When the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) elected new fellows on 3 December, there were several with a connection to Chalmers among them.
IVA was founded over 100 years ago and is the world's oldest academy of engineering sciences. IVA unites the expertise and experience of approximately 1,300 elected Academy Fellows and 250 companies.
“Today, the Academy elected 41 new Fellows, whose collective experience and expertise will be a valuable addition to IVA and our international collaborations," says Professor Sylvia Schwaag Serger, President of IVA, in a press release.
Newly elected Fellows with a connection to Chalmers
Christina Claeson-Jonsson, Adjunct Professor, Construction Management at Chalmers University of Technology, Head of Research and Innovation at NCC, is elected to IVA's Building and Construction Division.
Mats Lundqvist, Professor of Entrepreneurship at Chalmers University of Technology, is elected to IVA's Management Division.
Christian Müller, Professor of Applied Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology, is elected to IVA's Chemical Engineering Division.
Martin Nilsson Jacobi, Professor of Complex Systems at Chalmers University of Technology, President and CEO Chalmers University of Technology, is elected to IVA's Education and Research Division.
Åsa Wahlström, Business Area Manager of Built Environment CIT Renergy, is elected to IVA's Building and Construction Division.
IVA: The world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences
The Academy’s 12 Divisions propose new Fellows. It is then up to IVA’s highest decision-making body, the Assembly of the Academy, to make the final choice.
Read more at IVA’s website