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• Aluminium activities (light metals)
• Catalysis and membrane materials
• Energy materials and solar cells
• Nanotechnology
• Publications

PhD and Master theses

• Transmission electron microscopes (TEM)
• Sample preparation lab
• NordTEMhub Workshop 2024

PhD theses by students at the TEM Gemini Centre

Doctoral- and master theses at tem gemini centre.

Jonas Frafjord, 2020, Atomistic scale modelling of defects in aluminium alloys

Aleksander Mosberg, 2020,  Lab-in-a-FIB - Focused Ion Beam Technique Development For Functional Material Systems

Adrian Lervik, 2020, Microstructural characteriastion of features related to grain boundary corrosion phenomena in aluminium alloys

Jonas K. Sunde, 2020, The effect of elevated temparetures on precipitation in aluminium alloys

• Julie Stene Nilsen, 2020,  Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy of III-V Nanowires
• Emil Christiansen, 2019,  Nanoscale Characterisation of Deformed Aluminium Alloys
• Maryam Vatanparast, 2019,  Advanced TEM studies of quantum dot based intermediate band solar cell materials
• Vidar Fauske, 2016, Electron microscopy based characterization of semiconductor nanowires.
• Magnus Nord, 2016, EELS and STEM studies of perovskite oxide heterostructures.
• Eva Anne Mørtsell, 2016, Precipitation in multicomponent, lean, Al-Mg-Si alloys : A transmission electron microscopy study.
• Jon Holmestad, 2015, (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Grain Boundary Segregation relevant to Intergranular Corrosion in Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys
• Astrid Marie F. Muggerud, 2014, TEM studies of dispersoids and consistuent phases in Al-Mn-Fe-Si alloys
• Takeshi Saito, 2014, The effect of trace elements on precipitation in Al-Mg-Si alloys - A transmission electron microscopy study
• Sigurd Wenner, 2014, Transmission electron microscopy and muon spin relaxation studies of precipitation in Al-Mg-Si alloys .
• Hanne Kauko, 2013, Quantitative Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies on Heterostructured GaAs Nanowires .
• Maulid Mohamed Kivambe, 2012,  Dislocations in Multicrystalline Silicon for Solar Cells – Microstructure and sources .
• Roya Dehghan-Niri, 2012, Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Cobalt Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts .
• Katharina Teichmann, 2012, The effect of deformation on precipitation and precipitation hardening in Aluminium alloys .
• Jelena Todorovic, 2012, Correlated transmission electron microscopy and micro-photoluminescence studies of GaAs-based heterostructured semiconductor nanowires .
• Malin Torsæter, 2011, Quantitative studies of clustering and precipitation in Al-Mg-Si(-Cu) alloys .
• Espen Eberg, 2011, Interface effects in PbTiO 3 thin films and nanostructures : a transmission electron microscopy study .
• Ruben Bjørge, 2011,  Scanning transmission electron microscopy studies of precipitation in Al-Mg-Ge alloys .
• Ida Westermann, 2011,  Work-hardening behaviour in age-hardenable Al-Zn-Mg(-Cu) alloys .
• Ragnhild Sæterli, 2010, Electronic structure of thermoelectric and ferroelectric materials – Advanced transmission electron microscopy studies .
• Wakshum Mekonnen Tucho, 2009, Self-supported, thin Pd/Ag membranes for Hydrogen separation - Microstructure and permeation studies.
• Heidi Nordmark, 2009, Micostructure studies of silicon for solar cells - Defects, impurities and surphase morphology .
• Håkon K. Hasting, 2006, Clustering and precipitation in 6xxx Al alloys - TEM and APT studies.
• Per Erik Vullum, 2005, Ferroelastic LaCoO3-based Polycrystalline Ceramics. A Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction Study .
• Carmen Andrei, 2004, Electron microscopy studies of Materials used for hydrogen storage.
• Jesper Friis, 2003, Quantitative Convergent Bean Electron Diffraction and Charge density Studies .
• Anders Frøseth, 2003, Atomistic/electronic modelling of precipitation phases in Al-Mg-Si alloys .
• Calin Daniel Marioara, 2001, A TEM Study of the Precipitates in a 6082 Al-Mg-Si Alloy System.
• Knut Lie, 2000, Experimental and ab initio Transmission EELS Near edge fine Structure.
• Sonia Faaland, 2000, Heterogeneous ceramic interfaces in solid oxide fuel cells and dense oxygen permeable membranes .
• Yan Tang, 1999, Quantification of low Mg and Si concentrations and Mg diffusion in Al.
• Inger Lindseth, 1999, Optical total refelectance, near-surface microstructure, and topgraphy of rolled aluminium materials .
• Christophe R. Birkeland, 1997, Quantitative Methods in Electron Diffraction and Microscopy.
• Gunnar Pettersen, 1997, Development of Microstructure during Sintering and Aluminium Exposure of Titanium Diboride Ceramics.
• Grethe Waterloo, 1996, Rapidly Solidified Aluminium Alloys-Microstructure and Thermal Stability.
• Randi Holmestad, 1994, Quantitative Electron Diffraction. Energy Filtering and Studies of bonding effects in TiAl.
• Katrin Nord-Varhaug, 1994, Titanium Diboride. Interfacial Microstructure and Wettability by Liquid Aluminium.
• Shao Xiong Zhou, 1993, Rare Earth-Iron-Boron Based Permanent Magnetic Materials.
• Asgeir Bardal, 1991, Intefaces in aluminium-silicon carbide composites. Investigations by TEM.
• Sigmund Jarle Andersen, 1990, Quasicrystals and intermetallic phases in rapidly quenched aluminium alloys.
• Knut Marthinsen, 1986, Theoretical and experimental investigations of dynamical many-beam effects in selected X-ray and electron diffraction experiments.
• Alv Aanestad, 1979, Investigations of some many beam cases in X-ray diffraction using dynamical plane wave theory .

