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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, LTH

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ContentsDean 4

Undergraduate Studies 6

Student Intake 7

International Collaboration 11

International Student Exchange 12

Postgraduate Studies 13

Research 15

EU-funded Research 16

Contacts with Industry 17

Personnel 18

Honorary Doctors 21

Awards and Grants 22

Finance 24

Key Facts and Figures 30

The Board 32

The New Senior Management Team at LTH 34

3 Annual Report l 2007

Faculty of Engineering, LTH

From July 2007 our Master’s programmes in engineering were extended by six months, which means that they are of the same length as the equivalent international Master’s degrees. This provides students with the opportunity to specialise in a particular area, which, for example, may pave the way for postgraduate studies. It also allows stu-dents to spend a period of time in industry in preparation for their professional career. Engineering training can take place in the form of courses which have been developed, and continue to be developed, in close collaboration with various companies.

Master’s graduates in engineering have a good repu-tation in Swedish industry. LTH has therefore decided to devote a large proportion of its developmental efforts to these programmes, and an increase in the number of applicants to several programmes has been seen during the past year. International Master’s programmes at LTH have hitherto been established as a complement to the main engineering programmes, and teaching is mainly carried out in English. If the need should arise, the range of pro-grammes can quickly be extended to meet the demands of industry and society, both in Sweden and internationally.

LTH is continuing to develop its collaboration with Campus Helsingborg, and offers engineering courses as a supplement to their courses in service management. In this way, local demands, for example, in logistics, are met.

During 2007, LTH received its international scientific advisors for the first time. It is important that we ensure that LTH can meet international competition in both teaching and research. LTH received praise for its activi-ties, as well as some useful suggestions for changes and new initiatives. The advisors underlined the importance of strategic reasoning in LTH’s activities in order to continue to develop excellence and leadership, and suggested that collaboration with industry and society should be increased. The importance of the engagement of professors in undergraduate teaching was stressed, as was joint responsibility for the core subjects of the engineer-ing programmes. They also pointed out that the impor-tance of the participation of LTH and its staff in public debate should not be underestimated, as this affects the

attractiveness of, and interest in, teaching and research. This is of great importance in the increasing use of ranking that can be expected in the future. Collaboration with alumni must also be expanded in order to increase contact with society.

Collaboration with other faculties of Lund University is a requirement for LTH’s rapid development. Inter-faculty collaboration strengthens our competitiveness in obtaining research grants, both within Sweden and inter-nationally. LTH has been successful in obtaining grants from Swedish Research Councils and the EU. This is an important development as research at LTH is very depend-ent on external resources, and as success is often measured in terms of the amount of research funding obtained.

The University’s efforts in entrepreneurship and in-novation are also important in the commercialisation of research results. During the past year, an “incubator” has been established at the Biomedical Centre, and similar initiatives can be expected at other centres during com-ing years. While LTH is successful in gaining external funding, the government appropriation for research and postgraduate education is also important for the basic financing of our activities. The international evaluation of the University, which has been instituted to evaluate research groups within the University, will be of the ut-most importance for LTH’s departments and their future strategy, as well as their ability to obtain a share of the grants awarded to the University. Once again, excellence will be a decisive factor.

LTH is an open and dynamic organisation, which continues to develop and play an ever increasing role in the development of the future, especially in southern Sweden. As this is my last annual report as Dean of LTH, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all involved for the fantastic time I have had. It is difficult to imagine a more exciting environment in which to work if one takes advantage of opportunities as they arise.

Professor Gunilla JönsonDean of LTH

Continuous Development



In 2007 a new Higher Education Ordinance came into effect in Sweden. The reforms were brought about by the Bologna process, a process in which 45 European countries together radically modernised their educational systems.

The Swedish reforms were based on the government bill from 2005, “A New World – A New University”, and the government’s decision in 2006 to introduce three levels of university education, a new credit system and, perhaps most important of all, a structure defining the aims and goals of courses and degrees with the focus on students’ learning.

2007 has been a year of intense activity at LTH in development and quality assurance on all levels. For example, as a result of the extension of our degree pro-grammes in engineering and architecture, the curricula have been extensively revised. LTH has introduced a “soft” 3+2 system for the longer professional programmes, with a common form and clear progression.

Drawing on their dedication, experience, subject knowledge and teaching skills, staff at LTH have worked relentlessly to revise all the course curricula. The quality of teaching has been improved, and quality is further assured by a clearer connection between aims, teaching methods and examination.

In May of 2007 The National Agency for Higher Education presented a shocking and critical evaluation of LTH’s programme in Industrial Design. Various measures were instigated in the autumn of 2007, in collaboration with the University’s Office of Evaluation, to improve and clarify the unique profile and strong points of the programme.

Interest in studying at LTH led to increased admis-sions in 2007. Despite smaller numbers of school-leavers, the number of first-choice application rose by 7 percent. LTH has been the most successful of Sweden’s technical

universities and faculties in maintaining its number of applicants over the past three years. Interest in the Bachelor’s programme in Civil Engineering reached new heights, and over one hundred students were admitted to the programme in Helsingborg. The proportion of women admitted over the past two years shows a clear increase.

A China Profile has been introduced in the Master’s programmes in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information & Communications Engineering. Special efforts were made to recruit students in collaboration with industry, resulting in a 50% increase in applications to these programmes. The China Profile is yet another example of the unique and attractive programmes offered by LTH, made possible by being part of Scandinavia’s largest and most comprehensive university.

The total number of students at LTH, expressed as full-time equivalents, fell marginally during 2007. However, the performance of students on engineering Master’s pro-grammes increased from 86 to 88 percent. The number of degrees awarded fell by just over 10 percent, from 1011 to 892. The reason for this is that the reduction in the number of students graduating in the traditional subjects of Electrical, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering, and Engineering Physics, was not completely compensated for by the increase in graduates in new programmes such as Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering and Industrial Management & Engineering. The increased activity in the building sector and the opportunity of extended studies in LTH’s International Master’s programme also seem to have had negative effects on these statistics.

