and Variable Buoyancy Depth Actuation in a micro AUV"
M32 -  David Demir & Niklas Nyberg "Investigation of EMI Shielding in Carbon Black-Doped PLA Cellular Structures for Additive Manufacturing in UAV Applications"
M35 -  Arvid Hjort & Sebastian Kristoffersson  "Control of Piezoelectric Actuators to Emulate Pyroshock Recoil from Countermeasure Ejections"
M36 - Lucas Lind  "IMU-Based Reaction Load Estimation in Handheld Tightening Tools"
Gladan - Eloise Lanthier  "Particle Filter-Based Map Matching for Vehicle Localization Using Inertial and Odometry Sensors"

  ~ 12.15 - Lunch Break ~

13.15

M3 - Hanna Beatty & Marcus Westman  "Repeatability and efficiency of robot assisted ultrasound rotational shear wave elastography of transversely isotropic tissues"
M31 - Jakob Danielsson "Velocity Tracking of Dynamic Objects in a Transitional Grid Map"
M32 -  Valentin Benke "Network routing during wildfires" [new time]
M35 -  Panos Skoulaxinos  "Local planner implemented in ROS2 and on a Komatsu 845 forwarder"
M36 - Albert Achren & Carl Bermhed  "Comparing Control Variables for Energy Efficient Vacuum Grippers"
Gladan - Héctor Sanvicente Solís  "Game-Theoretic Receding Horizon Planner for Underwater Reach-Avoid Games"

14.15

M3 - Erik Gelfgren "Optimization of Aggregated Electric Vehicle Fleets for Residential Vehicle-to-Grid Operation"
M31 - Alex Ejnervall & Yorka Tsegay  "Ray Tracing-Assisted Spotlight SAR for UAVs in Reflective Environments"
M32 -  Elliot Stjernqvist​​​​​​​ "Automated Thermoplastic Composite Blank Preparation​​​​​​​"
M35 -  Oscar Brindevi & Markus Lindgren Hardell "Design and Control of A Gas Tank Test Rig Based on an Evacuation Model"
M36 - Carl Lönnqvist & Philip Ågren Jahnsson "Optical See-Through Display for a Truck Application​​​​​​​"
Gladan - Enxi Zhang "Adaptive Gait Design for a TSA-Driven Soft Quadruped Robot"

15.15

M3 - Zhixuan Zhu  "Design and Characterization of Soft Pressure-Transduction Sensors for Pulsatile Luminal Pressure Measurement​​​​​​​"
M31 - Anton Stevanovic "Toward Hands-Free Access Control: A Bluetooth-Inertial Multimodal Sensing System for Motion Pattern Discrimination and Side-of-Door Inference"
M32 -  Lang Li​​​​​​​  "Design Space Exploration of an Automated Terrestrial eDNA Sampling System​​​​​​​"
M35 -  Jean Hellsten  "Evaluation of an Industrial Control System for an Electrostatic Coating Process"
M36 - Sharon Chen & Giselle Wong  "Design and Evaluation of a Soft Abdominal Module with Distributed Tactile Sensing for a Social Robot​​​​​​​"
Gladan - Dongyue Lei  "A Simulation-Informed Grey-Box Degradation Model for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells"

16.15

M3 - Adrian Fasen & Murong Li "Semantic-based Transitional Grid Maps for Autonomous Driving​​​​​​​"
M31 - Maximos Bolotas "Roll State Estimation for Autonomous Hydrofoiling USVs Using Low-Cost IMU and Sensor Fusion​​​​​​​"
M32 -  Robin Åhrling​​​​​​​  "Roll Angle Estimation for Forestry Machines Using IMU-Based Filtering"
M35 -  Theo Byström & Christian Hjerpe  "Modeling and Optimization of Multi-Plate Wet Clutch Comparing NSGA-II and ParetoSearch" [new time]
M36 - Fiona Mathé  "Redesign & Evaluation of Test Rig for Environmental Stress Cracking of Thermoplastics"
Gladan - Yingyue Huang  "Legged Locomotion of RoboIguana: A Simulation-Based Study on the Role of Active Spine Undulation in Underwater Walking"

17.15

M3 - Matteo Tirillo  "Data Fusion of Strain and Acceleration for Edge-Based Structural Health Monitoring"