Master - and project theses

Master theses.

Ragna Bakke, Transmission electron microscopy based characterization of CdTe–HgTe core–shell semiconductor nanowires (Supervisor Sigurd Wenner)

Sigrid Wanvik Haugen, Structural and Optical Characterization of AlGaN Nanostructures for UV-LEDs by Correlated Electron Microscopy (Supervisor Ton van Helvoort)

Endre Jacobsen, Scanning Precession Electron Diffraction Template Matching for Automated Phase Mapping of Precipitates in 6xxx Aluminium Alloys (Supervisor Ton van Helvoort)

Hanne Mørkeseth, The effect of Fe and Mn on precipitation in an Al-Cu-Mg-Si alloy (Supervisor Randi Holmestad)

Eirik Opheim, Evaluating template matching for orientation analysis based on electron diffraction (Supervisor Ton van Helvoort)

Øystein Rolstad, Orientation effects on energy dispersive spectroscopy in TEM (Supervisor Ton van Helvoort)

Tor Inge Thorsen, Heterostructured GaAs/GaAsSb nanowires characterized by scanning precession electron microscopy (Supervisor Ton van Helvoort)

Hursanay Turgun, Electron Microscopy Characterization of Aluminium-Copper-Titanium-Steel Joint made using the Hybrid Metal Extrusion & Bonding Method (Supervisor Per Erik Vullum)

Haakon Tvedt, AutomAl 6000: Semi-automatic structural labeling of HAADF-STEM images of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si-(Cu) alloys (Supervisor Randi Holmestad)

• Yngve Maxmillian Ender, 2019, Characterization of particles from dissolved 5049 aluminum alloys, and the microstructure from billet to extruded and drawn tubes.
• Ingvild Hansen, 2019, Correlated Structural and Optical Characterisation of Individual AlGaN Nanowires on Graphene.
• Kasper Aas Hunnestad, 2019, Visualizing Ferroelectric Domain Structures in ErMnO3 and Pb5Ge3O11 by Electron Microscopy.
• Simon Høgås, 2019, Improvements to nm scale crystal phase and orientation mapping by physical model comparison.
• Daniel Martin Lundeby, 2019, Improving the accuracy of TEM-EDX quantification by implementing the zeta-factor method.
• Gregory Nordahl, T2019, Transmission electron microscopy characterization of heat treatment effects in additively manufactured Ti-6Al-4V.
• Jørgen Sørhaug, 2019, TEM characterization of tungsten implanted silicon - A study of a potential intermediate band solar cell material.
• Edwin Traore, 2019, Characterization of BTO thin films by electron diffraction techniques.

2018: 

• Susanne Araya, 2018, Study of solid state phase transformations and precipitation in Ti-6Al-4V exposed to thermal cycling in additive manufacturing process.
• Elise Otterlei Brenne, 2018, Atomic Resolution 3D Reconstruction of Crystal Grain Boundaries.
• Johanna Neumann, 2018, The interface between graphene glass and self-catalyzed GaAsSb Nanowires.
• Inger-Emma Nylund, 2018, Electron Microscopy Characterization of III-Nitride Nanowires grown on Graphene.
• Sigurd Ofstad, 2018, A Theoretic Study of β’’ Misfits and Strain in Al-Mg-Si Alloys - A Cluster-Based Approach Combining Density Functional Theory and Linear Elasticity.
• Elisabeth Thronsen, 2018, The effect of deformation and natural ageing in an Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloy with high Cu-content: A transmission electron microscopy study.
• Andreas Toresen, 2018, Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterisation of Lead-Free KNN Thin Films.

