The week after Midsummer, WWSC hosted visits at KTH from the Austrian government and from the research management at Scania. Both visits included presentations, lab demos, and enthusiastic discussions on the possibilities for using forest raw materials to create material solutions for a sustainable future.
This year’s WWSC Summer Workshop was held at Marstrand on the Swedish west coast and included invited lectures by internationally renowned researchers, and the traditional pitch- and poster session with the PhD students. Excellent presentations by all PhD students made the competition tough, but in the end three winners could be named.
WWSC researcher Mika Sipponen, Stockholm University, is one of the 16 selected researchers in the Foundation for Strategic Research’s program Research Leader of the Future.
A new method for the creating of insulating nanostructures in the pores of wood-based aerogels developed by WWSC researchers gives
materials with better insulation than conventional fossil-based insulation materials.
The cellulose material Papira is a bio-based and recyclable replacement for fossil-based foam materials such as polystyrene, in everyday speech is called styrofoam. What started as fundamental research within the research center WWSC has been further developed by Stora Enso, that recently inaugurated a pilot facility for the fibre-based foam material. On April 1, an event was held to highlight the journey from fundamental research to industrial pilot.
After two years of Zoom classes, WWSC Academy could finally be held in person. During the winter school the PhD students got to learn more about IPR and innovation processes, to get more insight in how to go from idea to the market, both in lectures and in study visits.
WWSC researchers Eleni Stavrinidou and Magnus Berggren, Linköping University, and co-authors receives the 2021 Materials Horizons Outstanding Paper Award with the article Biohybrid plants with electronic roots via in-vivo polymerization of conjugated oligomers.
Together with representatives from the central management of KTH, Peter Wallenberg Jr, Sara Mazur, and Axel Wallenberg from KAW visited WWSC KTH in March.
Due to the difficult situation in Ukraine, KAW, MMW and MAW have decided to announce support for the employment of Ukrainian researchers at Swedish universities. The support is a grant of 1 million SEK for a one year employment.
Christian Müller, Professor at Chalmers and WWSC member, is awarded the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant for making electronic textiles with conducting plastics .
The possibility of using the forest as raw material for energy storage is gaining increased interest. This week the work on wood-based batteries by the innovative start-up company Ligna Energy was featured in the news program Rapport on the Swedish national television. But did you know that WWSC researchers are the founders of the company?
Professor Monica Ek, KTH, is awarded the 2021 Ekman Medal. The medal is awarded by the Swedish Paper and Cellulose Engineering Association (SPCI) for meritorious technical or scientific contributions in the Swedish forest industry.
WWSC is a joint research center between KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University. The base is a donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The Swedish industry is supporting WWSC via the platform Treesearch.
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