Minnesanteckningar

On this day

• 6th May 1937 was the day the Hindenburg airship caught fire, bringing an end to the era of airship travel; the crash in Lakehurst, outside New York.
• Accordion Day: Established to celebrate the importance of the accordion in folk music and culture.
• Homemade Baking Day: A day to inspire people to bake their own cakes and bread.
• It is 11 degrees in the water

New faces

Daniel Bal, new PhD student , Occupational Health and Safety Engineering programme. He started on 1 May.

Ongoing recruitments 

Accountant, 12 months, announcement has been sent out – please distribute.

Industrial Design 

• ID students are exhibiting at Form/Design Center in Malmö. The project is called ‘From now on’ and the exhibition runs until 30 May.
• 6 May, AI and Design – at Skissernas with Charlotte Sjödell.
• ID’s Master’s students will be exhibiting at 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen from 10 to 12 June.
• On June 4, the Industrial Design graduation exhibition will take place in the exhibition hall at A. More information to follow.

IDV – some info from the department 

The ventilation systems in rooms 467 and 567 will be refurbished to improve air quality in the lecture theatres. Work is scheduled to begin in week 26, the week after Midsummer. The work is likely to cause some very disruptive construction noise. 

The ventilation in the offices on floors 4 and 5 in the west and north wings is out of order. The fault has been reported to Akademiska hus. We have not yet received a forecast for when the fault may be fixed. The windows in the offices can be opened for ventilation if necessary. If the poor air quality is experienced as a problem, it should be possible to work from home while the fault is being fixed. 

The service team is attending a conference in Västerås from 4 to 7 May. Kicki and Ylva will be here to keep things running smoothly.

From LU

New guidelines regarding remote working outside Sweden for teachers is proposed and will be negotiated with the unions May 12.

From FU

We have a PhD defence on 8 May: Camilla Nyquist Magnusson, Packaging Logistics.

We have a licentiate defense on 12 June by Sarah Skavron, Occupational Health and Safety Engineering.

Damien: The results of the 2025 LTH PhD student survey are now available. The survey covers topics such as supervision, the working environment and career development. The results are on a par with or better than the LTH average. Damien has a copy of the LTH report available.

Research funding

• Åsa EK, Swedish Research Council (VR), SEK 6.4 million, Radiation Safety and Society: “Building Sweden’s interdisciplinary capacity for the nuclear power of the future”.
• EAT/Christina Isaxon: AFA Insurance: SEK 4.9 million: “Airborne metal exposure during copper enrichment and recycling – particle characterisation, chemical form and toxicity”.
• SEK 180,000 from the Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for International Scientific Cooperation for the NOSA conference.
• FORMAS, Davis, Deliveries w. autonomous vehicles, 2 Msek, Fredrik Nilsson PI, 600.000 IDV

Research

Most welcome to a seminar on registration of research documents and storage of research data, with invited experts from Management Support LTH! (Viktor Klintberg and Anders Kirscher)

The rationale underlying this initiative is threefold:

• to enhance the efficacy of our established routines;
• to streamline the storage and archiving of our research projects and data;
• to ensure adherence to national regulations.

Date: 18 May.
Time: 10.15-12.00.
Place: Stora Hörsalen, IKDC.
Erik Andersson is organising this event and will send out an invitation with a link to register.

From the profile area Aerosol Technology

• 4 May: Visit by 50 pupils from Petriskolan in Malmö: Visit to the AC lab and a popular science seminar (Jakob L. Joakim P and Zhaleh)
• 6 May: 11.15–12.00, Room 304 Open lecture/seminar: "Aerosol Toxicology & Lung Disorders" Anna-Karin Callerfelt (Lund University)
• 8 May: 10.15–12.00, Room 310 Open lecture: "Aerosol Toxicology – In-vivo Studies and Risk Assessment" Prof. Ulla Vogel, NFA (Honorary Doctorate, LTH 2022)
• 11 Maj: 11:15-12:00 Room 304. "Measurements of Particle-bound ROS in a changing atmosphere". Prof. Zoran Ristovski, Queensland University, Australia
• 18 May: The 2026 Crafoord Prize (KVA) is awarded to V. Ramanathan of the Scripps Oceanography Department, San Diego, USA, for his work on how aerosols contribute to climate change. Lecture in Lund and visit to the AC lab.

Some reminders

Please remember to sign up for the summer activity by 8 May at the latest.

Documentation

Research Output, Activities and Media Participation April 2026 (PDF, 121 kb)

On this day

April 8, International Roma day to highlight Roma culture, history and rights.