2017: 

• Håkon W. Ånes, 2017, Characterisation of photochromic oxygen-containing yttrium hydride by electron microscopy 
• Øyvind Paulsen 2017, Transmission electron microscopy study of two peak hardened Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys
• Inger-Emma Nylund, 2017, Electron microscopy characterisation of GaN nanowires grown on graphene glass
• Steinar Myklebost, 2017, Developing quantitative image processing of scanning electron microscopy data sets to evaluate nanowire growth
• Hogne Lysne, 2017, 3D TEM characterization of silver implanted silicon for intermediate band solar cells
• Jochen Busam, 2017, TEM characterization of quartz
• Ingrid Marie Andersen, 2017, TEM characterization of III-V nanowires for laser applications
• Philip Østli, 2016, Density Functional Theory Studies of Precipitate Interfaces in Aluminium Alloys, with Focus on Theta'-Al2Cu
• Jonas K. Sunde, 2016, Scanning precession electron diffraction study of 2xxx series aluminium alloys exhibiting several coexisting strengthening phases
• Theodor S. Holstad, 2016, Characterisation of BaTiO3/La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin films on SrTiO3(111) substrates – A transmission electron microscopy study
• Trond R. Henninen, 2016, Chemical Vapour Deposition and Electron Microscopy Analysis of Graphene
• Andreas Gramannslund, 2016, Refinement of the ζ-factor Method for Quantitative Energy-Dispersive Xray Spectroscopy in Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Tina Bergh, 2016, Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Sintered and Hot-Pressed Silicon Carbide
• Emil Christiansen, 2015, "TEM Characterization of LaFeO 3 Thin Films on SrTiO 3 Substrates".
• J. Larsen, 2015, "TEM of Chromium doped Zinc Sulfide Thin Films for Solar Cell Applications".
• Aleksander B. Mosberg, 2105, "Characterization of AlGaAs shell structure in GaAs/AlGaAs Core-shell Nanowires".
• Hanne Grydeland, 2014, "Characterization of Bioaerosols using Electron Microscopy with Special Emphasis on Airborne Bacteria", external work at FFI.
• Ørjan Berntsen, 2014, "Investigation of Co 2 AlO 4 /CeO 2 Catalyst for N 2 O Abatement using Electron Microscopy Techniques".
• Maximilian Erbeck, 2014, "Probing the electronic properties of p-doped gallium arsenide nanowires".
• Trond R. Henninen, 2014, "Characterization of CVD grown graphene" (preliminary title).
• Julie Stene Nilsen, 2014, "Position controlled growth of GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires - more uniform structural and optical properties?".
• Eivind Seim, 2014, "TEM characterization of Cr-doped ZnS Thin Films for Solar Cell applications".
• Espen Undheim, 2014, "Transmission electron microscopy characterization of quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells".
• Sethulakshmy Jayakumary, 2013, The effects of Be doping on the structure of Ga and Au-assisted GaAs-based heterostructured semiconductor nanowires
• Andrea Klubicka, 2013, TEM study of GaAs/GaAsSb core-shell Nanowires 
• Ingrid Snustad, 2013, Selective examination of optically and structurally separable parts within GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires by micro-photoluminescence and transmission electron microscopy
• Jason Granholt, 2012, Precipitate Structure Changes during Overaging in an Al-Mg-Si Alloy
• Eva A. Mørtsell, 2012, Dispersion hardening during annealing at low temperatures in four 3xxx Al-Mn-Fe-Si alloys
• Amund Utne, 2012, Hardness and Microstructure for Ge-Containing Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys
• Martin Ervik, 2011, Microstructural studies of Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys with respect to corrosion
• Fredrik Martinsen, 2011, Clustering during Natural Aging and its Effect on Precipitation Hardening in Al-Mg-Si Alloys
• Magnus Nord, 2011, Transmission electron microscopy characterisation of quantum dot intermediate band solar cell materials
• Vidar Fauske, 2011, Electron Microscopy characterization of the interface between a 111-Si Substrate and GaAs Nanowires grown by Self-Catalysis by MBE
• Halfdan K. Småbråten, 2011, Characterization of precipitates at maximum hardness and overaged  conditions in Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Tadelle Abriha Haddush, 2010, SEM microstructure study and Hardness evaluation of Al-Mg-Si (Ge)(6XXX) alloys
