Research Virtual design and tailored aluminium alloys Kristin Qvale is an expert in energy absorption and fractures in aluminium components, such as the crash boxes in cars. The key to knowledge lies in the microstructures. Any change here affects the whole component’s behaviour. Research “Mission Mjøsa” receives international attention In November, an old shipwreck was found at the bottom of Mjøsa, Norway’s largest lake, in a joint mission in cooperation with NTNU and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. A new type of sonar technology was used. Research National Budget: “A budget we can live with” Rector Anne Borg says preliminary calculations show NTNU will probably break even compared with last year’s budget. This is something NTNU can live with, in the situation now facing Norway and the world. Why are there few women in some of the sciences? This question will be explored in a documentary that premieres on Wednesday 6 October on France’s second largest TV channel. The film team has visited NTNU and interviewed researchers, students and the Pro-Rector about recruitment initiatives that are helping to close the gender gap. Organization news New Centre of Excellence to the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience Congratulations to Professor May-Britt Moser and the research community at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, who were awarded a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) today! Organization news New strategy will ensure open access to new scientific articles NTNU is introducing a new Rights Retention Strategy – RRS which ensures Open Access to all new scientific articles published by NTNU’s researchers – from day one! Innovation Digital design of aluminium – from particles to products 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. Research NTNUs first research satellite on the first mission in the Arctic The small satellite HYPSO-1, built by more than 80 students and researchers at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics and the Department of Electronic Systems – and other departments, has participated in several research missions already. Research New Horizon Europe project funded, led by NTNU NTNU and 8 partners have been awarded the project “BIAS: Mitigating Diversity Biases in the Labor Market,” a large €4.7M, Horizon Europe grant coordinated by Dr. Roger A. Søraa at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture at the Humanities Faculty. NTNU’s Departments of Computer Science and Social Anthropology are also part of the project.
