Ultimately our vision is about using

science to make a difference in the

world.

GRAND

CHALLENGE

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CHALLENGE

GRAND

CHALLENGE

GRAND

CHALLENGE

GRAND

CHALLENGE

Our Driving forces:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP ･ INNOVATION ･ SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

BASIC SCIENCES

(The roots of scientific understanding)

Built Environment

Information & Communication Technology

Materials Science

Life Science

ProductionNanoscience & Nanotechnology

Transport Energy

[Chalmers’ terminology]; an area of interaction between

research, innovation and education at Chalmers resulting

in scientific excellence and

a potential to improve sustainability.

• International alliances • Impact on society• Interaction across the knowledge

triangle• Meetings across boundaries• Visibility and focus

SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE

VISION FOR EXCELLENCE

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

MATERIALS SCIENCE

LIFE SCIENCE

PRODUCTION

NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY TRANSPORT

ENERGY

INTERACTION ACROSS THE KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE

This form of interaction provides Chalmers with a vital and continuous supply of knowledge, competence and partners.

RESEARCH EDUCATION

INNOVATION

The Chalmers model is a powerful instrument facilitating both operational and strategic working processes. This freedom enables each Area of Advance to perform to its greatest potential.

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A UNIQUE MODEL

Each Area of Advance is an open meeting place where various parties can work together for a common solution – crossing the boundaries of academia, industry and society.

MEETINGS ACROSS BOUNDARIES

With excellence in research and education as our currency, the Areas of Advance reinforce the university’s collaboration with partners all over the world. Attracting further opportunities to excel.

INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION

Competence

Each area provides a hub of competence to achieve a common goal.

HOW THIS WORKS:

Department

Department Competence

Department Department

Competence

Projects

Projects

AN AREA OF ADVANCE OVERVIEW

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Projects

Excellence

profile

Active

field

Active

field

Active

field

Excellence

profile

Active

field

Active

field

Excellence

profile

Active

field

LEADERS

Vice President,

Areas of Advance

Anne-Marie Hermansson

Nanoscience &

Nanotechnology

Jari Kinaret

Information &

Communication

Technology

Jan Grahn

Transport

Anna Dubois

Materials Science

Krister Holmberg

Life Science

Jens Nielsen

Production

Rickard Söderberg

Energy

Thore Berntsson

Built Enviroment

Nina Ryd

BUILT ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW

BASIC SCIENCE

INFRASTRUCTURESTRATEGIC PLANNING

AND PROCESSESENERGY IN BUILDINGS

SMARTGEOMETRY HEALTH IMPACT

Infrastructure for sustainable

mobility & transport

Infrastructure for water and energy supply

Management and organization of large infrastructure projects

Indoor climate

Energy use and technology integration

in buildings

The building as a system

Value driven design and briefing

Project management

Regional and Urban planning

Building physics

Advance construction

Parametric Design Multi-scale modeling

Demography

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

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EMERGING PROFILES

Built Environment has links to several of the other Areas of Advance, in particular Energy, Production, and Transport. A prime example is the profile Energy in Built Buildings which is shared with the Area of Advance - Energy. Another example is the initiative of Future Urban Transport taken by the Area of Advance -Transport.

ENERGY

TRANSPORT

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

PRODUCTION

INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

LIFE SCIENCE

MATERIALS

SCIENCE

NANOSCIENCE

AND NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

HEAT AND POWER GENERATION

COMBUSTION AND GASIFICATION

MATERIALS FOR ENERGY

CONVERSION/ APPLICATION

TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND

INFRASTRUCTURE

BUILDINGS – ENERGY USE AND

EFFICIENCY

INDUSTRY – ENERGY USE AND

EFFICIENCY

ENERGYSYSTEMS

Smart Grids

Wind Power

Energy Storage

Solar Heating and

heat pump

Technologies

Nuclear Physics &

Chemistry

Fusion

Biomass gasification

Carbon capture

technologies

Combustion and

corrosion using

biomass and

waste fuels

Materials for energy

conversion

Materials for energy

storage

Materials for energy

production

and transfer

Combustion engines

research

Renewable fuels

Electric and hybrid

vehicles

Sustainable transport

solutions

Construction and

management processes

Energy use and

technology integration

in buildings

The building as a

system

Process technologies

Industrial biorefineries

Energy efficiency

and process integration

Global sustainable

systems and bridging

technologies

Technology impact

assessment and

innovating processes

Local and regional

energy systems

planning

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

ENERGY OVERVIEW

BASIC SCIENCE

AC

TIV

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Applied Mechanics Applied Mathematics

TRANSPORT

MATERIALS

SCIENCE

ENERGY

NANO SCIENCE

AND

NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

LIFE SCIENCE

Co-operation in Swedish Hybrid Vehicle Centre - efficient engines, new power trains and technology for electric vehicles

Alternative fuels with regard to production and use

Basic photovoltaic research for efficient technology and materials

Research on high temperature corrosion for efficient energy production and industrial processes.