• Astrid Marie F Muggerud, 2010, Electron microscopy studies and microanalysis of front contact interfaces in silicon solar cell materials
• Johannes Tveit, 2010, TEM Characterization of ZnO nanostructures to be utilized in organic/inorganic solar cells
• Jan Fredrik Helgaker, 2010, Microstructure and hardness evolution during aging of two 6xxx Al alloys
• Jon Holmestad, 2009, High temperature stability of Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Martin Resell, 2009, Studies of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si-Ge Alloy
• Mari Ellefsen Horvli, 2009, Crystal defect studies of Silicon for solar cells - Scanning and transmission electron microscopy
• Hari Sah, 2009, Surface Studies of as-cut Silicon for solar cells
• Borgny Hynne, 2008, Applications of Auger microscopy to silicon solar cell materials
• Sondre Grønsberg, 2008, Transmission Elecyron microscopy Characterisation of GaAs nanowires with GaAsSb insert
• Arnhild Jacobsen, 2008, Transport in Graphene nanostructures
• Are Sæbø, 2008, Preciputation in Al-Mg-Si)-Cu) alloys
• Kim Rune Bakken, 2006/2008, The effect of mechanical deformation in Al-Mg-Si(-Cu) alloys
• Suresh Prasad Gupta, 2006/2008, TEM studies of quantum dot materials for intermediate band solar cells
• Malin Torsæter, 2007, Crystal structure determinastion of the c-type plate precipitatein Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloys
• Liviu Holt, 2007, TEM characterization of Ga Sb nanocones
• Anton Nordstrøm, 2007, TEM characterization of Equillibrium Precipitates in Al-Mg-Si (Cu-Ni) alloys
• Åsmund Almli, 2007, Sample preparation and TEM characterization of ferroelectric lead titanate nanostructures
• Maulid Mohamed Kivambe, 2005/2007, Electron microscopy and microanalysis of multicrystalline Silicon Solar cells and solar cell materials.
• Ragnhild Sæterli, 2006, TEM characterisation of lead titanate nanorods synthesized under hydrthermal conditions
• Åsmund Monsen, 2006, TEM characterisation of LaFeO3 thin films
• Asgeir Birkeland, 2006, Crystallographic orientations of silicon precipitates in aluminium alloys
• Inger Marie Skoe, 2006, TEM/STEM studies of catalyst systems with Pt nanoparticles supported on carbon nanofibers
• Elin Stubhaug, 2006, Investigation of dislocation clusters in solar cell graded silicon with TEM, ,
• Tore N. Stene, 2005, HRTEM studier av utfellinger i AlMgSi(Cu)-legeringer
• Torgeir Hansen, 2005, Calculations of elastic contants of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Åsmund Furuseth, 2005, Multiwalled carbon nanotube: characterization after production by the arc discharge method
• Lena C. Wennberg, 2005, Prøvepreparering med trpod for karakterisering av SRO tynnfilm i TEM
• Lene H. Henriksen, 2005, Evaluering av energiproduksjon for konseptet 'Bølgeskjerm'
• Bjørn Soleim, 2004, STEM-karakterisering av perovskitt-tynnfilmer
• Morten Simonsen, 2004, Komparativ studie av teknikker for karakterisering av anodiske forbehandlingssjikt på aluminiumsoverflater
• Egil Fjeldberg, 2004, Atomistic modelling of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si alloys,
• Wakshum Mekkonen Tucho, 2003/2004, The effects of SiC and Si3N4 inclusions in Mulitcrystalline Silicon Solar Cell Performance
• Rune Søndenå, 2003, Atomistic modelling of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Heidi Nordmark, 2003, Post-Beta'' phases studied in TEM
• Knut Olav Helleseng, 2003, Innvirkning av preparering av TEM-prøver for høyoppløsningsstudier av perovskitt-tynnfilmer
• Maxwell Joe Mageto, 2002/2003, TEM study of microstructure in relation to hardness and ductility in AlMgSi (6xxx) alloys
• Sigrun Haugen, 2002, Post-beta" Phases as a Function of Alloy Composition in Al-Mg-Si Alloys
• Ingunn Oddsen, Spring 2000, Studier av HDDR-prosessen i TbNiAl
• Live Rekvig, Spring 2000, Use of the MonteCarlo technique in the computation of free energy for the Al-Li system
• Per Erik Vullum, 2000/2001, TEM-studier av perovskittsystemet La4Sr2Fe6O18-
• Are Bäcklund, 2000/2001, Subkornstruktur og dispersoidefordeling i AlMgZn-legeringer
• Calin Marioara, Spring 1996, Particle Governed Recovery in a Twin Roll cast Al-8006 alloy

