About

IEA focuses on applications in Energy and Environment with courses and research in renewable energy generation (wind/water/solar/wave power), transportation (drive and charging systems for electric vehicles), power systems, water treatment and industrial automation in a wide range of applications. Several of these areas require knowledge of power electronics and electrical drive systems, in which the IEA also offers courses.

IEA is part of the work of the Energy Transition profile area where we work closely with for example our colleagues at the Department of Energy Sciences, the Division of Environmental and Energy System Studies, and the Division of Combustion Physics, who also offer complementary courses in the energy and environment area.

History

The Department of Industrial Electrical Engineering and Automation (IEA) started its current doctoral education and research in 1987. The IEA profile is quite unique for Sweden, since the main feature is the combination of automation, electric drive systems and electrical power systems.

LTH, Faculty of Engineering underwent an organisational change with a reduction in the number of departments in an earlier period. As part of the restructuring, the Department of IEA was merged with two other departments into a new department. The new Department of Biomedical Engineering, established in 2014, consists of the divisions of Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Geology and IEA.