New faces

• Natasha Nowicka, doktorand Arbetsmiljöteknik
• Yonna Stjärnskog, doktorand Arbetsmiljöteknik
• Alexandra Fransson Industridesign
• Stefanie Kalla, Industridesign

Personnel matters

Åsa Thuné has finished her temporary assignment, and Susanne Nordbeck is back working with HR coordination.

Sofie Hoff is employed until December 31 to support both Susanne Nordbeck and Anna Larsson in their work.

Packaging Logistics

Change of head of division at Packaging Logistics from Apr 1, 2026. New head, Henrik Pålsson.

Industrial Design

1st year Master students ID eight now preparing for Milano Design Week mid April.

SFC transformed into BYOL+H

The Support For Colleagues (SFC) lunches, which Hajnalka Bodnar has been organising for many years, will come to an end today, 8 April, and will instead be replaced by the new initiative Bring Your Own Lunch and Handicraft (BYOL+H), which Alexandra Fransson recently invited everyone to join. We will test to organise this on the same day as our monthly breakfasts, and perhaps have it evolve to a biweekly event - depending on interest. Anyone interested is warmly welcome to DC:493 during lunch today from 12.00 to 13.00, where Hajni and Alexandra will welcome you. Bring along any handicraft of your choice – knitting, crochet, embroidery or something else!

Talk Swedish during lunch

For those of you who don’t have Swedish as your mother tongue but are in the process of learning Swedish, we are happy to continue after Easter with Svenska på lunchen / Talk Swedish during lunch. Bring your own food and share challenges – in Swedish – with moving to and living in Sweden, ask about strange cultural phenomena or other things that you find interesting! Svenska på lunchen is a part of the Department of Design Sciences’ work with Gender Equality, Equal Conditions and Diversity – jämställdhet, lika villkor och mångfald.

• Time: 12.00-13.00
• Place: DC:493 (except indicated below)
• Dates: 15/4 (in DC:402), 22/4, 29/4, 13/5, 27/5 and 10/6

LTHin

LTHin has a new address, you find it here: https://www.lthin.lth.se/

Our internal staff pages for Design Sciences has moved from LTHin to our revived Intradesign, and it will be launched today. So look out for the e-mail with the new address.

The return of IDVs Trivselgrupp

Maria, John, Susanne, Therese, Mateo, Max – will organize our summer activity.

GU

New Routines for how we communicate course results to students – Emphasize the importance of handling students' personal data in accordance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

It happens that students file complaints against the faculty due to their personal data being sent out by email or on a learning platform by teachers in connection with the announcement of results for examination elements. It is important to remember in this context that even masked personal data numbers, where e.g. date of birth is visible, are considered personal data. It is then sufficient for someone to know another student's birthday for the student to be identified.

MOST IMPORTANT INFO!
It is of utmost importance that we review our routines for how we communicate course results to students. It is the responsibility of each course teacher to ensure that the guidelines below are followed. TLTH and the study councils have been tasked with reporting back to LGGU if we break the rules.

Note that no result lists in any form (dugga, extra points etc.) may be shared in a group, i.e. not even on a closed forum like Canvas.

If, against the odds, a mistake should occur, make sure to report it to LTH yourself – beatrice [dot] nordlof [at] lth [dot] lu [dot] se (beatrice[dot]nordlof[at]lth[dot]lu[dot]se) – directly at the event instead of waiting for the Union's information at a CEQ meeting.

Think about:
Do you need to publish a result list at group level? If YES - the only option to publish the result list at group level is if it contains anonymous codes. Masked social security numbers are not allowed.
How can you best communicate results to everyone? One-to-one communication is the only thing allowed (Canvas/mail/Ladok). There are several different ways to do this, see examples below.

If none of the options above work for your course and you need help or tips on how to communicate results correctly – talk to colleagues or with Elin.

FU

Upcoming dissertations:

• 10 april Satabdee Dash, Transformativ innovation
• 17 april Mikael Kervall, Förpackningslogistik
• 8 maj Camilla Nyquist Magnusson, Förpackningslogistik

Research funding

Hillevi Hemphälä granted amount: SEK 5,400,000 from the Kamprad Family Foundation “Improving older adults’ work environment without discomfort from LED office lighting.”

Economy

New honoria fr 260301.

News from the profile area Aerosol Technology

• On April 8th, Anders Gudmundsson and Göran Lidén will host a workshop about cyclones in aerosol research. Room 567, kl 10
• Midterm April 17th. seminar Johannes Rex. From flames to full-scale fires: a comprehensive characterization of fire aerosol emissions. Room 567 kl.13-14.
• Midterm, Jonas Enarsson 24th of April. Title “Real time determination of particle bound reactive oxygen species using Particle Into Nitroxide Quencher (PINQ)” room 243 10:00-11:00.

