1. Research and artistic activities
The third set of slides in a series of six about the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU):
Introduction
Education and learning environment
Research and artistic activities
Innovation and creativity
Outreach and communication
Internationalization
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2. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Research objectives
High international level, several groups in the top international league
Distinct profile; supports education and innovation
Long-term and fundamental activities
First-rate doctoral programmes
From NTNU’s strategy “Knowledge for a better world”, approved by the NTNU Board March
Picture: Turbine wheel. Probably connected to the work of Prof. of Hydropower Engines, Gunnar Sundby and coworkers during the 1920’s on improving turbines for Norwegian hydroelectric powerstations. Cf. “NTNU – Universitetet som bygde Norge”/“NTNU – The University that built Norway”, paragraph on “Vannkraftutbygging som nasjonsbygging”/“Hydropower as national project” in Brandt and Nordal’s “Turbulens og tankekraft”/“Turbulence and brainpower” (2010), p Photo: From the archives of the present Water Power Laboratory, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU.
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3. FORSKNING
Pictures:
Top left: MR laboratory at St. Olavs Hospital, Photo: Geir Otto Johansen/NTNU Info.
Top right: Testing facilities at the Department of Structural Engineering, Photo: Rune Petter Ness/NTNU Info.
Bottom: Sofie, 6 months, looks at frogs on TV, while her eye movements are registered by a special camera. Language Acquisition and Language Processing Laboratory, Oct Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU Info
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4. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Research – a core activity
NTNU’s fundamental strengths:
Technology and the natural sciences
Broad academic base
Interdisciplinary collaboration
From NTNU’s strategy “Knowledge for a better world”, approved by the NTNU Board March
Pictures:
Top: Professor Bjørn-Ove Fimland, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, at the Graphene Laboratory, March 2013, with the apparatus for producing graphene. Photo: Kai T. Dragland, IDI, NTNU.
In the middle: Fimland’s collegue, professor Helge Weman, Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunications, at the graphene-laboratory, March Photo: Kai T. Dragland, IDI, NTNU.
Bottom: Ultrasound investigation of a larynx, Music student Maren Myrvold sings opera, Medical Imaging Professor Hans Torp holds the probe, and Music Professor Kåre Bjørkøy watches the screen. Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU Info.
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5. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Academic output
Publication category
2011
2012
Scientific papers and review articles
2683
3062
Scientific presentations
4042
3980
Books
236
192
Reports and theses
724
717
Book chapters/reports
1207
1219
Artistic productions and art and museum exhibitions 83
151
Products 15 29
Numbers from the “Cristin” database: /Rapporter/Institusjon/Kategorifordeling for NTNU, retrieved 15 May 2012 (for 2011) and 13 June 2013 (for 2012), with subcategories.
For 2012: The term “Scientific papers and review articles” includes “scientific paper” (2913), “Review article” (110), and “Short communication” (39).
The term “Scientific presentations”’ includes Oral presentation (3384) often published in conference proceedings and Poster (596), but excludes popular science presentations.
“Books” includes: Scientific anthologies (101); Scientific monographs (45);  Scientific commentary editions (0);  Encyclopedias (0); Reference books (1);  Popular science books (26); Textbooks (32); Non-fiction professional books (28); Exhibition catalogues (3).
“Reports and theses” includes Report (186); Compendium (12); Doctoral theses (251); “Magisteravhandling” (3); Master theses (258) + (7); Research student theses (0).
“Part of book/report” includes: Chapters/articles (1200); Encyclopedic article (7); Other (12).
“Artistic productions” includes: Architect drawing (1); Art and picture material (17); Movie production (1); Theatre productions (9).
“Art and museum exhibitions” includes: Museum exhibition (27); Architect exhibition (10); Art show (39); Web show (5); Other (42).
“Products” includes: Digital educational material (7); Model (architecture) (1); Multi media products (3);  Music – recorded products (5); Software (7); Databases (0); Audio/Sound materiale (0); Other products (6).
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6. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Art on the world stage
Prof. Anne Karin Furunes
2012: Exhibitions in US Galleries and at the Hong Kong International Art Fair.
