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 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.
• Petri Mäkelä (Tech. Lic. Solid Mechanics, KTH), "Fracture mechanics for paper".

Ongoing graduate student research projects as co-supervisor

• Nadia Asta, "Fiber/Fiber interactions in molded cellulose fiber materials". Principal supervisor Prof. Lars Wågberg, Division of Fibre Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, KTH.