Ola Widlund

Ola Widlund (RISE Research Institutes of Sweden) earned his PhD in Fluid Dynamics from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in 2000, with a thesis on the modeling of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence.

After a few years in Grenoble, France (a Marie Curie Fellowship at CNRS EPM and a temporary position at CEA), he joined ABB Corporate Research in Sweden in 2005. He held a position as Senior Principal Scientist, working on modeling challenges ranging from steel casting to electric charge transport in high-voltage devices.

Since 2015, he has worked at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, near Gothenburg. As unit director, he leads a group of researchers in applied mechanics, with activities in mechanical reliability, quality assurance of simulation models, VVUQ, and advanced experimental methods. In this line of work, he also has experience of quality management for accredited testing (ISO 17025).