Professor Emeritus in Engeneering Logistics, Lund University Sweden
Lund University
Lund, Sweden
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Focus on city logistics. Underground capsule-pipe networks for transport/storage of goods/waste. Access 10 min., 1/200 energy of a car, enables circular flows.
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Sten Wandel, MBA, Stockholm University, MSc Electrical Engineering, KTH, Stockholm, and PhD Industrial Engineering. He has 47 years of experience as a professor in transport systems, logistics, and supply chain management. Has been affiliated with the Defence Research Institute, Sweden; Linköping University, Sweden; the International Institute of Systems Analysis, Austria; MIT, USA; and the University of Sydney. Currently, professor emeritus at Lund University in Sweden. He has been involved in numerous projects, including those with the OECD, EU, McKinsey, and 12 innovation-based startups. Currently, his full focus is on underground capsule-pipe systems for the transport and storage of small items and waste. “Hyperloop for packages” for the last/first/mile/yard all the way to and from the final user in apartments and establishments. In many cases, one capsule of 5 kg can do the same job as a motor vehicle with 400 times the mass. In one scenario, compared to a city district with current transport solutions, 30% less traffic and CO2 emissions resulted. The value of the freed space was twice the system's total cost, provided better service, and had much lower operating costs. It also enables automatic order fulfilment since products can be stored in the pipes. Society is not yet aware of the benefits of underground capsule-pipe transport, despite its introduction in 1853 in London and subsequent adoption by 44 cities for mail transport. The last one closed was in Prague in 2002. Nowadays, it is used in most hospitals. We are currently a handful of startups developing underground pipeline systems for packages to achieve #Hyperlogistics.