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Annual Report 2015FACULTY OF ENGINEERING LTH / LUND UNIVERSITY / SwEDEN

lth annual report 2015 / 2 /Cover: In 2015, the sea voyage project “Havsresan” celebrated 25 years and commemorated that is was 70 years since the end of the Second World War. Skåne’s geographical location meant that a number of aircraft emergency landed or crashed here during the war. The year’s sea voyage took a closer look at some of these aircraft wrecks. Photo: Cihancagli / Getty Images

contents 2015

LTH in transition ............................................................................ 3Events at LTH 2015 ........................................................................ 5Undergraduate and Master’s education .................................... 11Degree project in nanoscience won prize ................................. 12Biodiversity in the city ................................................................ 12National student recruitment ..................................................... 13KPI – students .............................................................................. 14Teknologkåren – the students’ union at LTH ............................. 16Research studies .......................................................................... 18How to evacuate a railway tunnel in an emergency .................................................................................... 19Research 2015 .............................................................................. 20

The Department of Automatic Control celebrates 50 years ...................................................................... 21External engagement and innovation 2015 .............................. 23A turning point for the world? .................................................. 24International student exchange ................................................. 27International Master’s students ................................................. 28Staff .............................................................................................. 29Honorary doctors 2015 ................................................................ 30Vattenhallen Science Centre ....................................................... 31Finances ........................................................................................ 32KPI 2015 ........................................................................................ 36Board of LTH ................................................................................. 38LTH continues its journey ............................................................ 39

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We have worked on a new organisational struc-ture for LTH in 2015. Regarding undergraduate and Master’s education, we must ensure that we always perform at our best and that our courses and programmes are quality-assured. In recent years, finances have been stretched, as we have educated more students than we have received funding for, and have not received money to cover increased costs. Therefore, we need to review how we work. Are we efficient, and do we use our resources and the phenomenal strengths within LTH in the best way? I do not believe so. Can a new organisation address the deficiencies? Not a new organisation in itself. However, I am sure that in the process of change we can find the strength we need! My aim is that LTH shall pro-vide the best available courses and programmes.

LTH is a part of Lund University (LU) and we often talk about what a strength that is. How ever, is that potential being fully utilised, for example in tackling the major societal challenges that we face such as climate change, energy issues and the digi-tal society? I think we must work more strategically and use our resources in the best way to create collaborations. In order to do this, LTH needs a new research organisation. We are raising the bar!

So much fantastic research is carried out at LTH, much of which I had no idea about before I became dean. And this is certainly the case

LtH In tRAnsItIonText: Viktor Öwall / Dean

for many others! We must get away from our occasionally obstructive shyness and boast a little more. Everyone must help to highlight their own successes and those of their colleagues. Let us be better at making LTH’s research more visible and create more collaboration.

There is a lot of excitement in Lund about ESS and MAX IV. We must use this opportunity. Naturally, the question of Science Village Scandi-navia arises – shall parts of the university and LTH move to Brunnshög? Discussions have started on an issue that affects us all and our entire campus area. Regardless of this, I think that our campus must be developed and become more dynamic, something that also applies to Campus Helsingborg. Discussions have started about how to make LTH a “Sustainable Campus”.

A university without research is a poor univer-sity; a university without education is no uni ver si ty. We can replace the word education with the word students. I am impressed by the work and commitment of the students’ union, TLTH, which helps us to progress. Students in a constructive dia-logue with teaching staff and management – this is something that creates considerable strength. Let us use that to give LTH an even greater edge.

It feels great to be dean of LTH! k

Viktor Öwall

After many years at LtH, I became dean in January 2015. There were also changes in

the management team and a largely new board. The new chair of the board, charlotta

Falvin, began the first meeting by likening the situation to “jumping on a moving

bus”. even though I thought I knew LtH, I have to agree. It has been an exciting and

interesting year. LtH is fantastic – with successful education and excellent research.

However, there are deficiencies and things we can do better. After having views and

criticisms for many years, it was now time to actually do something. While 2015 was a

year of analysis and planning, 2016 will be a year for implementation. This is how engi-

neers work: first analysis and then synthesis. This is something we must do together!


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Anything is possible if you work together. That is the basis for “The Engineer of Tomorrow” – a concept used at LTH for welcoming new students. A day in the autumn is devoted to experience-based exercises that examine personal values, strengths and group dynamics. In addition, a new world record was set for a human gearwheel, with 750 participating LTH students.

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eVents At LtH 2015Selected events at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in 2015:


eVents At LtH 2015

JAnuARYLTH appointed a new dean, Viktor Öwall, and a new board chaired by Charlotta Falvin.

The water-efficient shower from the LTH spin-off company Orbital Sys-tems is ready for the mass market and retail sales begin. k

Selected events at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in 2015:

MARcHEricsson and their partners, including LTH, launched “5G for Sweden” – a joint initiative for the mobile telephony of tomorrow.

LTH’s research institute MAPCI launched its Open Innovation Labora-tory for mobile, cloud and ICT applica-tions.

The NMT Days (Science, Engineer-ing and Medicine Days for upper secondary schools) were held, as was the annual Teknikåttan competition (for year 8 pupils) – for the 20th time.

Research findings from the engine lab at LTH showed that raw methanol can be used as fuel.

LTH appointed five new professors: Sören Vang Andersen, Carin Anders-son, Aleh Cherp, György Marko-Varga and Anders Warell.

Industry executive and chemist Karl-Erik Sahlberg donated SEK 1 mil-lion to LTH.

Students Vita Jarolimkova and Gerald Perry Marin won a prize in the Thought for Food competition in Portu-gal. Their FoPo (Food Powder) project concerned the use of freeze-drying to reduce global food wastage. k

FebRuARYIndustrial designer Isabelle Olsson, an LTH alumnus who works for Google, headed the list of innovative think-ers when Veckans Affärer magazine ranked the year’s outstanding talents.

Food Technology students made flour from reject bananas – it became one of the year’s most widely dissemi-nated stories about LTH in the media.

Jonas Månsson, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at LTH, enjoyed great suc-cess on YouTube with his recorded lec-tures. Since they were posted, the films have been watched several thousand times – every day.

Research by Henrik Sternberg at Packaging Logistics showed that 400 lorries are driven illegally in Sweden every day. The so-called “cabotage study” attracted a lot of attention from Sweden’s road haulage sector. k


eVents At LtH 2015

ApRILLTH’s Pontus Giselsson, a researcher in optimisation algorithms, received the Ingvar Carlsson Award, worth SEK 4 million.

LTH researchers discovered that our drinking water is cleaned by “good bacteria” in pipes, and not just at the waterworks, as previously thought.

“Flickor på Teknis”, an event held to encourage girls to study engineer-ing, was arranged for the 30th succes-sive year!

Five students at LTH presented their developed antenna, which is optimised for body area networks.

Jesper Öqvist, Jacob Burenstam and Erik Bjäreholt became the first recipients of the newly instituted scholarship for open source code programming, Lufoss.

