Ingemar Denbratt will receive the scholarship of SEK 250,000 for his successes in combustion-engine research, as well as his national and international cooperation with industry within the Combustion Engine Research Center (CERC) and various EU projects.
“Based on Denbratt’s highly substantial significance to the development of eco-friendly transportation, which has also been of particular benefit to the Swedish automotive industry, I believe that Ingemar Denbratt is a highly deserving and appropriate recipient of the Håkan Frisinger scholarship for 2012,” says Per Lövsund, Professor of Vehicle Safety and Head of Department of Applied Mechanics at the Chalmers University of Technology in his nomination.
Denbratt has been a driving force in the creation and scientific development of the national competency center in combustion-engine technology at Chalmers, CERC. The cutting-edge laboratories in combustion-engine technology developed by Denbratt have promoted cooperation with international scientists and the industry. In order to satisfy future demands for the development of eco-friendly drivelines, widespread initiatives are implemented in close dialog with the automotive industry, with a particular focus on hybrid solutions. The laboratories are of high strategic significance for both the automotive industry and Swedish sub-contractors.
The scholarship will be presented by the Håkan Frisinger Foundation at a seminar on April 4 at the house of William Chalmers.
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More information and registration >>>Ulf Andersson, +46 (0)736–545402,
ulf.p.andersson@chalmers.seMore information about the Combustion Engine Research Center >>>www.chalmers.se/en/research/environmental-science-and-sustainable-development/Pages/combustion-engine-research-center-cerc.aspxHåkan Frisinger >>>Håkan Frisinger was CEO of Volvo in 1983–1987 and
Chairman of the Board in 1997-1999. Nomination of recipients of the
Frisinger scholarship is conducted by the Chalmers University of
Technology and Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF). The
decision about the scholarship is made by the Board of VREF.
www.vref.seThe Håkan Frisinger award >>>Each year the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awards a scholarship to a prominent researcher. The award is currently SEK 250,000.
Since the start of the FUT programme in 2000 the receivers are:
2011 - Annika Stensson Trigell, KTH
2010 - Bengt Johansson, Lunds universitet
2009 - Magnus Skoglundh, Chalmers
2008 - Pål Börjesson, Lunds universitet
2007 - Wolfgang Kropp, Chalmers
2006 - Marcus Aldén, Lunds universitet
2005 - Bo Egardt, Chalmers
2004 - Michael Patriksson, Chalmers
2003 - Bengt Andersson, Chalmers
2002 - Dag Wedelin, Chalmers
2001 - Per Lövsund, Chalmers