Public defence of doctoral thesis

Sep292022 Doctoral thesisConflict-Free Routing of Mobile RobotsThe recent advances in perception have enabled the development of more autonomous mobile robots in the sense that they can operate in a more dynamic environment where obstacles surrounding the robot emerge, disappear, and move. The increased perce... Author: Sabino Francesco Roselli. Opponent: Maria Pia Fanti, System and Control Engineering ,Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari (Italy).   13:00  Location: Campus Johanneberg, Hörsalsvägen 14, lecture hall HC2. Onlinelink Conflict-Free Routing of Mobile RobotsThe recent advances in perception have enabled the development of more autonomous mobile robots in the sense that they can operate in a more dynami... Author: Sabino Francesco Roselli. Opponent: Maria Pia Fanti, System and Control Engineering ,Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic of Bari (Italy).   13:00  Location: Campus Johanneberg, Hörsalsvägen 14, lecture hall HC2. Onlinelink Sep302022 Doctoral thesisA DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO SUPPORTING USERS’ ADAPTATION TO SMART IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMSThe utilization of data to understand user behavior and support user needs began to develop in areas such as internet services, smartphone apps development, and the gaming industry. This bloom of data-driven services and applications forced OEMs t... Author: Julia Orlovska. Opponent: Jörgen Hansson, Professor of Information Technology, Skövde University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Password for ZOOM meeting: 822678.   09:00  Location: Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL), Chalmers. Onlinelink A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO SUPPORTING USERS’ ADAPTATION TO SMART IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMSThe utilization of data to understand user behavior and support user needs began to develop in areas such as internet services, smartphone apps dev... Author: Julia Orlovska. Opponent: Jörgen Hansson, Professor of Information Technology, Skövde University, Gothenburg, Sweden. Password for ZOOM meeting: 822678.   09:00  Location: Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL), Chalmers. Onlinelink Sep302022 Doctoral thesisMaternal and neonatal metabolomes and their associations to immune maturation and allergy in early lifeAllergy, one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, is caused by a dysregulated immune system reacting to normally harmless proteins. However, regulating mechanisms are not well understood. The aim of this thesis was to investigate if plas... Author: Olle Hartvigsson. Opponent: Warwick Dunn, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.   09:00  Location: 10:an. Onlinelink Maternal and neonatal metabolomes and their associations to immune maturation and allergy in early lifeAllergy, one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide, is caused by a dysregulated immune system reacting to normally harmless proteins. Howev... Author: Olle Hartvigsson. Opponent: Warwick Dunn, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.   09:00  Location: 10:an. Onlinelink Sep302022 Doctoral thesisCombined heat and power plants in decarbonized energy systems: Techno-economics of carbon capture and flexibility services at the plant, city and regional levelsOur present energy system is the main driver of climate change. Variable renewable electricity generation and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are key technologies in the transformation to a sustainable energy system, but their broad implementation im... Author: Johanna Beiron. Opponent: Professor Niall Mac Dowell, Imperial College London, UK.   10:00  Location: On campus: Sal KC, Kemigården 4, Göteborg. Online: zoom-link below (password: CHPflex). Onlinelink Combined heat and power plants in decarbonized energy systems: Techno-economics of carbon capture and flexibility services at the plant, city and regional levelsOur present energy system is the main driver of climate change. Variable renewable electricity generation and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are key ... Author: Johanna Beiron. Opponent: Professor Niall Mac Dowell, Imperial College London, UK.   10:00  Location: On campus: Sal KC, Kemigården 4, Göteborg. Online: zoom-link below (password: CHPflex). Onlinelink Sep302022 Doctoral thesisData-driven methods for real-time dynamic stability assessment and controlElectric power systems are becoming increasingly complex to operate; a trend driven by an increased demand for electricity, large-scale integration of renewable energy resources, and new system components with power electronic interfaces. In this ... Author: Hannes Hagmar. Opponent: Spyros Chatzivasileiadis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.   10:00  Location: HC3 Lecture hall (Hörsalsvägen 14). Onlinelink Data-driven methods for real-time dynamic stability assessment and controlElectric power systems are becoming increasingly complex to operate; a trend driven by an increased demand for electricity, large-scale integration... Author: Hannes Hagmar. Opponent: Spyros Chatzivasileiadis, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.   