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PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers are essential resources within the SFI. Siri Marthe, Tina, Muhammad, Mathias, Linn, Henrik, Marit, Vetle and Signe started their PhD or postdoc in 2015 or 2016. They will introduce themselves below, and will tell you a bit more about their background and the work they are doing within the SFI.
PhD candidates
Tina Bergh – The interface between joined aluminium and steel
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I am Tina and I started my PhD in the fall of 2016. My background is from the nanotechnology study programme at NTNU. During my master, I used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study silicon carbide from
Saint-Gobain in Lillesand. In my PhD I will characterize the interface in joined materials, first and foremost joined aluminium and steel. My goal is to get a thorough understanding of the interface, and to link its characteristics at the microscopic scale back to the properties of the joint on the macroscopic scale. More information and contact information |
Muhammad Zeeshan Khalid – Atomistic modelling of multi-material interfaces
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I am Muhammad and I started my PhD in October 2016. I did my Master in Applied Physics from University of engineering and technology, Pakistan. My master thesis focused on the mathematical modelling of high temperature thermal energy storage system for solar thermal power plant applications. During my PhD, I will focus on atomistic modelling of multi-material interfaces. My project will provide information about the nanostructure changing mechanisms during the welding of dissimilar materials.
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Linn Danielsen Evjemo – Large-scale, robotized additive manufacturing
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My name is Linn and I started my PhD on the 1st of December, 2016. I have a master from the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at NTNU. In my master, I attempted to perform real-time telemanipulation of a humanoid robot using hand-held motion trackers. In my PhD I will focus on large-scale, robotized additive manufacturing using industrial robots and cold metal transfer welding. I will try to see if it is possible to combine the large workspace of an industrial robot arm with the flexibility and relative affordability of traditional additive manufacturing methods.
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Henrik Brynthe Lund – Industrial networks, learning systems and cluster development
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My name is Henrik and I started my PhD in August 2016. I finished my combined geography and teacher master’s degree at the Department of Geography at NTNU in 2014. The topic of my master thesis was urban development. During my PhD, I will focus on industrial networks, learning systems and cluster development. I will look at how the industrial clusters at Raufoss and Kongsberg plan to cope with the challenges posed by technological change, and how they work with actors on all level.
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Marit Moe Bjørnbet – LCA as a tool to facilitate the transition towards a green economy
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I am Marit and I started my PhD in August 2016. My background is a master's degree in nanotechnology, with a specialization on materials, energy and industrial ecology. During my PhD, I will focus on life cycle assessments (LCA) as a management tool to facilitate the transition towards a green economy. My idea is that life cycle assessments can be utilized to develop tools, preparing the Norwegian manufacturing industry for the green shift, integrating environmental management into core business activities.
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Vetle Engesbak – Step-changes in mature production systems
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I am Vetle and I started my PhD in April 2015. My background is a master's degree in innovation and entrepreneurship. My master thesis focused on the importance of learning, cooperation and networks for regional innovation systems. During my PhD, I will focus on how organizations with mature production systems may better organize to capture the value from step-change improvements. I am passionate about innovation, and being able to immerse myself in real challenges organizations face is what drives me in my quest for knowledge.
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Eirik Bådsvik Hamre Korsen – Aligning performance management across organisations
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I am Eirik Bådsvik Hamre Korsen, and started my PhD in January 2017. After working more than ten years as a consultant within performance management, I have now the possibility to spend time and study the underling dynamics between how people in an organisation understand the management system. In my research, I will do a qualitative case study of a limited number of manufacturing organisations participating in SFI Manufacturing.
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Anna-Maria Persson – Mechanical properties of thermoplastic elastomers
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I am Anna-Maria Persson and I started my PhD at the 1st of February, 2017. My study is related to the field of mechanical properties of thermoplastic elastomers in injection moulded components. My PhD is a SINTEF Material and Chemistry funded industrial PhD, associated to SFI Manufacturing and admitted by NTNU. During my PhD, I will have a close dialogue with Kongsberg Automotive's Couplings division to get the valuable industrial view feedback.
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Ingrid Fjordheim Onstein – Flexible and automated robotized deburring
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My name is Ingrid and I started my PhD in August 2019. I finished my master at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics (NTNU) in 2018. In my master, I worked with Linn Danielsen Evjemo on robotized additive manufacturing. I started working as an IT consultant after my master but realized after a few months that I was missing working with robots. As a result, I decided to take a PhD in manufacturing instead. In my PhD I will focus on flexible and automated robotized deburring. I will try to automatically remove burrs with a robot manipulator using input from CAD and vision.
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Andreas Hanssen Moltumyr – Robotized additive manufacturing
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My name is Andreas and I started my PhD in August 2019. I received my master’s degree from the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at NTNU, summer 2019. In my master thesis, I explored the topic of fractional-order control and tested it for control of an Atomic force microscope (AFM). In my PhD I will focus on on-line monitoring and quality control of robotized additive manufacturing. Using computer vision, I will attempt to monitor the printing process, detect print defects and do corrective action with the printing robot.
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Chaman Srivastava – Lifetime prediction of composites
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My name is Chaman and I started to work on my PhD from June 2019 at the group of sustainable composites, ASEM Lab, Department of Manufacturing and Civil Engineering at NTNU Gjøvik. I have a masters in Materials Engineering from KU Leuven, with specialization in polymeric composites. I was also working as a Marie Curie fellow for 2 years in an EU project on crashworthiness of composites. In my PhD, I will focus on the lifetime prediction of composites by developing accelerated aging protocols and predictive modelling tools to estimate long term structural performance of polymer composites.
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Postdoctoral researchers
Signe Moe – Marine vehicles and set-based control of robotic systems
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My name is Signe and I started my postdoc on the 1st of January, 2017. I have a master and PhD from the Department of Engineering Cybernetics at NTNU. In my master, I worked on path following of marine vehicles in the presence of unknown ocean currents. I finished my PhD in November 2016 on the topic of guidance and control of marine vehicles and set-based control of robotic systems. I am now planning on extending set-based theory to industrial needs.
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Mathias Hauan Arbo – Robots for flexible and robust assembly
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My name is Mathias and I started my postdoc Spring 2019. During my PhD I looked at robotic assembly and optimization-based control of industrial manipulators. Primarily for robust, flexible, constraint-based robot programming systems performing assembly tasks. During my Postdoc I will be working on high-level planning and control of articulated robots for assembly, exploiting expert knowledge and CAD information.
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Previous PhD candidates
Siri Marthe Arbo – New ways of joining steel and aluminium together
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My name is Siri Marthe and I started my PhD August 2015. Spring 2015 I finished my master's degree in material science at NTNU, where I specialized in physical metallurgy. During my PhD, I looked at primarily two dissimilar metals, steel and aluminium, and I wanted to try to find a new way of joining the two metals together. By combining two dissimilar metals, we can attain new lightweight and high performance products having the best properties from each of the metals. September 2019 I finished my PhD, and started working as researcher at SINTEF Manufacturing.
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