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Adjunct Lecturer Anders Thibblin
In order to maintain its pioneering position, the Thermal Spray (TS) group needs to expand its activities in diverse areas and applications. One of the important application areas is automotive industry, where the TS group has limited activities today despite great potential for collaborative projects.
Strategic collaboration with key industrial partners in automotive sector can support the TS group in expanding its activities. Dr. Anders Thibblin at Scania has therefore been identified for this position of Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Thermal Spraying since he has a PhD in the field of TS coatings for automotive applications. Scania is one of the largest and most innovative automotive companies in Sweden and is the only one in Sweden that has TS in their production facility and has a long experience of TS. The management at Scania sees great potential in TS coatings for various applications and wants to grow in this area.
The goals of this recruitment are:
- Identify and implement new areas of thermal spray applications in automotive industry
- Develop strategic partnership between academia and industry with long term development approach
Research Area
- Teknik
- Produktionsteknik
Research environment / Institution
- Produktionsteknik
- Primus (KK-miljö)
- Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap
Project leader
Research funding
- KK-Stiftelsen
Project time
2022 - 2025