Bjorn Birgisson

Bjorn joined Aston University as Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science in January 2014. He previously was the Vice President for Research at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm – the top technical University in Sweden.

As acting Head of the Division of Highway and Railway Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology Bjorn was responsible for creating the ‘Road2Science’ Research Centre to stimulate and develop research into road and railway infrastructure.

During his time at KTH, the institution rose to be ranked by QS World Rankings as one of Europe’s Top Ten technical Universities. His various research projects at KTH were awarded over $38m dollars of research funding.

Bjorn was awarded a PhD from the University of Minnesota, a MS from Cornell University, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of North Dakota.

Bjorn Birgisson