2007 will go down in history as the year of the Bologna reform. Undergraduate teaching at LTH is now even better prepared to offer modern professional degree programmes of high international quality, preparing young professionals for the global workplace.

Undergraduate Studies

Professor Per WarfvingeAssistant Dean for Education

6 2007 l Annual Report


Student IntakeNumber of full-time student equivalents (FTE), annual performance equivalents (APE) and degrees awarded (DEG) in the calendar years 2006 and 2007

2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006

FTE APE APE/FTE% DEG FTE APE APE/FTE% DEG

Master’s degrees in

Biotechnology 265 233 88 41 273 235 86 30

Computer Science 374 323 86 70 391 325 83 69

Environmental Engineering 208 191 92 41 208 183 88 35

Electrical Engineering 261 236 90 80 301 278 92 104

Industrial Management & Engineering

402 340 85 71 363 298 82 58

Information and Communication Engineering

115 103 90 16 133 116 87 17

Chemical Engineering 169 157 93 37 183 170 93 66

Surveying 217 184 85 32 198 180 91 18

Mechanical Engineering 702 608 87 116 708 599 85 132

Risk Management 84 78 93 18 75 70 93 36

Engineering Physics 375 325 87 56 406 337 83 77

Engineering Mathematics 141 111 79 11 134 101 75 4

Engineering Nanoscience 171 137 80 1 147 114 78

Civil Engineering 453 424 94 78 427 397 93 91

Other 1

Total Master’s degrees 3937 3450 668 3947 3403 738

Architecture 253 226 89 56 249 219 88 48

Fire Engineering 151 145 96 29 153 141 92 41

Industrial Design 130 112 86 14 125 114 91 15

Total Arch, FE, ID 534 483 99 527 474 104

Bachelor’s degrees in

Biotechnology 3.7 8 8 17 8

Civil Engineering 200 188 94 19 193 169 88 26

Computer Science 51 44 86 6 63 47 75 5

Electrical Engineering 0.6 2.5 8 6.5 9.1 11

Geomatics 0.25

Chemical Engineering 1.2 3 3,5 6,6 9

Multimedia Engineering 7.5 11.9 3 27 31 12

Production Engineering 0.1 0.1 0.42 0.5 2

Software Engineering 0.5 2.5 4 7.2 9.2 8

Total Bachelor’s degrees 260 254 51 291 264 81

International Master’s programmes 127 107 84 45 111 103 93 68

Continuation course for BSc graduates

2 0.3 1.1 4

Vocational Food Technology 51.5 66 128 27 60 36 60 16

Foundation Year 39.5 38 96 49 46 94

Separate course modules etc 380 303 80 398 321 81

Technology Management,(Economics students)

36 35 97 26 21 81




Source of information leading to choice of LTH

2007 2006 2005

Internet 27% 23% 18%

Friends 17% 22% 21%

Family 17% 16% 15%

LTH prospectus 16% 20% 22%

Visited LTH 11% 11% 14%

LTH students 8% 7% 7%

VHS* Directory 5% 8% 10%

Schoolteachers 2% 3% 3%

School career advisor

2% 3% 2%

*VHS = National Agency for Higher Education

Where do our students come from?

Skåne Gothenburg Stockholm Central Sweden

2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006

Lund total 55% 52% 9% 8% 10% 10% 8% 10%

Helsingborg total 78% 73% 6% 1% 8%

Electrical Engineering 75% 76% 4% 0% 7% 2% 3% 6%

Computer Science 69% 78% 1% 3% 8% 3% 3% 2%

InfoCom 59% 71% 10% 7% 0% 4% 10% 4%

Engineering Physics 63% 48% 7% 6% 6% 11% 11% 10%

Chemical Engineering 61% 72% 2% 4% 7% 7% 4% 7%

Architecture 45% 49% 7% 13% 20% 13% 11% 13%

Biotechnology 67% 61% 8% 15% 6% 3% 6% 7%

Nanoscience 44% 43% 13% 9% 13% 2% 7% 11%

Mechanical Engineering 66% 54% 9% 9% 7% 9% 6% 9%

Engineering Mathematics 43% 32% 6% 18% 11% 9% 17% 12%

Civil Engineering 48% 45% 10% 6% 9% 10% 8% 16%

Environmental Engineering 42% 46% 18% 10% 10% 10% 11% 17%

Industrial Engineering and Management

38% 34% 14% 11% 22% 25% 6% 7%

Industrial Design 42% 40% 17% 8% 21% 28% 4% 12%

Surveying 55% 35% 13% 11% 3% 6% 9% 19%

Fire Safety Engineering 32% 33% 9% 4% 18% 13% 21% 19%

Computer Science (Hbg) 30% 90% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5%

Civil Engineering and RoadDesign and Traffic

67% 83% 0% 0% 7% 0% 0% 0%

Civil Engineering & Architecture

77% 63% 3% 9% 7% 1% 3% 13%

Civil Engineering andRailway Design

72% 77% 10% 8% 0% 0% 7% 8%

Foundation Year 86% 79% 14% 5% 0% 3% 0% 3%

Reasons for choosing LTH

Close to home

Good reputation

City of Lund

2007 39% 73% 67%

2006 34% 72% 65%

2005 37% 67% 68%

2004 39% 67% 68%

2003 40% 70% 68%

2002 35% 67% 68%

2001 37% 65% 72%

2000 40% 58% 67%

1999 40% 54% 65%

1998 41% 53% 65%

1997 37% 34% 47%

1996 48% 37% 27%

1995 54% 26% 39%




Source of information leading to choice of LTH programme

Prospectus Friends Internet Family Visited LTH

LTH totalt 16% 16% 27% 17% 11%

Surveying 23% 15% 32% 11% 8%

Environmental Engineering 25% 15% 35% 11% 10%

Nanoscience 24% 11% 31% 16% 27%

Chemical Engineering 13% 24% 15% 9% 17%

Civil Engineering 17% 31% 21% 19% 6%

Biotechnology 21% 21% 30% 19% 6%

Engineering Mathematics 22% 6% 39% 6% 6%

Fire Safety Engineering 14% 18% 44% 5% 9%

Engineering Physics 17% 16% 29% 13% 0%

Electrical Engineering 13% 25% 25% 17% 16%

Industrial Engineeringand Management

15% 32% 16% 24% 8%

InfoCom 17% 24% 38% 10% 7%

Computer Science 14% 19% 24% 19% 16%

Industrial Design 16% 36% 44% 8% 12%

Mechanical Engineering 11% 28% 19% 28% 9%

Architecture 9% 20% 30% 20% 14%

Proportion of women admitted (%)