LTH Griparna were Sweden’s best university ice hockey team. k

MAYLTH was visited by a delegation from Lithuania, led by the country’s Research and Education Minister, Dainius Pavalkis.

The LTH sea voyage project “Havs-resan” found sunken aircraft wrecks – something that attracted considerable international attention.

Carbiotix, a company managed by Peter Falck and Kristofer Cook, won the start-up competition, Venture Cup Syd, with their business idea based on “good” fibre.

Lactic acid bacteria are not just good for the stomach, they are also good at producing green chemicals. The results were presented in a new thesis from LTH.

Lund Positioning Lab opened. The research laboratory, which focuses on positioning, is based at the MAPCI research institute.

Around 120 current and former employees celebrated 50 years of the Department of Automatic Control. k

JuneAt Lund University’s annual doctoral conferment ceremony, 47 doctorates and 3 honorary doctorates were con-ferred for LTH.

Researchers Marcus Aldén and Tor-björn Sjöstrand received € 2.5 million and € 2 million respectively when the European Research Council (ERC) allo-cated grants to senior research leaders.

Researchers from Lund received a major grant to increase the value of our forests through finding new, more valuable areas of application for the substance lignin.

Canon, the new principal owner of Axis, donated SEK 2 million to Vatten-hallen – LTH’s science centre for school pupils and the general public.

Research from LTH showed that more women are making eco-friendly transport decisions – women use pub-lic transport more often and are more likely to leave the car at home. k


eVents At LtH 2015 Selected events at the Faculty of Engineering, LTH, in 2015:

JuLYLTH participated in Almedalen Week – a week of debate on contemporary issues held on Gotland.

Vattenhallen Science Centre took part in SVT’s popular children’s TV pro-gramme, Sommarlovsmorgon.

Biotechnology researchers from LTH showed that the textile industry discharges toxic substances that get into groundwater and affect the DNA of animal and plant life.

Lund University Formula Student Engineering competed with its new car at Silverstone. k

AugustA popular summer school in accelera-tor engineering was held at LTH. Around 40 students from Europe, Australia and the USA took part.

Flickering LED lamps are bad for your health. LTH researchers sounded the alarm and were concerned about the invisible flickering in poor designs.

The American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson signed an agree-ment worth SEK 6 billion with Lund-based company Alligator Bioscience.

The Chinese mobile technology company Huawei invested SEK 2.8 million in a new collaboration with re-searchers at the Department of Electrical and Information Technology at LTH.

One of LTH’s most successful areas of research, nanoscience, changed name to NanoLund after 27 years as the Nanometer Structure Consortium.

“The Engineer of Tomorrow” is a concept LTH use to welcome new stu-dents. A new world record was set for a human gearwheel during one of the induction days. k

septeMbeRThree mathematics experts, Jacob Ström, Kalle Åström and Tomas Ake-nine-Möller, launched an interactive textbook on linear algebra – something that attracted considerable attention.

After an interval of several years, the higher education diploma pro-gramme in Food Science restarted.

Emissions from ships are more harmful to our lungs than previously thought. Measurements by LTH rese-archers showed that the air along the coasts is full of harmful nanoparticles that emanate from ships.

LTH was host for two major tech-nology-related conferences: LUCAS Day, which focuses on software, and Lund Circuit Design Workshop, which focuses on hardware.

Campus Helsingborg, where the LTH School of Engineering is based, celebrated 15 years.

LTH took part in Lund’s annual Culture Night event, showing research relating to areas such as robot labs and 3D printers.

Water Sources Engineering arran-ged an IWA conference with 250 par-ticipants. k


octobeRA prestigious New York-based research institute, Rogosin Institute, signed a collaboration agreement with the inter-disciplinary research programme MAD for Cancer – Make a Difference for Cancer – which is led by LTH researcher Carl Borrebaeck.

LTH appointed four new professors: Olaf Diegel, Professor of Product Deve-lopment, Maria Kihl, Professor of In-ternetworked Systems, Dmytro Orlov, Professor of Materials Engineering and Olof Samuelsson, Professor of Indus-trial Automation specialising in electric power systems.

Certec (the Division for Rehabilita-tion Engineering Research) at the De-partment of Design Sciences arranged its annual seminar ”Certec informs” for the 25th time. k

eVents At LtH 2015

noVeMbeRLTH is visited by several hundred upper secondary school pupils in conjunction with the University’s annual Inspiration Days.

LTH’s area, science and engineer-ing, received a total of SEK 187 million from the Swedish Research Council’s allocation of research funds.

LTH was the first higher education institution in Sweden to introduce the Scala programming language as prima-ry language for the programming intro-duction course on the Master of Science programme in computer engineering.

MPs from Skåne visited LTH and got an insight into aspects such as asylum-seeking engineers, the shortage of engineers and ESS and MAX IV.

On 27 November, 186 new grad-uates were celebrated during LTH’s graduation ceremony in the University auditorium.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA, inducted three new academy members from LTH and Lund.

The open house at the 3D printing laboratory attracted staff from LTH, as well as visits from upper secondary schools and the business community. k

DeceMbeRLTH’s Advent Calendar attracted thou-sands of web TV viewers. Behind this year’s calendar were Ina Rehnholm and Johanna Hjalte from Engineering Nano-science, and Ingrid Odlén from Engi-neering Physics.

A study from LTH researchers showed that it would cost between SEK 10 million and SEK 40 million per year to make the entire Lund bus net-work electric and run all city buses on electricity instead of gas or diesel.

The School of Industrial Design’s annual Christmas market was held.

A new digital image analysis aid that can improve diagnosis and deci-sions in the treatment of prostate can-cer was taking its first steps towards future commercialisation and intro-duction at hospital clinics. The project received a considerable grant from SWELife and is to be developed at LTH.

The honorary doctorates for 2016 were named.

The ABB robot YuMi, which is pro-grammed at LTH, wrapped Christmas presents at Mediamarkt and attracted great attention from the media. k



unDeRgRADuAte AnD MAsteR’s eDucAtIon

working environment of our students. The build-ings on the LTH campus in Lund have been reno-vated over a number of years, which has meant an increase in the number of study spaces and group rooms for our students. In recent years, the A House and V House have been fully reno-vated (the V House is to be completed in the spring of 2016).

The degree programmes are continuously developed. Good examples include work on know ledge and skills development within the pro-grammes, presentation skills and the design of courses that connect wider society with LTH. We appreciate the involvement of the business sector and society in the implementation of courses and as support for our students during their time at LTH in initiatives such as the mentor programme.

Degree projects are the concluding part of our degree programmes. Many of these connect well with both research projects and the business sector/society and thereby give students a good opportunity to place their earlier studies in a wider context. We are very proud of all the innovative and diligently executed degree pro-jects that our students carry out. k

The quality of education at LTH is given the highest priority. A review of the organisation was carried out in 2015 by the management of the educational activities and programmes at LTH. Quality issues were given top priority in this review process. Over a long period, LTH has refined sys-tems for quality evaluation of courses using evalu-ations as a basis for the development work. Work started in 2015 on the development of a quality framework in which evaluation of programmes will be prioritised. This framework will be the basis for quality assurance work at LTH from now on.

