Dr. Magnus Eek is Research Director at VTI, leading a research unit focused on vehicle systems, simulation, and visualization. Furthermore, he is driving an institute-wide strategic initiative to develop VTI’s aviation related research. He has extensive experience from the defense industry, where he worked at Saab with Model-Based Systems Engineering, research and technology strategy, as well as research related project and program management. His doctoral thesis from Linköping University focused on methods for verification, validation, and credibility assessment of simulation models and large-scale aircraft system simulators.
Magnus Eek Research Director
Abhijeet Behera Doctoral student
Anders Andersson Researcher
Bo Liu Research Engineer
Erik Gustaf Lilljebjörn Doctoral student
Florian Fischer Research Engineer
Harrison John Bhatti Researcher
Krister Gällman Research Engineer
Linus Hilding Research Engineer
Lisa Ydrefors Researcher
Mats Lidström Research Engineer
Mattias Hjort Senior Research Leader
Maytheewat Aramrattana Senior Researcher
Pelle Wredenborg Engineer
Smit Saparia Research Engineer
Sogol Kharrazi Senior Researcher
Svetla Käck Senior Researcher
İpek Kuvvetli Doctoral student
Magnus is involved in:
- NFFP, National Aeronautics Research Programme
Strengthened Swedish aeronautical research and development (vinnova.se)External link.
- Innovair, The Swedish Strategic Innovation Programme for Aeronautics
Innovair – Innovation Programme for Aeronautics (innovair.org)External link.
- 2Zero, Towards zero emission road transport
2Zero Emission (2zeroemission.eu)External link.
- DSC, Driving Simulation Conference
Driving Simulation Conference Europe 2025 VR (dsc2025.org)External link.
Organisation
Research Department of Traffic and Road Users
Unit: Vehicle Systems and Driving Simulation