News

• Jul 12, 2013

  Apply for scholarship for your thesis in engineering

  Swedish Engineers (Sveriges Ingenjörer) district Västmanland will, from autumn 2013, provide a scholarship to a student at Mälardalen University for the best thesis in the subject engineering.

• Jun 17, 2013

  Improvement of architecture design leads to safer embedded systems

  A faulty function in a dependable embedded system, for example as in electronic steering systems for aircraft or a car’s cruise control, can be costly and lead to danger for people and the surroundings. On account of this it is important to guarantee that the embedded system meets all the quality requirements, which can be done by analysis of the system’s architecture.

• Jun 14, 2013

  Smarter tests for development of software can save both time and money for the developer

  In his doctoral thesis ”Quality of Test Design in Test Driven Development”, Adnan Causevic at the School of Innovation, Design and Engineering at Mälardalen University (MDH), investigates the quality of test cases produced in test-driven development.

• Jun 07, 2013

  MDH-Research Makes Processors More Efficient

  All around us there are computers that we do not think about. These so called embedded systems can sit in everything from microwave ovens to alarm clocks. For example, a car can have up to a hundred of such embedded systems that perform as much as 800 different tasks. Of course it is costly to include that many computers, so if the same processor could perform more tasks, that could save a lot of money. This has been the focus of Nima Moghaddami Khalilzad's research, and on June 13th he will defend his licentiate thesis.

• Jun 04, 2013

  Enables secure communication in the Internet of Things

  The future Internet, Internet of Things (IoT), is so much more than the Internet we know today. It will interconnect traditional computers and a large number of smart objects or networks. The IoT, which is an IPv6 network, will be the foundation of many services and our daily life will depend on its availability and reliable operations. Shahid Raza has in his doctoral thesis at Mälardalen University focused on solutions for dependability. He is the first person to make it possible to secure the communication for resource-constrained sensor nodes within the Internet of the future.

• May 31, 2013

  Award-winning essay helps SSAB to expand in China

  Josefina Jie Löwgren is studying International Marketing at MDH and has been awarded a prize for the best essay in Economics by the Mälardalen Circle of the Swedish MBA Association. She has been studying how SSAB can succeed better with their expansion on the Chinese market.

• May 16, 2013

  Students compete in Swedish Championships in Business and Economics

  On Thursday the Swedish Championships in Business and Economics begin in Halmstad and two teams from Mälardalen University will be participating.

• Apr 10, 2013

  The teaching prize shared by three winners

  Hillevi Gavel, Eric Hansen and Niklas Friedler are the recipients of the Teaching Prize which is to be distributed this year for the first time at the Academic Ceremony. The prize is awarded to people who have shown outstanding teaching skills in first- and second-cycle education.

• Mar 26, 2013

  Stefan Löfven studies MDH’s research skills

  The national project Care on Equal Terms, which is conducted by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR), with the support of researchers from MDH, has attracted the attention of the Social Democrat Party Leader Stefan Löfven and the Party Secretary Carin Jämtin. On Monday 18 March they visited the Vårdcentralen City health clinic, Eskilstuna, which is one of the project’s nine care operations, to hear about their work for improvement and also to inform themselves about the research support with which MDH is contributing.

• Mar 25, 2013

  The Student Centre in Västerås has now opened

  Today, 25 March, the Student Centre in Västerås has opened. At the Student Centre the University has gathered all the facilities, all the services and all the questions relating to your life as a student here at MDH. In Eskilstuna the Student Centre will open on 8 April.

• Feb 21, 2013

  New research for storing carbon dioxide

  Increasing emissions of carbon dioxide are driving the greenhouse effect and climate changes. But the technology exists for capturing and storing carbon dioxide in the ground instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. In a new project, researchers from Mälardalen University will develop and refine this technology.

• Feb 20, 2013

  Unique robot cat enhances quality of life among people with dementia

  Researchers at Mälardalen University (MDH) have developed the robot cat Robocat to enhance the wellbeing and raise the quality of life among people with dementia in the later stage of their illness. The interactive and artificial cat is unique through an interweaving of the fields of the caring sciences and technology.

• Jan 31, 2013

  HST is to change its name

  The School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology (HST) is to change its name to Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik (EST) with effect from 1 February 2013. The English name will be the School of Business, Society and Engineering.

• Jan 29, 2013

  MDH researchers study the accuracy of investment calculations

  Mälardalen University has received 1.2 million SEK in research funding from Ragnar Söderberg’s Foundation. The grant will go towards investigating why certain investment projects differ greatly between budget and outcome and what consequences it can entail.

• Jan 16, 2013

  ABB and Mälardalen University in a joint venture for future workforce

  ABB Sweden and Mälardalen University have this week signed a long-term cooperation agreement which will further increase the opportunities of employment for MDH students, increase the opportunities for ABB of recruiting, and be a springboard for new research projects.

• Dec 18, 2012

  Major investment for energy and health technology with MDH and 15 companies in cooperation

  Two new research profiles in energy and health technology at Mälardalen University (MDH) in cooperation with 15 companies are to develop health technology and renewable energy systems – two profiles which meet the demands in welfare both nationally and internationally. Altogether the Knowledge Foundation, MDH and the companies are investing 143 million SEK.

• Dec 10, 2012

  He has been searching for cleaner and greener ways to produce energy

  Han Song is about to defend his doctoral thesis in energy and environmental engineering at Mälardalen University. His research is about finding good strategies to produce more energy in a cleaner and greener way.

• Nov 28, 2012

  Latest publications in the field of Health and Welfare

  Here you will find a selection of the latest publications at MDH in the area of Health, Care and Welfare.

• Nov 26, 2012

  MDH to get three new honorary doctors

  Opera, Design and Computer Science are subjects which characterise the new honorary doctors at Mälardalen University (MDH). At an Academic Ceremony in April 2013, honorary doctoral degrees will be conferred on Birgitta Svendén, General Manager and Opera Director of the Royal Swedish Opera, Luciënne Blessing, Professor at the Université de Luxembourg and Kurt-Lennart Lundbäck, CEO of Arcticus Systems.

• Nov 14, 2012

  15 million SEK for basic research at MDH

  The Swedish Research Council has granted Mälardalen University (MDH) circa 15 million SEK for four research projects: two in Embedded Systems, one in Educational Science and one in Comparative Literature.