Over 1,350 degrees were awarded at LTH in 2015, which is a slight increase on 2014. Approximately 1,000 of these were from LTH’s five-year degree programmes (MSc Engineering or Architecture). There were a high number of applicants per place for most of LTH’s degree programmes and the students performed well.

However, the total number of students conti-nues to fall. This is an effect of planned cuts in the number of admissions, due to government funding not having increased in recent years, while costs have increased. An important part of the quality enhancement work relates to the

Text: Annika Mårtensson / Pro Dean


Anton Frisk, a student of Engineering Nanosci-ence specialising in nanomaterials, was overjoyed when he received the prize for the best degree project in chemistry –a scholarship worth SEK 50,000. This was the first time a scholarship from the Karl-Erik Sahlberg Foundation* was awarded.

“I would like to express my personal thanks to Karl-Erik Sahlberg, who has made this scholarship possible. I am proud and pleased to receive it. I be-lieve and hope that the scholarship will motivate more students to devote a little extra time and en-ergy to their degree projects”, said Anton Frisk.

biodiversity in the city

Wiktor Bergh’s degree project, carried out in 2015 as part of the Architecture programme, focused on biodiversity in the city. He collaborated with ecologists at Lund University and looked at theo-ries concerning how biodiversity can be increased.

An innovative element was that Wiktor Bergh presented an example building – a branch of Malmö City Library located in Nyhamnen – in which the so-called climate shell does not exclude ecosystems.

It is not only in the outdoor environments of cities that biodiversity can be increased, as indoor

Anton Frisk’s degree project was conducted with-in applied biochemistry under the title “Rapid pro-totyping of biomolecular circuits through module characterisation in cell-free expression systems”. The project concerns the introduction of new ways to test biomolecular circuits outside living cells through the use of cell-free bacteria extracts.

*Karl-Erik Sahlberg’s donation – shares worth SEK 1 million

– is administrated by the Karl-Erik Sahlberg Foundation at

Lund University, and the scholarship sum will be a minimum

of SEK 50,000 per year. The scholarship was awarded for

the first time in conjunction with LTH’s graduation cere-

mony on 22 May 2015.

environments can also contribute towards the goal of maintaining a rich diversity of plants and animals.

“If we want to design for biodiversity, we should go in this direction, and it’s also for our own wellbeing”, said Wiktor Bergh.

He regards his degree project as a contribu-tion to the debate on biodiversity. Rapid global urbani sation means great strains on the climate and biodiversity. “We cannot afford to build in the wrong way. We must have space for biodiver-sity in both outdoor and indoor environments”, said Wiktor Bergh. k

Degree project in nanoscience won prize

g Wiktor Bergh’s degree project focused on biodiversity in the city. Here is an example building – a branch of the Malmö City Library.

g Anton Frisk was awarded the first scholarship from the Karl-Erik Sahlberg Foundation. The scholarship was presented by Karl-Erik Sahlberg.


nAtIonAL stuDent RecRuItMent Text: Johanne Elde and Hanna Nilvall / Communication and Collaboration LTH

The basis for work on student recruitment is knowledge about our prospective students’ needs, values and meeting places.

LTH strives to broaden its recruitment base as much as possible, and marketing is carried out via a number of different channels nationwide.

Decisive factors in choosing LTHHigh regard for our courses and programmes, and Lund’s reputation as a pleasant student city are decisive factors in why people choose LTH.

Prospective students mainly obtain informa-tion on our courses and programmes via the web, our prospectus, family, friends and higher education fairs. Talking to a current student, at a higher education fair for instance, is becoming increasingly important.

LTH recruits from all of Sweden. The majority of our students are from the south of Sweden. About 15 percent come from greater Stockholm and about 5 percent from Norrland.

Events and initiativesLTH and the Communication and Collaboration division organise a number of different annual events that focus on both long and short-term recruitment. These include:

> Culture Night in Lund – for the general public> Teknikåttan – engineering and science

compe tition for year 8 pupils > LTH Advent Calendar – 24 short films

about interesting phenomena; target group 12-15-year-olds

> Create your future – LTH students visit schools (mainly in greater Malmö) with low rates of progression to higher education

> NMT Days (Science, Medicine and Engineering Days) – 300 popular science talks for 6,000 upper secondary school pupils and teachers

> Inspiration Days and Open Houses – for upper secondary schools, arranged with other universities

During the year there was a recruitment cam-paign ahead of the restart of the Food Science programme. More people than ever applied for the programme. Specific resources were also allocated to campaigns via social media and to explanatory films. k

LTH participated in three major higher education fairs in Stockholm,

Gothenburg and Malmö, and medium-sized fairs in Piteå, Umeå and

Sundsvall. We also attended about 20 smaller fairs around the country.

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g Arrival Day for International students in August 2015. g Students studying before an exam.

Number of places offered, full-time equivalents, and degrees awarded per study programme for 2013, 2014 and 2015

2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015

Places offered autumn

2013

FTEs Degrees Places offered autumn

2014


2015

FTEs Degrees

MSc in Engineering

Biotechnology 60 286 49 58 276 56 58 246 60

Computer Science 117 487 53 112 492 65 112 514 59

Environmental Engineering 60 270 40 58 277 36 58 265 61

Electrical Engineering 86 397 53 83 373 61 83 358 55

Industrial Engineering and Management 105 502 98 101 444 92 101 463 115

Information and Communication Engineering 45 176 16 44 221 19 44 185 27

Chemical Engineering 55 203 36 54 205 36 54 207 34

Surveying and Land Management 55 260 47 54 253 59 54 238 50

Mechanical Engineering 165 764 122 159 759 124 159 728 138

Biomedical Engineering 40 87 40 116 1 40 142 1

Risk Management 40 80 37 40 70 41 40 58 40

Engineering Physics 88 449 65 85 450 68 85 439 98

Engineering Mathematics 35 179 29 35 161 35 35 163 34

Nanoscience 56 205 31 55 204 28 55 192 39

Civil Engineering 105 518 99 101 496 111 101 465 100

Total MSc Engineering 1072 4862 775 1079 4797 832 1079 4663 911

Architecture 72 312 44 60 321 58 60 306 82

Fire Protection Engineering 50 160 47 49 168 50 49 160 49

Industrial Design 0 1 14 0 5 0 1 38

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design 30 86 15 30 87 29 30 86 24

Total Arch, FPE, ID 182 559 120 139 576 142 139 553 193

BSc in Engineering

Civil Engineering 115 309 74 115 294 100 115 276 75

Computer Science 46 97 19 46 104 16 46 112 18

Electrical Engineering with Automation 32 79 11 32 76 32 84 11

Total BSc Engineering 193 485 104 193 474 116 193 472 104

KpI – stuDents

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g Newly arrived Master’s students are welcomed to LTH.

g The engineering student cap is worn on special occasions, such

as here at the LTH graduation ceremony.

