Ecological sustainability, sleep robots and ageing are some of the topics included in the spring semester’s lunch seminars Meet a Researcher, which start on Wednesday 25 January.
The seminars with researchers working at Karlstad University are held on Wednesdays once a month from January to May at the library learning lab. They always start at 12 and last for about 45 minutes. The seminars are open to the public and you do not have to register.
Topics for the spring seminars include ecological sustainability, electrical engineering, materials derived from forest raw materials, sleep robots and human ageing.
Here is a selection from the programme this spring semester:
What is ecological sustainability and why is it important?
John J Piccolo, Professor, Environmental and Life Sciences
Date and time: Wednesday 25 January at 12.00–12.45
Place: The Library Learning Lab, 3rd floor
The seminar is held in English.
Energi och resurseffektiv tillverkning av material från skogsråvara (Energy and resource efficient manufacturing of materials derived from forest raw materials)
Björn Sjöstrand, Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Date and time: Wednesday 22 February at 12.00–12.45
Place: The Library Learning Lab, 3rd floor
The seminar is held in Swedish.
Sömnrobotar – funkar de och vad tycker folk om dem? (Sleep robots - do they work and what do people think of them?)
Siri Jakobsson Störe, PhD student in Psychology
Date and time: Wednesday 19 April at 12.00–12.45
Place: The Library Learning Lab, 3rd floor
The seminar is held in Swedish.
More information will be posted on the library website and in the calendar.
