Ph.D student Oskar Leufven

Biography and brief educational history

My name is Oskar Leufven. I was born in 1981 and grow up outside Malexander, some 40km south of Linköping. I received a M.S. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International (Yi) in 2007 from Linköping University. The third year of the Yi-program, is mandatory to spend abroad. I spent my study year 2004-05 in Innsbruck, Austria. Brief educational history, with the swedish terms:
2008- :Doktorand, FS, ISY, LiU, Linköping
2002-2007: Yi, LiU, Linköping (20+20p national- och företagsekonomi)
Fall 2001: Systemtekniker, Strf90, Arméns Tekniska Skola (ATS), Östersund
2001-2002: Skytteplutonbefäl, 15mån
1997-2000: Naturvetenskaplig linje, teknisk inriktning, Kungshöga gymnasium, Mjölby
1994-1997: Högstadiet, Stenbocksskolan, Boxholm
1988-1994: Låg- & mellanstadiet, Malexanders skola

Research

Current research topics include turbo charger modeling and control for both energy optimization as well as transient response for advanced charging systems.

Before starting my PhD-studies, I was working as a research engineer at Vehicular Systems. I was responsible for changing the engine in dynamometer 1, along with the control system in the engine laborotory.

Misc

I am the current division champion in both poker as well as in "folk"-racing old Volvo 240's around a track.