Janet Lin, Adjunct Professor, Visiting Professor

Dr. Janet (Jing) Lin is a renowned expert in reliability-focused engineering, with a distinguished career spanning academia, industry leadership, and global collaborations. She is a Professor in the School of Innovation, Design, and Engineering at Mälardalen University (MDU), Sweden since 2022, and an Associate Professor and Docent at Luleå University of Technology (LTU) since 2015.

Dr. Lin currently serves as the Vice President of the IEEE Reliability Society (RS), focusing on Membership (2023–2024) and Publications (2025 onward). She successfully established the IEEE RS Sweden and Norway Joint Section Chapter in 2021 and has served as its Chair since inception. In 2024, she was honored with the "Annual Reliability Engineer of the Year" award, recognizing her outstanding contributions to the field.

My research focuses on reliability-focused innovation, design, operation, and maintenance engineering, with expertise spanning Asset Management, RAM4S, e-Maintenance, Prognostics and Health Management (PHM), and Operational Research. Her work has practical applications in diverse industries, including transportation systems, energy system, advanced manufacturing, electronics and lighting, heavy industries, consumer goods and food, etc.

Alexander Hillström