Kommande licentiatseminarier

Maj222019 LicentiatavhandlingThe Last Hour: How Digitalization has Transformed Firms in the Legal IndustryThis licentiate thesis explores how digitalization has transformed firms in the legal industry. Based on a qualitative study of 22 law firms I explore what digitalization has entailed for firms and its wider effects. The aim is to understand the d... Författare: Charlotta Kronblad. Opponent: Nicolette Lakemond, University of Linköping.   10:00  Plats: TME. The Last Hour: How Digitalization has Transformed Firms in the Legal IndustryThis licentiate thesis explores how digitalization has transformed firms in the legal industry. Based on a qualitative study of 22 law firms I expl... Författare: Charlotta Kronblad. Opponent: Nicolette Lakemond, University of Linköping.   10:00  Plats: TME. Maj232019 LicentiatavhandlingComputationally efficient exact remodeling of optimization programs with applications to autonomous drivingThe future of autonomous vehicles is rapidly approaching and the published and available research, both from vehicle manufacturers and universities, is abundant. This new technology promises less pollution, lower accident rates, decreased congesti... Författare: Johan Karlsson. Opponent: Anders Robertsson.   13:15  Computationally efficient exact remodeling of optimization programs with applications to autonomous drivingThe future of autonomous vehicles is rapidly approaching and the published and available research, both from vehicle manufacturers and universities... Författare: Johan Karlsson. Opponent: Anders Robertsson.   13:15  Maj242019 LicentiatavhandlingPartial carbon capture – an opportunity to decarbonize primary steelmaking Climate change requires that all energy-related sectors drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). To have a high likelihood of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, large-scale mitigation of GHG has to start being implemented and cause ... Författare: Max Biermann. Opponent: Dr. Lawrence Hooey, Swerim AB, Sverige.   10:00  Plats: Hörsal ED, Edit -huset. Partial carbon capture – an opportunity to decarbonize primary steelmaking Climate change requires that all energy-related sectors drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). To have a high likelihood of limit... Författare: Max Biermann. Opponent: Dr. Lawrence Hooey, Swerim AB, Sverige.   10:00  Plats: Hörsal ED, Edit -huset. Maj272019 LicentiatavhandlingSynthesis and characterization of Pd nanoparticles for plastic plasmonic sensing applications It is well known that hydrogen mixed with air forms a highly flammable mixture. There is an urgent need for selective and accurate sensors, since hydrogen very often serves as a fuel or energy storage medium. Given the fact that even the smallest ... Författare: Alicja Stolas.   09:00  Plats: Hållö 8th floor Chemistry Department. Synthesis and characterization of Pd nanoparticles for plastic plasmonic sensing applications It is well known that hydrogen mixed with air forms a highly flammable mixture. There is an urgent need for selective and accurate sensors, since h... Författare: Alicja Stolas.   09:00  Plats: Hållö 8th floor Chemistry Department. Maj272019 LicentiatavhandlingTechniques to Save Energy in Heterogeneous Multicore Architectures under QoS ConstraintsTypically, applications are run with available system resources leading to over-provisioning of resources which can lead to high energy consumption. If the computational demand is specified, in terms of a Quality of Service (QoS) contract, it is p... Författare: Muhammad Waqar Azhar. Opponent: Dr. Sven Karlsson, Ericsson Research.   13:15  Plats: EL42. Techniques to Save Energy in Heterogeneous Multicore Architectures under QoS ConstraintsTypically, applications are run with available system resources leading to over-provisioning of resources which can lead to high energy consumption... Författare: Muhammad Waqar Azhar. Opponent: Dr. Sven Karlsson, Ericsson Research.   13:15  Plats: EL42. Maj282019 LicentiatavhandlingSingle Copper Nanoparticle OxidationCu nanoparticles are commonly used in microelectronic devices and as catalysts in, for example, methanol synthesis and methanol steam reforming reactions. However, Cu nanoparticles are prone to oxidation. During the oxidation process so-called Kir... Författare: Sara Nilsson. Opponent: Maria Messing, Lunds Universitet, Sverige.   