KTH Research and Collaboration

Björn Birgisson, Vice President for Research

Competing Orders in Functional MaterialsJoint KTH-Los Alamos Workshop 2013-06-03

Processes to support and effective and efficient research environment

Created new platforms in key technology areas•New organization and business models

• ”Horizontal” information, S&T clusers, distributed production of research

• Strong collaboration and competition, address multi-stakeholders and responsible development

•Reward quality• RAE every four years (2008 and 2012)• Culture of ”Continuous Improvement!” through links to

resource allocation system

•Introduced evaluation of Economic and Social Impact of research

• KTH is the first university in Sweden to introduce a new comprehensive process for ”measuring” and describing the wider impact of research

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Research Platforms at KTHIn the service of humanity, for the society of tomorrow

The platforms

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KTH Transport Platform Strategy

Mission”Reason for being”

Effective and efficient vehicle for delivering innovation oriented multidisciplinary research – under a multi-stakeholder partnership – servicing the society of tomorrow

Strategic Research Areas at KTH

• In June 2009, KTH was awarded 240 Mkr/year from the Strategic Research Call run by the Swedish government

• KTH will take part in 11 strategic research programmes

• Five of these programmes will be managed by KTH

1.ICT – the Next Generation2.Biotech: Science for Life Laboratory3.Transport: TrenOp4.E-Science: Swedish E-Science Centre 5.Production Engineering: XPRESS

• In additon KTH will play a substantial role in:1.Energy: StandUp in partnership with Uppsala University

KTH ICT Research Platform

Prof Carl Gustaf Jansson, ICT Research Platform Coordinator

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ICT at KTHA substantial part of KTH (1/4-1/3)

3 schools 30 Research Groups 15 Research Centers

A strong Research environment 90 professor 4 ERC grants Annual turnover 95 M Euro

External funding 40 M Euro

An international Education environment 430 Post graduate students 1500 Master

students

An already working local Innovation systemKTH Innovation The Innovation Office Stockholm Innovation & Growth (STING)

Good collaboration with Research institutes and a strong Industrial environment

SICS, ACREO and FOI Kista Science City with large companies like Ericsson and many SMEs, 500 ICT companies and 20.000 employees locally

EIT ICT Labs

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KTH Energy Research Platform

A new tool for cross disciplinary education, research and innovation

In service for a sustainable society

Prof Ramon Wyss, Energy Platform Coordinator

KTH energy researchfields of strength

Processes and Devicesturbines, thermo chemical conversion of biomass, heterogeneous catalysis, fuel cells, heat pumps, solar cells, energy storage, power transformers, carbon capture and storage,

Processes and Devicesturbines, thermo chemical conversion of biomass, heterogeneous catalysis, fuel cells, heat pumps, solar cells, energy storage, power transformers, carbon capture and storage,

Integration of Technical Systemspoly generation, hybrid electrical vehicles, electrical grid, wind park design, automotive pollution control

Integration of Technical Systemspoly generation, hybrid electrical vehicles, electrical grid, wind park design, automotive pollution control

The societal embedding of energy systemstransportation systems andintelligent cities, industrial processes, environmental studies of energy systems, energy policy, climate studiesrisk, safety and security

The societal embedding of energy systemstransportation systems andintelligent cities, industrial processes, environmental studies of energy systems, energy policy, climate studiesrisk, safety and security

EIT InnoEnergy

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• 11 companies, 10 research institutes, 14 universities

• 31 % industry partners

• 50 % of key research players in Europe

• Covering the entire energy mix

• Knowledge triangle balanced along all dimensions

• Strong connection with venture capitalists and local government

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HolTransport services

Mobility,accessability,user needs

Environmentalquality, climate

Safety,security

Productivity,efficiency

Information and Communication

Technology

Policy, institutionalframeworks

Vehicles on land, sea and air

Transportationinfrastructure

The transport system

Materials Research at KTH

History

Industrial sectors for a Swedish Technical University

History

•Long tradition of Material Science at KTH- KTH has over 50% of the Swedish research in fiber and

polymer science- KTH is the largest centre in Sweden for Engineering

Materials- KTH is a national hub for electronic and photonic

materials

• There are a very large number of centers of excellence in these fields

Structure of Material Research

Materials core:Polymer, Steel, semiconductor materials, etc

Physics, Chemistry

Comp. Deve.Construction

Materials – New (Inter)National Tools

MAX-IV and ESS

Life Science Technologies

at KTH= Medical Technology + Biotechnology + Pharma

Wouter van der Wijngaart

www.kth.se/lifescience

The academic landscape in the Stockholm-Uppsala area

The Stockholm – Uppsala area is Swedens strongest in the biomedical and biotechnology field

KTH is a Life Science Technologies

University

Transport64 research teams15-20% of KTH

Life Science Technologies

The MBM Platform is a vehicle to support Life Science Technology research at KTH

The official platform role is outlined in the ”Terms of Reference” document

a support organisation

deals with ”across-school” issues

promotes YOUR research externally,

increasing funding and citations

organises frameworks for collaborations with

external partners

a meeting place

within KTH

a single point of entry for

externals and internals provides

opportunities for synergistic

actions

Life Science Technologies research at KTH has six focus areas

Bioimaging

Biomolecular tools & biomaterials

Infrastructure in health

Mathematical and computational sciences

Medical devices

Fundamental research in life science

KTH Life ScienceTechnologies

Current KTH flagships in the MedBioMed area• Science for Life Lab (KTH + Karolinska Institute + Stockholm

university + Uppsala University): Services, technology and teaching in genomics, proteomics, comparative genetics and bioimaging and functional biology

• Stockholm Brain Institute (KTH + Karolinska Institute + Stockholm university): systems neurobiology approach to higher brain functions

• Centre for Medicine in Technology and Health (KTH + Karolinska Institute + Stockholm County Council): to create and constitute a leading medical device research and development environment

• SeRC - the Swedish e-science Research Centre (KTH, SU, LiU and KI) around the two largest high-performance computing (HPC) centres in Sweden, focussing, amongst other, on complex diseases, bioinformatics & sequence databases

International cooperation

•Worldwide student exchange- Large number of

exchange agreements- Very active within

Erasmus mundus

• International collaboaration- EIT with the KICs- China Centres of

Excellence

Collaboration with society…industry, institutes and other authorities

Faculty for Innovative Engineering

Margareta Norell Bergendahl

Where is KTH in 2027?

• One of Europe’s leading technical universities

•Strong cooperation with industries and society

• Focus on life quality and sustainable development

• Passion, dynamics and creativity

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KTH Innovative Engineering

Mission to increase the KTH impact and engagement with society,and to contribute to quality of research, education and innovativeness.

…By systematization of our effortson partnership, knowledge transferand common adressing of challenges

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The ”KTH Model” for Collaboration includes

1. Partnering, establishment and management

Types of partnership defined

Partner process developed, faculty engagement

Yearly management dialogue

2. Exchange – knowledge transfer From Partners to KTH From KTH to Partners

Rules of the game - described in ’Så här gör vi’FAF Forum for Adjunct Faculty

3. Establishment of common arenasStockholm OpenLab ….Other common facilities

Initiating

partnersh

ip

Follow up &

development

Running the

partnerhip

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Questions