FSCN – Fibre Science and Communication Network is a multi-disciplinary research centre at Mid Sweden University. FSCN carries out research that supports the development of forest-based industries and new opportunities for forest-based biomaterials.
Our research is developed in close collaboration with the Swedish forest industry and their suppliers, as well as other materials, chemicals, transport and energy sectors. Our aim is to increase industry profitability by improving resource and process efficiency and to support the development of new bio-based products in different sectors. The underlying goal for all of our research is increased resource efficiency, environmental friendliness and circularity in the industrial ecosystem of the region.
FSCN was established in 1999. It has grown from the initial four professors to today´s 11 full-time professors and 15 graduate students. In all the staff consists of 80 researchers.
FSCN and the neighbouring research centre Sensible Things that Communicate (STC) together constitute the research environment Transformative Technologies. Our shared goal is to support the transformation of the industrial ecosystem through bioeconomy and digitalisation. Transformative Technologies is responsible for one third of all research at Mid Sweden University.
FORIC is our industrial research school for PhD students. FORIC's full name is Forest as a Resource Industrial Research College.
NeoPulp is a Research Profile with a vision to build a pioneering research profile in fibre behaviour during pulping and papermaking processes.
Tuesday 22 November 2022
On November 17, 2022, Christer Sandberg presented his Doctoral Thesis in Chemical Engineering and he passed it. Congratulations Christer!
Tuesday 22 November 2022
Torsdagen den 15 december, kl 11.00 – 12.00 håller Jan-Erik Berg sin docentföreläsning inom ämnet kemiteknik. Docentföreläsningen kommer att hållas på engelska och ges som hybridföreläsning som kan följas antingen på plats i Sundsvall sal E409 Campus Åkanten, eller via Zoom.
Monday 14 November 2022
Magnus Norgren, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Mid Sweden University’s research center FSCN, receives SEK 3.8 million from the Swedish Research Council for a study on cellulose as triboelectric material.
Monday 14 November 2022
Välkommen till FSCN-dagarna vid Mittuniversitetet den 28-29 mars 2023!
Wednesday 19 October 2022
Participants from the conference Swedish Graphene Forum, started the conference with a study visit with us at the research centre FSCN.
Wednesday 19 October 2022
Thursday 6 October 2022
The professor’s Angeles Blanco and Carlos Negro from Spain would like to start new collaboration between Mid Sweden University and the University Complutense of Madrid.
Thursday 6 October 2022
The page was updated 10/14/2022