Master´s Programmes

Architecture 0 0 0 20 6 0 20 22 0

Biotechnology 15 16 10 20 20 13 20 20 27

Fire Safety Engineering (within EM*) 17 10 19 21 12 19 13 13 16

Energy-Efficient and Environmental Building Design

25 22 0 30 40 8 30 48 10

Sustainable Urban Design 20 36 0 30 29 24 30 28 12

Industrial Design 30 29 0 30 49 9 30 51 12

Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation (start autumn 2015)

0 0 0 0 0 0 20 11 0

Food Innovation and Product Design (within EM*)

18 17 17 19 19 19 25 25 25

Food Technology and Nutrition 15 19 13 30 26 10 30 36 0

Logistics and Supply Chain Management (start autumn 2015)

0 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 0

System on Chip 30 20 20 30 17 21 30 21 27

Wireless Communication 30 36 27 30 44 14 30 48 16

Water Resources Engineering 10 13 15 20 8 13 20 13 2

Total Master’s programmes 192 201 104 261 258 134 293 325 122

Food Technology programme 0 42 21 0 16 27 30 15 2

Foundation year 0 53 0 32 32 0 32 29 0

Freestanding courses, etc. 0 383 0 0 370 0 0 360 0

Total others 0 478 21 32 418 27 62 404 2

* The programme is offered within Erasmus Mundus. It is a so-called Joint Master´s Programme.

2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015

Places offered autumn

2013


2014


2015

FTEs Degrees


teknologkåren – the students’ union at LtH

The union’s activities developed in several areas in 2015. The year included many successful projects, including a number of anniversaries, but was also marked by the development of the union’s own organisation. ARKAD, the union’s labour market fair, set a new record for the number of exhibitors, and students finally found support on issues such as anonymised assessment and psychosocial safety rounds for students. During the year the union involved thousands of students in activities such as initiation of new students and the musical competition “Sångarstriden”.


GENERALThe union’s magazine “Pålsjö Ängsblad”, which has been dormant in recent years, was restarted with an issue

in the autumn. Two of our sections, A Section and K Section, celebrated 50 years as sections in 2015, and both

marked the occasion with anniversary balls at the AF Building.

MONITORING EDUCATIONThe students found support on several issues in 2015. LTH and the union education committee drew up a

questionnaire to examine students’ psychosocial health. A similar questionnaire has previously been used in staff

surveys. During the autumn, LTH finally introduced anonymised assessment, something that the students have been

requesting for many years. Cakes featured prominently in celebrations to mark the introduction.

The education committee also drew up a new policy document for undergraduate and Master’s education that

was well received by the students. The union’s Speak Up Days were held in the spring on the theme of rights. There

was a restructuring of the committee, including an action plan to replace the post of vice-president for international

issues with a full-time official monitoring education.

INITIATION Every year the union’s initiation activities involve over 1,000 students in the induction of new students. This year

1,750 students were welcomed to LTH and the union. Over a five-week period, the new students receive support

through their initiation group and have an opportunity to participate in a large number of activities and projects.

ARKAD ARKAD, the union’s labour market days, were arranged in the second week of November. A new record was set for

the number of companies when 165 exhibitors and 5,000 students participated in the two-day fair at the Annex

and Study Centre. ARKAD is one of the union’s largest projects and involves over 300 students. At the fair, visiting

students get the chance to meet potential employers and talk about their future opportunities with the company.

SÅNGARTSTRIDENThe traditional “Sångarstriden” was arranged on the third weekend of November, this time at Gasquesalen.

Sångarstriden, a song, music and dance competition between the union’s sections has two contests. The first

involves the sections’ choirs singing a set piece, while the second provides freedom to create a programme similar to

a short musical. Although the Doctoral Student Section had the most points, W Section were declared the winners,

as the Doctoral Student Section’s team included non-union members.

50 YEARS AT LOPHTETIt was not only two of our sections that celebrated 50 years in 2015. Lofthet- one of our buildnings- also reached

a half-century in age this year. This was celebrated in November with a traditional Oktoberfest with schnitzel on

the menu, and a live band. In conjunction with this, there was an account of some of the strange events that have

taken place at Lophtet, which made for both entertaining and slightly disconcerting reading.


In 2015 there was a strong focus on the quality of research studies, and extensive work was car-ried out involving self-evaluations in every research studies subject at LTH. This work will continue in 2016 and will lead to a greater consensus between research supervisors on quality issues. It will also provide a basis for more knowledge transfers between the subjects on aspects such as individual study plans.

LTH’s doctoral students, like the doctoral gra d-uates, have opportunities to work worldwide. It is important, even during the research studies period, that we encourage doctoral students to conduct research at other universities and research insti-tutes for short or long periods. About ten percent of our doctoral students are financed via compa-nies or equivalents (as externally employed doc-toral students), which also increases the scope of contacts outside academia.

Research students want more information on career paths, not only at LTH and Lund University, but also within and outside academia in general. LTH is working to clarify the options in this area.

ReseARcH stuDIes

Information to our students in undergraduate and Master’s education has also been developed to show the variety of career paths.

The number of newly admitted doctoral stu-dents was lower in 2015 than for 2014, and stands at the same level as 2010. This reduction reflects the fall in external research funding, which was made evident in 2015, when doctoral stu-dents were almost exclusively financed by external funding. In the long term this presents an obstacle to growth in the number of new researchers. The number of women among the new admissions reflects the number of female students within undergraduate and Master’s education.

Research studies are becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, and therefore graduate schools and third cycle courses aimed at doctoral stu-dents from several research studies subjects are of growing interest. There are ongoing discus-sions, mainly with the Faculty of Science and Faculty of Medicine, on the development of joint third cycle courses and graduate schools. There are many joint subject areas, including those with a connection to MAX IV and ESS. k

Text: Annika Mårtensson / Pro Dean

Research students

Year Enrolled women (%)

Enrolled without previous

enrolment at LTH

women (%)

PhDs awarded

women (%)

Licentiates women (%)

2015 166 28 107 33 104 26 30 17

2014 148 42 134 42 114 37 32 25

2013 134 31 126 32 97 40 36 39

2012 128 34 116 31 88 20 40 22.5

2011 145 30 115 34 102 32 38 39

2010 161 32 134 33 69 40 33 27

2009 114 39 102 42 94 27 42 19

2008 134 30.5 127 33 112 30 43 32.5

2007 105 34 98 35 121 32 38 16

2006 121 26 116 26 117 34 59 30

2005 86 34 83 35 135 24 73 27

2004 107 33 95 34 127 28 63 30

2003 167 30 115 40 114 29 91 24

2002 139 27 122 27 95 33 77 22

2001 167 35 153 37 81 26 56 21

2000 171 32 144 32 69 33 67 19


g Prize-winning thesis 2015. Sepideh Gorji Ghalames-tani was awarded a doctoral degree in 2014 in the area of Solid State Physics at LTH. In the spring of 2015 she received a research prize from the Sparbankss-tiftelsen Färs och Frosta foundation, for her thesis, Realization of Complex III-V Nanoscale Heterostruc-tures. The prize, worth SEK 100,000, was presented at LTH’s graduation ceremony on 22 May 2015.

f Karl Fridolf’s thesis presented new ways to evacuate railway tunnels in an emergency.

