Research projects

Search among ongoing and completed projects at the Department of Electrical Engineering. It is also possible to filter the search results to find out which projects are being carried out at a specific division.

3D Perception and Prediction of Pedestrians for Improved Decision-Taking in Autonomous Driving and...

Driverless vehicles and advanced safety systems are reliant on being able to perceive, interpret and understand the 3D scene surrounding the vehicle. In this project, we will develop...
5G för fordonstillämpningar

Detta projekt syftar till att forska och utveckla 5G komponenter för att göra 5G fordonsvänligt och därmed göra det möjligt för nya affärsområden inom fordon-telekom. Fokus i...
A High-Sensitive Green Localization System for High-Speed Self-Driving Vehicles (GREENLOC)

Among the main goals of Intelligent Transportation Systems are (i) safety: reducing threats encountered due to human impact, and (ii) efficiency: providing transportation...
A plant wide control perspective on the online operation of HVDC grids

The overall objective of this project is to investigate control methods for voltage source converter based HVDC transmission systems. The intension is to analyse the dynamics of HVDC...
Adapting converters and their components for the environment of a hybrid electrical vehicle

The passenger cars of today use mainly petrol or diesel for propulsion. This leads to well known disadvantages, such as CO2-emissions, contribution to the global warming as well as a...
Adaptive optical networks

Global internet traffic is expected to increase fourfold in the next five years. This traffic will be highly time-varying and has led to the introduction of flexible, so-called...
Adaptive optical networks: Theory and algorithms for system optimization

Global Internet traffic is expected to increase fourfold in the next five years. This traffic will be highly time-varying and has led to the introduction of flexible, so-called...
Adaptive vehicle make

DARPA Adaptive Vehicle Make (AVM) is a portfolio of programs that address revolutionary approaches to the design, verification and manufacturing of complex defense systems and...
Advanced Flexible Automation Cell (FLEXA)

The FLEXA project is set up to meet one common main objective which is to create the tools, methods and technologies needed to define, prepare and validate an automated flexible cell...
Advanced modulation and coding

For a band-limited channel, there is only one way to significantly increase the spectral efficiency, and that is to apply multilevel modulation. In this project, we analyze...
Advanced Radio Interface Technologies for 4G Systems (ARTIST4G)

The first 3GPP Long Term Evolution standard version is complete and ready to be deployed. Although it increases peak data rate and spectral efficiency compared to legacy techniques...
Advanced visualization of voltage stability limit and system protection based on real-time...

The goal of this project is to develop a prototype of an integrated visualization and system-protection tool for voltage stability of the transmission system which would enable the...
Ageing mechanisms & how to prolong battery life in vehicle and energy storage applications’

The project aim is to prolong the lifetime of a battery in vehicle applications and for stationary storage by intelligent battery control based on an increased comprehension of...
Ageing mechanisms and how to prolong the battery life in vehicle and energy storage applications

The project aim is to prolong the lifetime of a battery in vehicle applications and for stationary storage by intelligent battery control based on an increased comprehension of...
All-Digital Radio-over-Fiber: A New Radio Transmitter Architecture for Future Wireless Applications

An ever growing use of wireless communication has created an enormous increase in mobile data traffic, which is expected to grow even more as new applications emerge in the future...
An Internet-based Collaborative Platform for Managing Manufacturing Knowledge (Know4Car)

Current digital manufacturing ICT platforms have provided a series of tools, including CAx, PDM and PLM systems, to support engineers in a series of collaborative activities, allowing...
Analys av energiförsörjning för elektrifierade bussystem

Syfte: Att ta fram en metodik för robust och ekonomiskt fördelaktig utformning av energiförsörjningssystem för elektrifierad busstrafik med komplex hållplatsdynamik. Delmål med...
Analys av High Capacity Transports säkerhet och effektivitet genom trafikflödeshinder

Syftet med det här projektet är att utvärdera trafiksäkerheten och effektiviteten hos HCT-fordon genom algoritmiska verktyg och metoder i makroskopisk trafiksimulering. Istället för...
Analysis and Verification of Active Safety Functions

The development of active safety systems and functions is considerably different from classic chassis systems due to their true mechatronic nature in combination with the requirement...
Analysis Methodology for Fatigue of Wind Turbine

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Region Västra Götaland (Public, Sweden) Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC) (Centre, Sweden)
Analysis of VCB impact on 36kV wind farm cable grid

In this project it is investigated how the high frequency transients (HF) in a cable grid influence connected equipment. Both generation and propagation as well as protection is...
Analysis of workers exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) from welding and NDT processes...

The SME association/groupings (SME-AGs) in this transnational consortium wish to develop an interactive web based software application to calculate and assess electromagnetic fields...
Anatomy Segmentation in 3D Medical Images

Locating and segmenting anatomical structures such as the heart, vertebrae or different regions of the brain in an image is an important step for many clinical applications, including...
Antenna Systems for V2X Communication

The road transport system is experiencing an increasing demand regarding connectivity. There is an increasing wide range of technologies available supporting different application...
Antenna-Array Digital-Beamforming and Calibration Methods for the Next Generation Multi-Beam...

See Swedish site for more information.
Antennas for MIMO terminals and relays

The core of the research is the design of multi-port antennas, e.g., several antennas positioned close to each other, is a challenge for modern wireless communications systems. The...
Antennsystem

See Swedish site for more information.
Application of model predictive control and reachability analysis in cooperative systems

For information related to this project, see the CoAct project page.
AProC - Automated Process Controll BIW

The aim is to develop effective methods for quality verification regarding geometry variations in body in white (BIW). The project will develop methods and tools for automated in-line...
Aquaculture and wastewater treatment

The Automatic control group has a long history of dynamic modeling and control of wastewater treatment processes (WWTPs), originating in the STAMP program launched by NUTEK in 1991...
AREUS – Automation and Robotics for EUropean Sustainable manufacturing

Factories of the Future will have to be smart and green:SMART: high performance, reconfigurable, adaptive and evolving factories based on robotic technologies,GREEN: reduced...
Automated driving

The aim of the project is to develop a tactical framework for decision-making regarding how to interact with surrounding traffic. The objective of the tactical framework is thus to...
Automated Driving Applications and Technologies for Intelligent Vehicles (AdaptIVe)

AdaptIVe will enhance the performance and improve the acceptance of automated driving of cars and trucks. The project develops new and integrated automated functions to improve...
Automatic classification and diagnostics of power system disturbance recordings

The aim is to automatic classification of the underlining causes of power system disturbances from a large amount of measurement data. This includes analyzing and characterizing power...
Automatically Assessing Correctness of Autonomous Vehicles (Auto-CAV)

While autonomous vehicles can potentially increase road safety and create a safer environment, they are extremely complex systems. The complexity arises not only from the design but...
Automation and Robotics for EUropean Sustainabile manufacturing (AREUS)

European Factories of the Future will have to be smart and green: SMART: high performance, reconfigurable, adaptive and evolving factories based on robotic technologies, GREEN:...
Automatiserade busståg - forskning kring styrsystem.

See Swedish site for more information.
Automotive 5G Integrated Security and Communications

The usage of broadband services via mobile devices is steadily becoming increasingly important. With 5G and its evolutions, users will expect the connected society to be available...
Autonom omkörning

Syftet med detta projekt är att validera algoritmer för autonom omkörning och autonoma filbyten. Målet är att flera alternativa algoritmer ska testas och jämföras med varandra.
Autonomous and Connected Trucks for Electric Distribution (ACTED)

Sweden’s goal of having a sustainable transport and a vehicle fleet totally fossil-free by 2030 has led to a number of initiatives to increase the use of electric vehicles. At the...
BAHA - Bone Anchored Hearing Aid

Sound vibrations can be transmitted to the inner ear by means of bone conduction via a titanium screw anchored in the skull bone. The technique is called the bone anchored hearing aid...
BatMan - förberedelse för förbättrad återanvändning av batterisystem

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Qrtech AB (Unknown, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Battery Management

The goal of this project is to develop a method for how to derive a robust model based algorithm estimating these interior limits and the corresponding available power. Using the...
Big Data for Airborne Wind Energy Systems Optimization

See Swedish site for more information.
Bildfusion för robust 3D-rekonstruktion av trafikscener

Aktiva säkerhetssystem i fordon är beroende av en automatisk kartläggning av den omgivande trafiksituationen för att undvika eller lindra kollisioner och och på sikt få mer och mer...
BioPatRec

Software platform for the prediction of motor volition goes open source! BioPatRec is the first open source platform for the development and benchmarking of advanced prosthetic...
Bone Conduction Implant (BCI)

Functionally deaf patients can gain normal hearing with a new implant that replaces the middle ear. The unique invention has been approved for a clinical study, and the first...
Business intelligence of energy-efficient road vehicles

The aim is to provide a relevant, reliable and dailly newsletter about the international development of energy-efficient vehicles with a special focus on electric vehicles. The target...
C2VC - Complete combination vehicle control with automated reconfiguration when connecting vehicle...

