Public defence of doctoral thesis at Linköping University

Lisa Viktorsson, at Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, defends her thesis titled ”Health Care Utilization among Young Adults in Primary and Emergency Health Care: The Need for Support, the Capacity to Support, and the Communication in between”. Opponent: Adjunct Professor Boel Andersson Gäre, Jönköping University. Language: Swedish.

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Abhijna Neramballi at Division of Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Demystifying and Guiding Product-Service System Designing: A cognitive perspective towards environmental sustainability and business competitiveness". Opponent is Laura Hay, Department of Design, Manufacturing and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, UK.  Language: English. The event is open to the public. Please contact Lisa Franzen (lisa.franzen@liu.se) no later than 2nd of December, to get access to the Microsoft Teams link to join the defence online.

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Karin Höjer Holmgren, at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, will defend her PhD thesis "Route attribution of chemical warfare agents - retrospective classification of unknown threat samples".Opponent is Professor Peter Haglund, Umeå University.

Hamid Ghorbani Shiraz, at the Department of Science and Technology, defends the thesis “Electrochemical reduction of protons and organic molecules in hydrogen technologies”. The event is open to the public. Language: English. Faculty opponent is Professor Ola Wendt, Lund University, Sweden. Supervisor is Magnus Berggren, LiU.

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Pia Andersen, at Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, defends her thesis entitled ”Implementation of physical activity on prescription in routine healthcare with access to physical activity counsellors”. Opponent: Professor Lars Weinehall, Umeå university. Host: professor Per Nilsen, HMV.  The event is open to the public. Language: Swedish. 

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Adrian Horga, at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), defends his thesis entitled "Performance and Security Analysis for GPU-Based Applications". Main supervisor: Petru Eles, Professor emeritus, IDA. Opponent: Nicola Bombieri, Associate Professor, University of Verona, Italy. Chairman: Nahid Shahmehri, Professor emerita, IDA. The event is public and held in English. 

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Stina Gunnarsson, at Department of Health,  Medicine and Caring Sciences, defends her thesis titled ”What makes a patient satisfied with intrathecal baclofen treatment for spasticity: Expectations and experiences”. Opponent is Docent Anna Danielsson, University of Gothenburg. Language: Swedish.

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Viktor Leek, at the Department of Electrical Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Optimal Control for Energy Efficient Vehicle Propulsion: Methodology, Application, and Tools". The event is open to the public. Language: English. Supervisor: Professor Lars Eriksson, Associate Prof. Jan Åslund, LiU. Opponent: Prof. Giorgio Rizzoni, The Ohio State University, USA.

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Beatrice Byukusenge defends her doctoral thesis entitled “Residual Analysis in the GMANOVA-MANOVA Model". Opponent is Daniel Klein, Associate Professor, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Slovakia.

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Maria Xeroudaki, at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, defends her doctoral thesis "Advanced surgeries, medicines and materials for corneal regeneration". Opponent is Professor Stefan Schrader, Universität Oldenburg, Germany. The defense takes place on site in Belladonna, Campus US. For questions, contact supervisor Neil Lagali.

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Mattias Tiger, at the Department of Computer and Information Science (IDA), defends his thesis entitled "Safety-Aware Autonomous Systems: Preparing Robots for Life in the Real World". Main supervisor: Fredrik Heintz, Professor, IDA. Opponent: Rachid Alami, Dr., LAAS-CNRS, France. Chairman: Fredrik Lindsten, Professor, IDA. The event is public and held in English. 

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Jianwei Yu, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), defends his doctoral thesis "The Influence of Energy Levels on Voltage Losses and Charge Generation in Organic Solar Cells". Opponent: Professor Christoph J. Brabec, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. 

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Jimmy Hammarbäck, at the Department of Science and Technology, defends the licentiate thesis “Modelling fighter pilot intent for future manned-unmanned teaming”. The event is open to the public. Language: English. Faculty opponent is  Professor Thomas Porathe, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Supervisor is Jonas Lundberg, LiU.

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Vincent Umutabazi at the Department of Mathematics, defends his thesis entitled Boolean complexes of involutions and smooth intervals in Coxeter groups". The opponent is  Christian Stump, Professor, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. 

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Hannes Wemming at Division of Solid Mechanics, Department of Management and Engineering, defends his thesis entitled "Experiments and modelling of composite-aluminium bolted joints". Opponent is Associate Professor Stefan Hallström, KTH. The event is open to the public. Language: Swedish

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Mona Ahlberg, at the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, is defending her doctoral thesis entitled "Being cared for in an Intensive Care Unit – family functioning and support". The opponent is Professor Åsa Engström, Luleå University. 

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​Rouzbeh Samii, at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, will defend his PhD thesis "Group 11–14 Triazenides: Synthesis, characterization, and thermal evaluation for use in chemical vapor deposition". Opponent is Professor Andrew Johnson, University of Bath.

Thirza Poot, at the department of physics, chemistry and biology, defends her licentiate exam “Sustainable Surface Functionalization of Lightweight Materials Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles Replacing Chromium in Anodic coatings and Carbon Nanomaterials for Lightning Strike Protection”. Opponent is Mats Eriksson, LiU.

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Viktor Sköld Gustafsson, at the Department of Science and Technology, defends the licentiate thesis “ Decision Support for Emergency Response to Multiple Natural Hazards – Challenges and Needs”. The event is open to the public. Language: English. Faculty opponent is  Professor Margaret McNamee, Lund University, Sweden. Supervisor is Tobias Andersson Granberg.

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Yaoska Reyes, at the Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, defends her doctoral thesis "Norovirus and rotavirus susceptibility – studies from a birth cohort". Opponent is Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, PATH, Geneva, Switzerland. The defense takes place in Belladonna, House 511, Campus US, Linköping.

Chih-Yuan Lin at the Dept of Computer and Information Science (IDA) defends her thesis entitled "Network-based Anomaly Detection for SCADA Systems: Traffic Generation and Modeling". Main supervisor: Simin Nadjm-Tehrani, Prof, IDA. Opponent: Aditya Mathur, Senior Prof, Purdue University, USA/iTrust, Singapore University of Technology and Design. Chair: Nahid Shahmehri, Prof emerita, IDA. The event is public and held in English. For a link to the event on Zoom, please contact Anne Moe by email.

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Filip Bergman at the division of Environmental Technology and Management, Department of  Management and Engineering defends his licentiate examination entitled "Sustainability performance of Multi-utility tunnels".  Supervisor: Joakim Johansson, senior associate professor, LiU. Opponent is dr Sofia Lingegård, KTH. The event is open to the public.

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Yashar Gholami, at the Department of Science and Technology, defends the licentiate thesis “Adoption of Digital Technologies in Construction: Effects on logistics processes”. The event is open to the public. Language: English. Faculty opponent is  Assistant Professor Fredrik Tiedmann, Jönköping University, Sweden. Supervisor is Martin Rudberg.

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