2007 2006 2005

MSc programmes 28 27 22

BSc programmes 18 20 15

Architecture 55 59 55

Fire Safety Engineering 24 21 29

Industrial Design 69 56 50

InternationalMaster’s Programmes

26 25 30



Like most university lecturers, Dan Hessman combines teaching with research. About half of his time is devoted to teaching, mainly on the programmes in Engineering Nanoscience and Engineering Physics.

Together with a number of colleagues, he has developed a new course, “Quantum phenomena and nanotechnology”, which is now given in the early stages of both pro-grammes mentioned above. The lecturers who developed the course have experimented with new ways of helping students learn the abstract subject of quantum mechanics. They hope that students will be able to understand these new concepts through applications in nanotechnology. The con-tent of the course is thus more directed towards engineering than is usual for such courses and, somewhat paradoxically, not as mathematically complicated.

“It’s interesting in this context to see how biology and physics come together. Biologists are working more with processes on the molecular level, at the same time as physicists are investigating more complex structures. The programme in Engineering Nanoscience reflects this development in that courses in physics are combined with chemistry and biology in a unique way. This is actually more characteristic of nanoscience than the common description of manipulating individual atoms.”

During 2007 Dan and his colleagues obtained approval for a new 1-year Master’s programme in nanoscience. By recruiting

students from other universities they hope to compensate for the large number of students choosing to study their final year abroad.

Nanotechnology has become a common concept during recent years. Dan Hessman believes that it has now entered a phase of maturation. The first students on the programme will graduate during the spring of 2008, and Dan hopes that they will be in demand on the labour market.

“It’ll be interesting to see where they end up – we are naturally responsible to some degree for helping them find the right niche.”

Lecturer in Solid State Physics

Dan Hessman



International Collaboration Work has continued in attracting more of LTH’s under-graduate students to studies abroad. Various arrange-ments took place during 2007 to inform both Swedish students and visiting students – several in co-operation with the International Secretariat and other faculties of Lund University. The application procedure has been further simplified, and both information and application forms have been made available on the Internet. The dates for application to exchange programmes run by Lund University and LTH have been synchronised in order to facilitate the process for the students. New ranking criteria for LTH students have also been developed and imple-mented during the year in order to make selection as fair as possible.

Efforts to attract students to China, initiated in 2006, paid off in 2007. Three new exchange agreements were signed with Shanghai Jiao Tong, Zhejiang University and Xiamen University. The first student from LTH started studies in computer science at Xiamen University dur-ing the autumn term. A summer course, especially for environmental engineering students, was arranged for the first time at the same university, in which eight LTH students carried out projects together with a Chinese student during a period of 4 weeks, under the supervision of a Chinese supervisor. Lecturers from LTH were present at the beginning and end of the course, which was much appreciated by all those involved.

The China Profile, open to students on the Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information & Communications Engineering programmes, has become more concrete, and the first students were admitted during the autumn term. They will study the Chinese language and Chinese culture in Lund during the first two years of the programme, and their fifth semester will be spent at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. During this semester they will study compulsory Swedish courses, together with Chinese students, given by lecturers from LTH in English, as well as more advanced courses in the Chinese language and society. There will also be opportunities to study and carry out projects in China later in the programme. A new course, “Chinese for Engineers”, has been introduced, and

is given by the Centre for Languages and Literature at Lund University.

As usual, universities in North America proved popular among LTH’s students, and many have had the opportunity to study there due to the fact that LTH is a popular destination for students from that continent. Interest in studying in Asia increased during the year, but many students still choose to study in Europe.

The Magalhães/SMILE network, directed towards South America, together with a new agreement with Mexico, has led to an increase in university student exchange with that continent.

Most incoming students still originate from Europe, mainly France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The total number of incoming students was about the same as last year, while the number of LTH students studying abroad decreased somewhat. The latter can probably be explained by the fact that there are fewer students in the years in which foreign studies are appropriate.

The three International Master’s programmes that were started in 2002, Bio- and Food Technology, System-on-Chip and Water Resources, have shown very good results: 81% of those admitted have graduated. During 2007 the programme in Bio- and Food Technology was divided into two separate programmes, Biotechnology and Food Technology. Two new programmes were intro-duced in 2007, Sustainable Urban Design and Wireless Communications, and the first students were admitted to these programmes in the autumn semester. A total of 111 students were admitted to LTH’s International Master’s programmes. The Board of LTH decided in December 2007 to introduce two new programmes: Photonics and Nanoscience. Foreign students continued to have consid-erable problems obtaining visas during 2007.

The traditional trip around Skåne was organised in August for new students, and a graduation ceremony in the University Building in December for those who had completed their studies.

During the autumn of 2007, a new International Policy for LTH was developed for the period 2008-2011. The Board adopted this policy in December.

Professor Per HaganderAssistant Dean for International Affairs



International Student Exchange

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Architecture 40

Fire Safety Engineering 2

Computer Science 7

Industrial Design 12

InfoCom 3

Electrical Engineering 4

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Biotechnology 21

Chemical Engineering 6

Surveying 3

Mechanical Engineering 22

Risk Management 2

Engineering Physics 26

Engineering Mathematics 10

Civil & Traffic Engineering 9

Environmental Engineering 13

Nanoscience 12

Master’s projects 80

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Postgraduate StudiesThe number of degrees awarded in postgraduate studies continued to be high in 2007, with over 120 doctorates being awarded. The number of postgraduate students admitted had fallen over a number of years previous to this, but the numbers have now increased again.