Research Motivating Problem: Long combination vehicles are efficient on the large roads, but limited on bridges, tight curves and terminals. Also, the vehicle control is not optimized...
Chalmers Cooperative Driving Team - CoAct

Cooperative driving supports safe and sustainable transportations One of the keys to increased traffic safety, better use of traffic space and “green driving” lies in cooperative...
Chalmers phase noise Impact Investigation

Until today, the majority of telecommunication applications for FSS/BSS are using fixed LO, either by using a multiplied crystal oscillator or an oscillator locked by an integer-N...
Chalmers vehicle simulator

The Chalmers vehicle simulator is a moving base simulator. The driving simulator can be divided into seven main sections; a simulation kernel, vehicle dynamics, motion cueing...
Channel Models and Communications Methods for Location-Aware Communication

As position data becomes a fundamental basis of many commercial, public, and military applications, next generation wireless devices, e.g., 4G handsets, are expected to have the...
Channel State Information Estimation for Enabling Cooperative Communications in Vehicular Ad-Hoc...

See Swedish site for more information.
Characterization of ageing in insulation systems by loss current

Ageing in insulation systems is traditionally studied in accelerated time-to-breakdown experiments. Correctly performed, such experiments yield an expected lifetime but very few...
China-Sweden: Network grant 2016 : System inertia estimation at different wind penetration levels in...

Renewable energy resources, especially wind energy, have become a significant part of the generation system in the majority of the electrical power systems. The wind turbines which...
City bus automation - bus trains, bus stop docking and depot processes

The objective is to develop automated driving of electrified buses with high traffic safety and capacity, low overall cost of society and energy consumption. By bus train operation...
Closed-loop control of combustion engines

The complexity of internal combustion engines is rapidly increasing in response to rigorous combustion efficiency demands and emission legislations. In order to meet these demands it...
Coded modulation

Coded modulation (CM) refers to a system where an encoder is combined with a higher order modulator with more than one bit per symbol to increase the spectral efficiency. Examples of...
Coding for Optical communications In the Nonlinear regime (COIN)

The rapid increase in data traffic in the past years and traffic forecasts will lead to capacity exhaust in the optical fibre communications infrastructure which carries over 95% of...
Coding for terabit-per-second fiber-optical communications (TERA)

The goal of this project is to improve the performance and efficiency of fiber-optic communication systems that operate at terabit-per-second data rates. This goal will be realized by...
Cohabitation of radar and communication systems

The page is under construction.
Combined Electric Power Generating Systems

Combined Electric Power Generating Systems Autonomous electrical power generating systems are that kind of systems, that have the capability to work and generate power totally...
Complete Combination Vehicle Control, C2VC

Research Motivating Problem: Long combination vehicles are efficient on the large roads, but limited on bridges, tight curves and terminals. Also, the vehicle control is not optimized...
Compositional synthesis of supervisors for modular discrete event systems

This project addresses the problem of efficiently calculating a logically correct supervisor for reactive systems. The work is oriented towards design of computer algorithms in a...
Configuration and optimization of operation sequences

The page is under construction.
Control design methodologies to reduce high-frequency resonance interactions in power-electronic...

The aim of this project is to investigate the risk for converter control interaction in systems with high penetration of wind power. In particular, the focus of the project is on...
Control of an electrified dual clutch gearbox

CEVT has taken on the leadership of developing a dual clutch gearbox, which is planned to be a central component in the fuel-reducing strategy of the Geely Group. Both as a highly...
Control of Distributed Power Electronic Devices for Power System Stability Enhancement

The continuous growth of the electrical system, results in the transmission system to be heavily loaded and run with less stability margin. To relieve the lines and provide sufficient...
Control of Energy Storage Equipped Shunt-connected Converter for Electric Power System Stability...

The aim of the project is to investigate the application of energy storage equipped shunt-connected converter (E-STATCOM) to the transmission system. The ultimate goal is to design...
Cooperative driving

One of the keys to increased traffic safety, better use of traffic space and “green driving” lies in cooperative driving technologies. To form vehicle platoons, where several cars in...
Cooperative Human Robot Object Manipulation via Adaptive learning control (CHROMA)

By developing close physical human robot interaction, role of the robot is elevated from *tool* to *co-worker* and hence robots can be an integral part of modern societies and can...
Cooperative Situational Awareness for Wireless Networks (COOPNET)

Devices in wireless networks are no longer used only for communicating binary information, but also for navigation and to sense their surroundings. We are currently approaching...
COPPLAR CampusShuttle cooperative perception & planning platform

The purpose is to take the first steps in our vision of a cooperative self-driving vehicle that can handle challenging city traffic and changing weather conditions. The focus is on...
Cost-effective drivetrains for fuel cell powered EVs

On-board vehicles fuel-cell stacks convert the hydrogen to electricity, which drives electric motors through energy buffer and inverters. The only waste is water during the...
Creating a core-enabler for evaluating scenarios of mixed vehicular traffic

In the coming 30-50 years, we will see a mixed vehicular traffic with variable composition of e.g., human-driven vehicles, self-driving vehicles, electric vehicles, etc. at different...
Current collector for dynamical charging at electrical road, strengthening analysis, modeling, and...

Volvo and Chalmers have previously cooperated in the Slide-in project, by studying a current collector for dynamical charging of electrical vehicles (ref project 33550-2). Project...
DC Grids for Integration of Large Scale Wind Power - OffshoreDC

To make the use of wind power in the Nordic countries more flexible grids must to a higher extent be interconnected. This research project seeks to study the most promising technical...
DC offshore wind park system

The project deals with design of different components of DC offshore wind farms. The aim of the project is to design the DC grid, generators, DC-DC converters as well as high...
Decision support for implementing electric buses in public transport

Previous studies and investigations in the bus industry have shown a need for customized procurement of electric buses that include charging infrastructure, minimize risk for the...
Deep Learning for 3D Recognition

The goal of this project is to leverage deep learning to explore new methods for 3D recognition. A large focus will be on finding object instances in images, along with their semantic...
Design and implementation of Energy Management for HEV/PHEV and optimization of a Range Extender...

The strict requirements to reduce CO2 and emissions have been driving the OEM's to focus on electrification of vehicles as a possible solution. Powertrain configurations which...
Design of components and systems for cost effective electric transmission system for EV/HEV

The purpose of the suggested project is to continue with a strong cooperation between industry and academia where a knowledge base will be strengthened within the academia for...
Detecting and eliminating bearing currents for longer lifespan of mainshaft bearings

The main purpose of the project is to extend the lifespan of wind turbines by detecting and eliminate the impact of the bearing currents. The aim of the project is to understand the...
Development of mathematical optimization models and methods towards a successful integration of...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Wind Power Technology Center (SWPTC) (Centre, Sweden)
Development of NOvel, high‐quality MArine aquaCULTURE in Sweden ‐ with focus on environmental and...

The overall aim of NOMACULTURE is to develop a sustainable strategy for Swedish marine aquaculture. NOMACULTURE will address the challenges of reducing dependence on fish oil and fish...
Development of Procedures and Instrumentation for Demonstration of Worker´s EM Safety

WEMS is a EUREKA project with partners from Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria. There will be a EU-directive on workers exposure to electromagnetic fields demanding that the...
Development of Procedures and Instrumentation for Demonstration of Workers EM Safety (WEMS)

See Swedish site for more information.
Development of sea-based wind parks and high voltage grids using direct current

The project deals with design of different components of DC offshore wind farms. The aim of the project is to design the DC grid, generators, DC-DC converters as well as high...
Distributed storage based on sparse-graph codes

The recent years have witnessed the explosion of services and applications such as email, cloud computing, social and media networks, and video sharing. The grand challenge is to...
DTI methods for MRI brain image analysis

Lesions affecting the visual pathways in the human brain are common and may cause reduced visual acuity or visual field defects, either directly or as a result of surgery. These...
Dynamic multipoint wireless transmission

We focus on what wireless systems might look like 10-15 years from now, if certain technological constraints are lifted. We then see integrated wireless systems that may cover perhaps...
Effektivare och skonsammare användning av litiumjonbatterier genom adaptiv modellering

The project aims to develop models and algorithms designed for deployment in vehicles, and through, inter alia, the use of control strategies with dynamic instead of static limits can...
Efficiency and influence of heating device on wind turbine blades

The project will develop models and experimental methods to evaluate the efficiency of deicing equipment and its influence on the expected life of the turbine blades. In addition, new...
Efficient load-aware dynamic global radio resource management in multi-spotbeam broadband satellite...