Projects theses

• Andreas Toresen, 2017, The search for lead-free piezoelectric materials - a TEM characterisation of KNN thin films
• Elisabeth Thronsen, 2017, Natural ageing effect in a pre-deformed hybrid 6xxx/2xxx series aluminium alloy
• Sigurd Ofstad, 2017, Frist principles study of the displacement field surrounding ß'' in aluminium - density functional calculations with boundary conditions defined by linear elasticity theory
• Inger-Emma Nylund, 2017, Evaluation of energy-dispersive spectroscopy characteristics for improved compositional analysis
• Johanna Neumann, 2017, Electron microscopy characterisation of GaAsSb nanowires on graphene glass
• Susanne Araya, 2017, TEM investigations of microsctructure in additive manufactured areospace-grade titanium 
• Håkon Wiik Ånes, 2016, Transmission Electron Microscopy Characterization of Hydride-based Smart Windows
• Øyvind Paulsen, 2016, Effects of Germanium and Lithium in Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Steinar Myklebost, 2016, Quantitative image processing of electron microscopy data sets
• Hogne Lysne, 2016, Transmission electron microscopy of cellular breakdown in silver implanted silicon for intermediate band solar cells
• Johannes Bogen, 2016, Data processing of multidimensional TEM data sets
• Tina Bergh, 2015, TEM characterization of SiC powders.
• Andreas Garmannslund, 2015, Processing multidimensional transmission electron microscopy data sets.
• Theodor Secanell Holstad, 2015, TEM Characterization of BaTiO3 Thin Films on SrTiO3 (111) Substrates.
• Jonas Sunde, 2015, Precipitation of Several Coexisting  Strengthening Phases in Aluminium Alloys.
• Maximilian Erlbeck, 2013, Exploring FIB for NW circuit repair
• Julie Stene Nilsen, 2013, The effect of the V/III ratio on the structural and optical of self-catalysed GaAs/AlGaAs core/shell nanowires
• Ørjan Berntsen, 2013, Investigation of Co 2 AlO 4 /CeO 2 catalyst for N 2 O abatement using electron microscopy
• Elisa Osmundsen, 2012, Effect of Zn on hardness, conductivity and microstructure of an Al-Mg-Si alloy
• Ingrid Snustad, 2012, Correlated µ-PL and TEM characterization of self-catalyzed GaAs/AlGaAs core-shell nanowires
• Jason Granholt, 2011, Study of microstructure evolution and change of precipitate structure during β" to post- β" phase transition
• Eva Maria Gumbmann, 2011, Influence of pre-deformation on the age-hardening behavior in an Al-Mg-Si alloy (AA6082)
• Amund Utne, 2012, "High Temperature Stability Tests of KK Alloys
• Fredrik A. Martinsen, 2010, The effect of natural aging on Precipitation haderning in Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Magnus F. Nord, 2010, Transmission electron microscopy characterisation of quantum dot intermediate band solar cell material
• Vidar Fauske, 2010, Electron Microscopy Characterization of the Interface between Semiconductor Nanowires and Substrate
• Martin Ervik, 2010, TEM and SEM studies of Al-Mg-Si alloys with respect to corrosion
• Jon Holmestad, 2009, High-temperature stability of Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys
• Martha Scheffler, 2009, TEM Caracterisation of Stacking Faults in Semiconductor Nanowires
• Maarten Maathuis, 2009, Electron diffraction characterisation of twinned GaAsSb nanowires
• Astrid Marie Muggerud, 2009, Microstructure studies of multicrystalline silicon solar cell materials
• Jan Fredrik Helgaker, 2009, High temperature stability of Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys
• Johannes Tveit, 2009, Characterization of ZnO nanostructures to be utilized in organic/inorganic solar cells
• Astrid-Sofie Vardøy, 2008, Characterization of mc-silicon used in solar cells
• Martin Resell, 2008, Ab initio Simulations of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si(-Ge) Alloys
• Mari Ellefsen Horvli, 2008, Investigations of microstructures in multicrystalline silicon for solar cells – sample preparation and transmission electron microscopy
• Nora Borghildur Kristjansdottir, 2007, TEM characterization of nanometer scale KxNbyOz type structures
• Arnhild Jacobsen, 2007, Doping of Silicon surfaces for solar cell applications by Spin-On-Dopants project
• Borgny Hynne, 2007,
• Åsmund Almli, 2006, Lead titanate structures tudies with transmission electron microscopy
• Malin Torsæter, 2006, Simulations and crystal structure refinements of precipitates in Al-Mg-Si-Cu alloys
• Liviu Holt, 2006, TEM analysis of catlysts used in gas-shiftreaction
• Anton Nordsrøm, 2006, TEM studies of the equilibrium phase in Al-Mg-Si-(Cu) alloys
• Lena C. Wennberg, 2005, Prøvepreparering for karakterisering av SRO tynnfilm i TEM
• Asgeir Bikeland, 2005, TEM-studier av AlSi-legeringer med og uten Magnesium
• Åsmund Monsen, 2005, Sample preparation and TEM studies of perovskite thin films
• Ragnhild Sæterli, 2005, Complex alkali titanate structures studied with electron microscopy techniques
• Lene H. Henriksen, 2004, Bølgekraft – vår nye fornybare energikilde?
• Tore N. Stene, 2004, TEM-studier av AlMgSi-legeringer med og uten kopper
• Bjørn Soleim, 2003, TEM.karakterisering av perovskitt tynnfilmer
• Morten Simonsen, 2003, Characterisation of Aluminium Surfaces
• Rune Søndenå, 2002, Atomistic/electronic modelling of precipitation phases in Al-Mg-Si alloys
• Knut Olav Helleseng, 2002, Ferroelastiske keramer
• Heidi Nordmark, 2002, Studier av fasetransformasjon i 6xxx Al-legeringer beta''-beta'
• Are Bäcklund, 1999/2000, TEM-studier av utherdingsforløpet til en AlMgZn legering
• Petter Bjørnstad, 1999/2000, TEM-studier av en utherdbar AlMgSi legering
• Nils Ulrik Andersen, 1999/2000, Controlling temperature in a molecular model