2013: The exhibition “Freedom fighters”, a series of portraits of Romani women, at the Galleria Trigotto, Italy.
PhD student Nomeda Urbonas
2012: Exhibitions with Gediminas Urbonas in national galleries in Iceland and Latvia. Exhibitions in USA, England, Ireland, Germany and Netherlands.
2007: Honourable Mention, Venice biennal.
Information from Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art.
Nomeda Urbonas is a PhD-student at NTNU’s Department of Fine Art - The Trondheim Academy of Fine Art.
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7. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Architecture Prizes
Tyin Architects – Yashar Hanstad and Andreas G. Gjertsen are former students, now employees at NTNU. In 2012 winners of Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, European Prize for Architecture, Archdaily Building of the Year and The Foundation for Design and Architecture in Norway Prize for Young Architects.
Study centre for children in Tacloban, the Philippines – NTNU architecture students Alexander E. Furunes, Ivar S. Tutturen and Trond H. Hegvold received the Popular Choice Award at the 2013 Architizer A+ Awards.  
“Rake” showroom – Showroom for fine art and architecture in Trondheim. Constructed by the student workshop “TreStykker”. Nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award in 2013.
Information from Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art.
Picture: The study centre at Tacloban. Photo: Nelson Petilla.
Study centre at Tacloban. Photo: Nelson Petilla
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8. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
PhD programmes
2381 PhD candidates
51 doctoral programmes
Examples of our doctoral programmes:
- Nanotechnology for Microsystems
- Teacher Education
- Medical Imaging
- Text – Picture – Sound – Space
- Language and Linguistics
- Biosystematics
Total number of doctoral contracts, see dbh.nsd.uib.no - NSD : DBH : Doktorgradsrapporter : Totalt antall doktorgradsavtaler (The number for the previous year is reported in October.)
NTNU doctoral programmes, see
For examples of graduate schools at NTNU, see “Rapport og planer ” p.11 (
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9. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
PhD degrees awarded 2003–2012
Total
From dbh.nsd.uib.no/dbhvev/doktorgrader/doktorgrad_kandidater_rapport.cfm
Year Awarded PhDs
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10. Pictures:
Top left: Cavitation testing of ship propeller, Oct Photo: Knut Arne Hegstad/Dept. of Marine Technology, NTNU.
Bottom left: Research Vessel “Gunnerus” The main crane launches the ROV “Minerva”. Photo: Fredrik Skoglund, The Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU.
Right: Biotechnology researcher Matilde Skogen Chauton, at the microalgal laboratory. Gemini no. 4/2011. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU Info.
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11. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
NTNUs International Plan 2011–2014
All activities at NTNU have an international aspect
International approach for quality and relevance, through:
Strategic international partnerships with selected institutions
Systematic connection between teaching, research and innovation in the partnerships
Priority issues:
Participate in the global knowledge community (priority to Europe and China)
International mobility
International approach to researcher education
NTNU’s international plan (in Norwegian only):
Picture: The university presidents Torbjørn Digernes at NTNU and Zhang Jie ved Shanghai Jiao Tong University sign cooperation agreement spring Photo: Tore Oksholen, Universitetsavisa.
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12. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Some international partnerships
Three Joint Research Centres with major Chinese universities
Leader of KIFEE (Kyoto International Forum for Energy and Environment)
Strategic partnership with MIT in the energy field
ERCIM participant (European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics)
ECCSEL (ESFRI pan-European Research Infrastructure) coordinator
European Palliative Care Research Centre coordinator
Partner in Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study at UCBerkeley
Member of the Nordic Five Tech alliance
Institutional initiative in cooperation with India
Cooperate with Brazil in petroleum research
Joint Research Centres:
ECCSEL = European Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Laboratory Infrastructure. NTNU-coordinated European initiative at the ESFRIS road map for research infrastructure with CO2-handling.
ESFRI = European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures.
Nordic Five Tech: Members: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; The Technical University of Denmark; Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU); Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
UCB = University of California at Berkeley
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13. EU projects – a comparison
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
EU projects – a comparison
Latest statistics from the Research Council of Norway, March 2013.
