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 31 January 2023
On Thursday, January 26, the Japanese Ambassador Noke Masaki and First Secretary Shinya Tatematsu visited FSCN Research centre.
Tuesday 31 January 2023
Välkommen till FSCN-dagarna vid Mittuniversitetet den 28-29 mars 2023!
Monday 19 December 2022
Seminar in chemical engineering for academic title Associate Professor with Jan-Erik Berg. Title of the seminar “Refining gentleness – a key to bulky CTMP”.
Monday 19 December 2022
Welcome to the public defence of the Doctoral Thesis in Chemistry with Kaiheng Zhang. Supervisor is professor Armando Cordova. The seminar will be in English. You can join live in the lecture hall M108 Campus Sundsvall or online in zoom.
Sunday 18 December 2022
Sofia Malmberg studerade Civilingenjörsprogrammet i Teknisk kemi hos oss på Mittuniversitetet, nu arbetar hon på SCA och har precis blivit belönad med ett stipendium från Bo Rydins Stiftelse För Vetenskaplig Forskning för Bästa examensarbete 2022!
Sunday 18 December 2022
Monday 5 December 2022
Methane gas accounts for one-fifth of global warming. Bakhram Gaynullin, industrial doctoral student at Mid Sweden University and Senseair, has developed a measurement method to distinguish methane gas in small concentrations from water vapour, at a much lower cost than existing technology.
Monday 5 December 2022
The page was updated 12/7/2022
