BTH professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt receives an honorary doctorate from Radboud University in the Netherlands for his work on strategic sustainable development. The University of Radboud recently celebrated its 97th birthday with an academic celebration at Stevenskerk in Nijmegen. At the ceremony, BTH professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt was given an honorary doctor at the university. Karl-Henrik Robèrt is praised for his work, which has been fruitful for the development of the sustainability agenda at Radboud University. A current example is how science can help organizations relate strategically to the UN’s 17 sustainability goals. The Rector Magnificus of Radboud University, Han van Krieken, gives the following motivation for the appointment of Robèrt: – It is for a variety of reasons that Radboud University wants to honour professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt. Our university’s new Strategic Plan defines explicitly our “responsibility for the world in which we live.” It states as one of our goals that “we want to be in the vanguard when it comes […]

James Dyson has announced what they consider to be the best and most innovative inventions on the theme of “design that solves a problem”. On the top 20 list are BTH students in mechanical engineering with their idea ReGlove – a solution for recycling and remanufacturing protective gloves. The James Dyson Award is an international design competition held in 27 countries and regions for engineering and design students at universities and colleges. The challenge for students is to “design something that solves a problem”. More than 1,700 inventors participated Over 1700 young inventors took part in this year’s James Dyson Award competition and there was a wide range of ingenious inventions on a variety of issues that competed. Now the 20 best inventions have been shortened and we can happily present that for Sweden, BTH’s students won the master’s degree programs in mechanical engineering. – This year has brought massive challenges and if one thing is certain, our top twenty […]