SWACCS Seminar Series - February 2026

Particle emissions and ambient air pollution

Day: Thursday, 18th of February 2026

Time: 14:00- 15:00

Format: Zoom Meeting

Link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/65300896741

Speaker 1: Ellen Bergseth, Associate Prof. Department of Engineering Design, ITM, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Title: “Mitigating particle emissions from the wheel-rail contact using top of rail material”

Speaker 2: Sarah Steimer. Assistant Prof., ACES, Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University.

Title: “Brake wear as a less known source of gaseous emission into the atmosphere.”

Welcome!