Public defence of doctoral thesis

Mar312020 Doctoral thesisWeld Cracking of Precipitation Hardening Ni-based Superalloys - Investigation of repair welding characteristics and susceptibility towards strain age cracking High temperature resistance and strength requirements make nickel-based superalloys the material of choice for the hot section of aero engines. Fabrication in terms of combining wrought and cast parts in the manufacturing of hot structural compone... Author: Fabian Hanning. Opponent: Associate Professor Boian Alexandrov, The Ohio State University, USA.   15:00  Onlinelink Weld Cracking of Precipitation Hardening Ni-based Superalloys - Investigation of repair welding characteristics and susceptibility towards strain age cracking High temperature resistance and strength requirements make nickel-based superalloys the material of choice for the hot section of aero engines. Fab... Author: Fabian Hanning. Opponent: Associate Professor Boian Alexandrov, The Ohio State University, USA.   15:00  Onlinelink Apr032020 Doctoral thesisCompetitive-Binding Based Optical DNA Mapping - From Bacterial Plasmids to the Human GenomeSignificant advances within the field of DNA sequencing have allowed us to study DNA at a level of detail that was previously impossible. However, dynamic genomic regions with a high degree of structural variations, while being linked to disease i... Author: Vilhelm Müller. Opponent: Ming Xiao, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA.   09:00  Location: KB. Competitive-Binding Based Optical DNA Mapping - From Bacterial Plasmids to the Human GenomeSignificant advances within the field of DNA sequencing have allowed us to study DNA at a level of detail that was previously impossible. However, ... Author: Vilhelm Müller. Opponent: Ming Xiao, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA.   09:00  Location: KB. Apr032020 Doctoral thesisLaser-welded corrugated core steel sandwich bridge decksSteel bridge decks are often used for applications when a lightweight structure is sought for. Conventional orthotropic steel decks suffers from drawbacks in several aspects, including high production costs and durability problems. Corrugated Core... Author: Peter Nilsson. Opponent: Milan Veljkovic, Delft University oc Technology.   10:00  Onlinelink Laser-welded corrugated core steel sandwich bridge decksSteel bridge decks are often used for applications when a lightweight structure is sought for. Conventional orthotropic steel decks suffers from dr... Author: Peter Nilsson. Opponent: Milan Veljkovic, Delft University oc Technology.   10:00  Onlinelink Apr072020 Doctoral thesisMaterial Modeling of Adipose Tissue for Traffic Injury PreventionTraffic injury is one of the main reasons for traumatic injuries. Obese occupants are among the vulnerable populations with a higher risk of death and severe injuries. Notably, obesity is associated with a thick layer of subcutaneous adipose (fat)... Author: Hosein Naseri. Opponent: Prof. Duane Cronin, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada..   10:00  Location: EA (lecture hall), , Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers.. Material Modeling of Adipose Tissue for Traffic Injury PreventionTraffic injury is one of the main reasons for traumatic injuries. Obese occupants are among the vulnerable populations with a higher risk of death ... Author: Hosein Naseri. Opponent: Prof. Duane Cronin, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada..   10:00  Location: EA (lecture hall), , Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers.. Apr072020 Doctoral thesisStaging urban emergence through collective creativity: Devising an outdoor mobile augmented reality toolThe unpredictability of global geopolitical conflicts, economic trends, and impacts of climate change, coupled with an increasing urban population, necessitates a more profound commitment to resilience thinking in urban planning and design. In con... Author: Hyekyung Imottesjo. Opponent: Anne Nigten, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.   10:00  Location: The defence will be made online. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/889622774 Or Skype for Business (Lync): https://chalmers.zoom.us/skype/889622774. Onlinelink Staging urban emergence through collective creativity: Devising an outdoor mobile augmented reality toolThe unpredictability of global geopolitical conflicts, economic trends, and impacts of climate change, coupled with an increasing urban population,... Author: Hyekyung Imottesjo. Opponent: Anne Nigten, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands.   10:00  Location: The defence will be made online. Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/889622774 Or Skype for Business (Lync): https://chalmers.zoom.us/skype/889622774. Onlinelink Apr082020 Doctoral thesisHighly Concentrated Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium BatteriesThe electrolyte is a crucial part of any lithium battery, strongly affecting longevity and safety. It has to survive rather severe conditions, not the least at the electrode/electrolyte interfaces. Current commercial electrolytes are almost all ba... Author: Viktor Nilsson. Opponent: Serena Corr, The University of Sheffield, Storbritannien.   13:00  Location: PJ-salen, Fysikgården 2B, Göteborg. Onlinelink Highly Concentrated Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium BatteriesThe electrolyte is a crucial part of any lithium battery, strongly affecting longevity and safety. It has to survive rather severe conditions, not ... Author: Viktor Nilsson. Opponent: Serena Corr, The University of Sheffield, Storbritannien.   13:00  Location: PJ-salen, Fysikgården 2B, Göteborg. Onlinelink Apr152020 Doctoral thesisLiving Boundary Objects to Support Agile Inter-Team Coordination at ScaleContext: In the last decades, large-scale agile development has received increasing attention, as also organizations with many stakeholders and large systems aim for higher development speed and focus on customer value. A recogniz... Author: Rebekka Wohlrab. Opponent: Darja Šmite, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.   