Johan Ölvander

Academic qualifications

• 2011 Professor in Engineering Design, Linköping University.
• 2009 Professor in Machine Design, Linköping University.
• 2005 Docent (Associate Professor) in Machine Design, Linköping University.
• 2001 Dissertation: Multiobjective Optimization in Engineering Design-Applications to Fluid Power Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
• 1999-2000 Visiting scholar at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. Worked together with Professor David Wallace in the CADlab at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. 
• 1997 Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden. Major in Computers in Mechanical Engineering.

Teaching

• Program: Civ. ing. M och DPU. Master MEC, Aero
• Courses: TMKT48, TMKT82 TMPP01, TMPM01, TMKT39

Board assignments

• Deputy head (pro-prefekt) of the Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, 2012 - .
• Member of the board of the Mechanical Engineering program committee (MD-nämnden), 2009-.
• Member of the board of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Linköping University, 2003-2006. 
• Program coordinator for the International Master Program in Mechanical Engineering, 2007 - 2011. 
• Director of studies for the Product Development specialization on the Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Design and Product Development master programs, 2009-2011. 
• Member of the steering committee for Result Center™ run by SSF (http://www.kunskapsturnen.se), 2004-.

Scholarships and awards

• Ingeströmska stiftelsen, CF, awarded scholarship for research overseas, 1999, 100 000 SEK. 
• Tryggve Holm scholarship, LiU, awarded for outstanding academic achievements, 1996.
• Best paper award, Bath Workshop on Power Transmission and Motion Control, 2002.
• The TekIT Prize, for the IT project with the highest PR value, awarded to the Evolve project, 2005
• Dean’s appreciation letter for good teaching achievements 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011.