Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS)

Please contact coe@marin.ntnu.no for further information about open positions:

CeSOS Employment

Unique Opportunities for Research about Ships and Ocean Structures – for PhD or Postdoctoral  Fellows, Visiting Professors and Researchers

Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS) is an international research centre  at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),  designated as a Centre of Excellence by the Research Council of Norway. The aim of CeSOS is to develop fundamental knowledge for the design and operation of future ships, offshore structures, floating bridges and airports, installations for aquaculture and production of renewable energy from the oceans by integrating theoretical and experimental research in marine hydrodynamics, structural mechanics and automatic control. Structures for operations in an ocean environment with ice is of concern.

The annual budget is about USD 5 millions. About eigthy researchers are affiliated with the Centre and the annual research effort is about 50 researcher years. Revenues include a significant contribution from The Research Council of Norway, and contributions from the following companies and organizations based in Norway: NTNU, Det Norske Veritas, MARINTEK, StatoilHydro, and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture. CeSOS  operates in close cooperation with the marine technology community at NTNU, MARINTEK, SINTEF Fisheries & Aquaculture, INSEAN (Rome), CSSRC (Wuxi/Shanghai), a group of MIT professors and other international leading universities and research institutes.

CeSOS would like to invite applications for:

• CoE1/07: Visiting professor  or researcher positions – with a duration of 2 months or more (up to one year)
• CoE2/07: Postdoctor or researcher positions  – with a duration of 1 to 2 years (up to 10 positions)
• CoE3/07: PhD fellowships – with a duration of 3 years (up to 8 positions)   

The research will be directed towards development of theoretical and experimental methods within modelling and analysis of marine structures. The work could also be coupled to model tests and full scale experiences. The research will usually involve hydrodynamics as well as structural mechanics, and could also include methods for probabilistic analysis, reliability analysis or automatic control.

The projects are organized according to the main discipline of the relevant research. The following PDF shows some examples of relevant projects

Relevant educational background and work experience for candidates will be naval architecture, offshore technology, ocean engineering, fluid dynamics, coastal engineering, engineering mathematics, probability theory, reliability, or combinations of such disciplines. Interest in and previous knowledge of automatic control or human factors aspects of marine operations  is an advantage, but not mandatory for some of the positions.

The applicant should indicate her/his areas of interest in terms of research projects, among those given in the website  ( by a letter and a number)  or related items  that are of interest, and how they link to previous studies and research work.

The fellowship period for doctoral studies will be 3 years. The annual gross salary for doctoral students will normally be NOK 325 600, but could in special cases be higher based upon qualifications and will be increased according to normal salary policy.

Post doctors and researchers will normally be engaged for a one or two years period, with a possibility of extension contingent upon the results achieved in the period. The gross salary for postdoctors will normally be NOK 394 700 to NOK 439 300, while researchers’ salary would normally be higher, depending upon previous records. Salary will be increased according to normal salary policy. Personal taxes and a contribution to a pension fund, amounting to about 30-35 %, will be deducted from the gross salary.

Visiting professors will normally get a support of NOK 43 500 for the first month and NOK 22 500 for additional months, to cover accommodation and other expenses to stay at CeSOS. Additional support could be provided for Professors spending a sabbatical semester or year at CeSOS. Adjunct, part-time professorships are also relevant. Unless it is not documented that the support is spent for the intended purpose, tax might also have to be deducted from the allowance.

Applications for doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships as well as researcher positions should include authorized documentation of previous education, study record, e.g. with list of subjects and grades obtained, work experiences as well as possible achievements in research.

Applications should be sent to: coe@marin.ntnu.no and not to any of the contact persons.

(You may send email with all the necessary documents attached as scanned documents. Before possibly signing contract with you, we would need authorized documents by air mail) 

Mark your application: CoE1/07, CoE2/07 or CoE3/07 and indicate your research interest among the topics given by a letter and number in the CeSOS homepage.

Apply as soon as possible and at the latest : November 23, 2007

Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures, NTNU
Marine Technology Centre
NO-7491 Trondheim
Norway

Further information may be obtained from:

Professor Torgeir Moan, Phone: [+47] 73595541
                                   Fax:     [+47] 73595528
E-mail: tormo@ntnu.no
Home page: http://www.marin.ntnu.no/~tormo/

Particular inquires about hydrodynamics should be directed to:

Professor Odd Faltinsen, Phone: [+47] 73595526
E-mail: oddfal@ntnu.no
Home page: http://www.marin.ntnu.no/~oddfal/

Particular inquires about slender structures and VIV should be directed to:

Professor Carl Martin Larsen, Phone: [+47] 73595554
E-mail: callas@ntnu.no
Home page: http://www.marin.ntnu.no/~callas/