Public defence of doctoral thesis

Okt292020 Doctoral thesisDeformation and Fatigue Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys for High Specific Power IC Engine ApplicationsThe development towards higher specific power and lower displacement engines in recent years has placed increasingly high thermal loads on the internal combustion engine materials. Further, the advent of hybrid power trains placing higher demands ... Author: Elanghovan Natesan. Opponent: Dr. Svjetlana Stekovic, Linköping University, Sweden.   09:00  Location: Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL). Deformation and Fatigue Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys for High Specific Power IC Engine ApplicationsThe development towards higher specific power and lower displacement engines in recent years has placed increasingly high thermal loads on the inte... Author: Elanghovan Natesan. Opponent: Dr. Svjetlana Stekovic, Linköping University, Sweden.   09:00  Location: Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL). Okt292020 Doctoral thesisUltra-Reliable Short-Packet Communications: Fundamental Limits and Enabling TechnologiesThe paradigm shift from 4G to 5G communications, anticipated to enable ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), will enforce a radical change in the design of wireless communication systems. Unlike in 4G systems, where the main objective... Author: Johan Östman. Opponent: Marios Kountouris, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France.   13:00  Onlinelink Ultra-Reliable Short-Packet Communications: Fundamental Limits and Enabling TechnologiesThe paradigm shift from 4G to 5G communications, anticipated to enable ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC), will enforce a radical ch... Author: Johan Östman. Opponent: Marios Kountouris, EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France.   13:00  Onlinelink Okt302020 Doctoral thesisRandom walk boundaries: their entropies and connections with Hecke pairsWe present three papers in non-singular dynamics concerning boundaries of random walks on locally compact, second countable groups. One common theme is entropy. Paper II and III are concerned with boundary entropy spectra, while Paper I studies to... Author: Hanna Oppelmayer. Opponent: Sara Brofferio, Université Paris Sud, France.   10:00  Location: Euler. Onlinelink Random walk boundaries: their entropies and connections with Hecke pairsWe present three papers in non-singular dynamics concerning boundaries of random walks on locally compact, second countable groups. One common them... Author: Hanna Oppelmayer. Opponent: Sara Brofferio, Université Paris Sud, France.   10:00  Location: Euler. Onlinelink Okt302020 Doctoral thesisDecision support for sustainable water securitySociety’s large dependence on water, in combination with climate, socio-economic and demographic changes, places a massive pressure on our freshwater resources. As a result, water crisis, defined as a significant decline in the available quality a... Author: Karin Sjöstrand. Opponent: Professor Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina.   14:00  Location: kod till zoom 697951. Onlinelink Decision support for sustainable water securitySociety’s large dependence on water, in combination with climate, socio-economic and demographic changes, places a massive pressure on our freshwat... Author: Karin Sjöstrand. Opponent: Professor Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina.   14:00  Location: kod till zoom 697951. Onlinelink Nov052020 Doctoral thesisDesign for Producibility in Fabricated Aerospace Components - A framework for predicting and controlling geometrical variation and weld quality defects during multidisciplinary designIn the aerospace industry, weight reduction has been one of the key factors in making aircraft more fuel efficient in order to satisfy environmental demands and increase competitiveness. One strategy adopted by aircraft component suppliers to redu... Author: Julia Madrid. Opponent: Fredrik Elgh, Jönköping University, Sweden.   09:00  Location: On site at Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL), Chalmers University of Technology and online via zoom. Onlinelink Design for Producibility in Fabricated Aerospace Components - A framework for predicting and controlling geometrical variation and weld quality defects during multidisciplinary designIn the aerospace industry, weight reduction has been one of the key factors in making aircraft more fuel efficient in order to satisfy environmenta... Author: Julia Madrid. Opponent: Fredrik Elgh, Jönköping University, Sweden.   09:00  Location: On site at Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL), Chalmers University of Technology and online via zoom. Onlinelink Nov062020 Doctoral thesisEnabling Solutions for Integration and Interconnectivity in Millimeter-wave and Terahertz SystemsRecently, Terahertz (THz) systems have witnessed increasing attention due to the continuous need for high data rate transmission which is mainly driven by next-generation telecommunication and imaging systems. In that regard, the THz range emerged... Author: Ahmed Adel Hassona. Opponent: Assoc. Professor: Tom Johansen, Technical University of Denmark.   10:00  Location: Kollektorn, Kemivägen 9, Göteborg, Sweden. Onlinelink Enabling Solutions for Integration and Interconnectivity in Millimeter-wave and Terahertz SystemsRecently, Terahertz (THz) systems have witnessed increasing attention due to the continuous need for high data rate transmission which is mainly dr... Author: Ahmed Adel Hassona. Opponent: Assoc. Professor: Tom Johansen, Technical University of Denmark.   