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Her Research can Make Space a Safer Place

  • 25. March 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Space enthusiast and MSc student Rannveig Marie Færgestad is working on her dream thesis at SFI CASA. Her aim is to simulate what happens when orbital debris hits a spacecraft.

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    This 1-minute Video Shows the Point of Studying Projectile Impact on Concrete

  • 26. March 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    One of this spring´s MSc projects is «Projectile impact on plain and reinforced concrete slabs». 

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    The 2020 Annual Report is Ready for Download

  • 25. March 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Here, of course, you will find the usual stuff of objectives and goals, facts and figures, projects, publications and annual accounts. But there is more. 

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    A Close Race in the Parliament

  • 17. March 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    SFI CASA and SIMLab was part of the Norwegian Parliament’s debate on societal security 9. March. Unfortunately, the recommendation to establish a national centre for physical security was not passed

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    SFI CASA´s Vegard Aune Became an Involuntary Co-author

  • 18. March 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    In March 2020, Associate Professor Vegard Aune at SFI CASA received a notice that he had published a new article. «I recognized neither the authors, the content, nor the study itself», he says to the magazine Forskerforum.

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    CASA-people Ranked Among The World’s 2 per cent Best Scientists

  • 24. February 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Key scientists, members of the Scientific Advisory Board, and the Chair of SFI CASA´s Board are ranked among the World’s 2 per cent best researchers.

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    Professor Stefanie Reese has Joined the Scientific Advisory Board of CASA

  • 24. February 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    «This is an extremely interesting research centre. Not only from the scientific view but also from the viewpoint of the industry”, says Stefanie Reese, Professor of RWTH Achen University in Germany. 

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    «They manage to find innovative and daring solutions».

  • 15. February 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Professor Patricia Verleysen at Ghent University in Belgium says that the NTNU team’s work has been a true source of inspiration for her DyMaLab group. 

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    This MSc Thesis Starts With Concrete Flowing From a Truck Mixer

  • 28. January 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    The truck pulled up by the concrete lab early one morning and dumped the grey mass into forms and wheelbarrows. As you can see in this time-lapse video*, it kept students and staff very busy getting the moulding done. 

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    CASA’s Director in Parliament Hearing on Societal Security

  • 20. January 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    According to CASA’s director Magnus Langseth, the Norwegian government’s new white paper on societal security is full of challenges. Recently, he shared his views with the Standing Committee on Justice. 

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    «To Contribute to a Safer Society is an Important Driving Force»

  • 4. January 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    «Education in physical security stands out, compared to what we normally educate students in at NTNU», states Magnus Langseth in a 25-minutes podcast from Technoport.

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    The Art of Modelling Aluminium Atoms

  • 15. December 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Because he can simulate how atoms behave when aluminium is deformed, Jonas Frafjord knows better than most that the devil is in the details.

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    A Polymer Guy with a Passion for Python

  • 14. December 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Sindre Olufsen’s efforts to understand the deep interior of polymers can improve the safety of everything from cars to planes, and perhaps even heart valves.

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    Creates Virtual Versions of Adhesives

  • 23. November 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    The weakest adhesive John Fredrick Berntsen has studied in his doctoral dissertation is strong enough to lift a 1 500 kilos car with a bonded area of only 3×3 centimetres.

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    External Grant from Hydro Strengthens Research Within Aluminium Structures

  • 1. December 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Hydro will sponsor a new Associate Professor position at the Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU.

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    Better Tools to Predict Ductile Failure in Aluminium Alloys

  • 24. November 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    What happens inside a material before it breaks and fails? How do deformations and cracks occur, and how do they propagate?

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    «Innovation Demands Bring Greater Tension Between NTNU and SINTEF»

  • 2. November 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    The demands for innovation mean that NTNU is becoming more closely linked to industry. This makes its collaboration with SINTEF more difficult, CASA´s director Magnus Langseth writes in this cronichle.

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