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Guidelines for Master and PhD students

The intention of this document is to make the collaboration of you, the student, and me, the supervisor, as fruitful as possible. To achieve this, we need to establish a foundation.

I will also include some useful hints related to working on a thesis. There are many good sources of information regarding this, but I would like to point out a few:

• “Tips til planlegging og gjennomføring av fordypningsprosjekt og masteroppgave” , in Norwegian by ITKs Prof. Mary Ann Lundteigen, referred to as (Lundteigen 2022) . Written as a step-by-step guide.
• NTNU intro to the master thesis gives a good general overview. Pay particular attention to the grade scale for project/master thesis; it is important to know how your work will be evaluated.
• “Report writing guidelines” (“Tips til å skrive rapport”), in Norwegian by ITKs Prof. Mary Ann Lundteigen, referred to as (Lundteigen 2020) . I can send you this upon request.
• (Primarily) for PhDs: “Syllabus for Erics PhD students”

Note that these guidelines are somewhat opinionated. You will not fail your project if you do not follow them, but I hope they are useful and that reading this document will give you a head start.

Style of supervision

As a supervisor I will try to show you how to fish, but you will be the fisherman. The perhaps biggest challenge with master/phd projects is that they are research based, and thus have never been done before. This makes them difficult to plan. Fortunately, I have some years experience with this and am here as a resource that can guide you through your project, but it will be your project and you will be responsible for the progress. Enthusiasm is contagious, so the more interest you show, the more interest I will have :)

It is my current understanding that there are two main ways of doing this (but feel free to suggest other ways :)). I will let you decide which approach we should choose, a decision you should take based on how you know yourself to work best (I have no knowledge of this, and thus no preference).

• some work better under pressure and deadlines. Then I suggest that we schedule short meetings every N weeks where we discuss your past findings and future milestones.
• some work better with more freedom. Then I will leave it more up to you when you feel it is time for a meeting.

A mix between the two strategies could be that we schedule a deadline every M weeks before which you will send me an email with an update on your status, to ensure progress while maintaining freedom.

I will of course be available for questions over email outside of these meetings. Formulating a question in an email is a good strategy for sorting ones thoughts! (I have started writing a lot of questions in emails, only to realize that I had the answer myself, or have been able to find it). I will generally be very available on email, at least for shorter replies, and if needed we can schedule syncs for longer discussions. Note that I say “work better”, as opposed to “prefer”. Be critical; there is no free lunch, and there will be work involved no matter what approach you choose. Regardless of the strategy we choose, I expect that you will be well prepared for our meetings, which means being well informed about your recent findings, current problems and have an idea about what should be your next milestone (which we will agree upon at the end of each meeting/sync).