SINTEF = see
UiO = University of Oslo
UiB = University of Bergen
Exact income numbers: SINTEF 120.4; Univ. Oslo 72.3; NTNU 48.5; Univ. Bergen 42.2 mill. EUR
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14. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
EU’s 7th Framework Programme
NTNU is involved in 120 EU projects
NTNU coordinates 20 EU projects:
4 European Research Council grants
13 projects in the cooperation programme
2 Marie Curie Initial Training Networks
1 Research Infrastructure Project
NTNU is involved in seven topics for Horizon 2020
ERC = European Research Council -
Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) -
Marie Curie Initial Training Networks -
Horizon
The four ERC grants for NTNU:
Edvard Moser: CIRCUIT: Neural circuits for space representation in the mammalian cortex
May-Britt Moser: ENSEMBLE: Neural mechanisms for memory retrieval
Bernt-Erik Sæther: STOCHPOP: Stochastic Population Biology in a Fluctuating Environment
Ayumu Tashiro: AN07AT: Understanding computational roles of new neurons generated in the adult hippocampus
 In addition 2 ERC grants are devoid as the receivers moved to USA (both in neuroscience).
In the present round of applications NTNU is in the finals with 3 ERC grant applications (2 in neuroscience and 1 in mathematics). The difference between the 100 EU projects in the comparative statistics and (comparing with Univ. of Oslo and Univ. of Bergen) and present status is 20 projects under negotiations. 4 of the 20 are projects to be coordinated by NTNU.
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15. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Strategic R&D focus
Six strategic areas
NTNU is home to:
Four Centres of Excellence
Four Centres of Research-based Innovation
Two Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research
Interdisciplinary research activities
Strategic and thematic activities evaluated by the NTNU Board in spring 2013.
Major interdisciplinary research activities:
The Gas Technology Centre, Centre for Renewable Energy, NTNU Nanolab, FUGE (Norwegian Functional Genomics initiative), Norwegian Centre for Electronic Patient Records (NSEP), Industrial Ecology (IndEcol), NTNU’s Programme for Interdisciplinary Research. See
Centres of Excellence and Centres of Research-based Innovation
Energy research: see
Photo: Ole D. Hesledalen/NTNU Info
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16. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
NTNU’s six strategic areas (to the end of 2013)
Energy and Petroleum – Resources and Environment
Medical Technology
Materials Technology
Marine and Maritime Technology
Information and Communication Technology
Globalization
Strategic and thematic activities change as of 2014 (see next slide).
See
Energy and the environment – because energy technology must reflect the limitations of the environment. Research is being intensified in smart and energy-efficient buildings and environmentally friendly uses of natural gas.
Medical technology – because health is one of our greatest challenges. The main focus is on image-based diagnostics and ultrasound intervention, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and medical biotechnology.
Materials technology – because materials are the basis for all new technology. Focus areas are light metal alloys and functional materials.
Marine and maritime technology – because the ocean holds vast amounts of underused resources. Intense focus on marine technology and marine biology resources.
Information and Communications Technology – because humans need to communicate. Research is carried out on four levels: Discipline-specific; Interdisciplinary research in fields such as speech technology, with research teams from telecommunications, computer science and linguistics; Integrated areas with a broad academic base, such as human-machine communication; Integrated projects that draw on resources from a large part of the ICT community.
Globalization – because the forces of globalization permeate our society and are significant for all areas of society; no area remains unaffected. It touches everyday life on all levels, from the individual to the state, up to and including the multinational. Globalization means that cultural and social boundaries at all levels become less significant in governing human interactions. As a result, globalization research is highly relevant and significant for both the public and private sectors. Globalization affects most scientific disciplines in fundamental ways. The area includes three overarching interdisciplinary themes; Historical Processes, Ethical Dilemmas, and Economic Conditions.
Picture: The sculpture «The Magical Tower" on Gløshaugen campus, designed by NTNU-professor Paul Brand. Photo: Arild Juul/NTNU SA.
Budget:
Seed funding (EUR 0.5–1.5 million per area)
Funding for PhD candidates
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17. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
NTNU’s four strategic areas 2014–2023
Energy
Ocean science and technology
Health, welfare and technology
Sustainable societal development
Picture: The sculpture «The Magical Tower" on Gløshaugen campus, designed by NTNU-professor Paul Brand. Photo: Arild Juul/NTNU SA.
