A Shared History. Created by Key Players.
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For nearly four decades, researchers from NTNU and the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency have built a unique partnership, protecting people and property.
Tore Børvik
Experts on Ballistic Impact Shared News on Concrete at DYMAT
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CASA’s experts on ballistic impact and their fellow researchers at partner Norwegian Defence Estates Agency investigate the ballistic perforation resistance of concrete slabs. Watch Martin Kristoffersen´s presentation on YouTube.
An Alternative Approach to Modelling Ballistic Impact on Laminated Glass
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In a new study, SIMLab and NDEA-researchers have used an alternative numerical technique to model ballistic impact on laminated glass. Watch Post doctor Karoline Osnes´s presentation at the 13th International DYMAT Conference.
About Blasting Steel Plates and Why Material Properties Matter
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PhD candidate Benjamin S. Elveli works with steel and a long-standing dilemma in materials science, namely the trade-off between strength and ductility.
PhD Student Rannveig Færgestad has Embarked on her Space Mission
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Accurate and reliable modelling of debris exposure by hypervelocity is a challenging task. SFI CASA’s new doctoral student Rannveig Marie Færgestad will spend the following years working on models crucial to ensure safety and sustainability in space.
A CASA Crash Course for Members of Parliament
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Politicians from the Labour Party got a tour and several live demos on how SIMLab works with physical security.
Protecting People in the New Government Building Complex
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SIMLab is part of Statsbygg’s innovation project on developing a new type of movable vehicle security barriers. The barriers will protect the new Government Building Complex in Norway.
Her Research can Make Space a Safer Place
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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.
CASA-people Ranked Among The World’s 2 per cent Best Scientists
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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.
CASA’s Director in Parliament Hearing on Societal Security
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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.
A Boost with Zoom: Virtual Meetings Reach More People
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CASA’s researchers reach out to many more as technical meetings and seminars are now just a click away.
CASA´s New Postdoc Grounded in Grenoble
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Andria Antoniou was to leave Grenoble to start working as a postdoc at SFI CASA on 16 March, but Covid-19 locked her up in France.
Aims to Model the Violent and Unpredictable Behaviour of Glass
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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.
«The Industry Puts a Lot of Interest in Our Work»
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MSc students Magnus Pjaaka Torp and Håkon Frydenberg study polymeric coated pipelines and their ability to withstand sudden impact.
Spitting Gold to Strengthen Steels
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Christian Oen Paulsen went by way of gold to bring our understanding of steel one step further.
Partner NDEA Access Labs to Study Impact and Blast Load on Concrete
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If SFI CASA´s partners were asked to make a wish-list, some of them might put a validated material model for concrete on top.
Professor Reyes to Oslo Metropolitan University
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Professor Aase Gavina Reyes has left the CASA building, at least for some time.
