Hållbarhet för rymd- och flygapplikationer #01

Target group

PhD candidates and postdocs conducting research in the Swedish Aerospace Research Center (SARC) and the Graduate School of Space Technology, and aerospace engineers, active in research & development and research & innovation (R&D/R&I) projects.

Course objectives

The objective of this course is to increase awareness about sustainability issues in the participant’s own and other participants’ ongoing R&D/R&I projects, and to improve the participant’s ability to address these issues in their own work. 

By raising sustainability issues in the participant’s current project, and by reflecting upon them in groups with other course participants, teachers and guest lecturers, the course objective is that the participant achieves deeper insights about sustainability aspects, in order to improve management of and communication about sustainability issues in the current project, the research work, and, especially for industrial participants, in their organizations.

On completion of the course, the participant should be able to demonstrate (in a short text and in a presentation of the PhD research project) the ability to make relevant sustainability statements about the own research (R&D/R&I) project and be able to discuss the project in relation to UNDP’s 2030 sustainability goals.

Course fee

 7500 SEK/participant (free of charge and prioritized for SARC and Graduate School of Space Technology).

Organisation/Sessions

The course consists of 5 sessions, combining:

• Lectures (online) on sustainability and eco-design, by academic researchers and representatives from aerospace companies to cover current progress (state-of-art and state-of-practice).
• Workshops (online, with break-out sessions) to discuss the individual assessment, and innovative and creative workshop to investigate further improvements.
• Individual assignment, based on the UNDP SDG assessment tool: https://sdgimpactassessmenttool.org/

SESSION 1: April 20, 12.30-16.30: Sustainability seminar with Swedish Aerospace Industry

• 12.30-12.50 Course introduction, overview of UNDP’s SDGs. Welcome to the course. Graduate School of Space Technology and SARC.
• 12.50-13.50 Workshop: “idea workshop” 60 min (+ BREAK 10 min)
• 14.00-15.45 Sustainability from the Swedish space industries perspective – RIT2021 (Rymd för Innovation & Tillväxt), SSC – Stefan Gustafsson (senior VP, strategy & sustainable business), GKN Aerospace – Johanna Nylander (PhD, Method development product cost & sustainability, R&T Center), Saab – Patrik Johansson (Climate strategist). (Incl. BREAK 10 min 15.05-15.15)
• 15.45-16.25 On the UNDP SDG goals from a global space perspective – Prof. Dr. Peter Martinez, Executive Director, Secure World Foundation, Colorado, USA
• 16.25-30 Wrap-up
• SESSION 2: April 27, 8.30-10: Perspectives on sustainability in Aerospace and the SDGs (professor Ola Isaksson, Chalmers,  professor Dag Avango, Luleå University of Technology)

SESSION 3: May 3, 12.30-14.30: Creative and innovative sustainability workshops (professors René Laufer, Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck, assistant professor Lisa Larsson, LTU)

SESSION 4: May 10, 12.30-14: Seminar on Sustainability in Engineering Design (professor Sophie Hallstedt, Blekinge Institute of Technology)

SESSION 5: May 31, 12.30-15 (prel longer): Final seminar – participants’ presentations

Examiners, course responsible and contact information

Professor Marta-Lena Antti, chair Engineering Materials, LTU. E-mail: marta-lena.antti@ltu.se

Professor René Laufer, chair Onboard Space Systems, LTU. E-mail: rene.laufer@ltu.se

Professor Anna Öhrwall Rönnbäck, chair Product Innovation, LTU. E-mail: anna.ohrwall.ronnback@ltu.se