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18. Strategic focus Interdisciplinary research
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Strategic focus Interdisciplinary research
Nanotechnology – NTNU Nanolab
The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)
For more information, see
and
Picture: Production of tiny capsules/beads of alginate from brown algae, for encapsulation/immobilization of live cells. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU DMF.
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19. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centres of Excellence
Norwegian research at top international level
Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR)
Centre for Neural Computation (CNC)
Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD)
Partner in Birkeland Centre for Space Science
Duration: 2013–2022
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20. Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
Multidisciplinary theoretical and experimental research in hydrodynamics, ocean constructions and control theory
Autonomous marine operations, unmanned vehicles, and ships and ocean structures
Autonomous systems for green and safe maritime transport, oil and gas, monitoring, and surveillance of the seas and oceans
Staff in 2013:
6 key scientists; 3 adjunct professors; 1 project director; 1 administrative staff; 15 PhD candidates
Funding: 75 PhD scholarships; 15 postdocs
One of NTNU’s four Centres of Excellence: AMOS
- Our vision: To establish a world-leading research centre in autonomous marine operations and systems: A lively scientific heart where fundamental knowledge is created through multidisciplinary theoretical, numerical and experimental research within the knowledge fields of hydrodynamics, structural mechanics, guidance, navigation and control. Cutting-edge inter-disciplinary research will provide the needed bridge to make high levels of autonomy a reality for ships and ocean structures, unmanned vehicles and marine operations, to meet the challenges related to greener and safer maritime transport, monitoring and surveillance of the coast and oceans, offshore renewable energy as well as oil and gas exploration and production in deeper and Arctic waters.
Picture: From the website
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21. Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR)
Identify new mechanisms behind inflammatory responses
Identify new diagnostic tools
Identify new therapeutic targets
One of NTNU’s four Centres of Excellence:
Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR): "We want to identify new diagnostic tools and therapeutic targets for inflammatory diseases through research on initiation and regulation of pattern recognition receptors and how this translates to inflammatory responses.“
Picture: From the website. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU DMF.
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22. Centre for Neural Computation (CNC)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centre for Neural Computation (CNC)
Pioneer the extraction of computational algorithms from the mammalian cortex.
Understand the brain at the algorithmic level may have far-reaching implications, from the diagnosis and prevention of many neurological and psychiatric diseases to applications in the IT industry.
One of NTNU’s four Centres of Excellence as of 2013
Illustration:
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23. Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD)
Research into dynamic changes in biological diversity at different organismal levels:
Evolutionary biology
Statistical and analytical methods
Ungulate ecology
Climate effects research
Spatial ecology
Invasion biology
Molecular biology
One of NTNU’s four Centres of Excellence:
Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics (CBD): The vision behind the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics at NTNU is to develop an interdisciplinary centre for research into dynamic changes in biological diversity at different organismal levels.
Illustration: Pink-footed goose. Photo: Per Harald Olsen/NTNU, IBI
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24. Centres for Research-based Innovation
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centres for Research-based Innovation
Research-intensive enterprises allied with prominent research groups at NTNU
Medical Imaging Laboratory for Innovative Future Healthcare (MI Lab)
Structural Impact Laboratory (SIMLab)
Centre for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry (CIO)
Duration: 2007– Budget: Min. EUR 7.5 mill. annually. New for 2011–2019 :
Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology (SAMCoT)
Funded by the Research Council of Norway, NTNU and industry.
Objectives: The main objective for the Centres for Research-based Innovation (CRIs) is to enhance the capability of the business sector to innovate by focusing on long-term research based on forging close alliances between research-intensive enterprises and prominent research groups. The CRI scheme will:
* Encourage enterprises to innovate by placing stronger emphasis on long-term research and by making it attractive for enterprises that work on the international arena to establish R&D activities in Norway.
* Facilitate active alliances between innovative enterprises and prominent research groups.
* Promote the development of industrially oriented research groups that are on the cutting edge of international research and are part of strong international networks.