I also recommend that you share the report and/or work log with me (see “Writing a report” below). Then I can drop by to give comments and view your progress from time to time, or per request. This also applies for the code you are writing.

Kick-off meeting: the first meeting

See Step 1 in (Lundteigen 2022) .

In the kick-off meeting we will

• Discuss the topic for the project
• What can you expect from me?
• What should I expect from you?
• What do you expect from yourself?
• What motivates you? (both in general and regarding this project)
• Pushing vs freedom
• Style of supervision, see above. How often? How should we communicate?
• Go through any questions from this documents
• Discuss how to plan the project, see (Lundteigen 2022) section 2.1. Note that this is not compulsory, and its form can vary, but “Failing to plan is planning to fail”.
• Plan for the “MSc seminar”, after 2-4 weeks, where all my students present the topic of their project to each other.

Supervisor meetings

The day before each meeting you should communicate the following information:

• What is the current status of your work? (What has changed since our last meeting?)
• A list of what you would like to discuss or questions you may have; an agenda. Can also be non-technical. It is advisable to start with the most important, to make sure we have time for it.
• What (do you think) will be your next step? We will agree on this during the meeting.

This is motivated by

• You are forced to take a step out of your project, and get an overview. Perhaps you discover that you are heading in the wrong direction?
• I can “prime” my brain, to make our meetings more effective.
• It is emphasised that you run the project. I’m here to guide you along the way.
• It enables more efficient use of our time together (Don’t waste meeting time by e.g. changing the code to plot some weird behaviour; plot it in advance)

This communication should be informal, for the sake of efficiency (but formal enough to get the message across). I would prefer if we did this through google docs or Office365: create a document based on this template and invite me to the document (for google, my email is the same as my NTNU email, but @gmail.com). We will use the same document throughout the semester, by adding the newest meeting at the top of the document. Also send me a notification when you have added the material for the next meeting, to remind me.

See (Lundteigen 2020) .

Also, keep in mind my favourite quote: “A plan is nothing, planning is everything” (Churchill). Things rarely go as we plan, since research by definition is to do things that have never been done before. But we should try, and we learn a lot from the planning process itself.

Various tools exists for planning, such as Gantt diagrams, but do not over-do it! The power of pen and paper should not be underestimated. I personally use a simple todo-note application (Todoist), that lets me sync my todos/refs/thoughts between my phone and computer. One simple “planning tool” is to start writing the table of contents as soon as possible. Although the project will almost certainly change, thus also the table of contents, this trick will make it aparrent what gaps you will need to fill.

If you want feedback on your final report, plan to finish at least one week before the deadline and “book” time in my schedule. I have several students, and several other projects, so time around report deadlines tend to get busy.

Writing a report

See (Lundteigen 2020) and NTNU Academic writing , in particular “Using and citing sources” (covers reference management tools, plagiarism/copyright), Latex+bib(la)tex, Planning, structuring and writing your thesis.