10:30  Plats: PJ. Single Copper Nanoparticle OxidationCu nanoparticles are commonly used in microelectronic devices and as catalysts in, for example, methanol synthesis and methanol steam reforming rea... Författare: Sara Nilsson. Opponent: Maria Messing, Lunds Universitet, Sverige.   10:30  Plats: PJ. Maj282019 LicentiatavhandlingVector-valued Eisenstein series of congruence types and their productsHistorically, Kohnen and Zagier connected modular forms with period polynomials, and as a consequence of this association concluded that the products of at most two Eisenstein series span all spaces of classical modular forms of level 1. Later Bor... Författare: Jiacheng Xia. Opponent: Associate Professor, Daniel Persson, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.   13:15  Plats: Pascal-salen, Matematiska vetenskaper, Chalmers tvärgata 3, Chalmers. Vector-valued Eisenstein series of congruence types and their productsHistorically, Kohnen and Zagier connected modular forms with period polynomials, and as a consequence of this association concluded that the produc... Författare: Jiacheng Xia. Opponent: Associate Professor, Daniel Persson, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.   13:15  Plats: Pascal-salen, Matematiska vetenskaper, Chalmers tvärgata 3, Chalmers. Maj292019 LicentiatavhandlingHigh Performance Hybrid Memory Systems with 3D-stacked DRAMThe bandwidth of traditional DRAM is pin limited and so does not scale well<br />with the increasing demand of data intensive workloads limiting performance.<br />3D-stacked DRAM can alleviate this problem providing substantially higher<br />bandw... Författare: Evangelos Vasilakis. Opponent: Prof. Yale Patt University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.   10:00  Plats: Room EA, EDIT building, Rännvägen 6, Chalmers University of Technology, Campus Johanneberg. High Performance Hybrid Memory Systems with 3D-stacked DRAMThe bandwidth of traditional DRAM is pin limited and so does not scale well<br />with the increasing demand of data intensive workloads limiting pe... Författare: Evangelos Vasilakis. Opponent: Prof. Yale Patt University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A.   10:00  Plats: Room EA, EDIT building, Rännvägen 6, Chalmers University of Technology, Campus Johanneberg. Maj292019 LicentiatavhandlingRecovery actions in freight transport through real-time disruption management This thesis focuses on the management of disruption in freight transport. The management of disruption is of importance to achieve planned efficiency in the transport system by mitigating or avoiding the impacts of disruptions, such as late arriva... Författare: Per Wide. Opponent: Joakim Kembro, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, Lund University, Sweden .   13:15  Plats: Room Korsvägen (2456), Vera Sandbergs allé 8. Recovery actions in freight transport through real-time disruption management This thesis focuses on the management of disruption in freight transport. The management of disruption is of importance to achieve planned efficien... Författare: Per Wide. Opponent: Joakim Kembro, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, Lund University, Sweden .   13:15  Plats: Room Korsvägen (2456), Vera Sandbergs allé 8. Jun032019 LicentiatavhandlingHydrogen Production by Integration of Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger in Steam Reforming of Natural GasThe possibility to integrate fluidized beds as heat sources for steam reforming in hydrogen production plants is examined in this work. Sites with large-scale production and consumption of hydrogen such as refineries are considered as especially i... Författare: Viktor Stenberg. Opponent: Kent Davidsson, RISE, Borås, Sverige.   10:00  Plats: Hörsal ED, Edit-huset. Hydrogen Production by Integration of Fluidized Bed Heat Exchanger in Steam Reforming of Natural GasThe possibility to integrate fluidized beds as heat sources for steam reforming in hydrogen production plants is examined in this work. Sites with ... Författare: Viktor Stenberg. Opponent: Kent Davidsson, RISE, Borås, Sverige.   