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NTNU and Audi have Signed a Long-term Research Agreement  

  • 13. December 2022
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    The German car manufacturer Audi AG secures continued collaboration with NTNU and the SIMLab research group. Recently, they signed Audi´s first ever Higher Education Framework Research Agreement outside a non-German-speaking region. A PhD scholarship is the first individual project to be launched.

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    A Master´s in Cracked Windshields

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

    Master´s student Einer Herrem´s great interest in cars has led him to destroy 21 windshields.  The aim is to model how the safety glass behave under impact.

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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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    Audi Vendors Learn about CASA’s Contribution to Safer Cars

  • 29. April 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    When a shiny new car model is rolling off the factory floor, it is also a compact example of research with high utility value. Recently, vendors in car-dealer Møller Bil got a presentation on how scientists at SFI CASA contribute to ever safer vehicles.  

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    Aims to Model the Violent and Unpredictable Behaviour of Glass

  • 30. April 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Glass is brittle. When it breaks, it happens suddenly and unexpectedly. It is precisely this unpredictable and violent behaviour that attracts the interest of SFI CASA´s Jonas Rudshaug.

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    Builds More Knowledge as 3D-printed Polymers Face Massive Growth

  • 7. April 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    SFI CASA´s Ruben Løland Sælen started on his PhD studies on 3D printed polymers in August 2019. The yearly revenues in the global market for such materials are expected to grow from $10 billion to $20 billion by the time he defends his thesis.

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    Simulations Getting Closer To an Actual Vehicle Crash

  • 17. December 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    The body of a modern car is like a gigantic 3D Puzzle, with a multitude of different materials, parts and pieces. The joining of all those mixed parts is a crucial challenge in today´s design of car bodies. 

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    Baking Aluminium, Spitting Gold

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

    Associate Professor Ida Westermann has a bun in the oven. Don’t worry. She knows how to bake. Even aluminium.

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