The number of postgraduates with completely updat-ed individual study plans increased during the year, but there are still some whose compulsory study plans are not up to date. Efforts are being made to remedy this situation by systematisation through the faculty’s four directors of postgraduate studies.

The course for senior lecturers given at LTH now includes instruction in supervising postgraduate students,

Professor Klas Malmqvist Deputy Dean

providing participants with the qualifications necessary for supervision. The few senior supervisors who have not yet received this training will be given the opportunity to participate in a two-day course.

The Board for Postgraduate Studies has continued the development of various quality assessment instruments. During 2007 the board initiated closer co-operation with the Research Senate at LTH where current research and research policy are discussed. The aim of this was to en-sure the appropriate constitution of examination boards for postgraduate degrees.

Postgraduate students 2007 –2002

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002

Total number enrolled 105 121 86 107 167 139

Women (%) 34 26 34 33 30 27

PhDs awarded 121 117 135 127 114 95

Women (%) 32 34 24 28 29 33

Licentiates awarded 38 59 73 63 91 77

Women (%) 16 31 27 30 24 22



Mathias is 27 years old, and 2007 was his second year as a postgraduate student. He studied me-chanical engineering at LTH from 2000 to 2006. Apart from a few summer jobs, his first contact with industry was as a postgraduate student. Now he spends quite a lot of time at a number of companies, and finds it very interesting.

Mathias is working on a research project led by Carin Andersson, and financed by Vinnova (the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems). Six companies are participating in the project, where Mathias is doing his case studies. The aim is to develop a simple computer program that can calculate the economic consequences of making changes in the production process. Initially, the program will be applicable to serial production in the manufacturing industry, where it is hoped to develop a generally applicable IT tool.

“I combine economic manufacturing simula-tions with systematic production analysis. With the right input data you can see where the great-est reductions in manufacturing costs can be made.”

Work on the case studies at the various com-panies took up most of Mathias’ time during 2007. He has also been in charge of problem-

solving classes for mechanical engineering students. 2008 will involve a considerable amount of software development, in which he will receive help from Professor Per Runeson. The IT division at one of the companies will also be helping him. He may present his Licentiate dissertation at the end of 2008. Vinnova’s financing will cease then, and Carin Andersson intends to seek further funding for the rest of Mathias’ postgraduate studies. After his gradu-ation, Mathias intends to apply for a job in industry.

Postgraduate student in Production and Materials Engineering

Mathias Jönsson



ResearchResearch at LTH continued to develop well during 2007. Lund University holds a strong position in research in Sweden, and LTH plays a very important role. LTH benefits greatly from being part of the University’s broad research and teaching organisation, which offers exception-ally good opportunities for inter- and multidisciplinary research in broad areas, which is vital bearing in mind the way in which research is financed today. The fact that LTH was awarded two so-called FAS (The Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research) centres during 2007 is evidence of its success in research. Research in LTH’s existing centres continues to be successful. Moreover, several young researchers at LTH have been awarded various distinctions and grants, in both national and international competition.

An increasing number of projects are being carried out at LTH within the EU’s framework programmes, some of which are co-ordinated by LTH. Despite problems associated with contributions to university overheads, the EU is an import source of LTH’s external funding for research. LTH also has two Large-scale Facilities and several Training Sites for postgraduate students.

A number of lecturers have been promoted to professor during the year, illustrating the high academic level at LTH.




EU-funded ResearchThe EU’s Seventh Framework ProgrammeIn 2007, the EU initiated its Seventh Framework Programme (RP7), and a number of invitations to apply for grants were announced. Research groups at LTH were very active, and participated in a number of applications. The total amount awarded for 2007 within RP7 is not yet known, but by the end of the year 2007, fourteen projects with participants from LTH had been selected for grant agreement negotiations . Three of these projects are coor-dinated by researchers at LTH. These are (project name):

• MehriSanati(Greensyngas),ErgonomicsandAerosolTechnology, (Collaborative project in the Energy pro-gramme)

• Knut Deppert (AMON-RA), Solid State Physics,(Collaborative project in the programme Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production tech-nologies)

• CharlotteMagnusson(HAPTIMAP),Certec,(Colla-borative project in the programme Information & communication technologies)

We are also pleased to report that Fredrik Kahl (Mathe-matics, LTH) was awarded a Starting Independent Researcher Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) in stiff international competition.

EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (2002 – 2006) – Final summaryThe EU’s Sixth Framework Programme (RP6) was concluded in 2006. The final contracts of RP6 were, however, signed as late as 2007. Several projects awarded funding under RP6 will therefore run in parallel with new RP7 projects during the coming years. In summary, Lund University participated in 244 projects in RP6, and in terms of the number of projects and the amount of funding awarded, Lund University was the largest Swedish participant.

LTH is well represented, and accounts for 100 of the 244 projects at the university. Researchers from LTH coordinated 8 of these projects. The total financial sup-port provided to LTH by RP6 is about €28 million. LTH has been involved mainly in the following programmes: Information society technologies (29 projects), Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems (19 projects) and Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices (14 projects).

Apart from the EU’s framework programme, researchers from LTH also participated in other EU-financed pro-grammes.



Contacts with Industry

Revenue from private Swedish companies (SEK million)

2007 2006 2005

Revenue 70 67 80

Change 5% -16% -9%

5% of LTH’s total income for 2007 is derived from private Swedish companies.

Our collaboration with industry is influenced by the distinctive commercial structure in the vicinity of LTH, namely few but large companies, and few trade research institutes. We have very good contact with a number of sectors, and many companies understand that LTH’s greatest contribution lies in knowledge transfer through master’s projects and employing students after graduation. Apart from this, some departments at LTH have fruitful R&D collaboration directly with several companies.

