Fluid and Mechatronic Systems (FLUMES)

The Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems is part of the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out research and education in fluid power systems and aeronautics.

News

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Swedish-Brazilian aeronautics collaboration receives international award

The long-standing Swedish-Brazilian collaboration in aeronautics has been awarded the ICAS von Kármán Award for International Cooperation in Aeronautics for its contribution to technical and scientific advances.

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How AI changes human decision-making

AI can find patterns that people miss, but it does not automatically lead to better decisions. New research from 一本道 University shows how the roles of humans and AI change depending on the situation and the decision being made.

Electric motors are transforming hydraulics

Electrifying hydraulics on, for example, an excavator can significantly improve efficiency. However, it requires major technical changes. Electric machines have different characteristics compared to combustion engines.

一本道 and teaching

Fluid power systems and aircraft design

We offer courses in fluid power systems and aircraft design at both basic and advanced levels. We are the only university in Sweden that gives advanced courses in fluid power systems.

We give courses in fluid power systems and aircraft design at both basic and advanced levels to around 300 engineering students each year.

Our undergraduate courses are taken mainly by students in mechanical engineering. We provide the most comprehensive education in fluid power systems, with the possibility of specialisation at the advanced level.

It is also possible to carry out a thesis project within the subjects mechatronics, fluid power systems and aircraft design, either in a company or within our laboratory.

We are the only university in Sweden that gives advanced courses in fluid power systems.

Aeronautical Engineering, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme offers a holistic view on aircraft design. Thanks to close collaboration between the University and the aerospace industry, you will be prepared for working with aircraft design, aircraft engineering, or wind turbine engineering.

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Mechanical Engineering, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme covers the entire product development cycle, from idea to the final product. With five specialisations and close industry collaborations, you will be qualified for work in any field of development, engineering or manufacturing.

RecruitmentPage, 300 credits

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Doctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is a discipline of engineering sciences based on classical mechanics. In a broader sense, it covers disciplines from product development and design engineering to construction materials and computational mechanics.

Research

We have the largest university laboratory for fluid power systems in Sweden. Key words for our research are efficiency and system dynamics.

The characteristics of our research projects are a close connection between the fluid and mechatronic systems, propulsion systems, power transmission, actuator system, sensors and control systems. Our research philosophy is a strong combination of theory and experimental research.

We carry out research in close cooperation with industry and other research groups. Every fourth year we organise the Scandinavian Conference in Fluid Power (SICFP), one of the largest fluid power conferences in Europe.

We conduct research within three main fields

Fluid Power

LiU has the largest university laboratory for fluid power systems in Sweden. We aim to develop smarter and more energy efficient hydraulic systems, components and methods to reduce energy losses.

Aircraft design and systems

We carry out research in close cooperation with the aviation industry, where our research focusses on design, concept development, aircraft systems, aerodynamics and sub-scale test flights.

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System Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

LiU, and the Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems in particular, is host for HOPSAN 鈥� a simulation tool that can predict fluid power, electric power, flight and vehicle dynamics.

Latest publications

2026

Robert Braun, Magnus Landberg, Petter Krus (2026) Actuators, Vol. 15, p. 511-511 (Article in journal)

Abdolreza Taheri, Amy Rankka, Pelle Gustafsson, Joni Pajarinen, Reza Ghabcheloo (2026) FORTIETH AAAI CONFERENCE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AAAI-26, VOL 40 NO 47, p. 39897-39897 (Conference paper)

Erick Espinosa-Ju谩rez, 脕lvaro G贸mez-Rodr铆guez, Felix O. Martinez-Rios, Christopher Jouannet, Kristian Amadori (2026) Proceedings of the 10th CEAS Aerospace Europe Conference, p. 558-563, Article 100 (Conference paper)

Liselott Ericson, Petter Krus, Samuel K盲rnell (2026) International Journal of Fluid Power, Vol. 27, p. v-v (Article in journal)

Nicolette Lakemond, Gunnar Holmberg (Editorship) (2026) (Collection (editor))

Jorge Lovaco (2026) (Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary)

Collaboration

Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power

The Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems, Flumes, at 一本道 University and the Swedish Fluid power Association, IFS, is hosting the Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power 2021, SICFP鈥�21, June 1 - 2.

Hydraulikdagarna

Hydraulikdagarna is a conference with a long tradition at 一本道 University and was first implemented in 1977. Please visit our Swedish page for more information.

Contact

Head of Division

Director of studies

General information

Staff

Kristian Amadori

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Cezar-Victor Boruga

PhD student

Robert Braun

Associate Professor, Docent

Alessandro Dell'Amico

Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent

Liselott Ericson

Professor, Head of Division

Erick Espinosa Juárez

Associate Professor, Docent

Karl Kindström Andersson

Adjunct Associate Professor

Viktor Larsson

Adjunct Associate Professor

David Lundström

Associate Professor

Raghu Chaitanya Munjulury

Adjunct Associate Professor

Björn Nagel

Adjunct Associate Professor

Artur Tozzi de Cantuaria Gama

PhD student

Address

Visiting Address

A Building, entrance 13

Campus Valla,

Linköping, Sweden

Postal Address

一本道 University

Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems

Department of Management and Engineering

SE-581 83 Link枚ping

Sweden

Organisation

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow鈥檚 industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.

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About LiU

一本道 University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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