News 2012

• April 23-27: The cybernetic division from CeSOS are taking research vessel Gunnerus once again out for a tour. Together with biologists and archaeologists, they are exploring and mapping the seabed by using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Minerva. Minerva is using control systems developed by CeSOS researchers.
  During the first part of the excursion, the group of researchers located themselves at the Stokkbergneset where they met the challenge of leading the ROV down a 500 m long, steep abyss of the seabed. The second part of the excursion is taking the researchers to the not less demanding environment of a coral reef at Tautra, where the strong streams are expected to be difficult to withstand for the ROV. The researchers are optimistic to overcome those challenges.
• April 15: MTC table tennis club won by a mile a friendly tournament against NTNUI table tennis club on 15 April! MTC table tennis club brings together all employees at the Marine Technology Centre (MTC) by including personnel from CeSOS, the Department of Marine Technology and MARINTEK. The final result of the tournament is MTC (17) : NTNUI (6). Congratulations to the team, organizer Dr Muk Chen Ong and everybody that showed up and supported the team! It was the first time that MTC table tennis club played against an external team. The team is looking forward to future external matches!
• April 11: Prof. Torgeir Moan was invited to be "Peachman lecturer" at the University of Michigan, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. The Captain Ralph R. and Florence Peachman Lectureship is sponsored by the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, the Multidisciplinary Design Program and the Naval Engineering Education Center.  Prof. Moan gave a presentation with the title: "Renewable offshore energy, with emphasis on wind energy - opportunities and challenges".
• March 30: CeSOS released its brand new Annual Report 2011! Have a look at last year’s activities at CeSOS: research results and research activities, interviews, publications, social events etc. You will find the new Annual Report here. A print version is also available. You can order it by contacting Annika Klinger.
  

• March 29: NTNU's cybernetics division, among them CeSOS's Prof. Thor Inge Fossen, was ranked best among research groups within information technology. The international jury initiated by the Research Council of Norway gave only 3 out of 53 Norwegian research groups the highest rating. The panel described NTNU's cybernetics division as "excellent from an international perspective", one of the reasons being their high publication frequency. Read the article by Universitetsavisa here (in Norwegian).
• March 19-21: NTNU AUR‐Lab, the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) and the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) held a workshop on underwater technology and operations on the arctic islands of Svaldbard, Norway. The workshop is a forum where researchers and engineers from academia and industry gather in an open, friendly and exiting environment to interact through the exchange of new ideas and results. The workshop was packed with informative presentations, interesting group discussions and opportunities to meet and establish connections. Additionally, the participants had the opportunity to meet the day before the actual start of the workshop to enjoy the breathtaking ice cave at Larsbreen nearby Longyearbyen.
• March 15: A research cooperation between Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and CeSOS was initiated in 2011, supported by STATOIL. The topic of this work is vortex-induced vibrations of steel catenary risers. People from CeSOS have been involved in planning novel experiments that will be carried out in the laboratories at SJTU among others this May. Contact person at SJTU is Prof. Shixiao Fu, and Prof. Larsen is responsible for the activities at CeSOS.
• February 15: The Norwegian research magazine "Gemini" published a new edition where you find a two-page picture from a research trip with people from CeSOS and others who put the new AUR-lab to the test in Trondheim fjord in December 2011. The picture shows a beautiful scene of the connection between ROV Minerva and the research vessel Gunnerus. Find the picture in February's paper edition of the magazine on page 10 and 11. For the online edition of the magazine, click here.