...individuals, communities and critical systems are affected. SINTEF is now participating in a major research project aimed at making the population and authorities better equipped to deal with crises that may arise in a troubled world. Crisis preparedness is about planning, organising and implementing measures...
The concept of environmental design in hydropower rivers describes how to evaluate, develop and implement measures to improve the environmental conditions and different user interests in regulated rivers, while taking hydropower production into account All renewable power production has an impact on...
...transport needs and national targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions emissions means that the transport sector is in a significant transition phase. At the same time, new business models are constantly being developed, new market operators are emerging and major changes in user behavior and people's expectations...
Norwegian Building Research Institute and SINTEF’s building and construction research groups are merging to form SINTEF Building Research AS, which will be formally established on January 1, 2006. Terje Jacobsen (left), acting managing director of SINTEF Building Research AS and Tor Ulleberg, Executive Vice...
...tools, methods and industrial demonstrators for the establishment of focused automotive spare parts production, in combination with production of ordinary automotive parts. The project is carried out by Benteler Aluminium Systems Norway AS and Plastal AS, in collaboration with SINTEF and NTNU. About the...
...degradation mechanisms of the state-of-the-art MEA and setting up the initial framework for the theoretical model. Challenges / Issues addressed The PEM fuel cell consists of several alternatingly stacked components, such as membrane-electrode-assemblies (MEAs) and bipolar plates, pressed together by a housing...
...is capable of modeling industrially and scientifically relevant flow and transport processes in porous media and bridge the gap between the different application areas of porous media modeling, including reservoir mechanics, CO2 sequestration, biological systems, and product development of engineered media...
International IT researchers have limited contact with the industry, and tend to stay in their offices, working on concepts and studies. Norwegian researchers work closely with companies – and win awards. The prestigious Journal of Systems and Software has ranked SINTEF as the number one international research...
WP1 Human and Organisational Contributions to Resilience The objective of WP1 is to develop new knowledge concerning how organisations and humans contribute to resilience of an existing technological system, and knowledge concerning how improvisation may contribute to resilient organisations. The problem...
...reporting the technical condition of the pipeline (at any position, at any time), and provide warnings in case of emerging critical situations. It will be able to measure the critical parameters for unwanted depositions and characterize the flow mode. It will also offer the possibility to perform simulations...
...is Austria’s largest extra-university research centre in applied research and development. ARC cooperates with researchers at universities and other institutions of higher education or research nationally and internationally, and Austria's most important enterprises are partners or shareholders of ARC...
...1997 and is funded by the government. Main objectives are focused into four areas: dementia, old-age psychiatry, disability & ageing, and elderly with learning disabilities. Main task is R&D in order to improve care and treatment services for people with dementia and their relatives, Develop and distribute...
Thermally induced deformations and associated residual stresses are unavoidable in welded structures and constructions. The residual stresses affect the fracture, fatigue, and stress corrosion cracking behaviour in welded joints, and the welded structures and constructions suffer from restrictions set...
SINTEF Sealab at the waterfront in Trondheim, Norway. SINTEF Sealab houses facilities and laboratories designed especially for the marine research activities within SINTEF. There are extensive plan to further develop and establish the Trondheim Marine Park in this area, with a wide range of companies related...
Change Conference in Egypt. SINTEF will be represented by EVP for Sustainability, Nils Røkke, and several other scientists from research areas such as CCS, offshore wind power, hydrogen, digitalisation and biodiversity. Here is a presentation of the SINTEF participants at COP27: Week 1 (7. - 12. November)...
Technology Inc (Aker Arctic, or AARC) was established on December 30, 2004 and continues as an independent company the operations of the former Wärtsilä Ice Model Basin (WIMB, 1969), Wärtsilä Arctic Research Centre (WARC, 1983) and Kvaerner Masa-Yards Arctic Technology Centre (MARC, 1989). On January 1st...
...collaborative project involving 12 partners from eight countries and worth €7.3million is set to drive forward development of the next generation of floating wind substructures. The European Horizon2020-funded programme LIFES50+, led by Norway's MARINTEK (and involving Politechnico di Milano, DTU, Ramboll, ORE Catapult...
...resource that is central to marine food production, and microalgae should also be considered to a much larger extent in terrestrial production such as in feed for mink or poultry. They are rich in compounds such as protein, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Applications can be bioenergy, health...
Our mission is twofold: to provide cutting-edge expertise in various domains by leveraging the power of mathematics in technology, and bridging the gap between research and real-world applications. While we engage in basic research to develop new methods, our primary focus is on maturing existing methods...
...collecting data on and analysing. Photo: Idun Haugan/NTNU Standard The EU has greenlighted two major transport projects for the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and SINTEF, Scandinavia’s largest independent research institution, in cooperation with Chinese and European universities...