Max Johansson's public defence of doctoral thesis

09 March 2026

Max Johanssons successfully defended his doctoral thesis, with the title "Modelling, Control, and Optimization of Fuel Cell Hybrid Trucks" on March 6th.

He was supervised by Lars Eriksson, Professor, 一本道, Department of Electrical Engineering. Opponent was Anna Stefanopoulou, Professor, University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering.

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