Public defence of doctoral thesis

Jan272021 Doctoral thesisOn Probabilistic Shaping and Learned Decoders with Application to Fiber-Optic CommunicationsWe live in an ubiquitously connected world whose backbone are optical fibers. Achieving high spectral efficiencies and hence high transmission rates requires a careful combination of forward error correction (FEC) and higher-order modulation. This... Author: Andreas Buchberger. Opponent: Prof. Guido Montorsi, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.   10:00  Onlinelink On Probabilistic Shaping and Learned Decoders with Application to Fiber-Optic CommunicationsWe live in an ubiquitously connected world whose backbone are optical fibers. Achieving high spectral efficiencies and hence high transmission rate... Author: Andreas Buchberger. Opponent: Prof. Guido Montorsi, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, Italy.   10:00  Onlinelink Jan272021 Doctoral thesisHindered diffusion of nanoparticlesBrownian theory provides us with a powerful tool which can be used to delve into a microscopic world of molecules, cells and nanoparticles, that was originally presumed to be beyond our reach. Consequently, modeling the inherent dynamics of a syst... Author: Ananda Subramani Kannan. Opponent: Prof. Efstathios (Stathis) Michaelides W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Founding Chair of Engineering, Department of engineering, College of science and engineering, Texas Christian University.   15:00  Location: Virtual defence in Zoom. Onlinelink Hindered diffusion of nanoparticlesBrownian theory provides us with a powerful tool which can be used to delve into a microscopic world of molecules, cells and nanoparticles, that wa... Author: Ananda Subramani Kannan. Opponent: Prof. Efstathios (Stathis) Michaelides W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Founding Chair of Engineering, Department of engineering, College of science and engineering, Texas Christian University.   15:00  Location: Virtual defence in Zoom. Onlinelink Jan272021 Doctoral thesisApproximation and Compression Techniques to Enhance Performance of Graphics Processing UnitsA key challenge in modern computing systems is to access data fast enough to fully utilize the computing elements in the chip. In Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), the performance is often constrained by register file size, memory bandwidth, and t... Author: Alexandra Angerd. Opponent: Prof. Natalie Enright Jerger, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.   15:30  Location: Zoom (password request: erik.sintorn@chalmers.se) . Onlinelink Approximation and Compression Techniques to Enhance Performance of Graphics Processing UnitsA key challenge in modern computing systems is to access data fast enough to fully utilize the computing elements in the chip. In Graphics Processi... Author: Alexandra Angerd. Opponent: Prof. Natalie Enright Jerger, University of Toronto, ON, Canada.   15:30  Location: Zoom (password request: erik.sintorn@chalmers.se) . Onlinelink Jan282021 Doctoral thesisPolymer-Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials for Plasmonic Hydrogen DetectionPlasmonic metal nanoparticles and polymer materials have independently undergone rapid development during the last two decades. More recently, it has been realized that combining these two systems in a hybrid or nanocomposite material comprised of... Author: Iwan Darmadi. Opponent: Prof. Torben Rene Jensen. Aarhus University. Denmark..   10:00  Location: Zoom meeting (password request: nisara@chalmers.se). Onlinelink Polymer-Nanoparticle Hybrid Materials for Plasmonic Hydrogen DetectionPlasmonic metal nanoparticles and polymer materials have independently undergone rapid development during the last two decades. More recently, it h... Author: Iwan Darmadi. Opponent: Prof. Torben Rene Jensen. Aarhus University. Denmark..   10:00  Location: Zoom meeting (password request: nisara@chalmers.se). Onlinelink Jan292021 Doctoral thesisModelling of Multicomponent Fuel SpraysThe use of fuel blends (conventional fuels blended with renewable ones) has gained importance in the automotive industry as an option to reduce emissions and dependence on fossil fuels. In order to make the fuel blends commercially viable, computa... Author: Vignesh Pandian Muthuramalingam. Opponent: Associate Prof. Bart Somers, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.   10:00  Location: Tryckpressen, SB3, Sven Hultins Gata 8, Göteborg. Modelling of Multicomponent Fuel SpraysThe use of fuel blends (conventional fuels blended with renewable ones) has gained importance in the automotive industry as an option to reduce emi... Author: Vignesh Pandian Muthuramalingam. Opponent: Associate Prof. Bart Somers, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.   10:00  Location: Tryckpressen, SB3, Sven Hultins Gata 8, Göteborg. Feb042021 Doctoral thesisChemical Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals: Creating a Novel Toolbox Utilising the Overlooked Sulphate Surface GroupsThe move towards a bio-based economy has created an increasing demand for renewable, sustainably produced materials. For future generations, it is crucial to develop economically, socially and environmentally sustainable materials and processes. C... Author: Karin Sjövold. Opponent: Alain Dufresne, Grenoble INP-Pagora, France.   