Sören Östlund

Professor of Packaging Technology

Research areas

• Paper mechanics
• Fracture mechanics of paper and board
• Deformation and damage mechanisms of wood fibre based materials
• Forming of complex paper structures

Ongoing post-doctoral research projects:

• Mohammad Hasheminia (Ph.D. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea), "Micromechanical modeling for analysis of deformation and damage mechanisms in high-density wood fiber-based composite materials", funding by  L. E. Thunholms stiftelse för vetenskaplig forskning, with Prof. Artem Kulachenko.

Ongoing graduate student research project as principal supervisor:

• Magdalena Kaplan (M.Sc. Vehicle Engineering, KTH), "Materials and interface design in semi-structural and eco-friendly wood fiber biocomposites", funding by KAW and Vinnova, with Prof. Lars Wågberg, Division of Fibre Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH, and Prof. Artem Kulachenko.
• Vedad Tojaga (M.Sc. Mechanical Engineeinf, Aarhus University, Denmark), "Micromechanics of fibre networks and composites", funding by EU ITN FibreNet, with Prof. Artem Kulachenko and Prof. Christian Gasser.
• Gustav Marin (Tech. Lic. Solid Mechanics, KTH), "On the influence of variability in structural packaging design", funding by RISE Bioeconomy, with Docent Mikael Nygårds.
• Petri Mäkelä(Tech. Lic. Solid Mechanics, KTH), "Fracture mechanics for paper".

Ongoing graduate student research projects as co-supervisor:

• Mossab Alzweighi (M.Sc.), "Strength Scaling in Fibre Networks", funding by EU ITN FibreNet, principal supervisor Prof. Artem Kulachenko.