Linköpings Universitet

Ph.D. Student Erik Jakobsson

Biography

Erik Jakobsson was born in Mjöbäck, Sweden in 1987. He received his M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, in 2010. After he finished his master’s thesis at Epiroc Rock Drills AB, he was employed at the rock drill department as a hydraulics design engineer. In 2016 he joined the Wallenberg Autonomous System and Software Program (WASP), and started a new position within Epiroc as an industrial PhD student together with Linköping University. His main research interests are related to condition monitoring, sensors in harsh mining environments and the logging and use of on-board sensor data to improve the use and product development of mining machinery.