Carlos Casanueva Perez
Associate professor
Details
Researcher
About me
He/Him. Associate Professor, MSc and PhD Mechanical Engineer, teaching and working around Rail Vehicle Technology. Leadership team at the Centre for ECO2 Vehicle Design. Director of the 5-year program in Vehicle Engineering (Farkostteknik CivEng).
Research
I typically do research around vehicle dynamics and its influence on wheel and rail damage and its impact on the wider railway system. I have participated in Swedish and EU projects, see the Portfolio.
My research interests cover system and subsystem interaction, wheel-rail contact damage, system costs and sustainability, or energy management of novel traction technologies.
Teaching
I am course responsible for the master's level course in Rail Vehicle Technology, dedicated to design and performance of rail vehicles for various operational conditions; and Challenge-based Railway Systems Design for a project-based challenge-tacklign framework.
I am also actively involved in several courses in Bachelor and Masters level as teacher, supervisor, or facilitator, such as Vehicle Engineering, Rail Vehicle Dynamics, Sustainable development and research methodology. I supervise Master Thesis students each year, aiming for collaborations between industry and academia.
I am interested in Equality and Diversity issues, so I promoted the development of an Equality Module for Bachelor students, and I teach a lecture in Diversity and Equality in the Research Environment in the Sustainable development and research methodology course.
I regularly update my pedagogic skills and apply them to the courses I am involved, including course review and development every year. I also put an effort on publishing in pedagogic journals or conferences.
Management and Outreach
I am Deputy Director at the Centre for ECO2 Vehicle Design, where I have been part of the management group since 2014.
I promoted the KTH-JBS Competence Group, a collaboration within the Railway Sector where Academic and Industrial partners discuss and develop the programmes and courses for increasing the Railway Competence of future rail professionals in Sweden. I have also worked in the Erasmu+ project ASTONRail, with similar objectives at EU level.
I am interested in popularisation of science and research, in the past I have regularly collaborated with Mapping Ignorance.
Courses
Applied Vehicle Dynamics Control (SD2231), teacher
Challenge-based Railway Systems Design (SD2320), examiner, course responsible, teacher
Degree Project in Rail Vehicle Engineering, Second Cycle (SD231X), examiner, course responsible
Rail Vehicle Dynamics (SD2313), teacher
Rail Vehicle Technology (SD2307), examiner, course responsible, teacher
Rail Vehicle Technology (FSD3307), examiner, course responsible
Sustainable development and research methodology in engineering mechanics (SA2002), teacher, assistant
Vehicle Dynamics Project Course Part 2 (SD2230), teacher
Vehicle Engineering (SD1002), course responsible, teacher