News Joining forces to map and monitor the ocean pulse NTNU and The University of Florida Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to leverage their collective scientific expertise and technology platforms to map and monitor the world’s oceans, lakes and waterways. Blog Wood Stoves for Cutting Electricity Costs and Preventing Unnecessary Expansions of the Electricity Grid My goal in this project is to investigate wood-burning stoves with the aim of reducing electricity expenses and averting unnecessary expansion of the electricity grid. Blog Drawing the line: the perils of power lines on bird richness What are the Norwegian energy system’s impacts on our local biodiversity? Our research project aims to find out, and to present our research, we created a board game. Blog Celebrating Excellence in Innovation: Faculty of Engineering’s Innovation Awards Ceremony In the world of academia and technology, innovation stands as the driving force that propels us forward into the future. It is the foundation upon which progress is built, and at the Faculty of Engineering, we are nurturing and celebrating the innovative spirit of our students and researchers. Blog Buildings: do not break or make, but repurpose I am exploring how buildings adapt to demographic changes, with the aim to develop scenarios to project future needs for building. Blog Water turbines must live longer Jim Abregu believes that we are working in the right direction to support a better world with green energy by increasing turbine lifetimes. Blog Aiming for more environmentally friendly buildings and neighborhoods Collaboration between Chinese and Norwegian researchers has yielded valuable insights, including the utilization of ground source heat pumps in Scandinavia and beyond. Research Two NTNU Teams Secure Medals at Olympiad in Engineering Science Scientists and engineers from around the globe convened in Olympia, Greece, to participate in the first Engineering Olympiad, where two teams representing NTNU were honored with Olympic Medals. Blog Plastics: the ocean cannot live with it, and we cannot live without it Polymers have transformed our lives [1] . We have been benefiting from them since approximately 1600 BC when natural rubber was first discovered. However, plastic products are often mismanaged once they reach the end of life. The solutions we need rely on a whole systemic and structural change within the plastic system.