10:00  Location: HC3 Lecture hall (Hörsalsvägen 14). Onlinelink Sep302022 Doctoral thesisEffects of cognitive tasks on car drivers’ behaviors and physiological responsesThe effects of drivers’ engagement in cognitive tasks (i.e., non-visual, cognitively loading activities unrelated to the task of driving) are debated and unclear. Numerous experiments show impaired driver behaviors, yet naturalistic studies typica... Author: Emma Nilsson. Opponent: Prof. Dick de Waard, Department of Clinical & Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.   13:00  Location: Room Delta, house Svea, Forskningsgången 4. Onlinelink Effects of cognitive tasks on car drivers’ behaviors and physiological responsesThe effects of drivers’ engagement in cognitive tasks (i.e., non-visual, cognitively loading activities unrelated to the task of driving) are debat... Author: Emma Nilsson. Opponent: Prof. Dick de Waard, Department of Clinical & Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands.   13:00  Location: Room Delta, house Svea, Forskningsgången 4. Onlinelink Okt052022 Doctoral thesisPluripotential-theoretic methods in K-stability and the space of Kähler metricsIt is a natural problem, dating back to Calabi, to find canonical metrics on complex manifolds. In the case of polarized compact Kähler manifolds, a natural candidate is a metric with constant scalar curvature (cscK metric).Since the 80s, Ya... Author: Mingchen Xia. Opponent: Ruadhaí Dervan, University of Cambridge, UK.   14:30  Location: Room Pascal, Department of mathematics. Onlinelink Pluripotential-theoretic methods in K-stability and the space of Kähler metricsIt is a natural problem, dating back to Calabi, to find canonical metrics on complex manifolds. In the case of polarized compact Kähler manifolds, ... Author: Mingchen Xia. Opponent: Ruadhaí Dervan, University of Cambridge, UK.   14:30  Location: Room Pascal, Department of mathematics. Onlinelink Okt062022 Doctoral thesisThe Release, Distribution, and Implications of Alkalis in Chemical Looping Combustion of BiomassChemical looping combustion (CLC) of biomass is a promising technology for power generation with a potential net negative CO2 footprint. Like other fluidized bed biomass conversion technologies, biomass CLC may be susceptible to alkali-induced  ag... Author: Ivan Gogolev. Opponent: Associate Professor Christoffer Boman.   10:00  Location: SB-H2 salen, Sven Hultins gata 8, Göteborg. Onlinelink The Release, Distribution, and Implications of Alkalis in Chemical Looping Combustion of BiomassChemical looping combustion (CLC) of biomass is a promising technology for power generation with a potential net negative CO2 footprint. Like other... Author: Ivan Gogolev. Opponent: Associate Professor Christoffer Boman.   10:00  Location: SB-H2 salen, Sven Hultins gata 8, Göteborg. Onlinelink Okt072022 Doctoral thesisEnergy Reduction of Robot Stations with UncertaintiesThis thesis aims to present a practical approach to reducing the energy use of industrial robot stations. The starting point of this work is different types of robot stations and production systems found in the automotive industry, such as welding... Author: Mattias Hovgard. Opponent: Prof. Giovanni Berselli, Mechanical Engineering & Robot Design, University of Genoa, Italy.   10:00  Location: Vasa C, Vasa Hus 3, Vera Sandbergs Allé 8. Energy Reduction of Robot Stations with UncertaintiesThis thesis aims to present a practical approach to reducing the energy use of industrial robot stations. The starting point of this work is differ... Author: Mattias Hovgard. Opponent: Prof. Giovanni Berselli, Mechanical Engineering & Robot Design, University of Genoa, Italy.   10:00  Location: Vasa C, Vasa Hus 3, Vera Sandbergs Allé 8. Okt072022 Doctoral thesisSystems-level characterization of probiotic bifidobacteria - Towards rational optimization of industrial productionProbiotic Bifidobacterium strains contribute to a healthy gut microbiota of their hosts. Increasing public awareness of this positive effect has resulted in a growing demand for these microorganisms. During industrial production, probioti... Author: Marie Schöpping. Opponent: Dr. Abelardo Margolles, Dairy Research Institute of Asturias (IPLA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Department Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Spain.   13:00  Location: Lecture hall KB, Kemigården 4, Gothenburg. Onlinelink Systems-level characterization of probiotic bifidobacteria - Towards rational optimization of industrial productionProbiotic Bifidobacterium strains contribute to a healthy gut microbiota of their hosts. Increasing public awareness of this positive effe... Author: Marie Schöpping. Opponent: Dr. Abelardo Margolles, Dairy Research Institute of Asturias (IPLA), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Department Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Spain.   