Research at Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
The Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering has two research programmes: Industrial Engineering and Management and Civil Engineering and Built Environment. We also participate in a number of major research initiatives and networks.
Common to both our research and our education is that it is linked to sustainable development and that we have extensive collaboration with society and industry. Our research is conducted at our three departments and within the engineering subjects Industrial Engineering and Civil Engineering and Built Environment.
The overall objective of the department's research is to drive the development of our two main research programmes forward. An important part of this work includes actively disseminating our research results through various publications.
We aim to increase the internationalisation of our research activities and maintain international research contacts, through participation in scientific conferences and collaboration with PhD students and teachers around the world.
Research in Industrial Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Management is an engineering subject that deals with value creation; how goods and services are developed, produced and sold. Industrial Engineering and Management makes technology happen; it is a bridge between the engineers’ work to develop, produce and sell products with an increasingly high degree of technology and knowledge in it.
Within the research programme Industrial Engineering and Management we are doing research on different aspects of industrial development, such as the dynamics of innovative processes, entrepreneurship, industrial management and organization, industrial leadership and business development.
Our research in Industrial Engineering
Research in Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Civil Engineering and Built Environment as a field of research covers design, operation and maintenance of buildings and structures, as well as improved knowledge and development of sustainable technological systems for the built environment. The subject includes everything from individual buildings and building components to entire cities and societies, their energy and resource requirements, as well as the interplay between the technological systems of the built environment and other societal systems.
Within the research programme Civil Engineering and Built Environment we are currently doing research specialized on energy in buildings and the built environment. Some examples of research topics are solar energy in buildings, urban building energy modeling, urban thermal systems and mathematical modeling of spatio-temporal processes in cities.
Hear out researchers in UppTalk
UppTalk is a popular science seminar series via Zoom where you get to enjoy interesting seminars with researchers from Uppsala University every Tuesday at lunch. The seminars revolve around relevant topics where the audience have the opportunity to ask questions to our researchers. UppTalk is a part of the Faculty for Science and Technology’s online education initiative for alumni and the general public.
All talks are recorded and published at the YouTube page of Uppsala University after editing and subtitling.
Questions about our research
We are happy to answer questions about our research and you are always welcome to contact us.
If you have questions about our research in industrial technology, please contact Professor Marcus Lindahl.
If you have questions about our research in civil engineering and built environment, please contact Professor Joakim Widén.
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