Lund University has appointed Robert Feidenhans’l as chair of the board for the MAX IV research facility in Lund. The term of office runs from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025. “Robert Feidenhans’l is a fantastic asset for MAX IV and for Sweden’s work on research infrastructures. He is an internationally leading authority within
The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet, VR), which funds the majority of MAX IV operations, reviewed for the sixth time MAX IV’s project management on 7–8 November. The ten-member review committee charged MAX IV with questions on several aspects of the project, from cost and schedule to technical issues, management and science. They also evaluated how
Anna has a PhD in Materials Science from KTH in Stockholm and several years of experience in senior management positions in R&D and manufacturing, as well as the development of advanced technology in organisations such as Sandvik and RISE. Anna has been Senior Director of RISE Advanced Research Infrastructures, where she has had responsibility for
In a recent experiment at DanMAX beamline, researchers from Tampere University deformed steels using a specially designed mechanical test setup. They investigated the effects of the deformation speed on the phases that the steels would assume during deformation. The steels used in the experiments were commercial so-called Transformation induced plasticity or TRIP steel and metastable