Frequency re-use over a high number of narrow spotbeams is the key enabling solution towards the terabit/s satellite capacity in future broadband satellite communications. In this...
Efficient Maintenance for Sustaninable Transport Solutions (EMATS)

Objective and Goal: The main target is to derive the basis for new concepts for efficient maintenance of sustainable transport solutions. This is done through integrated information...
eHealth

eHealth is a wide definition which encapsulates a lot of different sub-groups like telecare, telemedicine, mHealth, electronic patient records, IT-system interoperability etc. In...
EL FORT - El Flottor Optimering i Real-Tid

Projektet ska forska på optimering av elektriska distributionslastbilar i stadsmiljö genom att optimera hela flottan istället för att fokusera på enskilda fordon. Systemet tar hänsyn...
EL FORT - Optimering av elfordonsflotta i Real-Tid - (Fas 2)

See Swedish site for more information.
Elastic Optical Networks

See Swedish site for more information.
Electric drives in hybrid vehicles - Transient conditions in electric drive systems and their...

The project is part of a cooperation between the division (Electric Power Engineering), Volvo Cars and the research institute, SP. In this project, transient conditions in...
Electric Machine concept for next generation electrical vehicles (ELMA)

The electrification of vehicles is entering an intensive phase. The suppliers of the OEMs offer PMSMs from their standard assortment, where smaller OEMs have a problem to influence...
Electric traction motors in a circular economy

Electric vehicles require components that often contain expensive and potentially critical metals, limited in supply and without recycling, e.g. magnets for electric motors. To...
Electrical and thermal modelling of battery pack

See Swedish site for more information.
Electrical Vehicle Battery Cooling System

Increased daily use of fully electrical vehicles (EV) makes high demands on the lithium-ion battery, and used fast charging processes. Consequently, efficient charging requires...
Electrified Mine Truck Operation in Arctic Climate

The demonstration project will electrify one haul route in the largest open pit mine in Europe, the Aitik mine in Gällivare. Aitik currently operates a fleet of 31 large mine trucks...
Electrified transport system demo platform involving trucks and high capacity city buses

A conversion to electrified and automatized vehicle operation in urban areas leads to less energy consumption, CO2, noise, regulated emissions and improved effectiveness. The...
Electromagnetic Fields in Welding; EMFWELD

The European fabrication industry is required to ensure that workers exposure to EMF (Electro Magnetic Fields) is below the levels set out by the forthcoming European Commission’s...
Electromagnetic Modeling of Next Generation Waveguides, Antennas, and Integrated Electronics

Gapvågledarteknik är en nyligen uppfunnen transmissionsledningsteknik med låga förluster och låga tillverkningskostnader som ger ett resonansfritt elektromagnetiskt byggsätt för...
Electromagnetic transient study of wind farms connected by HVDC

An increasing amount of remote large-scale offshore wind farms are being connected to the main onshore grid by means of High-voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems. The remote sites...
Electromagnetic Transient study of wind farms connected by HVDC (SWPTC Etapp 2, TG1-21)

An increasing amount of remote large-scale offshore wind farms are being connected to the main onshore grid by means of High-voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems. The remote sites...
Electromobility: a study of future technology- and resource needs

The project will be a platform for Swedish vehicle industry to handle strategic questions within the Electromobility area. The project is based on the results of two earlier projects...
ELIN - a more robust and efficient integrated electric powertrain

The purpose of the project is to contribute to solving some of the existing problems regarding electric propulsions sytems for vehicles: cost, energy efficiency and non-optimised...
ELISE - Electric drives - Intelligent Software & Electromagnetics

In this project, it will be investigated how a permanent magnet synchronous machine can be controlled using alternative control strategies that are independent of the rotor position...
ELLOG

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations RISE Viktoria (Research Institute, Sweden) Lindholmen Science park, Closer (Other, Sweden) Volvo Group (Private...
Emission aware energy management of hybrid vehicles

In hybrid vehicles a combustion engine is complemented with an electric generator, an electrical machine and a battery. To reduce the exhaust emissions from the combustion engine...
Energistyrning för hybridfordon/plug-in hybridfordon och optimering av räckviddsförlängare.

The strict requirements to reduce CO2 and emissions have been driving the OEM's to focus on electrification of vehicles as a possible solution. Powertrain configurations which...
Energy efficiency of electric drives

The overall goal of the project is to make the transportation of persons and goods in an energy efficient way and reduce the environmental impact from transportation. The design and...
Energy efficiency of electrified vehicles

This project aims to contribute to tools that can be used to analyze cost and energy-efficiency for different electric and hybrid vehicles for different realistic drive cycles. ...
Energy management for hybrid and plug-in electric vehicles

Rising fuel prices, pollutant emissions and an increasing concern for global warming has initiated a development process within the automotive industry towards electrified...
Energy transfer solutions for electrified bus systems

All-electric bus systems is seen as an opportunity to reduce emissions, noise and dependence on fossil fuel. The bus systems can have different energy storage systems that can be...
Energy-efﬁcient optical ﬁbre communication

Optical communication links and networks are essential for the Internet backbone as well as for interconnects used in data centres and high-performance computing systems. Therefore...
Engineering Tool Chain for Efficient and Iterative Development of Smart Factories (ENTOC)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Algoryx Simulation AB (Private, Sweden)
eNursing - operational support for improved teamwork, quality assurance, patient safety and...

The concept of eNursing addresses the departmental day-to-day care work. The primary target group is nurses, etc. The focus is compliance with and adaptation of individual care...
eNursing IT-stöd för omvårdnadsteamets arbete för ökad kvalitet, patientsäkerhet och bättre...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Domitor Consulting AB (Private, Sweden) Södra Älvsborg Hospital (SÄS) (Public, Sweden) Stiftelsen Göteborgs sjukhem (Non...
Estimation of cylinder separated torque for efficient and clean combustion

To keep emissions and fuel consumption low during the complete lifetime of a vehicle, regardless of wear and changing environmental conditions the engine controller needs to know the...
EU-MARSS-5G Project: Modeling and Analysis of Random Spatial Systems for 5G Networks

The United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has recently reported that the number of mobile users is expected to surpass the world population. In fact, it is...
EUREKA Eurostars E!11088 BUILD-WISE

In this project, we will: (i) define building wireless performance (BWP) metrics for the first time, (ii) derive formulas to calculate these metrics, (iii) verify the derived formulas...
Experimental RAS plant technology

Projektet syftar till all skapa en organisatorisk och fysisk testbädd för utveckling av svensk RAS-teknik (Recirculating Aquaculture Systems) för användning inom landbaserad och...
Experimental RAS plant technology / Närfisk testbäddsteknik

Read about the project on the Swedish page.
Fast charging of electric busses in distribution systems

Fast charging is necessary to enable a high utilization of electric busses. Since the charging is conducted at high power levels there is a risk that the distribution system needs...
Fault detection and isolation

Nowadays, safety plays a crucial role everywhere, especially in those engineering application where human life might be in danger. In other cases, occurring malfunctions simply induce...
FFI Informationssystemarkitektur 2 - Smarta händelsestyrda tjänster

En av dagens dolda resurser inom tillverkningsindustrin är processdata. Nya undersökningar uppskattar att 85% av datan och informationen är ostrukturerad. Framtida konkurrenskraftiga...
Fifth Generation Communication Automotive Research and innovation (5GCAR)

There are two ongoing industrial trends, one in the mobile communications industry and one in the automotive industry, which are becoming interwoven and will jointly provide new...
Filtering techniques for sensor fusion

The project aims at improving automotive safety and has two phases. First, improved models and methods for estimating statistical moments for use in tracking filters are explored, for...
Floating voltage fuel cell drive system

Fuel cell technology, with its advantages of high energy density, fast refuel, and possibility to produce from renewable energy, becomes a promising solution for electric vehicles...
Förbättrad säkerhetseffekt av kollisionsundvikande styrande system

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Fordonspositionering och ruttprediktion

Syftar till att utveckla och verifiera algoritmer för att exakt uppskatta positionen för eget fordon och förutsäga den mest sannolika vägen fordonet tar på vägnätet. Otillräcklig...
Förstärkning av Fossilfria Energidistrikt projekt FED från VGR

See Swedish site for more information.
Fossil Free Energy Districts (FED)

The FED-project aims to deliver a grid-connected local energy system with demand and supply in balance, integrating electricity, heating and cooling, and a local energy market and...
Frequency response by wind farms in islanded power systems with high wind power penetration

