Today, we held an extra decision meeting at the faculty with exemptions from the Vice-Chancellor decision to start next semester with digital education and examination. We handled some 27 documents comprising and granted over 60 requests for exemptions based on TS courses for the first half of the fall semester.
There are of course loads of practical issues for each course that remains to be solved, but with this decision in place, it is my hope that a foundation in terms of clarity for the start of the fall semester is laid, thereby providing all the teachers with the necessary means for targeting appropriate solutions to all practical problems.
For the specifics, please see the Dean’s decision meeting box-folder here https://mau.box.com/s/6r5e100x36vb9kukowy42mrvl891i802
At the TS faculty board today, the decision was taken to forward the application for research education rights for the subject area of Applied Physics to the vice chancellor. This is an unusually important strategic step in the further development of our university faculty. Special thanks to Per Jönsson and Pär Olsson along with their colleagues at MTM for their hard work on this important step.
Meeting minutes from the faculty board can be found here https://medarbetare.mau.se/ledning-och-organisation/organisation/fakulteten-for-teknik-och-samhalle/#accordion-18416
The Rudolf W Palm grant for 2020 was awarded to Titti Bjerken of MTM and Nancy Russo of DVMT with 25 000 kr each for the projects:
- Nancy Russo: Connected Seniors: Using Smart Technology for Health and Wellness https://mau.box.com/s/a14e8h9h6nnx9tcx0olfcnzldmwhnl7e
- Christina Bjerken: Analys av förutsättningarna för att bedriva ingenjörsutbildningar på Mau med inriktning mot humanitärt bistånd och hållbar social utveckling https://mau.box.com/s/3akdgqykg4lin1xuqzk22b2saapej5jo
Both projects will also be co-financed with the same amount from the Faculty, meaning that both Titti and Nancy will receive a total of 50 K sek for their project. Congratulations and best of luck to you!
Jakob Sandman, an alumni of the engineering degree programme in Product Development and Design has designed the first ear plugs made of recycled plastic, read more about this astonishing product innovation and learn more about the crowdfunding that enables the production here https://mau.se/nyheter/han-utvecklar-varldens-forsta-oronpropp-av-atervunnen-plast/