Serious accidents in railway tunnels are thankfully not that common, but can lead to disastrous conse-quences – particularly when the train must be evacuated in the tunnel. In this case, people have to mainly trust their own physical and mental capabilities to get themselves out of the tunnel.

In his doctoral thesis last year, Karl Fridolf from the Division of Fire Protection Engineering presented data from a simulated tunnel evacuation involving 135 people, and a framework to make it easier to understand people’s behaviour in tunnel fires.

A large proportion of people initially spend a lot of time trying to get information on what is hap-pening before they act and start an evacuation – a response that is due to deficient or contradictory information.

“Most people choose the same way they came in, even if the emergency exit is the best way out. Lamps were not as effective in guiding people to the emergency exit as the loudspeaker installations we set up. Emergency exits with sound worked 100 percent effectively”, said Karl Fridolf.

The doctoral thesis also presented empirical data on flow capacity and walking speed in an eva cuation, as well as proposals for various technical solutions that make evacuations easier and more efficient. k

How to evacuate a railway tunnel in an emergency


ReseARcH 2015 Text: Erik Swietlicki, Vice Dean for Reaserch

SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH INVESTMENTSLund University and LTH have received substantial research grants during the year. In November, the Swedish Research Council granted SEK 350 mil-lion to the University, which included a grant of SEK 187 million to be shared among 56 projects in science and engineering. The major investment by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in autonomous systems will mean that a considerable sum will be allocated in Lund.

The newly built synchrotron radiation facility, MAX IV, took a major step forward during the year with the injection of electrons into the storage ring. The old MAX Lab closed on 13 December 2015. MAX IV will create fantastic opportunities for our researchers over the next 15-20 years that we intend to make full use of.

A number of LTH’s spin-off companies deve-loped positively. It was announced during the year that the American pharmaceutical giant, Johnson & Johnson, has signed an agreement with the spin-off company, Alligator Bioscience, worth over SEK 6 billion.

EXTERNAL FINANCINGThe faculty is successful in attracting external research grants. Around 70 percent of research conducted at LTH is financed by external grants.

This is a positive sign that research at the faculty is relevant and of high quality, although it presents a problem for long-term financing and sets a high requirement on co-financing for the faculty and the University.

In 2015 the faculty’s researchers received grants via 27 EU-financed projects, including four ERC grants. Even though this is a very good out-come, we can achieve even better results with the right support for our talented researchers.

A working group drew up a proposal in 2015 for a new research organisation at LTH, which will be launched on 1 May 2016. One of the main ideas behind the proposal is that LTH needs to strengthen its strategic work regarding research and research studies.

We hope that the new research organisation will make the faculty even more successful in initiating and conducting curiosity-driven basic research, as well as interdisciplinary and more applied research.

There is a high level of research production at the faculty – 111 theses were produced during the year. k


THE DEPARTMENT OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL – 50 YEARS

In late May, the Department of Automatic Control Engineering celebrated

its 50th anniversary. The day provided an opportunity for both nostalgia

and looking to the future, walking tours of the robot lab – and a lunch

spanning five decades.

What is Automatic Control?

Automatic Control is sometimes called ‘Hidden Technology’ as it is all

around us, but we are not aware of it. It is all about getting different pro-

cesses to behave in a certain way automatically.

Some examples of control technology:

j Cruise control for cars and autopilots for aircraft and ships

j Temperature control in buildings and rooms

j Regulators in process industries that control the pressure, flow rates,

concentrations, levels and temperatures.

j Economic, medical and biological systems. For example, in the human

body we have control systems that try to keep our body temperature at

37 degrees despite variations in ambient temperature.

Control technology is present in many contexts, and as there is a common

underlying theory that is independent of the applications, many of our

programmes include a basic course in Automatic Control Engineering. Au-

tomatic Control is interdisciplinary and researchers from different fields can

work in the same department and benefit from each other’s knowledge.


OATLY

In 2015, one of LTH’s entrepreneurs,

Rikard Öste, founder of Oatly´s

oat drink, was named southern

Sweden’s leading entrepreneur.

The citation for the recognition

was: “Research in the food indus-

try has resulted in an innovation

on a scale rarely seen. Combine

this with a business concept based

on oats that you have sown, and

you have world news in the form

of milk products, and the best of

all is that it tastes good!”


It is interesting to work on innovation matters, especially in an environment with innovative stu-dents and colleagues. The work of several of them was recognised in 2015.

Our former industrial design student, Mehr-dad Mahdjoubi, was named the Innovation Tal-ent of the Year at Veckans Affärer magazine’s future day event. He was awarded the title for his innovation, Orbital Systems, the world’s most energy-efficient shower.

Another acclaimed student innovation is Fo Po (Food Powder), which reduces global food wastage by producing an easy-to-handle powder from food whose best before date is fast ap-proaching. Vita Jarolimkova and Gerald Perry Marin, from the Erasmus Mundus programme, Food Innovation and Product Design, and Kent Ngo from the Industrial Design Engineering pro-gramme won a prize in the Thought for Food competition in Portugal.

The year’s major innovation highlight was the agreement that secured SEK 6 billion for Alligator AB, the company started by Professor Carl Borre-baeck. The assignment is to work on a promising antibody against cancer and take it all the way to commercialisation. This was not only an inno-vation highlight for Carl and his research group, but also a great success for LTH.

The innovations at LTH continue – five new companies based on LTH’s research started in 2015. During the year, 25 LTH students were in-volved in 11 different start-up companies at the student incubator Venture Lab. One of the com-panies, Erghis Technologies, which developed touch-free control of smart units, was nominat-ed for the 2015 Innovation Prize and is included among the top 20 technology companies at Swe-den’s incubators.

Collaboration with society and the business Collaboration with wider society and the busi-ness community is another important aspect for LTH, in both our research and education activi-ties. LTH’s Business Relations Council had four meetings during 2015, in which we visited vari-ous departments. These visits have led to new re-search collaborations between companies and LTH’s researchers. In 2015, we also started a busi-ness community network within HR that focus-es on increasing exchanges between the business community and our students. The latest meeting concerned equality in recruitment and advertising of degree projects.

The year concluded with a successful meeting with a group of interested MPs from Skåne. It was a good discussion on both the opportunities and challenges for research and education at LTH. We hope that we gave our politicians good input to take with them to the Swedish parliament.

Long-term business relations As an example of long-term business relations, LTH received a donation of SEK 1 million in the spring of 2015 from the former LTH chair, indus-try executive and chemist Karl-Erik Sahlberg. The return from a new foundation will be distributed annually as scholarships to newly graduated chemistry students.