13:30  Location: Room Alfons, Forskningsgången 6, Gothenburg. Onlinelink Living Boundary Objects to Support Agile Inter-Team Coordination at ScaleContext: In the last decades, large-scale agile development has received increasing attention, as also organizations with many sta... Author: Rebekka Wohlrab. Opponent: Darja Šmite, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden.   13:30  Location: Room Alfons, Forskningsgången 6, Gothenburg. Onlinelink Apr172020 Doctoral thesisObservations of Artificial Radio Sources within the Framework of Geodetic Very Long Baseline InterferometryVery long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a mature and fascinating technique with unique and indisputable applications in radio astronomy, planetary sciences, and space geodesy. The latter discipline is a field of science facilitating our und... Author: Grzegorz Klopotek. Opponent: Dr. John M. Gipson, Chief Scientist, NASA/GSFC, NVI INC., USA.   13:00  Location: EA-salen, EDIT-huset, Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers tekniska högskola, Göteborg. Observations of Artificial Radio Sources within the Framework of Geodetic Very Long Baseline InterferometryVery long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a mature and fascinating technique with unique and indisputable applications in radio astronomy, pla... Author: Grzegorz Klopotek. Opponent: Dr. John M. Gipson, Chief Scientist, NASA/GSFC, NVI INC., USA.   13:00  Location: EA-salen, EDIT-huset, Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers tekniska högskola, Göteborg. Apr172020 Doctoral thesisPatterns of resource interaction in resource constellations: The case of start-ups approaching the Swedish energy systemThis doctoral thesis deals with resource interaction in business networks. Interactive resource development is based on a combination of new and existing resources. However, interactions with specific resource constellations will look different de... Author: Maria Landqvist. Opponent: Prof. Enrico Baraldi, Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.   13:15  Location: Chalmers University of Technology. Patterns of resource interaction in resource constellations: The case of start-ups approaching the Swedish energy systemThis doctoral thesis deals with resource interaction in business networks. Interactive resource development is based on a combination of new and ex... Author: Maria Landqvist. Opponent: Prof. Enrico Baraldi, Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Uppsala University, Sweden.   13:15  Location: Chalmers University of Technology. Apr242020 Doctoral thesisThe pore geometry of pharmaceutical coatings: statistical modelling, characterization methods and transport predictionThis thesis contains new methods for bridging the gap between the pore geometry of porous materials and experimentally measured functional properties. The focus has been on diffusive transport in pharmaceutical coatings used in controlled drug del... Author: Sandra Eriksson Barman. Opponent: Prof. Rasmus Waagepetersen, Department of Mathematical sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark.   13:00  Location: Pascal, Matematiska vetenskaper, Chalmers tvärgata 3. The pore geometry of pharmaceutical coatings: statistical modelling, characterization methods and transport predictionThis thesis contains new methods for bridging the gap between the pore geometry of porous materials and experimentally measured functional properti... Author: Sandra Eriksson Barman. Opponent: Prof. Rasmus Waagepetersen, Department of Mathematical sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark.   13:00  Location: Pascal, Matematiska vetenskaper, Chalmers tvärgata 3. Apr242020 Doctoral thesisSelf-Regulating Active Chilled BeamsBy designing comfort cooling systems to operate with higher chilled water temperatures, electricity driven chillers may be replaced by natural sources of free cooling. It also enables the possibility of self-regulation which, due to simplicity and... Author: Peter J Filipsson. Opponent: Prof. Jeffrey Spitler, Oklahoma State University, USA.   13:00  Onlinelink Self-Regulating Active Chilled BeamsBy designing comfort cooling systems to operate with higher chilled water temperatures, electricity driven chillers may be replaced by natural sour... Author: Peter J Filipsson. Opponent: Prof. Jeffrey Spitler, Oklahoma State University, USA.   13:00  Onlinelink Apr242020 Doctoral thesisA database of single scattering properties for hydrometeors at microwave and sub-millimetre frequenciesRemote sensing observations of hydrometeors (ice or liquid water particles) at microwave and sub-millimetre wavelengths provide important input to numerical weather forecasting through data assimilation and give insight to cloud processes that are... Author: Robin Nils Ekelund. Opponent: Prof. Guosheng Liu, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University.   14:00  Location: EA, EDIT-huset. A database of single scattering properties for hydrometeors at microwave and sub-millimetre frequenciesRemote sensing observations of hydrometeors (ice or liquid water particles) at microwave and sub-millimetre wavelengths provide important input to ... Author: Robin Nils Ekelund. Opponent: Prof. Guosheng Liu, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University.   14:00  Location: EA, EDIT-huset. Apr292020 Doctoral thesisMolecular orientation in cellulose fibers and compositesThe scope of this thesis is to quantitatively investigate the molecular orientation distribution of regenerated cellulose fibers and composites. The molecular orientation is known to affect macroscopic properties such as tensile strength of the fi... Author: Leo Svenningsson. Opponent: prof. Leonard Mueller.   16:00  Location: Online. Molecular orientation in cellulose fibers and compositesThe scope of this thesis is to quantitatively investigate the molecular orientation distribution of regenerated cellulose fibers and composites. Th... Author: Leo Svenningsson. Opponent: prof. Leonard Mueller.   16:00  Location: Online. Jun162020 Doctoral thesisHealth-Promotive Building Design - Exploring perspectives on building design for health promotion in healthcare settingsThis thesis explores perspectives on health promotion in healthcare settings from a building design perspective, i.e., health-promotive building design (HPBD). The results may contribute to discussions of the role of healthcare building design to ... Author: Elke Miedema. Opponent: Anne Kathrine Frandsen, Senior researcher at Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University Copenhagen.   13:00  Health-Promotive Building Design - Exploring perspectives on building design for health promotion in healthcare settingsThis thesis explores perspectives on health promotion in healthcare settings from a building design perspective, i.e., health-promotive building de... Author: Elke Miedema. Opponent: Anne Kathrine Frandsen, Senior researcher at Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University Copenhagen.   13:00