Mirka Kans

I have been active in teaching at Växjö University/Linnaeus University since 2000 within subjects such as maintenance management, industrial information systems, project management, and research methodology. In addition, I have been tutoring students on all levels of education. I received my MSc in Computer Science with specialisation in Informatics 2003, the PhD in 2008 and the Associate Professorship in 2013. The research is focused on data and IT requirements for maintenance management, how to support the digital transformation of the industry, and higher education development. I am active in developing the education practices and curriculum according to student centered and active learning concepts in close collaboration with industry, and am engaged in pedagogic development projects according to the CDIO concept.

My research groups

My ongoing research projects

Project: Data-driven condition assessment of gravel roads for sustainable maintenance The project aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the condition assessment of gravel roads to…

My completed research projects

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Mbiyana, K., Kans, M. (2024). A participatory data-driven approach for unpaved road condition monitoring. Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation. 14 (1). 57-71.
Status: Published
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2023). Service-based business models in the Swedish railway industry. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 29 (5). 68-87.
Status: Published
Kans, M., Campos, J., Håkansson, L. (2022). The development of a cloud-based information system for gravel road maintenance. International Journal of COMADEM. 25 (2). 31-38.
Status: Published
Kans, M., Claesson, L. (2022). Gender-Related Differences for Subject Interest and Academic Emotions for STEM Subjects among Swedish Upper Secondary School Students. Education Sciences. 12 (8).
Status: Published
Abbas, N., Kans, M. (2022). Information Needs of Gravel Road Stakeholders. Infrastructures. 7 (12).
Status: Published
Campos, J., Kans, M., Salonen, A. (2021). A project management methodology to achieve successful digitalization in maintenance organizations. International Journal of COMADEM. 24 (1). 3-9.
Status: Published
Kans, M. (2021). Engineering education development : a business modelling approach. Higher Education Evaluation and Development. 15 (1). 53-77.
Status: Published
Kans, M. (2021). A Study of Maintenance-Related Education in Swedish Engineering Programs. Education Sciences. 11 (9).
Status: Published
Jadim, R., Kans, M., Schulte, J., Alhattab, M., Alhendi, M., et al. (2021). On Approaching Relevant Cost-Effective Sustainable Maintenance of Mineral Oil-Filled Electrical Transformers. Energies. 14 (12).
Status: Published
Jadim, R., Kans, M., Alhattab, M., Alhendi, M. (2021). A Novel Condition Monitoring Procedure for Early Detection of Copper Corrosion Problems in Oil-Filled Electrical Transformers. Energies. 14 (14).
Status: Published
Kans, M., Gustafsson, Å. (2020). Internal stakeholders' views on interdisciplinarity : An empirical study within an interdisciplinary master's program. Cogent Education. 7 (1). 1-21.
Status: Published
Jadim, R., Kans, M., Rehman, S., Alhems, L. (2020). A relevant condition monitoring of corrosive sulphur deposition on the windings of oil-filled electrical transformers. IEEE transactions on dielectrics and electrical insulation. 27 (5). 1736-1742.
Status: Published
Kans, M., Campos, J., Håkansson, L. (2020). Current practices and new approaches within condition monitoring of gravel roads. International Journal of COMADEM. 23 (4). 3-8.
Status: Published
Kans, M. (2018). IT governance from the operational perspective : a study of IT governance strategies applied within maintenance management. International Journal of Services Technology and Management. 24 (1-3). 263-288.
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Kans, M., Campos, J., Salonen, A., Bengtsson, M. (2017). The Thinking Industry : An approach for Gaining Highest Advantage of Digitalisation within Maintenance. Journal of Maintenance Engineering. 2. 147-158.
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Metso, L., Kans, M. (2017). An Ecosystem Perspective on Asset Management Information. Management Systems in Production Engineering. 25 (3). 150-157.
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Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2016). A framework for business model development for reaching service management 4.0. Journal of Maintenance Engineering. 1. 398-407.
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Kans, M. (2013). IT Practices within Maintenance from a Systems Perspective : Study of IT Utilisation within Firms in Sweden. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 24 (5). 768-791.
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Kans, M. (2012). Impact of IT procurement on the quality of the maintenance process : results from a study in Swedish industry. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 18 (2). 196-215.
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Kans, M. (2012). Applying an innovative educational program for the education of today's engineers. Journal of Physics, Conference Series. 364.
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Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2012). Functionality Gaps in IT Systems for Maintenance Management. International Journal of COMADEM. 15 (4). 38-50.
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Kans, M., Ehsanifard, K., Moniri, A. (2012). Criteria and model for assessing and improving information technology maturity within maintenance. Journal of Physics, Conference Series. 364.
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Kans, M. (2012). Maturity based evaluation of IT systems for maintenance management. International Journal of COMADEM. 15 (4). 15-25.
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Kans, M. (2008). An approach for determining the requirements of computerised maintenance management systems. Computers in industry (Print). 59 (1). 32-40.
Status: Published
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2008). Common database for cost-effective improvement of maintenance performance. International Journal of Production Economics. 113 (2). 734-747.
Status: Published
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M. (2006). A model to identify relevant data for problem tracing and maintenance cost-effective decisions : a case study. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. 55 (8). 616-637.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Refereed)