Finally, there was very pleasing news for the Vattenhallen Science Centre, which received a SEK 2 million donation from Canon to develop its operations by building a new storey and facilities such as an exhibition space that will appeal to children aged 0–4. Read more about Vattenhallen and other collaborative projects on page 31. k

exteRnAL engAgeMent AnD InnoVAtIon 2015 Text: Annika Olsson, Assistant Dean for Collaboration and Innovation


A turning point for the world? Text: Tiina Meri

world leaders signed a new global climate agreement at the CoP21 climate summit in Paris that means global warming is not to exceed two degrees.

The environment and energy were high on the agenda in 2015. Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lars J Nilsson, who made frequent appearances in the media during the climate summit in Paris, thinks there is hope for the future, due to advances in technology.


Lars J Nilsson, Professor of Environmental and Energy Systems Studies at LTH, appeared frequently in the media to

comment on the climate summit. On the P1 radio programme, Vetandets värld, he was asked about the technological

developments that could replace fossil fuels and limit global warming in accordance with the Paris agreement:

“First of all, it’s important to underline that in terms of resources and technology, it’s fully possible to move towards

zero emissions. More efficient use of energy and utilisation of renewable energy sources are the two most important

alternatives, and we have seen fantastic developments in solar cells and wind power”, he replied.

According to Lars J Nilsson, optimism about technological advances was one of the factors that enabled world lead-

ers to successfully reach an agreement in Paris. In the programme he emphasised that the price of solar cells will

continue to fall and that there is also “enormous potential” in using energy more efficiently.

His fellow researcher Max Åhman, Associate Professor in Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, also had an

upbeat message in conjunction with the climate summit: “A lot has happened over the past seven or eight years,

particularly in the area of renewable energy. There have been breakthroughs for renewable energy in many parts of

the world, and in the EU, the USA, Brazil and China there is now the attitude that it’s possible to achieve a consider-

able effect with renewable energy.” k


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InteRnAtIonAL stuDent excHAnge

International collaboration in the area of student exchange has been further strengthened during the year by several new exchange agreements. Last year there was a 10 percent increase in the number of LTH students studying abroad. Europe is the most popular destination (44 percent) closely followed by North America (30 percent).

LTH continues to attract incoming exchange students from all over the world. In 2015, the ratio between outgoing and incoming students (calculated per academic year and in full-time equivalents) was 0.82, compared with 0.68 in 2014. This good balance is probably unique, both within Lund University and nationally.

Lund University’s oldest exchange agreement, with the University of California, has been running for 49 years. This year it attracted a record num-ber of students from the USA’s west coast to study in Lund, mainly at LTH.

NetworksNetworks continue to be of considerable im-por tance for internationalisation, particularly in undergraduate and Master’s education. LTH pre-sides over the Magalhães network, and in Octo-ber the T.I.M.E. network celebrated 25 years. The majority of LTH’s most important exchange part-ners are members of the T.I.M.E. network. It is positive that LTH is highly appreciated by those students who apply to Lund for double degrees. However, it is also evident that LTH is becoming more and more “unusual”, as we do not auto-matically give credit for a Bachelor’s degree with-in a technical area as the equivalent of the first three years of an MSc Engineering programme.

Around one-third of the participants on LTH’s programmes are fee-paying students. Tuition fees from international students have become a

signi ficant source of income for LTH. Two new programmes were introduced in 2015: Master in Supply Chain Management and Master in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation.

Campus HelsingborgAt present, there are few opportunities to gain experience abroad within the Bachelor of Science in Engineering programmes in Helsing-borg. This is a national problem, which is largely due to the programmes’ many compulsory components. During the year, LTH participated in an EU- financed project run by the Ministry of Education and Research and the Swedish Council for Higher Education, which aims to increase the number of outgoing students within Erasmus. The project defines the required international and inter cultural skills within LTH’s Bachelor of Sci-ence in Engineering programmes. Focus groups considered that international experience is very important and should be regarded as a qualifica-tion. The students themselves want Campus Helsingborg to become more international.

BrazilFor the third year in a row we have recruited stu-dents from Brazil via the scholarship programme Science Without Borders. Lund University received 38 students (of which 29 to LTH). Brazil has now temporarily suspended this programme for stu-dents, but it is still available to doctoral students. We see an increased demand from international doctoral students who want exchange periods of 3 to 12 months. This same group is also asking more frequently if they can be awarded a Swed-ish doctoral degree as well as one from their own country. The agreements are individual, as both countries’ legislation must be considered. k

Text: Christina Grossmann, Head of the International Office, and Per Warfvinge, Assistant Dean for International Relations

lth annual report 2015 / 28 /LTH VERKSAMHETSBERÄTTELSE 2015 / 28 /

Survey respondents:

41 countries represented

K EU

K Non EU

49% 51% 49%51%

What are their plans for the future?

How happy are the students with their programmes?

8 / 10 feel their programme has lived up to their expectations

9 / 10 would recommend their programme to other students

36% Work in Sweden

22% Work anywhere

13% PhD studies in Sweden

What are their thoughts about LTH and Lund?

Both the university and Sweden have a fantastic atmosphere to live and study.

The professors and the teaching learning standard is excellent.

Lund is a nice and homey town, without being too small.

Lund is a beautiful city, very green and peaceful.

The courses are challenging, in a good and interesting way.

Even though the standards are high, the study pace is relaxed and easy going. The teachers keep a good relationship with the students and treat us like equals.

The knowledge learned in master level in Sweden is quite practical, and you can feel you could be utilised in the market right after the degree.

What do international Master’s students think of LtH?In the spring of 2015, a survey was sent out to all international Master’s students at the Faculty of Engineering LTH to find out how they are finding their time in Lund. This is what they had to say:


stAFF

The percentage of women in teaching and research at year-end 2015 was:

> Professors 15.5 % > Senior lecturers 25 % > Associate senior lecturers 39 % > Postdoctoral fellows 23 % > Researchers in fixed-term employment 27 % > Lecturers 35 % > Doctoral students 33 %

In 2015, LTH has also supported various projects and activities aimed at increasing equal opportu-ni ties. LTH has provided financial support to: Wings, “8 March”, the TLTH students’ union equal opportunities event and Create Your Future*. In addition to these projects, LTH has also provided financial support to student associations such as HERA, D-chip and Elektra. k

* Create Your Future is a project carried out for the third

year in a row and is aimed at widening participation.

The number of employees has been relatively constant over the past five years. However, there has been a slight reduction in the number of doctoral students since 2013.

At year-end 2015, the proportion of female professors at LTH was 15.5 percent. There has been a small increase of 0.5 percent, which is partly attributable to the sponsoring of Lise Meit-ner professors that resulted in three new female visiting professors being appointed at LTH. The aim is to appoint a total of eight new visiting professors/adjunct professors of the underrepre-sented gender. Two female senior lecturers were promoted to professor in 2015.

At the start of the year, LTH had 34 employed associate senior lecturers, of whom 41 percent were women. At year-end 2015, the number employed had increased to 41, of whom 39 per-cent were women. The position represents a basis for promotion to senior lecturer and, in time, the basis for recruitment of more professors.