As part of a working group on Large-Scale Renewable Electricity Generation and Grid Integration (SmartEl), the project focuses wind power integration of large wind farms and their...
From micro towards Mega GRID: Interaction of micro grids in Active Distribution Network (m2M-GRID)

Adoption of bottom-up technologies such as micro-grids in a mega scale in distribution grids is facing challenges from coexistence of top-down grid control systems and market models...
Fundamental limits of user coordination in wireless networks

Trådlösa kommunikationssystem har haft en formidabel tillväxt under de senaste 15 åren, och antalet mobilabonnemang nådde cirka 5,6 miljarder i slutet av 2011. Den stora ökningen i...
Gap Waveguide Frontend Demonstrator at 38 GHz

The project aims at developing an RF front end demonstrator in gap waveguide technology at 38 GHz. The project partners are Arkivator AB and Gapwaves AB, with Trebax AB personnel...
Generator system for sea-based wind-power stations

The goal of this project is to investigate different generator systems for offshore wind turbines with HVDC connections. Main aspects are to study energy efficiencies and weight/cost...
Geographic mapping of radio signals (MapCOM)

MapCOM will transition the fundamental research carried out in the COOPNET project (the PI’s Starting Grant Project) to concrete applications related to power-efficient and scalable...
GRAphene-based Flexible neural Interfaces for the control of Neuroprosthetic devices (GRAFIN)

See Swedish site for more information.
Green and Smart Communications with Energy Harvesting: A Signal Processing Approach (GRENHAS)

Efficient usage of energy resources is a growing concern in today's communication systems. Solutions that consider energy harvesting, where nodes in a communication system utilize...
Green Communication in Multi-Relay Wireless Networks

We propose a project on an environment-friendly multi-relay wireless network. In our project, multiple coordinated relays are used to satisfy the users quality-of-service...
Grid Code testing by VSC-HVDC

The project will develop methods; carry out simulations and laboratory test/measurements for Grid Code tests with a Voltage Source Converter. The wind turbine/generator system with a...
Ground target tracking with airborne radar

Target tracking is a major function in any sensor system measuring moving objects. The input consists of target observations. These observations originate from various kinds of sensor...
Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for type-approval of hybrid electric vehicles

The objective of this project is to investigate a test method for heavy-duty hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) using hardware-in-the-loop simulations (HILS) for type-approval-tests...
High precision positioning for cooperative ITS applications

Cooperative intelligent transport system (C-ITS) applications rely on knowledge of the geographical positions of vehicles. Unfortunately, satellite-based positioning systems (e.g...
High Speed Control of Long Combination Heavy Commercial Vehicles within Safe Corridors

Research Motivating Problem: Road transports to increase energy‐ and transport‐efficiency. Combinations longer than 18m/25m is not allowed today in EU/Sweden. Envisioned...
Human activity and behavior analysis and classification with applications

The aim is to analyze different activities and behaviors from tracked objects (e.g. humans, faces, machine tools) from videos. Some typical examples of applications are in: elderly...
Human and automation optimization

This project aims to reduce the human workload to avoid physical and mental stress, and at the same time minimize the energy consumption for machines and systems. This can be...
HVDC grid from automatic control perspectives

The aim of this project is to analyse the dynamics of multi-terminal HVDC systems from the control theory perspective. The research will be focused on studying the performance of...
Hybrid Powertrain System Analysis

The aim of the System Analysis research group is to add a system perspective to the work of the other research projects within Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre (SHC), by way of creating...
ICAD: Intention Communication in Automated Driving: What Language Will Automated Vehicles Speak to...

Background: Non-verbal human communication (NHC) contributes to transport safety by helping road users understand each other’s intentions. As an example, pedestrians may make...
Identification of limited range battery impedance in a vehicle without using active actions...

The aim of this proposal is to investigate to what extent, natural driving patterns can be used to identify battery parameters needed for the prediction of the dynamic response of the...
IMplementation of Powertrain Control for Economic and Clean Real driving emIssion and fuel...

The IMPERIUM project is looking to target a 20% reduction in fuel consumption (with no change in emissions) relativeto the 2014 production ‘Baseline’ vehicles. Part of this reduction...
Improving the prehospital acute care process for road traffic injuries (IPCaR)

Every year 1.3 million people are killed in road traffic accidents around the world, and 20−50 million are injured. MedTech West is developing methodologies for improving the rescue...
IMT-Advanced Mobility; Mobility management, control and routing technology for IMT-Advanced and...

The scope of this project is on mobility management, control and routing in novel network topologies based on cooperating distributed multiple antenna systems. The project will...
Increasing the value of Hydropower through increased Flexibilty (HYDROFLEX)

HydroFlex aims to increase the value of hydro power through increased Flexibility. The commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on...
Indoor small-cell Networks with 3D MIMO Array Antennas (is3DMIMO)

It is predicted that wireless network traffic will increase 1000 times in the next decade. The exponential traffic growth is not uniform across geographical areas and mainly takes...
Inertia Support Strategies using Wind Turbines for Low-Inertia Power System with High Penetration of...

In contrast to traditional synchronous generators, variable speed wind turbines (VSWTs) usually do not provide inertia response to the power system in case of power imbalance. Thus...
Inertia-support

Inertia Support Strategies using Wind Turbines for Low-Inertia Power System with High Penetration of Wind Power In contrast to traditional synchronous generators, variable speed...
Information and communication theory

Wireless and wired communication systems have experienced a formidable growth in the past years. The dramatic increase in the number of mobile subscribers and, in particular, of...
INITIATE=InNovatIve acTIve integrATED antennas

See Swedish site for more information.
Innovative energy management system for smart buildings and grid interactions

This project will develop a platform for innovative energy management system for smart energy buildings with own renewable energy based production and energy storage devices within a...
Integrated control of propulsion, braking and steering of long modular heavy vehicle combinations

Read about the project on the Swedish page.
Integrated cyber-physical solutions for intelligent distribution grid with high penetration of...

UNITED-GRID aspires to be the arrow-head within “Integrated cyber-physical solutions for intelligent distribution grid with distributed energy resources” and addresses the challenges...
Integrated Modular Distributed Drivetrain for Electric/Hybrid Vehicles

Within this project a new compact and efficient high speed 30-50 kW electrical machine will be integrated with an efficient fully SiC drive and agerabox within a powertrain traction...
Integrated motor drive and battery charging system for a hybrid vehicle

For vehicles using grid power to charge the battery, traction circuit components are not engaged during the charging time, so there is a possibility to use them in the charger circuit...
Integrated vehicle design and control – with a focus on energy management methods for the industry

If this mission is carried out, several benefits will be gained in lowering the carbon emissions. One benefit is that each sub-component can be tighter optimized to meet the transport...
Integrerad reglering av drivning, bromsning och styrning hos långa modulära lastbilskombinationer

The project will study how long modular vehicle combinations can be designed to solve a network of transport operations which contain both urban and rural environment with boundary...
Integrerade drivsystem för elektriska fordon

Power electronics inverters and electric motors are packaged in separate enclosures with own cooling and bulky AC cables between them. A promising solution to increase power density...
Intelligent dynamics for fully electric vehicles (ID4EV)

The objective of the ID4EV project is to develop energy efficient and safe brake and chassis systems for the needs of fully electric vehicles and the improvement of active safety and...
Intelligent Light

This project concerns development of lighting systems for commercial greenhouse cultivation of potted plants, both edible and decorative. The system under development uses LED lamps...
Intelligent transport systems

Traffic management has become a vital issue in cities around the world as the number of vehicles and the need for transportation grows. Traffic congestion degrades the...
Interference mitigation in heterogeneous networks

The aim of the project is to investigate solutions for High performing dense wireless networks to meet the future capacity needs. The main objectives of the project are to Devise...
Interference mitigation in HetNet access

One of the most critical challenges with the establishment of HetNet is interference, since the creation of more cells implies that more cell edge users are prone to inter-cell...
Intradyne and self-homodyne coherent transmission

Coherent optical transmission is a most promising transmission scheme, enabling data to be modulated simultaneously in the phase and the amplitude of the optical carrier. This makes...
Investigation of modular topologies för STATCOM (EM SamspEL-STATCOM)

The aim of this project is to propose novel topologies for grid-connected converters for STATCOM application.Aiming at a modular configuration,the main focus of the project is on the...
ITEA3, Smart Prognos av Energianvändning med resursfördelning, SPEAR

See Swedish site for more information.
iTEM - Integrated Transmission and Electric Motor

This project is an important stepping stone in the ambition to replace fossil fuels by offering true electric vehicle performance in an affordable PHEV. This project is also very...
Joint Transmission in Radio Frequency and Free Space Optical Links

The goal of this project is to design, evaluate and analyze techniques for communication over hybrid radio frequency (RF) and free space optical (FSO), in short RF-FSO, links. Such...
Kapacitetsanlays busståg - förstudie

See Swedish site for more information.
Key Technology Developments for Ultra-Wideband Array Radio Astronomy Systems and Investigation of...