10:00  Plats: Hörsal ED, Edit-huset. Jun042019 LicentiatavhandlingMicroscopic Mechanisms of the Formation, Relaxation and Recombination of Excitons in Two-Dimensional SemiconductorsMonolayers of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) present a giant leap forward towards the realization of semiconductor devices with atomic scale thickness. As a natural consequence of their two-dimensional character TMDs exhibit a reduced die... Författare: Samuel Brem. Opponent: Bo Hellsing.   10:00  Plats: Nexus, Fysikhuset, Kemigården 1, 412 58 Göteborg. Microscopic Mechanisms of the Formation, Relaxation and Recombination of Excitons in Two-Dimensional SemiconductorsMonolayers of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) present a giant leap forward towards the realization of semiconductor devices with atomic sca... Författare: Samuel Brem. Opponent: Bo Hellsing.   10:00  Plats: Nexus, Fysikhuset, Kemigården 1, 412 58 Göteborg. Jun042019 LicentiatavhandlingDirect-Ground Cooling Systems for Office Buildings: Design and Control ConsiderationsDirect-ground cooling systems are defined as systems in which the ground is used as the only source for cooling mainly in commercial buildings. These systems benefit from exchanging heat with the ground, of which its temperature is basically const... Författare: Taha Arghand. Opponent: Signhild Gehlin, PhD, Technical Expert, Svenskt Geoenergicentrum.   13:00  Plats: SB-L 200, SB2, Sven Hultins Gata 6, Samhällsbyggnad, Chalmers. Direct-Ground Cooling Systems for Office Buildings: Design and Control ConsiderationsDirect-ground cooling systems are defined as systems in which the ground is used as the only source for cooling mainly in commercial buildings. The... Författare: Taha Arghand. Opponent: Signhild Gehlin, PhD, Technical Expert, Svenskt Geoenergicentrum.   13:00  Plats: SB-L 200, SB2, Sven Hultins Gata 6, Samhällsbyggnad, Chalmers. Jun052019 LicentiatavhandlingBuilding Verified Hardware and Verified Stacks in HOLThis thesis explores building provably correct software and hardware inside the HOL4 interactive theorem prover. Interactive theorem provers such as HOL4 are proof environments where manual (human) and automated (machine) proofs can be composed in... Författare: Andreas Lööw. Opponent: David J. Greaves, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.   10:00  Plats: ED, EDIT building, Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers University of Technology. Building Verified Hardware and Verified Stacks in HOLThis thesis explores building provably correct software and hardware inside the HOL4 interactive theorem prover. Interactive theorem provers such a... Författare: Andreas Lööw. Opponent: David J. Greaves, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.   10:00  Plats: ED, EDIT building, Hörsalsvägen 11, Chalmers University of Technology. Jun052019 LicentiatavhandlingMedium Voltage Generation System with Five-level NPC Converters for Kite Tidal PowerOffshore power generation has emerged as a prominent source of energy and the installed capacity of new plants has been steadily increasing in recent years. Tidal power specifically is a promising renewable energy source which has not been highly ... Författare: Georgios Mademlis. Opponent: Dr. Heinz Lendenmann, ABB AB, Sweden.   10:00  Plats: Room EB, Hörsalsvägen 11. Medium Voltage Generation System with Five-level NPC Converters for Kite Tidal PowerOffshore power generation has emerged as a prominent source of energy and the installed capacity of new plants has been steadily increasing in rece... Författare: Georgios Mademlis. Opponent: Dr. Heinz Lendenmann, ABB AB, Sweden.   10:00  Plats: Room EB, Hörsalsvägen 11. Jun052019 LicentiatavhandlingSustainability-, Buildability- and Performance-driven Structural DesignThe construction, maintenance and operation of infrastructure networks represent substantial impacts, both positive and negative, in all three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and environmental. The greatest possibility to reduce the... Författare: Alexandre Mathern. Opponent: Prof. Jochen Köhler, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.   13:00  Plats: SB-H8, Samhällsbyggnad, Sven Hultins Gata 6. Sustainability-, Buildability- and Performance-driven Structural DesignThe construction, maintenance and operation of infrastructure networks represent substantial impacts, both positive and negative, in all three dime... Författare: Alexandre Mathern. Opponent: Prof. Jochen Köhler, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.   