Text: Sonja Meiby, Head of Human Resources

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HonoRARY DoctoRs 2015

The 2015 honorary doctorates went to Martin Gren, the founder of Axis, Colin Carlile, the former CEO of ESS, and Liesbet Van der Perre, the Belgian electronics professor.

Colin Carlile is an expert on using neutron beams to study the characteristics of solid and fluid materials – everyday materials. He was Director of the Institut Laue Langevin in Grenoble before becoming CEO of ESS AB in Lund. Professor Carlile has had a decisive influence on bringing ESS to Lund, and has thereby given us the opportunity to develop in conjunction with a dynamic centre for modern materials research. The major research facilities ESS and MAX IV create a research infrastructure that will be of great significance for us over the next 20 years.

Martin Gren, who studied at LTH, founded Axis in 1984 at Ideon’s science park in collaboration with Mikael Karlsson and Keith Bloodworth. Martin Gren and his colleagues at Axis saw the possibilities of the internet and digitalisation in image processing at an early stage, and the com-pany has become a world leader in network video. After 30 years, the company has 1,600 employees and a turnover of SEK 5 billion. Today, the business concept of Axis is to create security through digi-tal image monitoring in communicating networks. Axis was acquired by Canon in 2015.

Liesbet van der Perre is a professor at KU Leuven and was previously at IMEC in Belgium, one of Europe’s and the world’s leading research institutes in semiconductors, electronics and electronic systems. She is highly respected in both the academic and industrial worlds, and has published over 250 research studies. At IMEC she was Head of Research for Wireless Com-munication and Director of the Green Radio programmes, which aim to reduce energy con-sumption in mobile communication. k


VATTENHALLEN SCIENCE CENTRE 2015 Vattenhallen Science Centre is a forum for events relating to engineering and the natural sciences. Its visitors include

classes and groups, from pre-school to upper secondary school, who come to experience experiments and conduct

experiments themselves. Vattenhallen is also an arena for meetings, lectures, discussions and continuing professional

development courses in engineering and science.

In 2015, Vattenhallen Science Centre became a research centre, with a public remit and its own board. The centre is

organisationally part of LTH and operated in collaboration with the Faculty of Science.

The number of visitors in 2015 was 40,000, and there is high demand for school visits. The range of activities for

the general public has expanded and a number of events are arranged at weekends and on public holidays.

INITIATIVESVattenhallen’s premises are to be renovated and expanded to include new facilities such as an exhibition space that

will appeal to children aged 0–4. It was therefore very pleasing news during the year that Canon is to contribute

SEK 2 million for the rebuilding work.

Deserving of mention is also the foundation “Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs och Frosta”, which in 2015 initiated its

biggest investment ever – in the long term it will finance visits to Vattenhallen by 4,000 8 form pupils each year.

wIDENING PARTICIPATIONLTH’s gender equality group, in cooperation with Vattenhallen and Björn Regnell at Computer Science, have

developed a programming environment for children. So far, over 6,000 children and 300 teachers have received

training. The project is growing and also covers automatic control. Anders J Johansson from Electrical and Information

Technology and Anders Robertsson from Automatic Control have played a major role in this project.

The investment in programming has meant that Vattenhallen can now have a national influence in a Vinnova project.

Experts from Vattenhallen are involved in drawing up guidelines for how programming could be introduced in primary,

lower secondary and upper secondary schools. k


FInAnces

For the financial year 2015, LTH can report well-balanced finances that have continued to grow. Research and research studies continue to account for about two-thirds of LTH’s activities and are mainly financed by external research funding. Undergraduate and Master’s education accounts for one-third of LTH’s total activities and is mainly financed by direct government funding.

Despite a small increase in allocated funds for full-time equivalents, education is still under-financed. The surplus reported in the end of year accounts is mainly attributable to a contribution from the University to cover a previous deficit in Helsingborg. Furthermore, LTH has once again succeeded in the allocation of quality enhance-ment funding, which has not yet been utilised in operations. The largest source of funding for education continues to be government appropri-

ations, but contract and fee revenues are on the increase, as the faculty has welcomed a larger number of Brazilian students via the scholarship programme Science Without Borders during the year. The number of doctoral graduates on the teaching staff continues to increase, with associ-ate senior lecturers and researchers accounting for most of the increase.

Research has reported a positive result for 2015 of SEK 18.3 million, which is in line with the previous year. This is due to LTH, through its strong research staff, having continued to suc-cessfully obtain funding from public authorities and foundations. Public authorities are the main source of external funding for research activities at LTH, and the two largest grant contributors once again were the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish Energy Agency. k

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Revenue by funding source

Government appropriations 85 %

Additional allocations 4 %

Fees 9 % Grants 2 %

Staff 54 %

Premises 22 %

Maintenance 10 %

Depreciation 2 %

Overheads 12 %

Expenditure by type

Revenue by funding source

Staff 62 %

Premises 12,1 %

Maintenance 13 %

Depreciation 6,3 %

Overheads 6,6 %

Expenditure by type

Government appropriations for Undergraduate and Master´s amounted to approximately 85% of LTH’s revenue during the year. Revenue from internal sales and contract education accounted for 9%. Additional funding for tui-tion fee-paying students amounted to 4%. The remaining revenue consisted almost exclusively of funds donated to LTH by the Stichting IKEA Foundation.

Total expenditure for Undergraduate and Master´s for the 2015 financial year was approximately SEK 565 million, comprising SEK 306 million for staff costs, SEK 123 million for premises, SEK 55 million for operational costs, SEK 123 million for depreciations and SEK 68 million in overhead costs for Lund University’s central administration.

Total expenditure for research studies and research for the 2015 financial year was approximately SEK 1,176 million, comprising SEK 729 million for staff costs, SEK 142 million for premises, SEK 153 million for operational costs, SEK 74 million for depreciations and SEK 77 million in overhead costs for Lund University’s central administration.

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Government appropriations for research studies and research amounted to approximately 31% of LTH’s revenue during the year. Other public funding bodies, such as the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Energy Agency and Vinnova, accounted for approximately 57%. Revenue from primarily internal sales and contract education accounted for 10%. Additional fund-ing, primarily consisting of direct government funding distributed by the University directly to LTH departments, amounted to 2%.


