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Name: |
Asgeir Johan Sørensen |
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Year of birth: |
1964 |
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Nationality: |
Norwegian |
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Languages : |
Norwegian and English |
March 1999
- present:
Professor of
December
2002 - present:
President of Marine Cybernetics AS
May 2001 -
February 2003:
Scientific Advisor, ABB
November
1998 - April 2001:
Technical Manager Business Area Automation
Marine and Turbochargers (BA AMT), ABB Automation Ltd. - Switzerland/ABB
August 1995
- March 1999:
Manager Positioning Systems, ABB
April 1994
- August 1995:
R&D Coordinator/Project Manager, ABB
January
1993- April 1994:
Research Scientist, ABB Corporate Research
1990-1992:
Doctoral Student, The Norwegian Institute of
Technology (NTH), Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Department of Engineering Cybernetics
1989-1992:
Research Engineer, MARINTEK AS - SINTEF Group,
(The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute)
Disciplines:
Control Engineering, Marine Technology.
Functions:
Education, Research and Development,
Engineering, Management, Sales and Marketing.
Market:
Marine, oil and gas market competence and
experience from offshore service vessels, offshore drilling vessels and
floating production units.
1993: Dr. ing. (Ph. D.)
Electrical Engineering; Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Faculty of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the Norwegian Institute of
Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
1988: Siv. ing. (M.
Sc.) Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering; Department of Marine Systems
Design, Faculty of Marine Technology, the Norwegian
2001-2002: Development Program in
Management and Performance, Total Consult
2000: Educational and Pedagogic
Course for Scientists and Lecturer, the
1998: Strategic business
development, ABB Management Seminar.
1997: Work planning and
prioritizing, ABB Management Seminar.
1996: Presentation techniques in
sales and marketing, ABB Management Seminar.
1996: Project planning and
organization, ABB Management Seminar.
1996: Contract signing and
liability, ABB Management Seminar.
1995: Communication techniques,
Positive Power and Influence Workshop, ABB Management Seminar.
1994: Project management,
MISCELLANEOUS
2005. “C.K. Choi Award for Outstanding Young Researcher” with the
paper “Nguyen T. D., A. J. Sørensen and S. T. Quek (2005). Hybrid Controller for Dynamic Positioning from Calm to
2003 Awarded
by the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) for best regular
paper on 6th Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine
Crafts.
Smogeli, Ø.
N., L. Aarseth, E. S. Overaa,
A. J. Sørensen and K. J. Minsaas (2003). Anti-Spin Thruster Control in
2000 Member
of team for expert evaluation of applicants to position Professor in Marine
Hydrodynamics - Experimental Hydrodynamics, Department of Marine Hydrodynamics,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU.
1999 Member
of team for expert evaluation of applicants to position Professor in Vehicle
Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Swedish Royal Institute of
Technology, KTH.
1999 Opponent
at the Dr. ing. (Ph. D.)
dissertation for S. P. Berge, Nonlinear Way-Point Tracking Control and Docking
of Ships, Department of Engineering Cybernetics,
1997 Member
of team for expert evaluation of applicants to position Associate Professor in
Nonlinear Control Theory, Department of Engineering Cybernetics, Norwegian
University of Science and Technology, NTNU.
1996 Opponent
at the Dr. ing. (Ph. D.)
dissertation for K. Y. Pettersen, Exponential Stabilization of Underactuated Vehicles, Department of Engineering
Cybernetics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU.
1995 Awarded
together with co-author Olav Egeland as the Automatica
Prize Paper for the period 1993-95.
Sørensen, A. J. and O. Egeland; 1995, Design of
Ride Control System for Surface Effect Ships Using Dissipative Control. Automatica (Regular Paper), Vol. 31, No. 2. pp. 183-199.
Present Positions:
August 2001
- present
Board Member of Research Program for Maritime
Business and Offshore Operations, the Research Council of
Previous Assignments:
December
2003 – October 2005
Member of Board of Directors, Marine
May 2003
– April 2005
Member of Board of Directors, Ulstein
2001-2005
Board Member of Norsk
Hydro Fond at NTNU.
2000 - June
2001
Member of R&D committee for
1997 - April
2001
Member of R&D committee for Ship Equipment,
"Teknologibedriftenes Landsforbund
- TBL Skipsutstyr".
1997 -
January 2001
Member of R&D committee for Ship Equipment
and Technology, Program for Maritime Research in
Present Positions:
1995-
present
Member of the Technical Committee on Marine
Systems, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control).
2002- 2006
Project Co-ordinator on Marie Curie
Training Site (EU Commission).
2001 - 2005
Member of the ICMES Executive
Committee, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON MARINE ENGINEERING SYSTEMS.
Previous Assignments:
2007 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Conference on Control
Applications in Marine Systems, CAMS 2007, September 19-21,
2006 Member
of the International Program Committee for the 7th Conference on Manoeuvring
and Control of Marine Craft (MCMC’2006), September 20-22,
2004 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Conference on Control
Applications in Marine Systems, CAMS'04, July 2004,
2003 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring
and Control of Marine Craft, MCMC'2003, September 2003,
2001 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Conference on Control
Applications in Marine Systems, CAMS'01, July 2001,
2000 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring
and Control of Marine Craft, MCMC'2000, August 2000,
1998 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Workshop on Control
Applications in Marine Systems, CAMS'98, October 1998,
1997 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring
and Control of Marine Craft, MCMC'97, September 1997,
1996 Member
of the Program Committee for the 1st International Conference on Diesel Electrical
Propulsion (DEP'96), May 1996,
1995 Member
of the International Program Committee for the IFAC Workshop on Control
Applications in Marine Systems, CAMS'95, May 1995,
1992 -
present
Member of IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers; Control System Society, Oceanic Engineering Society,
Robotics and Automation Society.
1992 -
present
Member of IFAC, the International Federation of
Automatic Control.