Radio astronomy is a successful branch of astronomy with the means of radio telescopes, where its future developments are set toward higher sensitivity, greater field-of-view and...
Kliniskt hypertermisystem för bättre cancerbehandling i hals och huvud.

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Public, Sweden)
Kraftsamling Smarta Nät

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Innovatum (Private, Sweden) Göteborg Energi AB (Private, Sweden) SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research...
Life-Long Battery Control

The share of electric hybrids as share of sold cars are increasing steadily. Reasons to this are tougher emission standards and increasingly less expensive battery systems. To reach...
Light-Duty Diesel Engine for 2012 - Engine Control

Modern diesel engines are facing highly restrictive demands regarding efficiency and emissions. In order to meet these demands, the complexity of the engines and their control systems...
LISA - Line Information System Architecture

Future sustainable competitive production systems need to be productive and flexible, as well as environmentally friendly and safe for the personnel. To improve a production system...
Load and Risk Based Maintenance Management of Wind Turbines

Over the lifetime of a wind turbine, the cost for operation and maintenance sums up to a considerable portion of its installation cost. To minimize the total cost resulting from both...
Localizing epileptic brain activity using non-invasive EEG functional neuroimaging

This project aims to improve currently inadequate diagnostics for correct and anatomically precise localization of the epileptic focus, in order to enable surgical therapy. The reason...
Lösningar för trådlös kommunikation med hög datatakt

Several hundred gigahertz bandwidth is available for new wireless communication and sensing applications just waiting to be exploited in the frequency range 100 GHz-500 GHz...
Loss and EMI reduction in electrified vehicle through the usage of a multilevel converter

In this project, multi level converters in the task as electrified vehicle propulsion converters, are to be investigated. The advantage of using a multilevel converter is that the...
MAGIC; Microwave backhauling for IMT advanced and beyond

This research project puts focus on modulation and coding schemes for Gbit/s Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH) links with a short- to medium-term application horizon, Gigabit...
Magnetfältsreduktion vid spårväg

Elektriska tåg och spårvagnar ger upphov till magnetfält på grund av strömmatningen av fordonen. Vid konventionell drift matas de via en kontaktledning till fordonet varefter...
Massive MIMO location for 5G networks, MassLOC

Next generation 5G wireless data networks promise significant gains in jterms of offering the ability to accommodate more users at higher data rates with better reliability while...
Massive MIMO systems and nonlinear hardware impairments

Massive MIMO is a disruptive technology that consists of equipping communication transceivers with an excessive number of antennas to enable unprecedented gains in throughput and...
Massive MIMO systems with low-resolution converters

Massive MIMO, i.e., equipping cellular base stations with a large number of antennas compared to the number of active users, is a promising technology for next-generation wireless...
Massive MIMO test bed (MATE)

Project run together with VINN Excellence Centre CHASEThis project and budget is run under separate joint agreement between GHz and CHASEMotivationBy equipping mobile base stations...
Mätning av implanterbar benledningshörapparat

See Swedish site for more information.
MATWAB; Multi-Antenna Technologies for Wireless Access and Backhaul

In this project, we investigate the potential of two emerging technologies in the area of wireless communications. More specifically, we explore the concept of large-scale (or...
Maximizing wind power integration in local and regional grids

As part of a working group on Large-Scale Renewable Electricity Generation and Grid Integration (SmartEl), the project focuses on maximizing wind power integration in local and...
Metamaterials and metasurfaces / Gap waveguides

The Antenna group has for two decades carried out original research on changing the boundary conditions of a metal conductor by loading its surface by periodic elements. The surface...
Metoder och verktyg för utvärdering av dynamiska aspekter vid design av effektivare industriella...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations CIT Industriell Energi AB (Private, Sweden) Preem (Private, Sweden)
Metrology for 5G communications MET5G

Mobile communications are an essential part of daily life and mobile internet traffic demand is growing rapidly. To meet this demand, 5G mobile networks will be deployed from 2020 to...
Microwave hyperthermia for cancer treatment

This is a project on the development of systems for hyperthermia treatment of deep-seated cancerous tumors, based on the microwave technique. The Chalmers research team concentrates...
Microwave tomography for breast cancer detection

Chalmers are developing a new method for breast cancer diagnostics based on microwave tomography. This method has the potential of providing more accurate diagnosis than that of X-ray...
Microwave tomography for pharmaceutical processes

This project aims at developing a sensor array of antennas capable of microwave tomography for pharmaceutical processes, together with a post-processing algorithm for data analysis...
Mikrovågsbaserad behandling för att motverka sena effekter för överlevande barn med CNS-tumörer

MT 2 01 4 - 00 0 5 Syftet med detta prekliniska projekt är att förbättra vården för barn med CNS - tumörer som får strålbehandling. Denna patientgrupp är speciellt utsatt för både...
Mikrovågsdiagnostik för bättre akut omhändertagande av patienter med skallskada

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Medfield Diagnostics (Private, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher...
Mikrovågsteknik för kvalitetskontroll i skogsindustrin (Skogsprojektet)

Syftet har varit att utvärdera marknadspotentialen för mikrovågsteknik för kvalitetsmätning i skogsindustrin, verifiera de tekniska krav som ställs på de möjliga produkterna och inom...
Mikrovåsbaserad behandling för att motverka sena effekter för överlevande barn med CNS-tumörer

See Swedish site for more information.
Millimeter-wave Backhaul Links at above 100 Gbits/s - Taking smart antennas to the limits

We will demonstrate more than 100 Gbit/s bit rate with a spectral efficiency above 100 bits/s/Hz, in environments realistic for future wireless backhaul links.The overall goal for...
Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications...

The mmMAGIC (Millimetre-Wave Based Mobile Radio Access Network for Fifth Generation Integrated Communications) project will develop and design new concepts for mobile radio access...
MIMO-BICM: Fundamentals, Analysis, and Design

Bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM) is the newest paradigm in the design of bandwidth-efficient communication systems, which combined with multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)...
MIMOptics: Multi-mode coherent fiber-optical communications

Optical coherent communication has led to a significant increase in throughput and with the introduction of multilevel signaling and polarization multiplexing, a spectral efficiency...
Miniaturization of hardware

This project aims to further develop the hardware in microwave based measuring equipment, so that future equipment can be built in a compact and economical way whilst retaining...
mm-Wave UWB Smarta Gruppantenn i Chipform med Nya Capped Bowtie för 5G kommunikationssystem och...

See Swedish site for more information.
Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for Twenty-twenty (2020) Information Society (METIS)

In 2020, mobile and wireless traffic volume is expected to increase thousand-fold over 2010 figures. Moreover, an increase in the number of wirelessly-connected devices to counts in...
Mobile microwave-based diagnosis and monitoring of stroke and traumatic brain injury - on the road...

Stroke ranks third among reasons for acute death, first for neurological dysfunction, and is considered the most costly disease in western world health care. Approx 85% of all strokes...
Model-based reconstruction and classification based on near-field microwave measurements

The page is under construction. for more information, see the Swedish page. This project is related to the Chase project Sensor Systems.
Model-based Reconstruction and Classification Based on Near-Field Microwave Measurements

The rapid development of wireless communication technology implies the availability of cost-efficient microwave components and processors. This has already resulted in safer cars that...
Modeling and Signal Design for Multiple Antenna Architectures

See Swedish site for more information.
Modellbaserad Testning av Mekatroniska System (TESTRON)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) Quviq Ab (Private, Sweden)
Modellering av uppvärmning/nedkylning av hybridkomponenter

See Swedish site for more information.
Models of electrical drives for wind turbines

The aim of this project is to develop well and suitable models of the electric drive system for integration with the mechanical system in a wind turbine. There are several different...
Modular inductive power transfer (IPT) for high power vehicle charging

Vehicle electrification is considered as one of the most promising approaches to reduce the use of fossil energy sources. But battery charging is still one of the bottlenecks for...
More efficient and health conscious usage of lithium ion batteries by adaptive modeling

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Mot Utvecklingen av Smartare OTA Karakterisering av 5G Antennsystem

See Swedish site for more information.
Multi-CORE - Multi-level COntrol for Robust integrated vehicle Energy management

The goal of this project is to develop control architecture and algorithms for predictive energy management, with the aim to optimize energy efficiency of hybrid electric vehicle...
Multi-fuel Range Extender with high efficiency and ultra low emissions (FUEREX)

Worldwide, there is a strong trend towards highly efficient, low (preferably zero) emission vehicles, i.e. electrical vehicles. In order to facilitate the transition from conventional...
MultiMEC- Multivariabla metoder för energieffektiv motorstyrning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
Multipath test environments for future communication systems