In 2006 LTH established an Industry and Commerce Council including senior representatives from a number of regional companies of special interest to LTH. During

2007 discussions continued with this council, not only on the subject of undergraduate teaching and research, but also on the possibility of introducing engineering train-ing in the form of a course. This type of industry-related course, came closer to realization during 2007 with the signing of a large number of contracts with companies prepared to take part in this form of teaching, which is unique in Sweden.




Personnel

Academic Development UnitThe core activities of the Academic Development Unit at LTH, Genombrottet (Breakthrough), are pedagogical training at university level, consulting services, evalua-tion, applied research in pedagogics, the dissemination of knowledge and providing opportunities for scholarly conversations, and the assessment of pedagogical qualifi-cations.

The main remit of Genombrottet is to provide further education and training in pedagogics for university lectur-ers. The courses offered are being continuously developed, and new courses introduced. During 2007, 164 teachers at LTH took part in 332 weeks of courses qualifying them for teaching at university level. Each course involves the presentation of a university pedagogical project related to

Equal Opportunities and Sexual EqualityDuring the course of 2007, LTH’s Group for Gender Equality and Equal Opportunities completed a plan of action for equal opportunities among students, and updated LTH’s Gender Equality Policy.

The group has also been engaged during the past year in the implementation of the goals prescribed in various plans and policies. To this end, resources have, for exam-ple, been made available to the underrepresented gender in the form of financial support. This has resulted in a

number of women being able to devote time to furthering their qualifications.

Work is also continuing with Flickor på Teknis, a joint project run together with upper secondary schools, aimed at attracting more female students to LTH.

A leaflet providing information on discrimination and equality of students has also been produced and made available to all LTH’s employees and students.

Trends in personnel The past few years have seen a steady decrease in the number of employees at LTH, partly due to a reduction in the numbers of students applying to certain programmes, and partly to changes in the financing of research. This had led to a reduction in the number of postgraduate stu-dents, from 522 in 2002 to 352 in October 2007.

During 2007 LTH set aside funds for 11 new post-doctoral fellows, 8 of which are for the whole university.

Revision of the administrative organisation and its systems and routines has been initiated during the past year, in order to meet increasing demands for high quality and cost efficiency, and to ensure the necessary support for research and teaching at LTH.

teaching at LTH. Several of the projects have been pre-sented outside LTH.

During the course of 2007, Genombrottet has been involved in a larger project concerned with the evalua-tion of teaching qualifications at Mälardalen University in Västerås. The evaluation of pedagogical competence is a growing part of our work, and 15 evaluations have been carried out this year. Research and development projects of importance for teaching at LTH are also conducted within Genombrottet. During the past year, several articles have been published in scientific journals, and our work has been presented at a number of national and international conferences.



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Age distribution of personnel

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Year < 34 35-44 45-54 55-59 >60 < 34 35-44 45-54 55-59 >60 TOTAL

Professors 0 1 10 4 6 0 15 51 33 40 159

Lectures 1 12 16 2 7 13 44 46 20 18 177

Teaching assistants 0 7 5 4 6 3 6 9 17 8 64

Postdoctoral fellows 2 5 1 0 0 9 18 2 0 0 37

Visiting/hourly paid teachers 0 2 1 1 1 4 5 3 2 2 21

Postgraduate students 100 9 2 0 0 214 24 3 0 0 352

Other teaching and research staff 22 12 3 4 4 38 38 21 13 15 169

Technical staff 1 0 3 3 6 2 8 7 12 14 55

Administrative staff 11 24 40 27 35 9 13 9 4 7 178

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TOTAL 138 73 84 45 65 292 171 149 101 105 1222

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Since the reform of 1999, a total of 115 lecturers have been promoted to professor at LTH, most of them men. Women are underrepresented among professors and lecturers.

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Honorary DoctorsChunli Bai Chunli Bai is Professor and Executive Vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and President of the Graduate School of CAS with 30,000 students. He is also a world-leading scientist within nanoscience and nanotechnology and is the Director of the China National Centre for Nanoscience and Technology. Professor Bai has a long list of scientific publications and has won several prestigious prizes for his academic achievements. He has been a visiting scientist at universities and institutes in Japan and the US. The Faculty of Engineering, LTH, at Lund University, confers the title of honorary doctor on Professor Bai for his valuable contributions to the de-velopment of research cooperation and study exchange programmes between LTH, Lund University, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His promotion of scientific exchange between LTH and CAS within nanoscience and nanotechnology is particularly noteworthy, leading to a number of visits to conferences, lectures etc. for researchers in both countries.

Mats Lindoff Mats Lindoff, MSc is the Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Through technology management positions at Ericsson and Sony Ericsson, he has contribut-ed greatly to the development of mobile phone standards, beginning with the analogue standard NMT in the 1990s, via the GSM digital standard and to today’s Bluetooth and 3G. In addition, innovative challenges such as the scan-ning C-pen from ANOTO can be added to the list. With

vision and enthusiasm he has encouraged and supported colleagues and other actors in the engineering community to the benefit of the whole region of southern Sweden. Throughout his career at Ericsson Mats Lindoff has collaborated with the The Faculty of Engineering, LTH, at Lund University, and serves as an excellent ambassador for the research carried out at LTH and as a model for the engineering students.

Richard Murray Richard Murray is Professor of the California Institute of Technology, Caltech, and Director of Information Science and Technology. He is a world-leading scientist in the field of control and dynamical systems with an outstanding publication record and prestigious awards. The title of honorary doctor has been conferred upon Professor Murray for his invaluable contributions to the exchange of students and personnel between the The Faculty of Engineering, LTH, at Lund University, and Caltech, as well as joint development of courses and teaching mate-rial. Collaboration between LTH and Caltech dates back more than ten years and has led to the establishment of a formal exchange agreement. Several students from LTH have participated in projects supervised by Murray through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships at Caltech. Doctoral students and post-docs at LTH and Caltech have also been exchanged in both directions. In addition, sabbaticals and guest lectures contribute to this fruitful collaboration.