Kans, M., Campos, J. (2023). Mapping Maintenance Related Information Using the MIMOSA CRIS Standard : A Case Study Within Gravel Road Maintenance. 16th WCEAM Proceedings. WCEAM 2022. 688-696.
Kans, M. (2022). The Journey Towards Successful Application of Maintenance 4.0 and Service Management 4.0. 15th WCEAM Proceedings. 137-147.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A., Strömberg, A., Patriksson, M., Ekman, J., et al. (2022). Data Driven Maintenance : A Promising Way of Action for Future Industrial Services Management. International Congress and Workshop on Industrial AI 2021. IAI 2021. 212-223.
Kans, M., Campos, J., Håkansson, L. (2022). An ICT System for Gravel Road Maintenance : Information and Functionality Requirements. International Congress and Workshop on Industrial AI 2021. 53-64.
Svensson, N., Kans, M. (2022). Assessing the Economic and Environmental Effects of Gravel Recycling During Gravel Road Maintenance. 15th WCEAM Proceedings. 79-89.
Kans, M., Campos, J. (2021). A novel database model for gravel road maintenance. 2021 International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management (ICMIAM). 1-5.
Claesson, L., Kans, M., Håkansson, L., Nilsson, K. (2021). STEM Education on Equal Terms Through the Flipped Laboratory Approach.
Mbiyana, K., Kans, M., Campos, J. (2021). A data-driven approach for gravel road maintenance. 2021 International Conference on Maintenance and Intelligent Asset Management (ICMIAM). 1-6.
Kans, M., Campos, J., Håkansson, L. (2020). A remote laboratory for Maintenance 4.0 training and education. 4th IFAC Workshop on Advanced Maintenance Engineering, Services and Technologies - AMEST 2020. 101-106.
Kans, M., Metso, L. (2020). Maintenance Education in Engineering Programs on Bachelor and Master Level : Evidence from Finland and Sweden. Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization : Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management. 465-474.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2020). Dynamic and Modular Business Models for Maintenance. Engineering Assets and Public Infrastructures in the Age of Digitalization : Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management. 557-565.
Kans, M. (2019). Maintenance Knowledge Requirements for Engineering Education : A Curriculum for the Modern Engineer. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Maintenance Engineering (IncoME-IV 2019). 17-27.
Landscheidt, S., Kans, M. (2019). Evaluating factory of the future principles for the wood products industry : Three case studies. 29th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing ( FAIM 2019), June 24-28, 2019, Limerick, Ireland, Beyond Industry 4.0: Industrial Advances, Engineering Education and Intelligent Manufacturing. 1394-1401.
Kans, M. (2019). Maintenance in the digital era : an interview study of challenges and opportunities within the Swedish maintenance ecosystem. Proceedings of the 5th international workshop and congress on eMaintenace : eMaintenance: Trends in technologies & methodologies, challenges, possibilities and applications. 68-73.
Kans, M., Gustafsson, Å. (2018). Student perspectives on interdisciplinarity : findings from an interdisciplinary two-year master program. Proceedings of the 14th International CDIO Conference : Kanazawa in Japan, June 28-July 02, 2018.
Landscheidt, S., Kans, M., Winroth, M., Wester, H. (2018). The future of industrial robot business : Product or performance based?. Proceedings of the 8th Swedish Production Symposium (SPS 2018). 495-502.
Gustafsson, Å., Kans, M. (2018). Faculty experiences in interdisciplinary programs : opportunities and challenges. Proceedings of the 14th International CDIO Conference : Kanazawa in Japan, June 28-July 02, 2018.
Landscheidt, S., Kans, M., Winroth, M. (2017). Opportunities for robotic automation in wood product industries : The supplier and system integrators' perspective. 27th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM2017. 233-240.
Kans, M., Galar, D. (2017). The Impact of Maintenance 4.0 and Big Data Analytics within Strategic Asset Management. MPMM 2016, Maintenance, Performance, Measurement & Management: conference proceedings. 96-103.
Landscheidt, S., Kans, M., Winroth, M. (2017). Differences on automation practices in wooden single-family houses manufacturing : Four case studies. 23^rd International Wood Machining Seminar Proceedings. 350-359.
Metso, L., Kans, M. (2017). An ecosystem perspective on asset management information. MPMM 2016, Maintenance, Performance, Measurement & Management: conference proceedings. 69-75.
Kans, M., Gustafsson, Å. (2016). Analyzing the meaning of interdisciplinary in the CDIO context. Proceedings of the 12th International CDIO Conference, Turku University of Applied Sciences,Turku, Finland, June 12-16, 2016.. 962-973.
Kans, M. (2016). What Should We Teach? : A Study of Stakeholders’ Preceptions on Curriculum Content. The 12th International CDIO Conference : Proceedings – Full papers. 266-278.
Landscheidt, S., Kans, M. (2016). Method for Assessing the Total Cost of Ownership of Industrial Robots. 49th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, CIRP-CMS 2016, Commundo Tagungs Hotel Stuttgar,; Germany, 25 May 2016 through 27 May 2016. 746-751.
Kans, M., Galar, D., Thaduri, A. (2016). Maintenance 4.0 in Railway Transportation Industry. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2015). 317-331.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2016). Business Models for After Sales Services — Current State and Future Directions. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2015). 333-346.
Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2016). Service management models for railway infrastructure, an ecosystem perspective. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2015). 289-303.
Al-Najjar, B., Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2016). Maintenance in Real Estate and Manufacturing Industries : Differences, Problems, Needs and Potentials - Four Case Studies. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2015). 13-27.
Galar, D., Kans, M., Schmidt, B. (2016). Big data in asset management : Knowledge Discovery in asset data by the means of data mining. Proceedings of the 10th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM 2015). 161-171.
Landscheidt, S., Kans, M. (2016). Automation Practices in Wood Product Industries : Lessons learned, current Practices and Future Perspectives. The 7th Swedish Production Symposium SPS, 25-27 October, 2016, Lund, Sweden.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2016). Business Model Development towards Service Management 4.0. Product-Service Systems Across Life Cycle. 489-494.
Kans, M. (2015). Experiences from Using Open-Ended and Life-Resembling Problems in a Master Course. Proceedings of the 11th International CDIO Conference, June 8-11 2015, Chengdu, China.
