Innovation Blueye Underwater Drone Goes Autonomous NTNU’s marine robotics research environment is taking the next step to enable the Blueye underwater drone to carry out fully autonomous missions underwater. Research The longest-standing research and industry collaboration at NTNU? “If you want to go far, go together. If you want to go fast, go alone,” summarised Monica Rolfsen, Pro-Rector for Outreach and Social Responsibility, referring to the collaboration NTNU’s Department of Marine Technology has had with industry through the University Technology Centre (UTC) over the past 20 years. News For the first time: Women in all roles at a PhD defense in Marine Technology “Women are still underrepresented both as researchers and PhD candidates in engineering fields and in the marine industries. Therefore, it’s a milestone to have a PhD defense where all roles are held by women,” says Erin Bachynski-Polić. Innovation The race is on to make the shipping sector fossil-free In the race towards zero-emission shipping, flexible battery packs for small and medium-sized ships must be developed. Blog Beyond the horizon: Robots collaborate on remote sampling of zooplankton In the first week of summer, a dynamic team of robots, researchers, students, and engineers in SFI Harvest and AUR-Lab embarked on a mission to sample zooplankton off the coast of Mausund, Norway. Blog Floating solar islands can give the world green energy while saving valuable land area My PhD consists of working with a membrane-based structure for floating solar panels in the ocean. News NTNU’s laboratory for subsea robots celebrates 15 years of operation AUR-Lab was established in 2009 with an underwater robot and facilities at the Trondhjem Biological Station (TBS). Fifteen years later, it has become one of the most active laboratories at NTNU, housing nearly 20 different underwater robots and several surface vessels. Blog Liquid ammonia and methanol can become the future fuel in deep sea shipping During my PhD I will perform fundamental combustion research on carbon neutral and low carbon fuels for marine combustion engines. Research Guarding the ocean: Autonomy research aims to make robots patrol the ocean The intentional damage of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines and Finland’s pipeline Balticconnector recently in the Baltic Sea highlights that we are in a new geopolitical situation. How do researchers respond to the new risk picture?