Balance sheet (SEK thousand)

2015 2014 2013

Assets

Fixed assets 269 300 276 891 223 668

Cash 468 723 509 112 625 734

Receivables, advances and similar 18 610 20 438 19 496

Accrued revenue 138 876 131 237 96 610

Other interim accounts owing 347 2 829 2 714

Total assets 895 856 940 507 968 221

Agency capital

Capital brought forward 266 983 280 271 281 146

Transfer of capital 12 660 -9 179 -10 631

Change in capital for the year 26 401 6 267 696

Total agency capital 306 043 277 358 271 211

Liabiliaties

Prepaid revenue 559 547 624 498 638 036

Accounts payable 12 376 17 659 28 886

Other interim liabilities 17 891 20 984 29 624

Other short term liabilities 0 9 463

Total liabilities 589 813 663 149 697 010

Grand total 895 856 940 507 968 221

Statement of income (SEK thousand)

2015 2014 2013

Operating revenue

Grants 692 703 670 720 668 361

Government appropriations 899 590 894 658 867 113

Fees, commissions and similar 173 930 166 974 150 126

Financial revenue 362 280 262

Total operating revenue 1 766 585 1 732 633 1 685 862

Operating expenditure

Staff -1 035 181 -1 035 992 -1 022 500

Maintenance -207 974 -212 496 -207 114

Premises -264 972 -256 624 -248 449

Overheads -145 100 -142 868 -140 786

Depreciation -86 563 -77 677 -65 922

Financial costs -395 -709 -395

Total operating expenditure -1 740 184 -1 726 366 -1 685 166

Total 26 401 6 267 696


Revenue and expenditure per area of activity 2013−2015 (SEK thousand)

New investments (SEK thousand)

2015 2014 2013

Total

Revenue 1 766 585 1 732 633 1 685 862

Investments 98 558 112 487 99 533

Investments/revenue 6% 6% 6%


Revenue 572 672 560 700 539 706

Investments 2 366 1 827 2 531


Research/research studies

Revenue 1 193 913 1 171 933 1 146 156

Investments 86 540 96 643 82 958


Joint activities

Revenue 0 0 0

Investments 9 652 14 018 14 044

2015 2014 2013

Total (SEK thousand)

Revenue 1 766 585 1 732 633 1 685 862

Expenditure -1 740 184 -1 726 366 -1 685 166

Total 26 401 6 267 696

Agency capital 306 043 277 358 271 211


Revenue 572 672 560 700 539 706

Expenditure -564 594 -573 537 -571 358

Total 8 078 -12 837 -31 652

Agency capital -4 151 -12 574 263

Research/research studies

Revenue 1 193 913 1 171 933 1 146 156

Expenditure -1 175 590 -1 152 829 -1 113 808

Total 18 323 19 104 32 348

Agency capital 310 195 289 932 270 949


KpI 2015

Undergraduate and Master´s education

Unit 2015 2014 2013

Government appropriations SEK million 519 508 497

Grants SEK million 15 14 14

Full-time equivalents achieved FTE 6 236 6 359 6 426

Government appropriations per FTE SEK thousand 83 80 77

Annual performance equivalents achieved APE 5 726 5 056 5 810

APE/FTE % 92% 80% 90%

Professors No. 164 166 168

FTE per professor FTE/prof. 38 38 38

Senior lecturers No. 217 216 212

FTE per senior lecturer FTP/sen.lect. 29 29 30

Lecturers No. 55 54 55

FTE per lecturer FTE/lecturer 113 117 118

FTE = Full time equivalentAPE = Annual performance equivalents


Teaching staff and research students

Unit 2015 2014 2013

Teaching staff with doctorates (FTE) No. 545 535 517

Of which, professors 164 166 168

Of which, senior lecturers 217 216 212

Of which, associate senior lecturers 36 27 12

Of which, postdoctoral 53 58 49

Of which, researchers 75 67 76

Research students (FTE) No. 537 543 537

Licentiate degrees (FTE) No. 30 32 36

Licentiate degreees/third cycle students % 6% 6% 7%

PhDs (FTE) No. 103 114 96

PhDs/third cycle students % 19% 21% 18%

Research and Research Studies (R&RS) (SEK thousand)

Unit 2015 2014 2013

Government appropriations incl. additional allocations (R&RS)

SEK million 393 389 381

Largest external funding bodies excl. collection SEK million

Crafoordska Foundation 9 8 5

EU 75 67 53

FORMAS 49 42 43

Companies in Sweden 91 92 62

Companies based abroad 20 10 16

Swedish defence authorities 9 10 13

Knut & Alice Wallenberg Foundation 44 21 17

Sida 10 14 16

Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research 46 48 64

Swedish Energy Agency 105 88 93

Swedish Transport Administration 8 6 4

Swedish Research Council 144 161 145

VINNOVA 67 65 57

Total SEK million 677 632 588

Other grants SEK million 124 151 177

Total revenue, R&RS SEK million 1 194 1 172 1 146

External research funding percentage % 67% 67% 67%


boARD oF LtH

1: Marilyn Rayner 2: Anne Landin 3: Sven Landelius 4: Annika Mårtensson 5: Jerry Bengtson 6: Maria Johansson 7: Peder Rådström 8: Karolina Johansson, TLTH (LTH Students´ Union) 9: Fredrik Palmqvist

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10: Charlotta Falvin 11: Rasmus Kjellén, TLTH 12: Viktor Öwall 13: Martin Persson, TLTH 14: Beatrice Nordlöf 15: Thomas Laurell 16: Marianne Olsson 17: Aylin Ahadi 18: Johan Hugosson 19: Fredrik Edman

Annual Report > 2015

Project leader: Johanne Elde / LTH. Graphic design and production: Bergström & Co AB, Lund (bco.se).

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After the dizzy sensation at the first board meet-ing of jumping on a moving bus, without know-ing the destination, route or fellow passengers, it has been a year’s journey that has resulted in a more level-headed feeling. I have got to know a group of very astute, knowledgeable and committed colleagues within LTH’s board and manage ment, and I have started to acquire a basic understanding of the fascinating machinery that constitutes our fine Faculty of Engineering. Study visits to all the departments, a series of meetings with the Dean of LTH and others in management, a basic course in the mysteries of university finances, and a number of lively and comprehensive board meetings have all contri-buted to this new understanding.

The new board made a flying start in 2015 with a day of intensive and fruitful group work, which summoned up a picture of LTH that reflec-ted pride in the excellence of both education and research, a lively and positive student environ-ment, a sense of belonging to a strong and broad university, an international character, and a host of innovations that have been of practical benefit to society. Naturally, this picture also reflected frustration over obstacles and shortcom-ings, organisational inertia, competition for limi-ted resources and other issues that the board,

along with management and staff, have to address.During the year, the board’s discussions have

led to important decisions on matters such as a reformed organisational structure for undergrad-uate and Master’s education, the establishment of a centre for engineering education, and the shaping of a management organisation for re-search and research studies. We have monitored financial developments and gained insights into subjects such as agency capital, education budget deficits and the challenges involved in the allo-cation of strategic funds.

I look forward in the coming year to working with my colleagues on the board and in manage-ment as we continue to address strategic and more tangible matters. Work on developing a new strategic plan for LTH is already underway, and on the operational side we will take on the important challenge of finding opportunities for efficiency enhancement, to ensure that we attain the best possible quality and results from the fan-tastic work that LTH’s staff and students carry out in their daily activities.

It is with great pleasure and pride that I look forward to continuing this journey with you all! k

CHARLoTTA FALVIN / Chair, Board of LTH

LtH contInues Its JouRneY Text: CHARLOTTA FALVIN, Chair, Board of LTH

Faculty of Engineering

LTH

Box 118

221 00 Lund

Sweden

Tel. +46 46 222 00 00

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