Robert PedersonProfessor Robert Pederson is professor in Engineering Materials and head of Division of Subtractive and Additive Manufacturing at University West. Robert has 20 years of experience within research and development of advanced metallic materials for aeospace and space applications. He received his PhD in 2004 in a project on titanium alloys in close collaboration with Volvo Aero Corporation (which became GKN Aerospace Engines Systems Sweden in 2012). Between 2004-2016, Robert worked at Volvo/GKN as research cluster leader, company specialist in materials technology, project leader, project manager, and responsible materials application engineer in a number of projects related with civilian aero engines as well as space rocket applications. In 2013 he became Associate Professor (Docent) at Chalmers University of Technology, and in 2015 he became Adjunct Professor at Luleå University of Technology. He has supervised 6 PhD students to doctors degree and is currently supervising 3 PhD students. The research work is focused on exploring and improving the understanding of the relationship between thermo-mechanical processing - microstructure - mechanical properties for titanium alloys and other metallic alloys and the key technologies of welding and additive manufacturing processes used by the aerospace and space industry. Read More Read Less