Awards and GrantsProfessor Lars J Nilsson was awarded SEK 5.8 million by The Swedish Energy Agency, STEM , for a project together with the Luleå University of Technology, “Adaptation and Competitiveness in Basic Industry”.

Professor Karl-Erik Årzén, Department of Automatic Control, received The Guido Carlo-Stella Award from WBF – The Forum for Automation and Manufacturing Professionals.

The Swedish Energy Agency, STEM , awarded Frederik Ossler, researcher, and professors Per-Erik Bengtsson and Knut Deppert, SEK 2.1 million each for research into renewable energy sources.

Professor Marcus Aldén, Combustion Physics, was awarded the Håkan Friesinger Stipend of SEK 250,000 by Volvo for transport research.

Knut and Alice Wallenberg’s Foundation made considerable contributions to equipment for Professors Carl Borrebaeck, Peter James and Thomas Laurell, as well as Dr Magnus Cinthio.

Björn Savén, founder of Industri Kapital, donated SEK 5 million to CEMEC, Centre of Electro Magnetic Energy Conversion, a new research centre led by Professor Mats Alaküla and Adjunct Professor Tord Cedell.

Maria Kihl, university lecturer, was one of the first nine recipients of Vinnova’s Vinnmer Stipend for young women, giving her the opportunity to conduct research in collaboration with a company for three years.

Dr Malin Lindstedt and Professor Carl Borrebaeck, Department of Immunotechnology, have received SEK 1.4 million from Vinnova and JST in Japan for a vaccination project, together with Japanese colleagues.

Professor Thomas Laurell was awarded a grant of SEK 1.4 million by Vinnova for another project with Japanese researchers, namely the rapid analysis of food and water.

Sparbankstiftelsen Färs & Frosta awarded stipends of SEK 100,000 to, among others, Lars Nilsson, a postgraduate student in Food Engineering, Technology and Nutrition. The same amount was awarded at the same time by Gastronomiska akad-emien to Margareta Leeman and Tobias Olofsson,researchers in food technology.

Olof Samuelsson, university lecturer, was awarded Gunnar Engström’s ABB Prize of SEK 50,000 for his research in wind power and distributed generation of electricity

Nina Reistad, university lecturer, was elected Teacher of the Year at LTH, 2007 by the Engineering Students’ Union.

In October 2007, EON announced that they would be investing SEK 12 million in a biogas project led by Professor Bo Mattiasson and Dr Lovisa Björnsson, at the Division of Biotechnology.

Professor Jesper Arfvidsson, Department of Building Physics, was awarded SEK 23 million by Vinnova for the project, “Future Wooden-Framed Buildings – Energy Efficient with Good Indoor Climate”.

Fredrik Kahl, a postdoctoral fellow at LTH’s Centre for Mathematical Sciences, was awarded a Starting Independent Researcher Grant of SEK 13 million by the European Research Council.

(The list is not exhaustive)



Maria WallLecturer in Energy and Building Design at the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment

Maria trained as an architect, but for the past 20 years she has been engaged in research into how buildings can be made more energy efficient. 2007 saw an explosion in interest in Maria’s area of research; everyone was suddenly talking about passive houses and buildings.

“There is a huge amount of interest just now. It’s really exciting, although it can be too much at times. I receive enquiries every week, and next week, for example, I’m meeting a par-liamentary committee that wants to know more about the subject.”

According to Maria Wall, there are still some myths about passive houses, and certain ques-tions always come up at these meetings. One is whether well-insulated, airtight houses like passive houses, risk becoming sick buildings, as happened in the 1970s when the oil crisis led to the need for energy savings in the building sector.

“We have to explain that today’s passive houses have good ventilation, which was usu-ally completely lacking in houses built in the 1970s.”

Within Sweden, LTH is at the forefront when it comes to research in passive houses and ener-gy-efficient buildings, mainly due to our long ex-perience and a number of true enthusiasts. Our competence lies mainly in the holistic approach; i.e. the design of energy-efficient buildings as a complete system. Sun protection devices and solar panels are another area in which we have a high level of competence.

An event eagerly awaited by Maria took place at the beginning of 2007, namely the publication of “Sustainable Solar Housing”. Together with a colleague in Switzerland, she has been the editor-in-chief for the past five years of this 500-page book, which is intended for researchers and the building sector. Thirty international experts in various areas have contributed to the publication.

“I’m very proud of it, as it presents new scientific findings, and can be used in practical situations. Bearing in mind all the work we put into it, it’s a shame that it has not been valued more highly by the scientific community, where publications in journals are deemed more important. Working on one publication for five years doesn’t give the same impression of scientific productivity.”

Last year, Maria published a smaller book in Swedish, together with a Swedish research council, Formas, entitled “Build Energy-Efficiently – We Have the Knowledge!”. This was written by Maria together with other researchers and practitioners.

“I wrote this book, or pamphlet, because I was frustrated over the fact that the construc-tion industry wasn’t doing anything. But now things have started to happen. In general, there is good communication between industry and research – we’re learning a lot from each other, all the time. Now we have to get started on educating students at LTH in energy-efficient construction.”



Distribution of revenue according to activity

External commissions, 8%

Undergraduate teaching, 34%

Research/Postgraduate teaching (Faculty

appropriation) 22%

Research/Postgraduate teaching (Grants) 36%

FinanceLTH’s total external revenue for 2007 amounted to SEK 1,312 million, which is an increase of 3% compared with the previous year (an increase of about 2% expressed in current values, excluding extraordinary items).

Of the revenue for 2007, about 35% originated from the government allocation for undergraduate teaching, while about 22% was made up of the faculty appropria-tion for research and postgraduate teaching. Over half of the total revenue is thus derived from direct government grants, while the remainder is derived from other sources of financing, these also mainly government organisations.

Approximately 36% of our total revenue consists of grants to research, while 7% originates from commis-sions. Among the largest contributors to research are The Swedish Research Council (SEK 110 million during the year), the EU (SEK 73 million) and Vinnova, The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems, (SEK 56 million).

