Welding Technology

Welding is traditionally divided into Welding processes and Welding metallurgy and in several academic institutions one of these branches dominates the research. For a producer of welded products, it is the combination of these two areas which is important. Consequently, the research within the welding arena covers both welding processes and welding metallurgy. The purpose is to do research on issues of interest to large parts of the welding industry. Therefore, we work on the welding process, which are those most common in industry, like gas metal arc welding, plasma welding, laser welding and friction stir welding. Within welding metallurgy there is an extensive activity, involving both high strength steel, duplex and super duplex steel stainless steels, aluminium and nickel-based super alloys. The studies include both weldability, corrosion and mechanical properties, especially fatigue properties. Another area of importance for welding is heat treatment. Heat treatment is often a part of a complete welding procedure and there are also many similarities between welding and heat treatment when it comes to effects on the material microstructure and properties.

Senior Researchers

Karlsson Leif Professor
Andersson Joel Professor
Kah Paul Professor
Choquet Isabelle Associate Professor 
De Backer Jeroen Dr
Harati Ebrahim Dr
Valiente Asun Dr
Hanning Fabian Dr
Li Peigang Dr
Patel Vivek Dr
Raza Tahira Dr
Rahimi Amin Dr

Doctoral Students

Aryal Pradip
Noori Rahim Abadi Seyyed Mohammad Ali
Johansson Mikael employed at Sandvik Materials Technology
Sreekanth Suhas
Amir Baghdadchi
Gökce Aydin
Ariaseta Achmad 

Research Engineers

Hurtig Kjell
Högström Mats
Särnerblom Björn
Igestrand Mattias

Associated researchers

Olanrewaju Akanbi Ojo Visiting Professor
Scotti Americo Visiting Professor
Adonyi Yoni Visiting Professor
Zhang Wei Visiting Professor
Backström Håkan Guest researcher