Maria Vatshaug Ottermo holds a PhD in Engineering Cybernetics from NTNU, with emphasis on medical technology and robotics. From 2006 to 2012 she worked as a research scientist at SINTEF ICT. Maria has operational experience from working as a process engineer at Alcoa and she has also worked with safety and reliability at Lloyd's Register Consulting. Since 2019 she has worked in SINTEF Digital, mainly with reliability of safety critical equipment and digital eco systems.
                        
                        Education
                        
                            2010-2011: Post Doc, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of neuroscience 
2006: PhD , NTNU, Trondheim, Department of engineering 
cybernetics
2002: M.Sc, NTNU, Trondheim, Department of engineering 
cybernetics
                        
                        Competence and research areas
                        Reliability of safety critical equipment
Interoperability
Operational follow-up and improvements
Control systems, robotics and automation
Supervising of students and operators
Development and testing of medical technology
Man-machine interfaces and haptics
                        Linkedin
                        
                            https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-vatshaug-ottermo-71442040/
                        
                        ResearchGate
                        
                            https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria-Ottermo-2