One third, or 34%, of research and postgraduate education is financed by direct government grants, while the remaining 66% is financed by other sources. This places high demands on our ability to adapt the direction of research according to the priorities of our financiers.

LTH’s expenses for 2007 were SEK 1,283 million. The greatest expenses were those for personnel (59%), premises (17%), running costs (20%) and equipment (4%). The net interest earnings were SEK 8 million.

The net operating surplus for 2007 was approximately SEK 29 million (including an extraordinary income of SEK 10 million). However, the variation in profits and losses between the different areas of LTH are consider-able.

LTH’s assets amount to SEK 709 million. The cash balance increased to SEK 440 million (+18%), while the value of equipment decreased to SEK 144 million (-11%).

Among debts, loans increased to SEK 84 million (+21%) and the net debt to (prepaid revenue from) research financers increased to SEK 452 million (+12%).

LTH’s agency capital increased during the year to about SEK 63 million (+ SEK 31 million). The long-term goal is for the agency capital to amount to about 10% of the total annual turnover, that is, about SEK 130 million.

Per Göran NilssonAdministrative Director



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Profit and loss statement (SEK thousand)

2007 2006 2005

Operating revenues (excl. interests)

Central government grant 711 670 707 383 677 144

Revenues from commissions, fees and other remuneration

149 933 165 723 181 215

Revenues from grants 440 347 424 771 443 656

Total 1 301 950 1 297 877 1 302 015

Operating costs (excl. interests)

Rent 222 326 207 128 199 991

Running costs 261 862 269 878 271 861

Personnel costs 740 929 744 895 759 482

Total (excl. depreciation) 1 225 117 1 221 901 1 231 334

Profit/Loss before depreciation 76 833 75 976 70 681

Depreciation 55 175 57 816 58 910

Profit/Loss after depreciation 21 658 18 160 11 771

Financial income and costs

Net financial income/costs 7 777 3 169 -1 281

Change in capital 29 435 21 329 10 490

Balance sheet (SEK thousand)

2007 2006 2005

Assets

Inventory 143 655 161 971 140 186

Accounts receivable, advances and other accounts owing

41 822 31830 22 799

Accrued revenue 53 284 63 662 82 962

Other current receivables 30 661 5 762 6 582

Cash 439 537 373 761 269 322

Total assets 708 959 636 986 521 851

Agency capital

Capital brought forward 39 184 15 906 -312

Capital movement -5 615 -5 603

Change in capital for the year 29 436 21 328 10 490

Liabilities

Other current liabilities 221 12 750

Loans 47 709 27 950 21 776

Liquidity loan 35 750 41 250

Accounts payable 17 880 29 926 8 359

Prepaid revenue 505 189 467 435 425 872

Other current liabilities 39 205 38 794 42 916

Total liabilities and agency capital 708 959 636 986 521 851



Revenue and costs for each activity (SEK milllion)(before internal transactions eliminations)

2007 2006 2005

Total LTH (SEK milllion)

Revenue 1 332 1 326 1 328

Costs 1 303 1 305 1 318

Profit/Loss 29 21 10

Agency capital 63 32

Undergraduate teaching(SEK milllion)

Revenue 462 485 459

Costs 453 446 432

Profit/Loss 9 39 27

Agency capital 67 58

Research & postgraduate teaching (SEK milllion)

Revenue 760 736 751

Costs 737 748 765

Profit/Loss 23 -12 -14

Agency capital -2 -27

External commissions(SEK milllion)

Revenue 110 105 118

Costs 113 111 121

Profit/Loss -3 -6 -3

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Investments (SEK thousand)

2007 2006 2005

Undergraduate teaching

Investments 2 956 13 588 5 563

Revenue* 427 227 484 973 458 718

Investment/revenue 1% 3% 1%

Research & postgraduate teaching

Investments 32 902 63 926 38 909

Revenue* 733 149 709 481 724 102


External commissions

Investments 1 472 2 065 1 732

Revenue* 151 966 105 686 118 299


*Revenue excluding transfers.



Jeffrey Armstrong

Apart from his routine duties as personnel strategist, Jeff Armstrong has been engaged over the past year in the devel-opment of a completely new concept for LTH and Lund University, namely electronic personnel recruitment.

“My intention was to bring the university into the 21st century in this area. There are many advantages of such a system, not least, uniform processing of applications and appointments. It also means less work for the departments and better insight for all those involved Interfacing between other administrative systems will also be facilitated.”

“With this new system, the documents will always be available, and are automati-cally collected in the right place. This is important as recruiting and appointments involves various people from departments, at faculty level and central university level.”

The fact that new routines are involved means that it is necessary to spread informa-tion about the system so as to make its advantages known, and to provide training for those involved. Jeff has had the support of his steering and project group, and not least LTH’s head of human resources, Sonja Meijby.

Planning has taken place throughout 2007, based on trials at LTH, including contact with possible suppliers. Approval was given by the Vice-Chancellor of Lund University at the end of the year, and during

Personnel Strategist at LTH’s Administration Office

the course of 2008 a supplier will be chosen and a pilot system installed. The system will be introduced throughout the university during 2009.

This project has been very demanding and Jeff has worked a great deal of over-time. Other universities are already contact-ing him to learn more about the system and to gain from our experience.



Key Facts and FiguresUndergraduate studies*

Unit 2007 2006 2005

Government grants (UT) SEK million 424 439 422

Full-time equivalents achieved FTE 5 194 5 246 5 498

Annual performance equivalents achieved APE 4 583 4 541 4 978

APE/FTE % 88% 87% 91%

Government grants/FTE SEK thousand/FTE 82 84 77

MScs and architecture degrees required by govt. 05-08

Number 2 800 2 800 2 800

MScs and architecture degrees awarded 05-08

Number 724 801 828

Success rate % 26% 29% 30%

External revenue (UT) SEK million 3 9 13

External revenue/government grant (UT) % 1 2 3

External revenue/FTE SEK thousand/FTE 1 2 2

Total revenue (UT) excluding commissions SEK million 427 448 435

Total revenue (UT)/FTE SEK thousand 82 85 79

Lecturers Number 176 164 207

FTE/lecturers FTE/lecturer 30 32 27

Teaching assistants Number 62 67 86

FTE/teaching assistants FTE/teaching ass. 84 78 64

*at LTH departments, excluding activities commissioned to other faculties Revenue excluding interest and transfers. FTE based on data from LTH’s departments. UT = Undergraduate teaching.APE = Annual performance equivalents.FTE = Number of full-time student equivalents.