10:00  Onlinelink Chemical Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals: Creating a Novel Toolbox Utilising the Overlooked Sulphate Surface GroupsThe move towards a bio-based economy has created an increasing demand for renewable, sustainably produced materials. For future generations, it is ... Author: Karin Sjövold. Opponent: Alain Dufresne, Grenoble INP-Pagora, France.   10:00  Onlinelink Feb052021 Doctoral thesisTuned acidity in zeotypes: A descriptor to unravel the direct conversion of methane to methanol?The catalyst's acidity is crucial in countless chemical reactions, and thus to tune this parameter means to take the lead on the desired catalytic reaction. Therefore, it is not surprising that zeolites have been used since decades as catalysts fo... Author: Simone Creci. Opponent: Unni Olsbye, University of Oslo, Norway.   10:00  Tuned acidity in zeotypes: A descriptor to unravel the direct conversion of methane to methanol?The catalyst's acidity is crucial in countless chemical reactions, and thus to tune this parameter means to take the lead on the desired catalytic ... Author: Simone Creci. Opponent: Unni Olsbye, University of Oslo, Norway.   10:00  Feb052021 Doctoral thesisTransition Metal-Mediated Selective Functionalizations of Bio-Derived Building BlocksIn order to transition to a more sustainable chemical industry, it is necessary to replace the fossil starting materials that are largely used today with renewable ones. Starting materials available from abundant natural sources, or which can be e... Author: Petter Dunås. Opponent: Sascha Ott, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.   13:15  Location: HA1, Hörsalsvägen 4. Onlinelink Transition Metal-Mediated Selective Functionalizations of Bio-Derived Building BlocksIn order to transition to a more sustainable chemical industry, it is necessary to replace the fossil starting materials that are largely used toda... Author: Petter Dunås. Opponent: Sascha Ott, Uppsala universitet, Sverige.   13:15  Location: HA1, Hörsalsvägen 4. Onlinelink Feb122021 Doctoral thesisData-driven throughput bottleneck analysis in production systemsProduction systems and production management are getting smart. Manufacturing companies are increasingly adopting digital solutions to monitor and manage production systems. By adopting digital solutions, it has become possible for manufacturing c... Author: Mukund Subramaniyan. Opponent: Amos Ng, University of Skövde, Sweden.   10:00  Location: VDL and Zoom. Data-driven throughput bottleneck analysis in production systemsProduction systems and production management are getting smart. Manufacturing companies are increasingly adopting digital solutions to monitor and ... Author: Mukund Subramaniyan. Opponent: Amos Ng, University of Skövde, Sweden.   10:00  Location: VDL and Zoom. Feb182021 Doctoral thesisEnergy consumption prediction and routing for electric commercial vehiclesWith the recent growing interest for electric vehicles as one of the initiatives to help tackle pollution and climate change, several opportunities and challenges emerge. This kind of vehicle releases no tailpipe emissions, is quieter, more energy... Author: Rafael Basso. Opponent: Professor Jesus Gonzalez Feliu, Department of Project Purchasing and Supply Chain, La Rochelle Business School, France.   10:00  Location: Landahlsrummet (room 7430), Hörsalsvägen 11, Göteborg. Onlinelink Energy consumption prediction and routing for electric commercial vehiclesWith the recent growing interest for electric vehicles as one of the initiatives to help tackle pollution and climate change, several opportunities... Author: Rafael Basso. Opponent: Professor Jesus Gonzalez Feliu, Department of Project Purchasing and Supply Chain, La Rochelle Business School, France.   10:00  Location: Landahlsrummet (room 7430), Hörsalsvägen 11, Göteborg. Onlinelink Feb232021 Doctoral thesisHigh Performance Cooling of Traction Brushless MachinesThe work presented in this thesis covers several aspects of traction electric drive system design. Particular attention is given to the traction electrical machine with focus on the cooling solution, thermal modelling and testing. A 60... Author: Alessandro Acquaviva. Opponent: Juha Pyrhönen.   10:00  Location: Online via Zoom. Onlinelink High Performance Cooling of Traction Brushless MachinesThe work presented in this thesis covers several aspects of traction electric drive system design. Particular attention is given to the traction el... Author: Alessandro Acquaviva. Opponent: Juha Pyrhönen.   10:00  Location: Online via Zoom. Onlinelink Mar112021 Doctoral thesis Synthetic Pathway engineering toward Biosynthesis of Adipic AcidUtilization of petroleum in consumer product manufacturing has caused irreversible and detrimental environmental damages globally. Recent awareness of apparent impact of such pollutions on land, sea, and air urgently prompts development of technol... Author: Jae Ho Shin. Opponent: Stephan Noack, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany.   10:00  Location: Zoom. Synthetic Pathway engineering toward Biosynthesis of Adipic AcidUtilization of petroleum in consumer product manufacturing has caused irreversible and detrimental environmental damages globally. Recent awareness... Author: Jae Ho Shin. Opponent: Stephan Noack, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany.   10:00  Location: Zoom.