Ulf Olofsson
Professor
Detaljer
Om mig
RÉSUMÉ
Ulf Olofsson (b. 1962) is Professor in Tribology at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) since 2006. He received his PhD in 1996 on a thesis on wear as failure mechanism in boundary lubricated rolling bearings. He has been visiting scientist at Sheffield University UK and at BREMBO SPA Italy. His main research interests include interfaces and especially simulation and prediction of friction and wear, mainly applied to problems in mechanical, automotive and railway engineering. New research interests include friction modifiers in rolling sliding contacts and joints, airborne particles from wear processes such as in disc brakes and railway wheel to rail contacts.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Master of Science (Civilingenjör) 1987, Vehicle Engineering, KTH
Licentiate of Engineering 1994, Machine and Vehicle Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology
Doctoral (PhD) degree: 1996, Machine Elements, KTH
Docent: 2001, Machine Elements, KTH
POSITIONS
Present position: Professor in Tribology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, since 2006
Previous positions:
1987-1993 Research engineer at the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SP).
1994-1996 PhD student at the Department of Machine Design, KTH
1997- 2005 Research Associate, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Machine Design, KTH
2006- Professor in Tribology
2006 -2012 Division Head of Machine Elements Division at the Department of Machine Design KTH
2007-2012 Head of Department of Machine Design and Professor in Tribology
SUPERVISION
Supervision, more than 50 Master/Bachelor degree students, 25 graduated PhD students and four post docs/guest researchers.
PUBLICATIONS
200 publications in refereed journals and approximately 15 miscellaneous publications
h-index 44 (Scopus April 2024).
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
_ Head of Department of Machine design KTH 2007-2012
Division Head of Machine Elements Division at the Department of Machine Design KTH 2006-2012
_ Member of the board of the Swedish Research School in Tribology since 2009
_Member of the board of the Swedish National Tribology Society since 2006
_Member of the scientific committee of the Nordtrib Conference series since 2009
_Member of the scientific committee of the Railway technology conference since 2012
_Expert reviewer of the Swedish National Research Council (technical mechanics) 2003
_Member of “Anställningsnämnd” KTH since 2019
_Responsible for PhD student education at Department of Machine Design KT since 2020
_ Faculty opponent/external referee at 20 PhD dissertations (six times in Sweden, five times in the UK, twice in the Netherlands, three times in Italy three times time in Finland and one time in India)
_ Member of the examination board for 22 PhD dissertations at Swedish Universities
PRIZES, AWARDS & GRANTS
_ 1997 The Scania Award for qualified contributions in machine design
_ 2006 ASME The K.L Johnson award for best paper on the subject of contact mechanics
_2009 The Jacob Wallenberg award for qualified contributions in material science
_2011 IHHA Conference best civil engineering paper price
_ 2013 SAGE IMECHE Part F best paper award
_2016 IMECHE JOHN F ALCOCK MEMORIAL PRIZE
_ Founding for heavy equipment on several occasions including atomic force microscope for machine elements, back to back gear rig for efficiency studies, nano-tribometer and airborne particle instruments for transient conditions.
EU projects
NORUBSTREET4life - NOvel RUBber mixes for Tyres with a REduced Environmental and Toxicological impact, for a better LIFE
LIFE 3.0 - LIFE23-PRE-IT-NORUBTREET_4_LIFE/101148761 (europa.eu)
nPETS - Nano Particle Emissions from The Transport sector
nPETS | Nanoparticles Emissions from the Transport Sector (npets-project.eu)
Kurser
Examensarbete inom maskinkonstruktion, avancerad nivå (MF213X), examinator, kursansvarig, lärare | Kurswebb
Examensarbete inom maskinkonstruktion, avancerad nivå (MF223X), examinator, kursansvarig, lärare | Kurswebb
Forskningsmetodik i maskinkonstruktion (MF2072), kursansvarig, lärare | Kurswebb
Komponentkonstruktion (MF2010), examinator, kursansvarig, lärare | Kurswebb
Robust konstruktion (MF2024), examinator, kursansvarig, lärare | Kurswebb