With less than a thousandth of the world's inhabitants, Norway is world class in terms of marine science, marine technology and maritime industrial enterprise. Marine technology encompasses activities tied to our largest exporting industries:
Oil and gas extraction
Fisheries technology and aquaculture
Marine engineering and the associated industries.
The department graduates 60-80 masters of engineering students every year, and is the largest in its field in the western world.
The Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS) is hosted by the department, with approx. 50 PhD-students and researchers from a host of countries.
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Students from NTNU's Department of Marine Technology took 1st place in the Dr. James A. Lisnyk Design Competition
(20.9.07) Erlend Vågsholm, Anders Martin Moe, Even Høgset Olsen, Trygve Espeland Halvorsen, Thomas Petter Gram, and Torstein Alexander Pettersen are the winners of this years competition, with a "Rapid Response Vessel".
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Øyvind Ygre Rogne Awarded Rolls-Royce Prize for best Master's Thesis 2007
(29.10.07) The Rolls-Royce prize for best master's thesis at NTNU's Department of Marine Technology was awarded Øyvind Ygre Rogne on Friday, for his work entitled ”Dynamic analysis of a wave energy converter – a frequency domain approach”. The prize, in the amount of NOK 10 000, was presented during this years Marine Technology Days. The theme of this years conference was ”Climate Issues From a Marine Technology perspective”. [Additional info in Norwegian ]. Photographs: (1) Buldra: floating platform; (2) Rogne accepts the award ; (3) Øyvind Ygre Rogne
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7491 Trondheim
PhD Fellowships in Arctic Technology
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) invites applicants for up to 2 PhD research fellowships in Arctic Technology . The fellowships are linked to a large three-year (2007-2009) National Strategic Research Programme: Energy from the North. The fields of research are Ice-structure interaction and Marine operations in arctic waters. Full details of research areas, contact persons and application procedure: www.jobbnorge.no | details (doc). Application deadline: 15 January 2008.
NTNU 'Think tank' explores the future of ship design Some of the biggest names in the shipbuilding industry—Aker Yards, Rolls Royce Marine and DNV—have teamed with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's Dept. of Marine Technology, in an effort to create an international powerhouse for research and education on the effective design of future ships. (05.07 DNV.no)
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