See Swedish site for more information.
Multiphysics simulatin of cooling systems and its components in an electrical/hybrid vehicle

In this project the propulsion and other large electric auxiliary power components are co-modelled with the cooling circuit in an electrified vehicle, wither an EV or a PHEV, with the...
Multistream Wireless Backhaul; MUSIC

The goal of the MUSIC project is to lay the foundation for the next generation wireless backhauling networks, meeting the requirements in the next decade. The majority of the...
Multi-technology positioning professionals (MULTI-POS)

The global navigation market (products and services) is expected to grow to more than 160 billion EUR revenue by 2015 with significant growth being driven by mobile terminals...
NÄRFISK-14

Projektet NÄRFISK-14 syftar till att ta nästa steg i realiserandet av innovationen NÄRFISK Hållbar fiskförsörjning till stora städer. Visionen är att basera en betydande del av...
Natural control of artificial limb through an osseointegrated implant

It is a fact widely known that the bottleneck in advanced robotic prostheses is the lack and instability of the bioelectric signals required for control. In this multidisciplinary...
Networked control

A typical control loop consists of a plant, a few sensors taking measurements of observable variables of the plant, a controller which uses the gathered measurements to compute future...
Neurally controlled robotic leg prostheses

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Public, Sweden) Integrum AB (Private, Sweden)
Neuromotos: En innovativ neuroplastisk behandling av fantomsmärtor

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Public, Sweden) Örebro University Hospital (Research Institute, Sweden) Bräcke diakoni...
New detection techniques for fault tolerant control

See Swedish site for more information.
New implantable hearing device replacing the middle ear - optimization of the implant, comparison...

A new Bone Conduction Implant (BCI) hearing device that keeps the skin intact is believed to avoid the complications associated with the present skin penetrating Bone-Anchored Hearing...
Next Generation Array Antennas

Active, electrically scanned array antennas (AESA:s) find applications in various disciplines ranging from radio and radar to astronomy. The main advantage of the AESA is its...
Nollvision och utökad produktivitet vid vägarbeten

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
Non-hit car and truck

The project is focusing on jointly developing technologies to reduce accident risks for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles and particularly addressing the situations at which...
Novel technology to alleviate intracable pain caused by motor impairment

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Örebro University (Academic, Sweden) Bräcke diakoni (Private, Sweden) Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Public, Sweden)
Object tracking for video surveillance and traffic safety

The aim is to track visual objects from videos captured from single/multiple moving/static cameras. Some typical examples of applications are: video surveillance in school, hospital...
On Board Charger (OBC) for fast charging

There are no global solutions for OBC for PHEV & no standard for fast charging. Battery input voltage (115-500V), which works for car does not work for heavy vehicles. Few players...
On possibilities with switches in smart meters

This project focuses on possibilities with switches in Smart Meter. The main aim of the project is to contribute to a more sustainable society by smoothing the power and making...
Online-laboratorium för medicinsk bildanalys

En tjänsteplattform för medicinsk bildanalys har realiserats inom ramen för projektet. Demonstratorn binder via ett antal länkar samman vårdgivare med teknikleverantörer och...
Operation and Control of Multi-level Converters for Cell Balancing in EV/HEV/PHEV

Driven by the needs to reduce the dependence of fossil fuels and the environmental impact of transportation there has in recent years been an increasing interest in the...
Operation and Planning of Smart Grid: Demand flexibility management and impacts on power systems and...

This project focuses on modeling the participation of such demand-side flexibilities in the power markets and aims to formulate a model for the control of such flexible demands based...
OPerational Network Energy managemenT for electrified buses (OPNET)

The goal of this project is to deploy novel energy optimization method that aims to optimize the energy efficiency of a swarm of electrified vehicles, especially commercial vehicles...
Operational Planning of Electric Power Systems with Multi-terminal VSC-HVDC

The electric power system is facing several challenges; from large-scale renewable power generation, increasing demand of long-distance power transfer between grids due to trading in...
Optical Fiber Interference is Not Noise

Optical fiber networks are indispensable for our society´s information infrastructure. The demands for high-capacity, reliable communications will continue to increase for many years...
Optimal control

This project studies the solution to optimal control problems, characterized by control input affine systems, affected by stochastic disturbances and in some cases also subject to...
Optimal control and diagnosis of discrete event systems

The page is under construction.
Optimal control of intelligent electric vehicles for a fossil free, safe and efficient transport...

In this proposal, we aim to leverage advanced modeling techniques and energy control theory to bridge this research lacuna from three aspects: (1) At the battery level, develop a...
Optimal design and operation of hybrid electric vehicles

The interest in electrification of vehicles is growing due to their environmental benefits regarding emissions and fuel consumption. Hybrid electric vehicles are the first generation...
Optimal usage of vehicle battery by multi-scale modelling

Today the usage of the energy storage on-board an electric vehicle is largely determined by estimates and predictions handled by the battery management system (BMS). To be safe with...
Optimised Modular Range Extender for every day customer usage (OPTIMORE)

Worldwide, there is a strong trend towards highly efficient, low (preferably zero) emission vehicles, i.e. electrical vehicles. In order to facilitate the transition from conventional...
Optimization and control of hybrid electric vehicles

This project aims at investigating the overall, coordinated optimization of sizing and control of new hybrid concepts that are based on engines optimized for the use in a hybrid...
Optimization of sensors and sensor arrays

In this project the aim is to investigate how the robustness and accuracy of a sensor system is influenced by the number of sensors, their frequency range of operation and their...
OTA Characterization of MIMO antennas and LTE devices

Within the research centre Chase, the Antenna research group is doing research on a new measurement technique, aiming to characterize small antennas and complete mobile terminals with...
Over-The-Air Test Environment

The project aims at straightening existing question marks about the impact of different propagation environments in testing of cellular radio equipment. Modern communication systems...
Parameter estimation based on sparse modeling

Model-Based Signal Processing deals generally with information extraction from measured sensor data. A mathematical model of sensor(s) and signal propagation is usually derived from...
Partiella urladdningar vid pulsbreddmodulerad och kraftfrekvent högspänning

The introduction of power electronics in the power system cause new stresses on the insulation. It has been shown that high-frequency components contribute to a decreased service life...
Passiv och multistatisk radar

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Saab Aeronautics (Private, Sweden)
Patient specific brain segmentation with applications

Patient specific brain segmentation refers to the automatic labelling of the different tissues/structures in the brain - e.g. white matter, grey-matter, cerebrospinal fluid - using...
Perceptron

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Semcon (Private, Sweden)
Performance of high-voltage polymeric insulation affected by space and surface charges

The project's goal is to continue research activities to expand knowledge about the insulation properties of materials in presence of surface and space charges. The obtained knowledge...
Phantom Limb Pain treatment based on Augmented/Virtual Reality, Gaming, and Myoelectric Pattern...

Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan, Ph.D., developed a new method for the treatment of Phantom Limb Pain (PLP) based on the promotion of phantom movements along with virtual and augmented...
Physical Layer Techniques for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications

Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) have been subject to numerous research projects in Europe as well as globally. Cooperation is only possible if the involved entities...
Plant induced greenhouse lighting control

Contrary to most people’s belief, green house lighting is a major energy consumer in Europe. The current electricity consumption is estimated to be around 150 TWh per year, which is...
Plug-in hybrids and the energy supply system in Gothenburg

The transport sector is facing a major shift towards more energy-efficient vehicles. Already today there are several electric hybrid vehicles on the market, powered by both an...
Polarization-aware fiber optic transmisson

Fiber-optic communications forms the basis of the Internet and is such of utmost importance in our society. This project aims at demonstrating novel groundbreaking signaling schemes...
Positioning of nodes in wireless sensor networks

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been proposed for many applications.In every WSN, position information is a vital requirement for the network to function as intended. Due to...
Power Cluster

Overall objectiveThe POWER cluster partnership wants to tackle crucial challenges for the further roll out of offshore wind technology in Northern Europe by cooperating beyond...
Power Electronic based dc transformer for off-shore wind energy installations

In this project the dc/dc converter as a component in a dc-based offshore wind energy system, is to be investigated. Reduction of volume and weight are the benefits, as well as an...
Power Take-Off System for a Subsea Tidal Kite (PowerKite)

The PowerKite project will design, build and deploy a power take-off system (PTO) for novel tidal energy collector concept, the Deep Green subsea tidal kite. The overall objective of...
Power Väst

See Swedish site for more information.
Power-efficient terabit/s transmission

Behovet av att överföra stora mängder data på kort tid har ökat dramatiskt under de senaste åren. Nya tjänster som vidoetelefoni och television över internet gör att kraven på snabb...
Prehospital occult trauma detection and monitoring of traffic accident victims