Commissions

Unit 2007 2006 2005

Undergraduate Teaching SEK million 13 12 11

Commissions/appropriation % 3 3 3

Research and postgraduate education (R&PG) SEK million 95 93 107

Commissioned R&PG/appropriation R&PG % 33 35 42



Research and postgraduate education

Unit 2007 2006 2005

Government appropriation (R&PG) SEK million 289 266 252

Govt. appropriation (R&PG)/govt. grant (UT) % 68 61 60

Science Research Council SEK million 93 84 85

FORMAS SEK million 28 23 28

Foundation for Strategic Research SEK million 45 42 39

EU SEK million 100 70 66

Swedish Energy Agency SEK million 42 48 54

Vinnova SEK million 45 41 45

Total SEK million 352 308 317

Total/government appropriation (R&PG) % 121 116 126

Other external revenues SEK million 114 99 122

Other external revenues/govt. appropriation (R&PG) % 39 37 48

Total revenues, R&PG (excl. commissions) SEK million 755 673 691

Postgraduate FTE Number 442 467 436

Licentiate degrees Number 38 59 73

Govt. appropriation (R&PG) per Licentiate degree SEK million 7,6 4,5 3,5

Degrees/postgraduate students % 9 13 17

Doctorates Number 121 117 135

Total revenues, R&PG per doctorate SEK million 6,2 5,8 5,1

Govt. appropriation (R&PG)per Doctorate SEK million 2,4 2,3 1,9

Degrees/postgraduate students % 27 25 31

Professors Number 161 164 178

Govt. appropriation (R&PG)/professors SEK million 1,8 1,6 1,4

Grants (R&PG)/professors SEK million 2,9 2,5 2,5

Academic staff

Unit 2007 2006 2005

Teachers with doctorates Number 337 328 425

Revenue (UT) per teacher SEK million 1,3 1,4 1,0

Revenue (R&PG) per teacher SEK million 2,2 2,1 1,6

Revenue (UT+R&PG) per teacher (excl. commissions)

SEK million 3,5 3,4 2,6

FTE per teacher Number 15 16 13

Licentiate degrees per teacher Number 0,11 0,18 0,17

Doctorates per teacher Number 0,36 0,36 0,32

The figures given above are based on revenues and costs in research and postgraduate teaching, in contrast to the figures for external income in the financial report.



Leif BülowProfessor

Alf Göransson, Chairman Managing Director, Securitas

Gunilla Jönson, Dean Professor

Stina Gestrelius Deputy Managing Director, Medicon Valley Academy

Hans Hansson Professor

Tord Wingren Executive Vice President R&D & CTO Digital Imaging Systems

Klas Malmqvist, Deputy DeanProfessor

The Board2007

Agneta Ståhl Professor

Lars-Erik WernerssonProfessor

Maria WallUniversity Lecturer



Anton Nitzsche student

Christer Nilsson, Research Engineer The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees

(TCO)

Teresa Hankala- Janiec, Teaching Assistent, The Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations

(SACO)

Gustav Ekberg, Senior instrument maker, The union of Service and Communication Employees

(SEKO)

Per Göran Nilsson Administrative Director

Student representatives

Representatives for personnel organisations

Secretariat

Emma Wetterstrandstudent

Klas RiesvedenPostgraduate student

Beatrice NordlöfSecretary



LTH’s role in the regionLTH is a major actor within the region concerning en-gineering education and research in a broad sense. Thus, collaboration with industry and other parts of society will continue to be in focus as well as our engagement in con-tinuing professional education. LTH’s role in SwedenAs part of one of the leading universities in the world, LTH should be a driving force in national issues concern-ing undergraduate and postgraduate education based on excellent research.

AlumniLTH’s alumni provide a natural means of external contacts and constitute a resource for the development of LTH’s educational programmes and research.

Collaboration with industry, society and schoolsCollaboration with society and industry is essential when training individuals for a certain profession to ensure suffi-cient and relevant knowledge and skills for good employa-bility. Collaboration with schools as well as upper second-ary education establishments is important to ensure that we meet our students on the right level. Furthermore, we must be able to show that engineering subjects are excit-ing, creative and stimulating.

Student recruitmentThe decreasing numbers of students studying science at upper secondary level, together with the reduced number

The New Senior Management Team at LTH

of students in the relevant age group, will lead to consid-erable problems for LTH if we do not take appropriate steps. This will be an area on which we will focus during the coming years. InternationalisationLTH must offer education of a high international stand-ard that makes our undergraduates and graduates attrac-tive on a global market. At the same time, this will provide opportunities for students from abroad to study at LTH.

ResearchResearch is increasingly being funded by large grants to re-search centres of excellence or clusters. This often requires financial undertakings on the part of LTH, which calls for a strategy to prioritise the right areas.

Focus on resultsIt is the final result that counts, not only in education and research, but also in administration. The individual’s competence creates employability. Research results, in the form of theses, publications and patents, pave the way for progress. Efficient routines and well-planned administra-tive systems form the foundation of our activities.

We will maintain a welcoming, positive and open atmosphere at LTH. We want LTH to be an inspiring place, attracting highly qualified students, teachers and researchers. LTH pro-vides high-class education. By combining this strength with a high degree of motivation we can achieve great results.Motivation and high class together make winning teams.

Anders Axelsson, Dean, Ulla Holst, Deputy Dean, Per Warfvinge, Vice-Dean for International relations, Ingrid Svensson, Vice-Dean for Education, Rune Kullberg, Vice-Dean for Coordination of Engineering Programmes



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