Kans, M. (2015). Project Management and Communication Skill's Development : Students' Perception on Their Learning. Proceedings of the 11th International CDIO Conference, Chengdu, China, June 8-11 2015.
Kans, M. (2014). A method for quantifying the effects of investments in CMMS. 9th WCEAM 2014, CASE STUDIES : TOWARDS ENGINEERING ASSET MANAGEMENT BODY OF KNOWLEDGEAND STANDARDS.
Kans, M., Haralanova, V., Khoshaba, S. (2014). Interdisciplinary, International and Industial Cooperation Efforts within the Mechanical Engineering Department. Proceeding of the 10th international CDIO Conference : Sharing Successful Engineering Education Experiences.
Kans, M. (2014). Formative and Summative Assessment : Contradictories or Joint Opportunities?. Proceeding of the 10th international CDIO Conference : Sharing Successful Engineering Education Experiences.
Kans, M. (2013). Knowledge asset management in the maintenance context. Congress Proceedings of COMADEM 2013, International Congress of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management. 9-16.
Kans, M., Hailemariam, M., Ablay, T., Ingwald, A. (2013). Maintenance Practices in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. Congress Proceedings of COMADEM 2013, International Congress of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management. 669-675.
Kans, M., Williamsson, I. (2011). IT Governance Strategies Utilized within Maintenance. 24th international congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management : Advances in Industrial Asset Integrity Management. 1608-1616.
Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2011). Managers’ Attitudes towards IT Support : a Study on How Maintenance Management IT Support is Apprehended in Swedish Industry. 24th international congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics Engineering Management : Advances in Industrial Asset Integrity Management. 1597-1607.
Kans, M. (2010). IT Procurement within Maintenance: Survey Results. Proceedings of the 23rd Internatonal Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management (COMADEM), June 28-July 2, 2010, Nara, Japan. 805-812.
Kans, M. (2009). Assessing maintenance management IT on the basis of IT maturity. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress of Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) 2009 : Engineering Asset Lifecycle Management.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2009). Analysing IT Functionality Gaps for Maintenance Management. Proceedings of the 4th World Congress of Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) 2009 : Engineering Asset Lifecycle Management.
Kans, M. (2008). Accessing relevant data within maintenance - problems and possibilities in the realisation of a common database. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Skövde, Sweden, June 30 – July 2 2008. 340-347.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2008). EXPLORING THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MATURITY WITHIN MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. COMADEM 2008, Energy and environmental issues : Proceedings of the 21th International Congress and Exhibition Prague, Czech Republic, 11-13 June 2008. 243-252.
Kans, M. (2007). ACHIEVING PROFITABLE MAINTENANCE BY THE UTILISATION OF DATA AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management : Machinery and process health monitoring - future trends and prospects. 105-114.
Kans, M. (2007). A literature review of computerised maintenance management support. Proceedings of MIMAR 2007 - 6th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. 96-101.
Kans, M. (2007). DETERMINING THE REQUIREMENTS OF COMPUTERISED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress on Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management : Machinery and process health monitoring - future trends and prospects. 273-282.
Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2007). The use of IT within maintenance management for continuous improvement. Proceedings of MIMAR 2007 - 6th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. 51-56.
Kans, M. (2007). The Development of Computerized Maintenance Management Support. International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2007, Hong Kong 21-23 March. 2113-2118.
Kans, M. (2006). A HOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE OF COMPUTERISED MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT. Proceedings of Condition Monitoring and Diagnostic Engineering Management : COMADEM 2006 - Luleå, Sweden. 892.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2006). COMMON DATABASE APPROACH FOR COST-EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. Proceedings of ICME2006 : International Conference on Maintenance Engineering. 1127.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M. (2006). Identifying and analysing data for cost-effective cost-effective maintenance decision-making. ICME 2006 : Proceedings of the first international conference on maintenance engineering.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M. (2006). A Model to Identify Relevant Data for Accurate Problem Tracing and Localisation, and Cost-effective Decisions : A Case Study. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Maintenance Engineering ICME 2006 New Century New Maintenance.
Kans, M. (2004). Condition monitoring, Condition-based maintenance and On-condition tasks; differences and roles in companies' profitability and competitiveness. Proceedings of MIMAR 2004 - 5th IMA International Conference on Modelling in industrial maintenance and reliability : Impact on practice. 290.
Al-Najjar, B., Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2004). A database model for monitoring and assessing technical and financial impacts of maintenance on the production process.
Ingwald, A., Kans, M., Al-Najjar, B. (2004). A database model supporting a maintenance decision support system for monitoring and assessing the technical and financial condition of a production process. Proceedings of MIMAR 2004 - 5th IMA International Conference on Modelling in industrial maintenance and reliability : Impact on practice. 290.
Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M., Ingwald, A., Samadi, R. (2003). Decision support system for monitoring and assessing maintenance financial impact on company´s profitability. First International Conference on Performance Measures, Benchmarking and Best Practices in New Economy, Business Excellence 2003, June 10-13, Guimaraes, Portugal.. 79-86.
Al-Najjar, B., Krantz, M., Kans, M. (2002). Maintenance costs, savings and benefits in manufacturing. Proceedings of the 4th international conference on quality, reliability and maintenance. 7-10.

