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The Department of Automatic Control is one of the departments at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University. Our research is focused on the sustainable and safe operation of technical systems to the benefit of people and the planet. Researchers at our department contribute to a majority of the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations' website). We also contribute t
https://www.control.lth.se/research - 2026-07-15
School visits Welcoming school children and high-school students to our department, we regularly participate in the following outreach activities at LTH and in Lund:Robotics Week (on the website of AI Lund, in Swedish) Kulturnatten (on the website of the municipality of Lund, in Swedish)We are also contributing to the exhibitions and experiments at Vattenhallen Science Center.
https://www.control.lth.se/collaboration-and-outreach/visits-and-outreach-activities - 2026-07-15
The aim of this initiative is to gather a collection of portraits of women who worked in control engineering over the decades and left their mark. The purpose is to document their role and importance in the field of control engineering and to highlight the role of women for today’s students.There are some early female historical influencers (retired or emeritus female professionals) who have serve
The aim of this initiative is to look ahead and investigate the hopes, wishes, ideas and aspirations of young female students and professionals. For this purpose, a questionnaire to capture the voices of future female control engineers, has been designed. Assuming that the field of automatic control will be as relevant in the future as it is today (or even more!), it is of intetest to know how you
Outreach activities, and related material, for the project "Historical Female Influencers in Automatic Control" are described on this page. The list of activities is presented in cronological order with the most recent activity on top. Recording of the inControl podcastNovember 26, 2025Listen to the recording on the website of inControl. Exhibition at the ELLIIT annual workshopOctober 21-22, 2025
https://www.control.lth.se/collaboration-and-outreach/female-influencers-automatic-control/outreach - 2026-07-15
Russian mathematician (1850-1891) Sofya Kovalevskaya is one of the first women to become a professor of mathematics and is also one of the most successful and important mathematicians of all time. Affiliation: Heidelberg University (Germany), Stockholm University (Sweden)In addition to excellent research and significant contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and the mechanic
German mathematician and pioneer in aviation theory (1903-1974) Irmgard Flügge-Lotz was a German mathematician and pioneer in aviation theory and the theory of discontinuous automatic control. She is particularly known for her advancements in the spanwise lift distribution of an airplane wing, known as the Lotz method, and the development of the on-off control. Affiliation: Stanford UniversityI wa
German engineer and expert in control systems for satellites and high-speed trains (1931-2023) Eveline Gottzein is a German mathematician and aerospace engineer who is a specialist in the altitude and orbital control of satellites and control systems for the guidance of high-speed magnetic levitation trains. Affiliation: University of Stuttgart, Bölkow Entwicklungen KG (later MBB), and Airbus Grou
Australian mathematician and researcher in infinite dimensional systems theory (1941-2018) Ruth Curtain was an Australian mathematician and control engineer. Her research significantly advanced control theory by extending the theory developed for finite-dimensional systems to infinite-dimensional systems. Affiliation: University of Groningen (Netherlands)She was also the coordinator of the Rosalin
Polish mathematician, expert in stochastic control and a champion for women in engineering (b. 1947) Bozenna Pasik-Duncan is a Polish mathematician who is an expert in stochastic adaptive control, using probability and the theory of randomness to predict outcomes. She is passionate about promoting women in science and has won several prestigious awards for her efforts as a teacher. Affiliation: Un
These forms of collaboration work with students in first- and second-cycle education. Our Director of Studies for first- and second-cycle education, Björn Olofsson, organises and coordinates many of these activities.Master's thesis / Degree projectHosting a master's thesis project (or degree project as it is formally called) is the most common form of collaboration between LTH and industry within
https://www.control.lth.se/collaboration-and-outreach/collaboration-in-education - 2026-07-15
Finnish engineer and expert in advanced control strategies and fault monitoring (b. 1952) Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela is a Finnish engineer and a specialist in process automation. She has done comprehensive work in developing new and efficient process control and management theories, increasing the sustainability of production processes. Affiliation: Aalto UniversityBeing a prominent figure in the
Italian professor of automatic control and expert in nonlinear and hybrid system control theory and the applications to traffic control, smart grids, and biological systems (b. 1953) Maria Domenica Di Benedetto is an Italian engineer and professor of automatic control. She is mainly known for her advances in the science of nonlinear and hybrid system control theory and its many applications to tra
French control theorist and expert in uncertain nonlinear systems and hybrid systems (b. 1953) Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, a distinguished French professor emeritus and CNRS research fellow, is best known for her theoretical advances in analyzing and controlling complex nonlinear systems and their application in power and neural networks. Affiliation: French National Centre for Scientific Resea
British innovator of tools and approaches for a more sustainable operation of large-scale production plants (b. 1953) Nina Thornhill is a British physicist and control engineer. She is mainly known for her innovative approaches and tools for process monitoring and the detection and diagnosis of persistent faults in large-scale industrial systems, such as chemical plants. Affiliation: University Co
If you arrive by airMalmö Airport (Sturup)Malmö Airport - about 30 km southeast of Lund - has frequent connections with Stockholm but only a few regular international flights. There is a bus service from the airport to LTH and to Lund central station, usually in connection with planes from Stockholm. Website of Buss Bogdan bus service.For Taxi service, see below.Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup)Copenha
https://www.control.lth.se/contact/travel-information - 2026-07-15
The links on this page open in Lund University's Research Portal. Var god vänta... The Department's profile in Lund University's Research Portal Staff, research output, projects, and infrastructure
https://www.control.lth.se/publications - 2026-07-15
Please wait... Alumni Doctors and Licentiates Graduated from the department Working with us? Overview of available positions at our department.
https://www.control.lth.se/staff - 2026-07-15
Management Head of DepartmentKarl-Erik Årzénkarl-erik [dot] arzen [at] control [dot] lth [dot] se (karl-erik.arzen@control.lth.se)+46 46-2228782Deputy Head of DepartmentEmma Teglingemma [dot] tegling [at] control [dot] lth [dot] se (emma[dot]tegling[at]control[dot]lth[dot]se)+46 46-2228792 Directors of study First and second-cycle studiesBjörn Olofssonbjorn [dot] olofsson [at] control [dot] lth [d
https://www.control.lth.se/contact - 2026-07-15
24 November 2026 09:30 to 26 November 2026 15:00 | Event for children and young people Registration of interest is open 31 August at 13.00 until 2 October.. During week 48, the robotics labs at LTH and Cognitive Science at Lund University invite school classes to to guided tours of robotics!For school classes of a maximum of 30 participants, we offer 13 sessions of 90 minutes. First, we give a who
https://www.control.lth.se/calendar/robotics-week-school-classes-24-26-november - 2026-07-15