Electrical BioImpedance (EBI) technology is a potential diagnostic and monitoring tool for trauma victim assessment. It is non‐invasive, harmless, non‐expensive, rapid, portable and...
PrehospIT-stroke

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Region Halland (Public, Sweden) Västmanlands Läns Tidning (Public, Sweden) Mediteq Svenkebo (Private, Sweden) Ortivus...
PreSISe-1 - Prehospital Decision Support for Identification of Risk of Sepsis

Sepsis is a common and severe condition that affects up to 40 000 people in Sweden every year with a mortality of up to 20%. Timely identification and treatment are crucial for the...
Prestudy - Wireless communication in vehicle environment (WCAE)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Mecel (Private, Sweden) Lund University (Academic...
Prestudy of energy saving potential by using a high-frequency transformer and dc distribution

In this project the energy savings potential by using dc-technology is to be investigated. The project starts with the incoming 10/20 kV AC and goes all the way to the dc-links of the...
Propeller-integrated motor drive for electric medium size boats

Shipping is a major cause of harmful air pollution in Europe and by 2020 shipping emissions of SO2 and NOx could exceed the emissions of these pollutants from all other sources in the...
Providing Renewable Energy Technologies to Productive Use for Rural Electrification (STEEP-RES II)

STEEP-RES – a multidisciplinary research project on opportunities and barriers for increased utilization of renewable energy sources in East Africa. The project aim is to conduct...
Public transit shared mobility - connected and safe solutions

We propose to use adaptive learning algorithms in order to (i) estimate the travel demand, (ii) define and estimate the risks of crashes/conflicts and (iii) minimize transit delays...
Reduced energy consumption for conveyor systems and paintshops

Turning raw parts to finished products consumes a lot of electrical energy in a manufacturing plant. A large amount of this energy is consumed by processing machines and robots to...
Reliable Uncoordinated Medium Access for Critical Low-Latency Communication

Communication that requires the information to be delivered with very high probability within a certain deadline is referred to as critical communication. A system where nodes move in...
Research Cooperation between Sweden and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) – Renewable Energy...

Programmet innebär varvad doktorandutbildning för 6 doktorander med tanzaniska och svenska handledare inom: - havsbaserad energi- förnybaraenergimarknader - elnätskontroll ...
Rethinking Wireless

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Bluetest (Private, Sweden) Huawei Technologies Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Ripple and Electromagnetic Fields in Electric vehicles (RIFEL)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research Institute, Sweden)
RObot based Autonomous Refuse handling

RObot based Autonomous Refuse handling With potential to increase both safety and quality aspects in our daily use of and interaction with vehicles, autonomous vehicles is currently...
RObot based Autonomous Refuse handling (ROAR)

With potential to increase both safety and quality aspects in our daily use of and interaction with vehicles, autonomous vehicles is currently a major trend in the automotive...
Robust and Fault-Tolerant Cooperative Positioning

See Swedish site for more information.
Robust engine systems

The page is under construction.
Robusta och tillförlitliga metoder för modellanpassning i datorseende

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Lund University (Academic, Sweden)
Rotfelsanalys med maskininlärning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Safe inductive energy transfer for electric vehicles

This project aims to use theoretical field research results developed at Chalmers and use them to build a new type of wireless charging solution for electric vehicles (EVs), and also...
Safety aware vehicular routing using on-car sensors

The main goal of the project is to develop real-time vehicle routing strategies for a mixed human- and self-driven vehicular network, with emphasis on post-accident scenarios in...
Safety in automated driving (ADS): modelling interaction between road-users and automated vehicles

See Swedish site for more information.
SEAFRONT – Secure, Private, Fast and Reliable Wireless Communications

The next generation of wireless systems is expected to turn wireless connectivity into a true commodity ``...for anything that may benefit from being connected...'', ranging from...
Self-driving bikes for more realistic development and testing of,in vehicle, systems for bike safety

The goal of this project is to develop self-driving bikes that will be used for validating active safety functions and testing algorithms for manual and self-driving vehicles. The...
Semantic Mapping and Visual Navigation for Smart Robots

The goal of this project is to develop an integrated framework for the next generation of autonomous vehicles capable of seeing, navigating and mapping based on computer vision and...
Sensor Systems

In this project the aim is to develop industrially applicable and viable sensor systems as well as to characterize, analyze and improve on the overall system design. The underlying...
Serving Foreseeable Traffic in Cognitive Networks: Statistical Learning and Resource Allocation

See Swedish site for more information.
SICS - Safe Interaction, Connectivity and State v2

The main goal of this project is to safely deliver connected lifestyle functionality while also improving driver attention. To achieve this we must overcome issues related to driver...
Signal shaping in optical communications—Beyond the Gaussian channel

With the advent of new bandwidth-hungry cloud-based services such as autonomous traffic systems, remote medicine, and the internet of things, higher and higher demands are placed on...
Silicon-based Ka-band massive MIMO antenna systems for new telecommunication services (SILIKA)

The continuously growing need for higher data-rates and, therefore, more signal bandwidth in wireless communications, requires the use of multi-antenna base stations employing the...
Skattning av cylinderseparerat cylindertryck för effektivare och renare förbränning.

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
Slide-in, continuous supply of electrical power to electrical vehicles. Phase 2.

Road transport is expected to increase for the foreseeable future, while production of the primary main fuel (fossil crude oil) for these transports have passed its maximum capacity...
Smart array antennas

The continued advances of high-speed digital technology and fast-data processing are enabling totally new approaches for designing the radio frequency communication and sensing...
Smart Assembly 4.0

The objective of the project “Smart Assembly 4.0” is to realize the idea of the autonomous, self-optimizing robotized assembly factory, which maximizes quality and throughput...
Smart Sensing and Communications with Energy Harvesting

A wireless sensor network (WSN) is a collection of sensors which sense their environment, collect information and communicate this information to each other or to a decision center...
Smart Wireless Networking for Green ICT

The traffic explosion in mobile internet puts new challenges on future mobile access networks. Forecasts predict 50 billion connected devices and a required thousand‐fold increase in...
SmartBowtie: PCB/LTCC/Silicon Based UWB mm-Wave Smart Capped Bowtie Array Antenna for 5G...

Demands on high data transfer rate over wireless systems increase every year. Smart millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) wireless systems are inevitable for high data rate communications such as...
Spatially Coupled Turbo-Like Codes

Kodning är kärnan i alla moderna kommunikationssystem och tillförlitlig kommunikation skulle inte vara möjlig utan dess användning. När digital data överförs från en plats till en...
SSF Center for high speed wireless communication

The mission of this center is to produce world-class research in the area of wireless high data rate communications. We will provide optimized system solutions that take all relevant...
State of Health prediction of Li-ion Batteries in Hybrid Vehicle Applications

The energy storage system is the single most expensive part of the HEV. Hence, its durability is likely to strongly affect the feasibility of the vehicle. This project is a...
State-of-Function for energy storage systems in electrified vehicles

To strengthen the competiveness within this priority area the Swedish automotive industry is in strong need of: •Industrial know-how and access to highly educated persons, •In order...
Statistikinsamling och automatiskt olyckslarm för trafik med fyrhjulingar via en smartmobilplattform

See Swedish site for more information.
Stroke Finder

A stroke patient with a blood clot in the brain needs treatment within four hours in order not to decease or suffer severe disability. Therefore, the Chalmers research team are now...
Styrmetoder för elektifierad dubbelkopplingslåda

See Swedish site for more information.
Styrning av distribuerade kraftelektroniska objekt för stabiliseringsförbättringar

Den kontinuerliga tillväxten av elkraftsystemet medför en ökad belastning på transmissionssystemet samt minskade stabilitetsmarginaler. Introduktionen av mindre distribuerade...
Sub synchronous resonance in wind farm connected to series compensated transmission lines

The aim of the project is to investigate the potential risk for sub synchronous resonance (SSR) in case of large wind farms connected to series compensated transmission lines and to...
Sustainable motions - SmoothIT

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre (Research Institute, Sweden) University West (Academic, Sweden) University West (Publisher...
SWC Skalbar sladdlös laddning

This project addresses the challenge of scaling the concept of wireless charging, building on the current consensus and coming standards of inductive charging. Scaling wireless...
Swedish Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Center

The Swedish Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Centre (SHC) is a national centre of excellence for research and development of electric and hybrid vehicles. SHC’s role is to unify Sweden’s...
SWIFT : short-packet wireless information theory

See Swedish site for more information.
System Safety through Combination of HMI and Dependable Systems - SHADES

Nowadays vehicles offer an increasing number of In-Vehicle Information Systems (IVIS) and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Cruise control and route guidance are examples of...
Systematic testing of cyber-physical systems (SyTeC)

The SyTeC project aims to improve the development process of safety-critical cyber-physical systems (CPSs)— engineered systems that are built from, and depend upon, the seamless...
Systems Perspectives on...