Chapter in book (Refereed)

Campos, J., Kans, M., Salonen, A. (2020). A Project Management Methodology for the Digitalisation of the Industrial Maintenance Domain. Advances in Asset Management and Condition Monitoring : COMADEM 2019. Springer. 621-629.
Kans, M., Campos, J., Håkansson, L. (2020). Condition Monitoring of Gravel Roads : Current Methods and Future Directions. Advances in Asset Management and Condition Monitoring. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies : COMADEM 2019. Springer. 451-461.
Campos, J., Kans, M., Håkansson, L. (2020). Information System Requirements Elicitation for Gravel Road Maintenance : A Stakeholder Mapping Approach. Advances in Asset Management and Condition Monitoring. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies : COMADEM 2019. Springer. 377-387.
Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2019). Modular-Based Framework of Key Performance Indicators Regulating Maintenance Contracts. Asset Intelligence through Integration and Interoperability and Contemporary Vibration Engineering Technologies : Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management and the 13th International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery. Springer. 301-310.
Ingwald, A., Kans, M. (2019). Partners in maintenance : possibilities in using partnering-based maintenance contracts for Swedish railway. Asset Intelligence through Integration and Interoperability and Contemporary Vibration Engineering Technologies : Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management and the 13th International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery. Springer. 267-276.