13:00  Location: Lecture hall KB, Kemigården 4, Gothenburg. Onlinelink Okt072022 Doctoral thesisManaging management innovations: Contextual complexity and the pursuit of improvements in healthcareIn a context characterised by complexity and conflicting demands, healthcare managers at a meso-level struggle to pursue improvements in the quality and efficiency of care operations. An influential approach on how to pursue improvements is qu... Author: Christian Colldén. Opponent: Professor Julie Reed, Halmstad University, Sweden / United Kingdom.   13:15  Location: Vasa B, Vera Sandbergs Allé 8. Onlinelink Managing management innovations: Contextual complexity and the pursuit of improvements in healthcareIn a context characterised by complexity and conflicting demands, healthcare managers at a meso-level struggle to pursue improvements in the qualit... Author: Christian Colldén. Opponent: Professor Julie Reed, Halmstad University, Sweden / United Kingdom.   13:15  Location: Vasa B, Vera Sandbergs Allé 8. Onlinelink Okt102022 Doctoral thesisEfficient Data Streaming Analytic Designs for Parallel and Distributed ProcessingToday, ubiquitously sensing technologies enable inter-connection of physical objects, as part of Internet of Things (IoT), and provide massive amounts of data streams. In such scenarios, the demand for timely analysis has resulted in a shift of da... Author: Hannaneh Najdataei. Opponent: Prof. Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.   13:30  Location: HA2 Lecture Hall, Hörsalsvägen 4, Chalmers (Campus Johanneberg). Onlinelink Efficient Data Streaming Analytic Designs for Parallel and Distributed ProcessingToday, ubiquitously sensing technologies enable inter-connection of physical objects, as part of Internet of Things (IoT), and provide massive amou... Author: Hannaneh Najdataei. Opponent: Prof. Valeria Cardellini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.   13:30  Location: HA2 Lecture Hall, Hörsalsvägen 4, Chalmers (Campus Johanneberg). Onlinelink Okt192022 Doctoral thesisVCSEL Equivalent Circuits and Silicon Photonics IntegrationThe vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is a light source of great importance for numerous industrial and consumer products. The main application areas are datacom and sensing. The datacom industry uses GaAs-based VCSELs for optical int... Author: Alexander Grabowski. Opponent: Dr. Mike Tan, Lumentum, USA.   15:00  Location: Kollektorn, MC2, Kemivägen 9. Onlinelink VCSEL Equivalent Circuits and Silicon Photonics IntegrationThe vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) is a light source of great importance for numerous industrial and consumer products. The main ap... Author: Alexander Grabowski. Opponent: Dr. Mike Tan, Lumentum, USA.   15:00  Location: Kollektorn, MC2, Kemivägen 9. Onlinelink Okt202022 Doctoral thesisAlloy Plasmonics - Fundamentals and ApplicationsAlloys have for a long time been important in the development of our society; from the Bronze Age, where man learned how to alloy copper with tin, to today, where many products are made of steel and aluminum alloys. Similarly, but maybe not as gen... Author: Christopher Tiburski. Opponent: Prof. Guillaume Baffou, Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, Marseille.   09:30  Location: PJ. Alloy Plasmonics - Fundamentals and ApplicationsAlloys have for a long time been important in the development of our society; from the Bronze Age, where man learned how to alloy copper with tin, ... Author: Christopher Tiburski. Opponent: Prof. Guillaume Baffou, Institut Fresnel, CNRS, Aix Marseille University, Marseille.   09:30  Location: PJ. Okt212022 Doctoral thesisApproximating the Three-Nucleon ContinuumThree-nucleon forces (3NFs) are necessary to accurately describe the properties of atomic nuclei. These forces arise naturally together with two-nucleon forces (2NFs) when constructing nuclear interactions using chiral effective field theories (χE... Author: Sean Miller. Opponent: Apl. Prof. Dr. Pierre Capel, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.   09:00  Location: PJ Salen, Fysikgården 2. Approximating the Three-Nucleon ContinuumThree-nucleon forces (3NFs) are necessary to accurately describe the properties of atomic nuclei. These forces arise naturally together with two-nu... Author: Sean Miller. Opponent: Apl. Prof. Dr. Pierre Capel, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.   09:00  Location: PJ Salen, Fysikgården 2. Okt212022 Doctoral thesisOccurrence of Traffic-Derived Microplastics in Different Matrices in the Road EnvironmentThe prevalence of microplastic contamination has raised concerns about the potential risk and impact on the global environment. Traffic-derived microplastics, i.e., tire wear particles (TWP), polymer-modified bitumen, and road markings contribute ... Author: Ida Järlskog. Opponent: Ph.D. Stephan Wagner, Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Germany.   10:00  Location: HC3. Onlinelink Occurrence of Traffic-Derived Microplastics in Different Matrices in the Road EnvironmentThe prevalence of microplastic contamination has raised concerns about the potential risk and impact on the global environment. Traffic-derived mic... Author: Ida Järlskog. Opponent: Ph.D. Stephan Wagner, Hochschule Fresenius, University of Applied Sciences, Germany.   10:00  Location: HC3. Onlinelink