* Stimulate researcher training in fields of importance to the business community, and encourage the transfer of research-based knowledge and technology.
In addition to hosting three centres, NTNU is involved in an additional 7 of the other 14 CRIs established in 2006, of which three are hosted by Sintef, Trondheim.
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25. Medical Imaging Laboratory (MI Lab)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Medical Imaging Laboratory (MI Lab)
Patients: Improved quality of life
Healthcare: Cost-efficient solutions
Industry: New products and applications
Society: Halting the increase in health care expenses
Partners R&D: Central Norway Regional Health Authority; St. Olavs Hospital (Trondheim University Hospital); SINTEF
Partners Industry: GE Vingmed Ultrasound AS (Horten, Oslo and Trondheim); MediStim ASA (Oslo); Sonowand AS (Trondheim); Aurotech Ultrasound AS (Tydal and Trondheim); Arctic Silicon Devices AS (Trondheim); NordicNeuroLab AS (Bergen); CorTechs Labs Inc (San Diego, California, USA)
Oppdated by MI Lab-leader May 2013.
Picture: Mjølstad and Torp with handheld ultrasound (Vscan). Photo: From the MI Lab website.
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26. SIMLab – Structural Impact Laboratory
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
SIMLab – Structural Impact Laboratory
Computer simulation of how aluminium and other light alloy structures behave in collisions
Goal for safer and lighter cars: 100 kg of aluminium to replace 200 kg of steel. In the USA this would save 18 billon litres of petrol/year
Key SIMLab partners:
Sintef Materials and Chemistry, Audi AG, Hydro Aluminium, Renault, SSAB Swedish Steel, Statoil, the Norwegian Public Roads Adm. (NPRA), the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency (NDEA).
At present: 40 million people injured and 1.2 million killed globally on the roads each year.
From a series made by Rector’s office.
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27. Centre for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry (IO)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centre for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry (IO)
Every 1% of extra oil recovered on the Norwegian Continental Shelf = USD 50 billion p.a.
Partners: Shell, Total, Statoil, Conoco-Phillips, Stanford U., Delft Technical U., SINTEF, Research Council of Norway
NCS = Norwegian Continental Shelf
Picture. From a slide series made by Rector’s office
Onshore operation and control room.
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28. Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology SAMCoT
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology SAMCoT
SAMCoT is a leading national and international centre for the development of robust technology necessary for sustainable exploration and exploitation of the valuable and vulnerable Arctic region.
SAMCoT meets the challenges created by ice, permafrost and changing climate for the benefit of the energy sector and society.
Aalto University, School of Engineering
Aker Solutions AS
Delft University of Technology
Det Norske Veritas AS
GDF Suez E&P Norge AS
Hamburg Ship Model Basin
Kongsberg Maritime AS
Kværner Engineering AS
Moscow State University
Multiconsult AS
Norwegian Coastal Administration
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Shell Technology Norway AS
Ship Modelling & Simulation Centre AS
SINTEF
Statoil Petroleum AS
The University Centre in Svalbard
TOTAL E&P NORGE AS
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Partners in 2013:
Quantifying the Physical Environment
Floating Structures in ice, Ice Management
Ice-Induced Vibrations
Coastal Technology
Illustration: Bjarne Stenberg, SAMCoT
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29. Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)
Top-level R&D groups cooperating with innovative industries Established by the Research Council of Norway
FME Centres hosted by NTNU:
Centre for Sustainable Energy Studies – CenSES
Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings – ZEB
FME Centres with NTNU as active partner:
International CCS Research Centre (BIGCCS)
Centre for Environmental Design of Renewable Energy (CEDREN)
Bioenergy Innovation Centre (CenBio)
Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology (NOWITECH)
The Norwegian Research Centre for Solar Cell Technology
Duration: 2009–2017
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30. Centre for Sustainable Energy Studies (CenSES)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Centre for Sustainable Energy Studies (CenSES)
CenSES emphasizes studies and support for decisions that promote new sustainable regimes for energy systems.