Article, review/survey (Refereed)

Mbiyana, K., Kans, M., Campos, J., Håkansson, L. (2023). Literature Review on Gravel Road Maintenance : Current State and Directions for Future Research. Transportation Research Record. Sage Publications. 2677 (5). 506-522.
Status: Published
Kans, M. (2009). The advancement of maintenance information technology : A literature review. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 15 (1). 5-16.
Status: Published

Conference paper (Other academic)

Mbiyana, K., Kans, M. (2023). A participatory data-driven approach for unpaved road condition monitoring. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Transportation in Africa (ICTA2023) AVANI Victoria Falls Resort, Livingstone, Zambia, June 26 –28, 2023.
Kans, M. (2016). Engineering Program Development Using Business Modelling and CDIO as Eenablers. The 12th International CDIO Conference.
Kans, M., Rupar-Gadd, K., Gunnarsson, A. (2013). School-wide approach for the degree project courses. Proceedings of the 9th International CDIO Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard UniversitySchool of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 9 – 13, 2013. : Engineering Leadership in Innovation and Design.
Kans, M., Williamsson, I. (2012). “Must have that Business Intelligence…!” How to illustrate complex processes by interactive exercises and role playing. LTHs 7:e Pedagogiska Inspirationskonferens, 30 augusti 2012.
Kans, M., Williamsson, I. (2010). Maintenance IT practices in Swedish industriy. The 1st international workshop and congress on eMaintenance 2010, 22-24 June, Luleå, Sweden.. 127-132.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Al-Najjar, B., Kans, M., Ingwald, A. (2005). BETUS : a maintenance decision support system. Creation of Industrial Competitiveness : CIC 2001-2004. Växjö, Växjö University Press. 41-57.

Collection (editor) (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))

Kans, M. (2021). Hållbara grusvägar. Växjö, Linnéuniversitetet. 66.