Award

The Håkan Frisinger award
Each year the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research awards a scholarship to a prominent researcher. The award is currently SEK 250,000 and since the start of the FUT programme in 2000 the receivers are:

• 2001 - Professor Per Lövsund, Chalmers University of Technology
• 2002 - Assistant Professor Dag Wedelin, Chalmers University of Technology
• 2003 - Professor Bengt Andersson, Chalmers University of Technology
• 2004 - Professor Michael Patriksson, Chalmers University of Technology
• 2005 - Professor Bo Egardt, Chalmers University of Technology
• 2006 - Professor Marcus Aldén, Lunds University
• 2007 - Decision to be made in Dec. 2007

Professor Marcus Aldén receives the 2006 Håkan Frisinger award

Professor Marcus Aldén, Lunds Institute of Technology at Lunds University in Sweden, has been awarded the scholarship for 2006 from "Håkan Frisinger’s foundation for transport research". The main part of Marcus Aldén’s scientific activities has been in the field of development and application of advanced optical (laser) techniques for characterisation of flow, combustion and other high temperature phenomena.

1. Håkan Frisinger, President and CEO of Volvo 1983 - 1987
2. Marcus Aldén, Receiver of the 2006 award, Professor at Lund University
3. Karin Markides, Rector of Chalmers University of Technology
4. Arne Wittlöv, Chairman of the Board of VREF, Executive Vice-President AB Volvo 1997 - 2001
5. Bengt Kasemo, Chairman of the Scientific Council, Professor at Chalmers University of Technology
6. Klas Malmqvist, Prorector at Lund University