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Digital Design of Aluminium – From Particles to Products

  • 20. June 2022
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Marcos Fernandez’s research brings us closer to that day when physical tests become history. His efforts also pave the way for safer cars, planes, ships, and other structures.

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    When Heat Makes Weak – the Challenge of Welded Joints

  • 22. March 2022
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Aluminum makes our modern lives work. Sigurd Aune’s PhD work could help things work even better.

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    A CASA Crash Course for Members of Parliament

  • 1. September 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Politicians from the Labour Party got a tour and several live demos on how SIMLab works with physical security.
     

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    «It will enable us to explore new research fields within applied research»

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

    Miguel Costas Appointed as Associate professor at SIMLab. Thus, the group strengthens its activities within the design and modelling of aluminium structures.

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    A Bumpy Bike Ride and the Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect

  • 8. June 2021
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    According to PhD candidate Jianbin Xu, a bumpy bike ride is comparable with understanding the Portevin-Le Chatelier effect in some metallic materials.

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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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    The Hunt for the Accurate Point of Fracture

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

    Sondre Bergo loves equations. That passion helps him closer to the goal of predicting the exact moment when fractures occur in ductile metals.

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    Emil Christiansen has Received Early Career Researcher Award 

  • 3. September 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    «To receive an ECR means a lot to me. It tells me that my work is recognised for its quality and importance», says Postdoc researcher at CASA, Emil Christiansen. 

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    A CASA-moment For CEO Hilde Aasheim of Hydro

  • 6. November 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    CEO of Hydro ASA, Hilde Merete Aasheim, recently got a quick course in how the close collaboration with CASA leads to competitive advantages for the aluminium company. 

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    Spitting Gold to Strengthen Steels

  • 18. October 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Christian Oen Paulsen went by way of gold to bring our understanding of steel one step further.

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    Connection with Japan

  • 2. May 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Professors Knut Marthinsen and Randi Holmestad strengthen the NTNU-Japan connection.

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    Trends That Lead to Closer Collaboration

  • 17. December 2018
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Significant industrial trends can pave the way for closer collaboration between SFI CASA and the world’s largest producer of aluminium profiles.

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    From Pioneer in SIMLab to Vice President in Equinor

  • 29. November 2018
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Birgit Søvik Opheim never considered a PhD until a couple of people gave her a personal, gentle push.

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    Mikhail Khadyko heads north to UiT in Narvik

  • 29. November 2018
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Mikhail Khadyko heads north again. This time as an associate professor.

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    From Cannonballs to Battery Trays

  • 11. June 2018
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    In 1580, the Swedes produced cannons and cannonballs in Finspång. Today, they friction stir weld battery trays for electric vehicles: welcome to the innovation & technology hub of Hydro Extruded Solutions.

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    Parliament asks SIMLab about Wood

  • 21. March 2018
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Can wood be used as a major component in the new government buildings in Oslo? This was the topic of a Parliament hearing on 16 March. SFI CASA Director Magnus Langseth was summoned.

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    Pioneer Pylon Alma is Christened

  • 31. October 2017
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Electricity pylon Alma has half the weight of her steel competitors. She just might signal the start of another victory for aluminium structures. Alma is made from fifteen different profiles. Eight of them are brand new. NTNU helped find the best.

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