Engineering and Technology Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson KTH Stockholm Estonian Research Council 2017 regular evaluation of Estonian research and development Seminar 2017-09-07 Engineering and Technology Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson KTH Stockholm Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Tartu - UT Engineering and Technology Scientific impact of research - Very good Cutting edge basic research within a wide field: materials science – smart materials; robotics; biotechnology; synthetic biology; genetic engineering; super capacitors; SOX fuel cells;… Many industrial applications, e.g. with the Estonian pharmaceutical industry Close national & international collaboration High level publications increasing Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Tartu - UT Engineering and Technology Sustainability and potential of research – Very good Impressive infrastructure; facilities & equipment Extensive industry links span from SME´s to large corporations Healthy number of PhD students Need to improve monitoring of PhD student´s progress and to speed up PhD completions Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Tartu - UT Engineering and Technology Societal importance of research – Very good Direct transfer of technology to industry, e.g.: Computer science; super/ultracapacitors; fuel cells; rare earth metal extraction from oil shale residuels; smart building construction materials; pharmaceuticals Partner in the Max IV synchrotron beamline at Lund University FST Faculty unit for handling patents and industrial applications Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Tartu - UT Engineering and Technology Scientific basis in the field sufficient to conduct doctoral studies - Yes Areas of special note Enthusiasm and high quality of young academic staff Areas in need of improvement Lack of convenient space for teaching Suggestions for the institution Increased teaching needs more space, e.g. labs Suggestions for theUniversity Some buildings need improved wheelchair access Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

Tallinn Technical University - TTÜ Engineering and Technology Scientific impact of research - Very good Cutting edge basic research within a wide field: biomedical; power electronics for power grids and solar panels; powder technology for thin films (e.g. photovoltaic) in low cost materials; protein imprinted polymer films for receptors/transducers in medical and environmental applications Many industrial applications, strong record in commercializing Good publication record (quantity and quality) Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

Tallinn Technical University - TTÜ Engineering and Technology Sustainability and potential of research - Very good Excellent infrastructure; advanced and traditional equipment threat by EU structural funding withdrawl Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

Tallinn Technical University - TTÜ Engineering and Technology Societal importance of research - Very good Extensive close collaboration with industry 1) Development in existing industry, e.g. Elering (national transmission grid); building construction co´s 2) Foundation of spin-off companies, e.g. for solar panels 3) Service provider; testing and measurements 75% of PhD´s employed by a wide variety of industry and business Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

Tallinn Technical University - TTÜ Engineering and Technology Scientific basis in the field sufficient to conduct doctoral studie - Yes Areas of special note Important to maintain graduate school funding Encouraging cooperation with other research groups (national and international) Areas in need of improvement Financial security for PhD students Suggestions for the University Some buildings need improved wheelchair access Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Life Sciences - EMÜ Engineering and Technology Scientific impact of research - Good EMÜ´s focus: sustainability of natural resources interdisciplinary research applied science Strong research areas: bio-fuels, e.g. for internal combustion engines; renewable energy: microgrid combining solar, wind, heat storage; geodetic info GDAT, digital terrain models; building construction materials and testing, insulation, timber construction; hydraulic properties in soils and landfills Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Life Sciences - EMÜ Engineering and Technology Sustainability and potential of research - Very good Infrastructure (buildings and labs) significantly upgraded based on EU structural funds. High standard to be maintained even with decline in EU funding. Most research areas of key importance in society; water management, biofuels, small scale renewable energy, land management Academic staff of high quality More PhD students desirable, need to recruit actively Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Life Sciences - EMÜ Engineering and Technology Societal importance of research - Very good Unique position, interdisciplinary research for sustainability of natural resources Comprehensive research collaboration with TTÜ and universities abroad Contract work for Estonian industry – SMEs in particular Training of well qualified scientists 50% of graduted PhD´s employed by industry Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

University of Life Sciences - EMÜ Engineering and Technology Scientific basis in the field sufficient to conduct doctoral studies - Yes Areas of special note Impressive commitment to environmental problems solutions Areas in need of improvement Need to speed up PhD completions Suggestions for the state Research areas declared by the state as critical not corresponding to state promotion actions Suggestions for the institution Insufficient recognition of scientific publications (not in Web of Science) => less baseline funding Suggestions for the University Some buildings need improved wheelchair access Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

NICPB Engineering and Technology National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics NICPB Engineering and Technology Scientific impact of research - Good High scientific quality, e.g. in: High Performance Computing – Tier-2 cloud – part of ETAIS; energy materials => improved SOX fuel cells; oil shale ash refined to building materials; advanced NMR instrumentation for condensed matter physics; advanced THz spectrometer for study of magnetic systems; nano materials characterization Strong publication record (quantity and quality) Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

NICPB Engineering and Technology National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics NICPB Engineering and Technology Sustainability and potential of research - Satisfactory Significant infrastructure and equipment Challenges to the sustainability: * entirely grant based funding – volatile! * lack of funding for equipment used by university PhD students Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

NICPB Engineering and Technology National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics NICPB Engineering and Technology Societal importance of research - Good Primarily basic research within physics and material physics Commercial applications via spin-off companies: Large scale computer cluster for ETAIS, OpenNode SW with cloud architecture, Lingvist SW for machine learning and foreign languages, Elcogen SOX fuel cells, NICPB represents Estonia at CERN PhD students from TTÜ and UT participate actively in NICPB research Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson

NICPB Engineering and Technology National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics NICPB Engineering and Technology Areas in need of improvement Potential for industrial application not fully utilized => need to focus on liaison with industrial partners Suggestions for the state Almost exclusively grant based funding => finacial insecurity, possible failure of NICPB Suggestions for the institution Some buildings need improved wheelchair access Machine Design__________________________________ Prof. em Jan-Gunnar Persson