The 13 May it was time for Chalmers' Doctoral Degree Conferment Ceremony, which was held in the Gothenburg Concert Hall. PhDs in science, PhDs and honorary doctors were promoted. The Chalmers' medalists and the Supervisor of the year received awards.
The doctoral degree conferment ceremony is an annual academic event and Chalmers has been awarding doctoral degrees since 1940. During the ceremony, three honorary doctors and 84 PhDs in science or PhDs were awarded. During the afternoon, the honored Chalmers Medal and the supervisor of the year were also awarded. The Chalmers Medal was given to Lena Gustafsson and Jens Nielsen, who have promoted Chalmers' activities and development through valuable contributions. The supervisor of the year was Johan Stahre who has shown the value of good supervision, both for the doctoral student's personal development and for their research results.
The promoter was Professor Emeritus Alf-Erik Almstedt who started the ceremony with a lecture. The compere for the promotion was Catrin Lindberg who welcomed and guided the guests. Amir Farahani gave a Promotus speech. Both the Student Union Chair, Isac Stark and Chalmers President, Stefan Bengtsson held speeches.
William Chalmers, portrayed by Philip Wramsby, entertained the guests. Jeanette Köhn together with the Chalmers Orchestra under the direction of Anders Ottosson and the Chalmers Choir provided the musical entertainment. Bolennart Lindberg played the bagpipes and Ulrik Höglund played the flugelhorn.
After the ceremony, a banquet was held in the student union restaurant on campus Johanneberg where all the participants' relatives could celebrate together with the new PhDs. The evening consisted of a festive dinner, entertainment and speeches.
Honorary doctors:
Madhav Marathe, Professor of Biocomplexity, University of Virginia, USA.
Carol Flannagan, Research Professor, University of Michigan
Francis Aish, engineer and leader of ARD at Foster+Partners, London.
PhD in science or PhDs:
Carl Andersson, PhD in science, Applied Acoustics
Alexandra Angerd, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Katie Aylward, PhD, Shipping and Marine Technology
Iulia Bastys, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Ivo Batkovic, PhD in science, Signals and system
Kanishk Bhadani, PhD in science, Product and production development
Cecilia Burzio, PhD in science, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kristoffer Clasén, PhD in science, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics
Benjamin Eriksson, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Sreelekha Etikyala, PhD in science, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics
Thomas Ewing, PhD, Technology Management and Economics
Amir Farahani, PhD in science, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Melina Forooraghi, PhD in science, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Gabriel Eduardo Garcia Jaime, PhD in science, Signals and system
Veronica Johanna Marie Gast, PhD in science, Bioscience
Zeyang Geng, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Ghazaleh Ghaffari, PhD in science, Machine and Vehicle Systems
Semhar Ghirmai, PhD in science, Bioscience
Francesco Grieco, PhD, Radio and space science
Marika Gugole, PhD in science, Materials Science
Hao Guo, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Ankit Gupta, PhD in science, Signals and system
John Hellgren, PhD in science, Bioscience
Mathias Hoppe, PhD in science, Physics
Mattias Hovgard, PhD in science, Signals and system
Niklas Jakobsson, PhD in science, Energy, Environment and Systems
Maria Jangsten, PhD in science, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Erik Jedvik Granhed, PhD in science, Physics
Casey Jessop, PhD in science, Materials Science
Jayesh Khatri, PhD in science, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics
Jordanka Kovaceva, PhD in science, Machine and Vehicle Systems
Charlotta Kronblad, PhD, Technology Management and Economics
Jonas Krook, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Boy Lankhaar, PhD, Radio and space science
Simon Lindberg, PhD in science, Materials Science (Physics)
Filippa Lundin, PhD in science, Materials Science
Bita Malekian, PhD, Materials Science
Yemao Man, PhD, Shipping and Marine Technology
Tomislav Marinovi, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Axel Martinsson, PhD in science, Chemical Engineering
Inger-Cecilia Mayer Labba, PhD in science, Bioscience
Hannaneh Najdataei, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Rashidah Kasauli Namisanvu, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Mehrzad Nejat, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Emma Nilsson, PhD in science, Machine and Vehicle Systems
Karin Norling, PhD in science, Bioscience (Physics)
Andreas Nylander, PhD in science, Microtechnology and nanoscience
Claudio Nägeli, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jens Olsson, PhD in science, Architecture
Dimitrios Palyvos Giannas, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Valentin Poirot, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Christos Profentzas, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Gouthanan Pushpananthan, PhD in science, Technology Management and Economics
Putu Alit Putra, PhD in science, Machine and Vehicle Systems
Adrian Rodriguez Palomo, PhD, Materials Science
Artem Roev, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Sabino Francesco Roselli, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Thomas Rosenstatter, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Matthew Sadd, PhD, Materials Science
Tommy Sand, PhD in science, Materials Science
Rikard Sandberg, PhD in science, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sean Sangolt Miller, PhD, Physics
Joel Scheuner, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Alexander Sehlström, PhD in science, Architecture
Kevin Marc Seja, PhD in science, Microtechnology and nanoscience
Mattias Sjöberg, PhD in science, Physics
Ingrid Strandberg, PhD in science, Microtechnology and nanoscience
Mikael Ström, PhD in science, Product and production development
Andréas Sundström, PhD in science, Physics
Beatrice Swensson, PhD in science, Chemistry
Parastoo Taghikhani, PhD in science, Microtechnology and nanoscience
Jannik Theyssen, PhD in science, Applied Acoustics
Georgia Tsaloli, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Szilvia Vavra, PhD in science, Materials Science
Emelie Vilhelmsson Wesén, PhD in science, Bioscience
Dhinesh Vilwanathan Velmurugan, PhD in science, Signals and system
Magnus Walander, PhD in science, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics
Viktor Walter, PhD in science, Energy and Environment
Siri Ester Matilda Willskytt, PhD in science, Energy and Environment
Yuxuan Xia, PhD in science, Signals and system
Qian Xun, PhD in science, Electrical Engineering
Quanjiang Yu, PhD, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Victor Åberg, PhD in science, Computer Science and Engineering
Edvin Åblad, PhD in science, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Linnea Österberg, PhD in science, Bioscience
Photograph: Anna- Lena Lundqvist