13:00  Plats: SB-H8, Samhällsbyggnad, Sven Hultins Gata 6. Jun102019 LicentiatavhandlingTactical planning in engineer-to-order environmentsTactical planning is implemented to balance customer demand and supply capacity within a medium-term and to avoid under- and overcapacity. In engineer-to-order (ETO) environments, under- and overcapacity lead firms to incur substantial costs that ... Författare: Hafez Shurrab. Opponent: Björn Fagerström, Mälardalens högskola, Sverige.   10:00  Plats: Vasa C. Tactical planning in engineer-to-order environmentsTactical planning is implemented to balance customer demand and supply capacity within a medium-term and to avoid under- and overcapacity. In engin... Författare: Hafez Shurrab. Opponent: Björn Fagerström, Mälardalens högskola, Sverige.   10:00  Plats: Vasa C. Jun102019 LicentiatavhandlingOptimization Framework for Crushing PlantsOptimization is a decision-making process to utilize available resources efficiently. The use of optimization methods provide opportunities for continuous improvements, increasing competitiveness, trade-off analysis and as a support tool for the d... Författare: Kanishk Bhadani. Opponent: Dr. Mats Lindqvist, FLSmidth & Co. A/S.   10:00  Plats: Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL), Chalmers Tvärgata 4C. Optimization Framework for Crushing PlantsOptimization is a decision-making process to utilize available resources efficiently. The use of optimization methods provide opportunities for con... Författare: Kanishk Bhadani. Opponent: Dr. Mats Lindqvist, FLSmidth & Co. A/S.   10:00  Plats: Virtual Development Laboratory (VDL), Chalmers Tvärgata 4C. Jun112019 LicentiatavhandlingThe raison d'être of diffusion intermediaries in solar and wind power in SwedenRenewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind power are now mature enough to be utilized as a means to build a sustainable energy system. Regardless, the diffusion of these technologies is not always a seamless process si... Författare: Joakim Aspeteg. Opponent: Prof. Eva Heiskanen, University of Helsinki, Finland..   10:00  Plats: Vasa C. The raison d'être of diffusion intermediaries in solar and wind power in SwedenRenewable energy technologies such as solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind power are now mature enough to be utilized as a means to build a sustainabl... Författare: Joakim Aspeteg. Opponent: Prof. Eva Heiskanen, University of Helsinki, Finland..   10:00  Plats: Vasa C. Jun112019 LicentiatavhandlingTowards Entrepreneurial Engineering Pedagogy: Exploring the Unsettled Trajectories of Entrepreneurial Projects<strong>Background:</strong> Contemporary perspectives on engineering education have featured repeated calls for development of entrepreneurial ways of practicing engineering among engineering graduates, and entrepreneurial engineering pedagogy ha... Författare: Oskar Hagvall Svensson. Opponent: Per Blenker, Aarhus University, Denmark.   13:15  Plats: Vasa C. Towards Entrepreneurial Engineering Pedagogy: Exploring the Unsettled Trajectories of Entrepreneurial Projects<strong>Background:</strong> Contemporary perspectives on engineering education have featured repeated calls for development of entrepreneurial way... Författare: Oskar Hagvall Svensson. Opponent: Per Blenker, Aarhus University, Denmark.   13:15  Plats: Vasa C. Jun142019 LicentiatavhandlingDesign Aspects of Inductive Power Transfer Systems for Electric Vehicle ChargingDuring the last decade the transition towards electric propelled vehicles has had an upswing and electric vehicle (EV) sales has increased steadily. This is much due to legislations on lowering emissions but also due to lower total cost of ownersh... Författare: Daniel Pehrman. Opponent: Dr. Ener Salinas, ABB Corporate Research.   10:00  Plats: EB. Design Aspects of Inductive Power Transfer Systems for Electric Vehicle ChargingDuring the last decade the transition towards electric propelled vehicles has had an upswing and electric vehicle (EV) sales has increased steadily... Författare: Daniel Pehrman. Opponent: Dr. Ener Salinas, ABB Corporate Research.   10:00  Plats: EB.