Documentation

Research Output, Activities and Media Participation March 2026 (PDF 128 KB)

On this day

March 4, 1923 – The second edition of the Vasaloppet is held, and gymnastics director Margit Nordin becomes the first woman to participate. Since the competition is intended as a “test of strength” for real “men,” the race committee decides after this to ban women from participating in the Vasaloppet. It is not until 1981 that women are again allowed to take part, and only in 1997 is a separate women’s class established.

Today is Banana Day, a theme day dedicated to celebrating bananas. The day highlights the banana’s nutritional value and versatility.

New faces

• Kerstin Eriksson started as Senior Lecturer 260201
• Mohit Malik started as Postdoc 260201.
• Suzan Boztepe started as Senior Lecturer 260101.
• Oliver Johnsson Watmough starts March 1, Aerosol Technology, supervised by Jenny Rissler.

EAT

• NOSA2026 conference March 3–6. 
• March 3 – Concert in the Cathedral – LUFT - Art of Air – Jakob Löndahl.

TA and the Workshop 

Jessica Lindvall is not in regular service and working from home, if you need to get in contact with her regarding work related issue, contact me (Jessica Wadin).

We have negotiated with the unions to put an interim administrative manager in place.

Strategy

Design Sciences had an operational dialogue with LTH management in early October. The work following this dialogue is the same for all departments: to review the budget and identify improvements. Follow-up meeting next week. 

IDV – some info from the department

During week 12, the outer doors in the basement (the one facing the pit and the door opposite) will be replaced.

GU

LU has adopted an AI policy available on the staff website – it is very general. The LU Education Board is working on developing more specific guidelines. LTH has guidance from 2023 (which applies now) and will update it once the new guidelines are ready.

The Exam Service is developing a new billing model; more information is coming.

LU has launched the new education portal https://www.lu.se/studera. All old pages with LTH-specific education information will be removed. Independent courses are not yet listed. It is important to check how your courses and programs are presented to prospective students; incorrect information can lead to incorrect recruitment.

LGGU is working on a shortened and revised CEQ form. More info will come later. For LP3 and LP4, the current CEQ applies.

There are currently about ten different scholarships where we can nominate well-executed theses and thereby offer an extra reward to students who excelled. An email with nomination info has been sent; contact the GU study director if you are missing information.

LU’s initiative for a shared education website for the entire university has now been launched. Course coordinators and program directors for autumn courses should have been contacted. If you cannot find a course on the shared website, it is because upcoming course instances have not yet been published. They will be before admissions open on March 15.

FU

New PhD graduates 

We have just received a new doctor – Silvia Orejuela defended on February 27, Transformative Innovation. 

Upcoming licentiate seminars 

Diogo Figueirinhas, Packaging Logistics, March 6. 

Upcoming dissertations 

• Satabdee Dash, Transformative Innovation, April 10. 
• Mikael Kervall, Packaging Logistics, April 17. 
• Camilla Nyquist Magnusson, Packaging Logistics, May 8. 

New PhD students 

Stefanie Kalla starts March 15, Industrial Design, supervised by Ylva Hofvander Trulsson. 

Other 

We will have a writing retreat for PhD students on Thursday, April 9 at St Gertrud in Malmö. Invitations have been sent out this week.

Economy

Support fr Monika Rasmusson – financial reporting on EU projects

Looking for how to get support we need on economy

Some reminders

Report secondary employment and apply for vacation by March 31 at the latest.

Travel expense claims – NOTE! Must be fully processed and approved within 1 year! Not enough to submit within 1 year!

New telephone operator

The switch to Telia will take place on March 10–11, 2026.
Freeze period February 9–March 10. No telephone inquiries will be handled during this period. Urgent cases can be handled; contact the Service Desk.
New SIM cards will be sent out from week 10.
On March 10, LU will change telephone operator from Tele2 to Telia.
New SIM cards are being sent out. Those with eSIM will receive an email from Telia with a link to activate a new “card.”
You should not change/activate your new cards until the evening of March 9. More information about prices, things to consider, and further details can be found at https://www.staff.lu.se/new-telephony-services-2026 

Ad-hoc group at LU now working on support on digi and AI for all employees

Licences now procured to support the org. to use these tools in a safe environment (data handling) – free versions in 2026 - apply in LUCAT

• Everyone has Copilot Chat in Office package
• Copilot M365 - licenses free 2026
• Chat GPT Edu (FO o GU)
• DeepL (200) – contact me if you would need one

Use it – play around to explore benefits – but most importantly – you are always responsible for the content generated and that you are using!

Other

Suzan Boztepe – 50th birthday

Save the date – Summer activity
June 3 - looking for a group of people who could help organize

Next departmental breakfast April 8.

Documentation

Research Output, Activities and Media Participation February 2026 (PDF 127 KB)