Master thesis opportunity in Social Sustainability

The deadline for this opportunity has passed.

We are looking for a student interested in doing a master thesis in the field of Social Sustainability, or more specifically in Social life cycle assessment (s-LCA). s-LCA is a method under development, with the aim to assess social impacts throughout the life cycle of a product or service. Social aspects considered include e.g. child labour, corruption, health and safety, local employment and cultural heritage. There are several areas where the method needs further development. The master thesis would contribute to the evaluation and development of this tool, and the specific scope will be defined in collaboration between the student and the supervisor. Interesting areas include the evaluation and definition of relevant social impact sub-categories and their respective indicators to be measured; identifying impact pathways between the indicators and the subcategories.
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Master thesis: Cooling solutions for technical sites

Despite or thanks to the ongoing miniaturization process within the IT sector there seems to be an increasing demand for cooling capacity. This mainly due to Moore’s law and an increased request of new functions and capacity. TeliaSonera is piloting a new state of the art cooling solution for technical sites with a cooling need above 30 kW/ rack that we think might be the most efficient cooling solution ever. To verify the concept but also comparing different solutions on the market we now initiate two master of science Thesis studies:

* The first study is focusing on the technical performance of the presented solution, verifying it’s prestanda and technical data as well as comparing it with other solutions on the market.
* The second study is focusing on the environmental performance from a life cycle perspective. The aim is to perform a full LCA that can be used as …

Master Degree thesis: Environmental impacts of videoconference solutions

A the Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC) there is an opportunity to perform a Master thesis aiming to assess the environmental impacts related to videoconference solutions. This thesis will include a life cycle assessment (LCA) of a specific case, using the SimaPro LCA software available in computer labs at KTH. The specific goal and scope of the study will be defined in collaboration between the student, the supervisor and participants in an on-going project at CESC (Drivers and Barriers for mediated meetings).

The thesis work will include the general process stages of an LCA:

• Goal and scope
• Inventory
• Impact assessment
• Interpretation

If you are interested, please contact Åsa Moberg (asa.moberg@abe.kth.se ) or Minna Räsänen (mira@csc.kth.se)

More information on Master degree project in Environmental Strategies Research
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Licentiand inom miljöstrategisk analys sökes

ABE-skolan på KTH utlyser en tjänst inom ”infrastruktur med inriktning mot miljöstrategisk analys”. Licentianden kommer att medverka i CESC-projektet Media&Sustainability. Annonsen finns på KTH:s hemsida och sista ansökningsdag är den 15 december 2010.
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Master Thesis: Energy use of mobile broadband content delivery

Background

The importance of mobile broadband communications has increased significantly in recent years. Large amounts and various types of data are transmitted nowadays via mobile broadband to and from the Internet. Nevertheless, the energy use and environmental implications of the necessary infrastructure are not well known yet.

Problem statement

The goal of the thesis is to estimate the energy use that can be attributed to content delivery over a mobile broadband network. The mobile broadband technology of interest is 3G, potentially LTE. The project should focus on the components that constitute the core network, the mobile backhaul, the mobile base station and the user equipment.

The student should collect existing data on the energy consumption of the components and develop a reasonable way to allocate the energy consumption to the actual data delivery. A possible extension of the study is to compare cellular content delivery to content delivery over WiFi, …

Exjobb: tidningstryck – jämförande miljöstudie av olika processer

Vid Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC) finns möjlighet att utföra ett examensarbete inom projektet Media & Sustainability.

Bakgrund

Den teknik och de processer som används vid dagstidningstryck har under de senaste 15 åren tagit stora tekniksprång. Den digitala tekniken har inte bara inneburit att dagstidningar enkelt kan publiceras på internet och läsas i stort sett var och när som helst, utan gör också att produktionen av de tryckta tidningarna kan effektiviseras med datorernas hjälp. De tidningstryckpressar som installerades på 80-talet och första halvan av 1990-talet var till stora delar mekaniskt styrda och utnyttjade i hög grad mekaniska axlar, växellådor och kugghjul. Kring år 2000 ersattes mycket av den mekaniska styrning av höghastighetsnätverk i kombination med moderna elmotorer.
Ytterligare en teknik som vunnit mark de senaste åren är vattenfri offset för dagstidningstryck. Genom att ta bort vattnet i tryckprocessen och istället använda silikonbelagda tryckplåtar och andra typer av färger har …

Exjobb: användarstudie om iPad

Vid Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC) finns möjlighet att utföra en användarstudie om iPad (eller ”tablets” generellt) som examensarbete. Syftet med studien är att besvara frågor som: Hur mycket använder du din iPad? Vilka aktiviteter ersätter din iPad-användning? Vilka lokala applikationer har du? Laddar du ner filer? Hur mycket är du online och till vilket syfte? etc

Tanken är att studien genomförs genom intervjuer och/eller enkäter, samt kompletterande litteraturstudier. Examensarbetet som kommer att bidra till projektet Media and Sustainability kan påbörjas tidigast i januari 2011.

Kontakta Björn Hedin (bjornh@kth.se) eller Åsa Moberg (asa.moberg@abe.kth.se) om du vill veta mer.
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Student project/thesis: video-mediated communication

The Centre for Sustainable Communications (CESC) project, Drivers and barriers for mediated meetings is asking interested students from all disciplines to contribute through conducting independent research projects on video-mediated communication. Research can take the form of a Master’s thesis, a degree project (examensarbete) or smaller project work (C-uppsats) etc.

Background

Currently the possible applications and use of video-mediated communication using video-conferencing systems and other technology is undergoing enormous growth. By reducing our need to travel, video communication and video-mediated meetings can decrease our impact on the environment and allow companies and other organisations such as universities, to function from a distance.

The reality, however is somewhat different and numerous factors – on an individual, a collective and an organisational level – often prevent us from reaching this noble goal.

To research these barriers and motivating factors is the focus of one of the Centre for Sustainable Communications’ current projects – …

CESC söker två licentiander

CESC söker två licentiander, en i teknikhistoria och en i miljöstrategisk analys. Läs annonsen på KTH:s webbplats! Sista ansökningsdag: 2010-06-24.
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