A platform for learning about systems issues “Systems perspectives on...” is an outcome of Chalmers Energy Initiative. We set out to make a truly cross-disciplinary effort to assess...
Target tracking in complex scenarios including jamming conditions for airborne sensor systems

Objective and GoalThe project aims at the following: 1. To develop and improve methods for tracking in complex scenarios, focussing on dense target scenarios and resolution problems...
Tech watch of fuel cells

Tech watch of fuel cells has been carried out in Sweden since the mid-1990s.. The relevance for and use of fuel cell technology in automotive applications are now increasing...
Technologies for spatial-division multiplexing: The next frontier in optical communications

Optical fiber communication systems constitute the backbone of Internet. In this project, we propose to analyze and demonstrate concepts to reach substantially higher transmission...
TESTRON - Model Based Testing of Mechatronic Systems

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) Quviq Ab (Private, Sweden)
Theory and algorithms for fiber-optical intensity channels

The aim of this project is to improve the spectral and power efficiencies of affordable short-haul fiber-optical links for use in fiber-to-the home (FTTH) and interconnects...
Theory and practice for optimum spectral efficiency for ad-hoc wireless networks with strict...

I Europa dör 40 000 människor och 1,7 miljoner skadas årligen i trafik olyckor. Aktiva säkerhetssystem (tex. elektronisk stabilitetskontroll) anses ha stor potential till att minska...
Theory and practice for optimum spectral efficiency for ad-hoc wireless networks with strict...

There is an increased interest in short-packet wireless ad-hoc networks due to the emergence of applications with very short latency requirements and/or inherently short messages...
Theory for intensity-modulated links

With the rapidly increasing demand for large-scale fiber-to-the-home, the cost of transmission equipment is crucial. In this project, we develop communication theory for links...
THz system and signal processing for medical diagnostics

This project investigates how Terahertz frequencies could be used in future medical applications. Compared to visible light, Terahertz waves are affected by different material...
Tidal Demonstration for Energy Scheme (TIDES)

A full tidal array has not been installed anywhere, commercially to date. A number of the leading turbine manufacturers have part or full scale working prototypes which are...
Tidseffektiv RobUSt verifiering av auTonoma fordon - teori och MEtoder (TRUST-ME)

Nya verifieringsmetoder behövs för att säkerställa att olycksrisken för en självkörande bil är tillräckligt låg. Projektets övergripande mål är att skapa vetenskapligt underlag för...
Torque Sensing for Vehicle State Estimation

Today’s functions are limited by quality of estimates of vehicle states. The scope of this project is to improve vehicle dynamics by utilizing electric propulsion actuators as sensing...
Torque-sensing in heavy-duty powertrains

In this project the potential use of placing the ABB torque sensor (Torductor) between the flywheel and the gearbox is explored. In particular the research is focused on two...
Towards flexible and energi-efficient datacentre networks

The growing popularity of cloud and multimedia services is increasing the traffic volume that datacentres need to handle, leading to serious bottlenecks in datacentre networks in...
Transient and short-circuit analysis in wind parks with 36kV cable grid and vacuum circuit breaker

In this project it is investigated how the high frequency transients (HF) in a cable grid influence connected equipment. Both generation and propagation as well as protection is...
Transition to Transport System of the Future: Multi-Level Infrastructure Planning for Autonomous...

Using the existing road infrastructure in terms of digital divides and compatibility with current sensor capabilities in the autonomous vehicles, optimal routing of vehicles (with...
Ultra Compact Cost Effective Fast Charger Stations

A fast charger station can charge the vehicle battery in 5-10 minutes but they are very expensive and massive. For instance Terra 53 is a 50 kW fast charger station manufactured by...
Ultra Wide Band Antennas for Radio Astronomy

The Antenna research group is currently developing a new decade bandwidth antenna with constant directivity and phase center over a decade bandwidth. This unique technology generates...
Ultrawideband radio and propagation

For more information about the project, see SSF Centre for High Speed Wireless Communication.
UNICORN - Sustainable, Peaceful and Efficient Robotic Refuse Handling

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Mälardalens högskola (Academic, Sweden)
Utilisation of an integrated multilevel converter for PHEV & EV charge and traction applications

In an electric vehicle it is important to minimize the losses to utilize most of the expensive battery. It is also important to keep the weight of the vehicle down to reduce cost and...
Utilize 48V system to gain CO2, safety & improved UX

Att kvantifiera potentiell CO2 besparing medelst ett lågkostnads mildhybridsystem baserat på 48V som systemspänning. - Reducera bränsleförbrukning med 8-10g CO2/km i genomsnitt per...
Variable Flux Machine for electric vehicles

Electric machine is one of key components in electric and hybrid vehicles. The knowledge on alternative solutions than PM machines is required by Swedish automobile industry. The...
Vehicle motion control with performance and safety guarantees

The goal of this project is to develop a vehicle motion control design framework with performance and safety guarantees by using advanced control methods such as model predictive...
VGR FoU-kort Avancerat projekt

See Swedish site for more information.
Via Appia - ICT, apps and smart dispatching for improved traffic safety, reduced injuries and...

Objective and Goal: At a traffic accident, the correct rescue resources shall be dispatched quickly. Via Appia is a concept for how an increasing proportion of accident alarms can be...
Vindkraft för fartyg I+II

Projektets syfte är att undersöka och om möjligt validera teknologin för utnyttjande av vindkraft för att uppnå betydande bränslebesparingar på kommersiella fartyg. Teknologi för...
Vindkraftteknik - kunskapsuppbyggnad och utveckling

See Swedish site for more information.
Virtual commissioning of manufacturing stations

The purpose of this project is to create an energy efficient, time and cost efficient preparation procedure of production systems for complex products. The project will also...
Virtual Commissioning of Production Systems - including PLC logics

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations ABB Sweden (Private, Sweden) Scania (Private, Sweden) KUKA Nordic (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Volvo...
Virtual Commissioning of Vehicle Maintenance Operations, UNIFICATION

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Fraunhofer-Chalmers Centre (Research Institute, Sweden) SETEK (Private, Sweden) Arho Mekan (Private, Sweden) Volvo Group...
Virtual Electric Propulsion system

The rapidly increasing interest for electrification in the automotive industry has led to new technology in form of electric powertrain systems being added to existing and coming...
Virtual HybrId CooLing (VeHICLe)

An electrified vehicle is a complex thermal environment including a number of components, electric machines, converters and chargers, which requires cooling to function optimally. If...
Virtual Systems Optimization

The project puts focus on the generation of virtual models based on mechanical layout and partly automatic kinematics, concentrating on efficient handling of information. An overall...
Visual quality measures

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Voltage dip characteristics for improved fault-ride-through of wind-power installations

This project combines knowledge on power quality (specifically voltage dips) with knowledge of wind turbine fault-ride-through. The project is a collaboration between Luleå University...
Waveform diversity in wideband MIMO radar

Forskningsprojektet syftar i första hand till att teoretiskt klargöra hur optimeringen av vågformer i en radar eller en radiokommunikationslänk utrustad med multipla sändare och...
Waveguide-type semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) in gaps between conducting surfaces with...

In order to explore and exploit the frequency range from 30 GHz up to THz, new types of transmission lines and semiconductor architectures are needed. Conventional microwave...
Wind power turbine control

The goal of the previous project project ’Stochastic Model Predictive Control of Wind Turbines’ was to develop a concept ready novel control architecture for a wind turbine control...
Wind Turbine and Wind Farm Models for Power System Stability Studies

Wind power penetration in the power system has been reaching a level that is no longer negligible. Thus, wind turbine models that are able to correctly investigate the influence of...
Wind Turbines for Ships I+II

The project objective was to examine and validate technology for the use of wind power on-board commercial ships. Technology to substantially reduce commercial ship fuel consumption...
Wireless RF Localization and Communication of Micro-Robots inside the Human Body

Micro-robots that are able to navigate inside human body are gaining momentum as a prominent solution for monitoring medical abnormalities and performing minimally-invasive surgeries...
Wireless World Initiative New Radio+; WINNER+

In order to reduce fragmentation and to ensure a competitive European position in the global context, the big collaborative project called WINNER+ was launched involving leading...
Yt- och rymdladdningars och deras inverkan på polymera högspänningsisolationsprestanda

The goal of the project is to deliver knowledge on properties and behavior of high voltage polymeric insulation systems in presence of space and surface charges. The study aims at...

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