Efficient batteries/energy storage and solar cells

Catalysis and catalysts for sustainable energy systems

Development of sustainable energy efficient products and production systems for manufacturing and process industry

Energy efficiency and energy technologies in buildingsLINKS TO OTHER

AREAS OF ADVANCE

Biofuels and biochemicals

PRODUCTION

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

Energy efficient wireless communication

Smart Grids

Applied chemistryApplied mathematicsBasic science

SYNTHETIC

BIOLOGY

FERMENTATION

TECHNOLOGY

MATHEMATICAL

BIOLOGY

FOOD AND

NUTRITIONBIOENGINEERING

Metabolic Engineering

Macromolecular Interactions

Food Availability

Synthetic Organelles Evolution

Bioinformatics

Metabolic Models

Enzyme Technology

Biopharmaceuticals

Biofuels andBiochemicals

Nutrition

Food Processing and Bioavailability

Bioactive Foods

Tissue Engineering

Medical Technology

Pathway Modeling

LIFE SCIENCE OVERVIEW

BASIC SCIENCE

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

AC

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ENERGY

MATERIAL

LIFE SCIENCE

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

PRODUCTION

TRANSPORT

NANOSCIENCE

AND NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

Biofuels and biochemicals

Macromolecular Interactions

Synthetic Organelles

Medical Technology

Tissue Engineering

LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

ANTENNA SYSTEMS

MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGIES

PHOTONICSCOMMUNICATION

SYSTEMS

PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED

SYSTEMS

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

& TECHNOLOGY

Space & defence & security

Energy & environment

Infotainment,media

Life science

Telecommunications

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

BASIC SCIENCE

AC

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Transport & vehicles

Infotainment,media

Component suppliers

Software tools & production

Component suppliers

LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

ENERGY ENERGY

MATERIALS

SCIENCE INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

TRANSPORT

NANOSCIENCE

AND

NANO-

TECHNOLOGY BUILT ENVIRONMENT

PRODUCTION

LIFESCIENCE

Bottom-up nanoelectronics

Smart buildings with ICTPackaging and productionfor electronics & photonics

New materials for electronics and photonics

Smart grid Green wirelessEnergy-efficient computing infrastructuresLow-power electronic components and design

eHealth

Antennas for medical diagnostics and treatment

Sensors, communications, and signal processing for vehicles and transportation

Safety critical automotive software

SUSTAINABLE VEHICLES AND FUELS

TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY & CUSTOMER ADAPTED

LOGISTICSTRAFFIC SAFETY

Efficient powertrains

Vehicle concept development

Vehicle operation and control

Demand for transport services

Interplay and interfaces

Supply of transport services

Traffic analysis

Accident prevention

Injury prevention

TRANSPORT OVERVIEW

BASIC SCIENCE

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

AC

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ENERGY

TRANSPORT

PRODUCTION

LIFE SCIENCE

MATERIALS

SCIENCE

NANOSCIENCE

AND NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

Sustainable Vehicles and Fuels

Production Logistics/Demand for transport services

Intelligent transport systems

Future Urban Transport

LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

ENERGY

INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

BASIC SCIENCE

MATERIALS FOR

HEALTH

SUSTAINABLE

MATERIALS

MATERIALS FOR ENERGY

APPLICATIONS

EXPERIMENTAL METHODS

THEORY AND

MODELLING

Tissue and cellengineering

Materials forpharmaceuticals and

personal care

Materials forbiosensing

Energy conversion

Energy storage

Energy supply andenergy transfer

Reduction ofenvironmental impact

through materials research

Recycling and long term behavior

of materials

Materials fromrenewable raw

materials

Infrastructure fornew materials

synthesis

Instrumentation projects at

large scale facilities

Advanced characterization tools

and methods

Multi-scale modeling Ab-initio modelling

MATERIALS SCIENCE OVERVIEW

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

AC

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Materials forfood technology

Multi-scale modeling Nano-scale modelling

Multi-scale modeling

Macro/meso scalemodelling

MATERIALS

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

NANOSCIENCE

AND NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

Materials for Energy Applications

ENERGY

LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

LIFE SCIENCE

TRANSPORT

PRODUCTION

NANOPHYSICS NANOCHEMISTRYNANOBIOPHYSICS

Quantum nanodevices

Nanoelectronics

Molecular nanoelectronics

Nanosensors

Nanofluidics

Nanomaterials

Molecular nanoelectronics

Nanoimaging

Nanoelectromechanics

Nanocatalysis

Nanomaterials

Nanooptics

NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

BASIC SCIENCE

AC

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INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

MATERIAL

NANOSCIENCE

AND NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

TRANSPORT

PRODUCTION

LIFE SCIENCE

ENERGY

Nanoelectronics

Nanocatalysis

Nanosensors

Nanomaterials

LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

SUSTAINABLE

MANUFACTURING

PROCESSES

SUSTAINABLE

PRODUCT

DEVELOPMENT

SUSTAINABLE

PRODUCTION

SYSTEMS

Components manufacture

Process modelling and

materials behaviour

Micro-fabrication Virtual production systems

Production system performance

Human and automation

optimisation

Virtual assembly and disassembly simulation and

planning methods

Environment strategic product and production development

and recycling

Sustainable product

lifecycle platforms

Virtual robust design and simulation

PRODUCTION OVERVIEW

BASIC SCIENCE

EXCELLENCE PROFILES

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LINKS TO OTHERAREAS OF ADVANCE

Our research is fundamentally based on science in mathematics, physics and/or chemistry and reaches across other Chalmers Areas of Advance:

ENERGY

TRANSPORT

BUILT

ENVIRONMENT

INFORMATION

AND

COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY

LIFE SCIENCE

MATERIALS

SCIENCE

NANOSCIENCE

AND NANO-

TECHNOLOGY

PRODUCTION