Research areas
Policy making and transition strategies
Energy systems and markets
Economic analyses 
Innovation, commercialization and public engagement
Scenario development
CenSES partners
8 Norwegian R&D institutions
20 partners in industry and public sector
When fully established CenSES will consist of about 60 professors, researchers and PhD candidates from eight institutions. Pr there are 24 scholarships attached to the centre, and an additional 24 scholarships through related projects.
Foto/ill.: iStockphoto
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31. Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB)
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings (ZEB)
The main objective is to develop competitive products and solutions for existing and new buildings that will lead to market penetration of buildings that have zero emissions of greenhouse gases related to their production, operation and demolition.
Research activities:
Advanced materials technologies
Climate-adapted low-energy envelope technologies
Energy supply systems and services
Energy efficient use and operation
Concepts, strategies and pilot buildings
The Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings (2009 – 2016) is one of eleven national Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) establish by The Research Council of Norway. The centre is hosted by The Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The Centre is organized jointly by NTNU and SINTEF.
In PhD candidates are partly/directly funded by the centre, with an additional 8 associated with the centre. About 25 researchers have conducted research within the centre (of which several have been working part time).
Photo: ZEB website
Illustration: Snøhetta AS
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32. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Major laboratories
NTNU and SINTEF share more
than 100 research laboratories:
Hydrodynamic/marine technology laboratories (Towing Tank and Ocean Basin Laboratory)
Machine Tools Laboratory
Materials and Engineering Laboratories
Laboratories for semiconductor materials
NTNU Nanolab – Nanotechnology
NTNU and SINTEF operate special laboratories, field stations and academic collections as a national resource for education and research. The equipment, buildings and knowledge are a result of decades of work and financing.
A more extensive list can be found at
Pictures, from top:
1: The Towing Tank and Ocean Basin Laboratory at Tyholt. Testing a model of a production vessel. Gemini 2/2007. Photo: Thor Nielsen/NTNU Info.
2: Test of concrete column in one of the main laboratories at the Dept. of Structural Engineering, Photo: Rune Petter Ness/NTNU Info.
3: NTNU Nanolab. Photo: Geir Mogen/NTNU NT.
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33. Laboratories – examples
RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Laboratories – examples
ECCSEL (European CO2 Capture and Storage Lab.)
Language Acquisition and Language Processing Laboratory
Marine Cybernetics Laboratory
Norwegian Biopolymer Laboratory
Ultrasound Laboratory
Magnetic Resonance Centre
Structural Impact Laboratory
Energy and Indoor Environment Laboratory
ENGAS Lab. (Gas Technology Centre)
Waterpower Laboratory
Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering Laboratory
Ugelstad Laboratory
The selection reflects NTNU’s broad range of experimental facilities.
The pictures to the right are from other NTNU laboratories than those listed, clockwise from top left:
Pictures, from top:
- MR Metabolomics lab, NTNU, January Photo: Geir Mogen/DMF NTNU.
- Spark-over in an insulator at a voltage of about 200kV in a laboratory at NTNU’s Department of Electrical Power Engineering Photo: Rune Petter Ness/NTNU Info.
- Measuring mechanical properties of rocks (Rock Mechanical Laboratory). Laboratory Manager Trond Larsen (SINTEF). Department of Geology and Mineral Resources Engineering, Photo: Rune Petter Ness/NTNU Info.
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34. RESEARCH AND ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
Cooperation with SINTEF
SINTEF is one of Europe’s largest independent research organizations
Gross operating revenue in 2012: EUR 395 mill.
1846 employees, 1327 researchers
Contract research in technology, natural sciences, medicine and social sciences
Joint strategy with NTNU
Cooperates with NTNU in terms of staff, equipment, laboratories and science communication
24 Gemini Centres for joint NTNU–SINTEF R&D
Information on Sintef, see
In 2006 NTNU and Sintef formalized a stronger relationship, expressed in the document “NTNU and Sintef – Internationally outstanding together”.
NTNU and Sintef jointly established the first five Gemini Centres in The vision for the centres is that they should excel internationally. These academic communities are expected to establish common strategic processes and coordinated planning of applications for larger R&D projects and programmes. The groups will thus be better suited to creating innovation and contributing to business development.
The 24 Gemini Centres, see or
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