10:00  Location: Kollektorn, Kemivägen 9, Göteborg, Sweden. Onlinelink Nov132020 Doctoral thesisNumerical simulation and analysis of multi-scale cavitating flows using a hybrid mixture-bubble modelThe aim of this research is to model and analyse multi-scale cavitating flows with a certain emphasis on small sub-grid vapour structures. Cavitating flows include vapour structures with different length scales, from micro-bubbles to large cavitie... Author: Ebrahim Ghahramani. Opponent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettar O. el Moctar, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.   09:00  Onlinelink Numerical simulation and analysis of multi-scale cavitating flows using a hybrid mixture-bubble modelThe aim of this research is to model and analyse multi-scale cavitating flows with a certain emphasis on small sub-grid vapour structures. Cavitati... Author: Ebrahim Ghahramani. Opponent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bettar O. el Moctar, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.   09:00  Onlinelink Nov202020 Doctoral thesisNanofluidics for Static and Dynamic DNA-Protein Interaction Studies - Repair of Double-Strand Breaks from a Single-Molecule PerspectiveDouble-strand breaks (DSBs) is one of the most lethal forms of DNA damage. A single DSB may result in stalling of vital cellular machineries, and thus, requires immediate measures by the cell. Although the main hallmarks of DSB repair mechanisms a... Author: Robin Öz. Opponent: Prof. Erwin J. G. Peterman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands .   09:00  Location: HA1-salen, Hörsalsvägen 4.. Onlinelink Nanofluidics for Static and Dynamic DNA-Protein Interaction Studies - Repair of Double-Strand Breaks from a Single-Molecule PerspectiveDouble-strand breaks (DSBs) is one of the most lethal forms of DNA damage. A single DSB may result in stalling of vital cellular machineries, and t... Author: Robin Öz. Opponent: Prof. Erwin J. G. Peterman, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands .   09:00  Location: HA1-salen, Hörsalsvägen 4.. Onlinelink Nov202020 Doctoral thesisColloidal synthesis of metal nanoparticlesMetal nanoparticles (NPs) are central in a wide range of industrial areas including catalytic and biomedical applications. Due to their interesting physical properties, the demand of these precious materials is steadily increasing, which has creat... Author: Anna Pekkari. Opponent: Professor Pedro H C Camargo, Department of Chemistry, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS).   09:00  Location: Online. Onlinelink Colloidal synthesis of metal nanoparticlesMetal nanoparticles (NPs) are central in a wide range of industrial areas including catalytic and biomedical applications. Due to their interesting... Author: Anna Pekkari. Opponent: Professor Pedro H C Camargo, Department of Chemistry, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS).   09:00  Location: Online. Onlinelink Nov232020 Doctoral thesisMicroscopic Theory of Exciton Dynamics in Two-Dimensional MaterialsTransition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) present a giant leap forward towards the realization of nanometer-sized quantum devices. As a direct consequence of their truly two-dimensional character, TMDs exhibit a strong Coulomb-interaction, leading t... Author: Samuel Brem. Opponent: Professor Wang Yao, University of Hong Kong.   09:00  Location: PJ-salen. Microscopic Theory of Exciton Dynamics in Two-Dimensional MaterialsTransition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) present a giant leap forward towards the realization of nanometer-sized quantum devices. As a direct conseq... Author: Samuel Brem. Opponent: Professor Wang Yao, University of Hong Kong.   09:00  Location: PJ-salen. Nov242020 Doctoral thesisTopographical Impact on Space Charge Injection, Accumulation and Breakdown in Polymeric HVDC Cable InterfacesExtruded HVDC cable systems feature a variety of interface types, for which physio-chemical properties will depend on the type of application. Such applications can be joints, terminations or the cable itself, all introducing different material co... Author: Espen Doedens. Opponent: Severine Le Roy, Laplace Laboratory, University of Toulouse, France.   13:15  Location: Chalmers Analysen (private only). Onlinelink Topographical Impact on Space Charge Injection, Accumulation and Breakdown in Polymeric HVDC Cable InterfacesExtruded HVDC cable systems feature a variety of interface types, for which physio-chemical properties will depend on the type of application. Such... Author: Espen Doedens. Opponent: Severine Le Roy, Laplace Laboratory, University of Toulouse, France.   13:15  Location: Chalmers Analysen (private only). Onlinelink Dec112020 Doctoral thesisHydrogen Production by Integration of Fluidized Bed Heat Exchangers in Steam ReformingThe possibility to integrate fluidized beds as heat sources for steam reforming in industrial hydrogen production plants is examined in this work. The proposed processes include traditional catalytic steam reforming of natural gas (SMR), shift rea... Author: Viktor Stenberg. Opponent: Jochen Ströhle, TU Darmstadt.   10:00  Location: HB1 and Zoom. Onlinelink Hydrogen Production by Integration of Fluidized Bed Heat Exchangers in Steam ReformingThe possibility to integrate fluidized beds as heat sources for steam reforming in industrial hydrogen production plants is examined in this work. ... Author: Viktor Stenberg. Opponent: Jochen Ströhle, TU Darmstadt.   10:00  Location: HB1 and Zoom. Onlinelink