• another approach is to have two separate documents; one as a “work log” that you can use to document your progress and questions, and which we can communicate through comments.
• the report should not be a mere work log (first I did this, then I did this, then I realized that I had screwed up and went back to the first step), but an academic document. This means that sometimes there is a very nonlinear relationship between time spent doing something and how much space it is given in the report, but this is how it is and is something the sensor will know :) (In my PhD I spent around two months on work that resulted in the sentence “The inertia matrix was found to be …”)
• Introduction: Focus on motivation. Why are we doing this? What has been done before, and why is this not adequate (why is our additional contribution needed?)? What is the research question or hypothesis that is investigated? Should not be under estimated, see “Litterature study” below.
• Theory: The theoretical background needed to understand the rest of the work, including notation. Consider your reader; what does he need to know? (Hint; he probably already knows e.g. matrix multiplication and the definition of rotation matrices).
• Method: How did you arrive at the results? Explain what you did (why this way, and not another?). Should be clearly separate from the result section.
• Results: the outcome of the experiments. Try to be objective.
• Discussion: what are the implications of the results, in a bigger context? Is this as expected, wrt previous work/common sense/established truths?
• It should be the final section (apart from maybe appendicies), definitely after the discussion and future work, as it conludes these sections as well.
• No new arguments or views should be brought up in the conclusion
• Ask yourself; Who is the reader? A rule of thumb regarding the level of detail to include (for project/master theses) is to write to someone in your grade that is working on a different topic for their thesis, or to write what you would have liked to read when you started this work.
• Writing well is more difficult, rewarding and important than writing long. Do not add material simply to fill more pages. No one likes to read more than they have to, this also applies for sensors.
• Consider how you can get you message across as easily as possible; would a figure make this more intuitive?
• Consider the thesis an hourglass; it is at its widest, most general in the beginning of the introduction. The writer should ensure that the reader follows the arguments as the pyramid narrows. When reading the theory and method it should be apparent why this material is included. Towards the end, in the discussion and conclusion the thesis widens its focus again, linking back to the introduction and considering implications.
• Do not include a “List of Figures”, “List of Tables” etc. This is my opinion, but no one reads it so it only wastes paper. A notable exception is of course the table of contents.
• Do not include figures “at random” (particularly; do not merely add plots to the result section as “proof of work”). Each figure should have a clear purpose, which should be explicitly stated in the text, and you should be sure that the figure illustrates this in the best possible manner. Create the figure based on what you want to illustrate/emphasise (example; your controller performs similar to the benchmark-controller except for in the down-wind turn, where yours reduce the crosstrack error. Zoom in on this section of the dataset) (another example; plotting roll/pitch/yaw for a long dataset is often not very interesting because the interesting (small-scale, e.g. a two degree difference in the roll response) details are invisible when viewed alongside the (large-scale, e.g. a roll angle change from -40 to +40 degrees) motion of the vehicle).

At the end of the master thesis I ask my students: “What would you have done differently if you were to start over?”. The unanimous answer is: “Starting to write sooner”. There are a number of reasons why this is a good idea:

• writing forces you to face, and understand, all the aspects of the material.
• writing a report is a maturing process: most writing improves by revisioning, and the sooner you start the more you will reconsider and revision the material.
• by writing you will see connections between the different topics

However, there are also some drawbacks of writing early:

• early in the process, before the final results are ready, it is difficult to know exactly what the conclusion will be. Thus, some material might need to be re-written slightly when we have the full picture.
• easy and endorphin-fulfilling to write (“copy”) too much background theory, since it feels like you are doing something useful. But this can be a waste of time, battling Latex equations etc. To be clear; writing is an excellent way to learn, but be critical on your time consumption and don’t spend time on e.g. pretty formatting for things that does not end up in the report.

Goals/objectives

The introduction should make it clear for the reader, and the sensor, what your goals and objectives are for this work.

One word of advice; think ahead to the results, discussion and conclusion when you set these objectives, and plan how you can show that you in fact have accomplished them:

• be specific: “make it work” is a very vague objective. It is also somewhat limiting for the thesis, as “it worked” is a very minimal conclusion. Instead say that you will compare your solution to some other algorithm (compare your MPC to a PID), (and plan how you will compare it). This will lead you to discuss your work in a much greater detail, and show that you actually know what is going on, which often is what the sensor is looking for.
• use metrics: to compare different solutions, some “objective” way of assessing their quality is needed, to motivate your conclusion and to show what you have emphasised. This could be as simple as the mean error and standard deviation, or could also be a (possibly weighted) assessment of more subjective metrics as “complexity”. Regardless; this needs to be presented.
• think big: why is this problem important in a bigger context, and how good must the solution be to be applicable?

Literature study

This step is often under estimated! When doing research, the majority of the time is spent familiarizing with others peoples work, to understand what is the current “state-of-the-art” within a field of research. How do these solutions relate to the problem you are trying to solve? Can they be applied directly, or will they need some modification?

I like to think of the shared knowledge of all mankind as a large sphere. When you are born, your knowledge only spans a very small, central volume of that sphere, but by the time you start primary school it has grown significantly, in many directions. As you choose your high-school discipline, your knowledge-volume will grow more, but in a bit more narrow direction. Throughout university, this growing and narrowing continues. At the start of your master project, you are quite close to the boundary of the knowledge sphere in areas related to engineering cybernetics. The goal of the project and master thesis is to take you all the way to the boundary in the topics covered by your project. When you are at the boundary of the knowledge sphere you can answer the question; will the shared knowledge of all mankind be sufficient to solve the problem of my project, or will I have to push the boundary slightly further?

My advice is therefore to not underestimate the literature study. It might seem counter productive and less fun to read how other people solved a problem, compared to solving the problem yourself, but I can promise you that it beats spending a lot of effort to solve the problem yourself first only to find that it was solved more elegantly by some Russian in the 1850s.

It is also very easy for the sensor that is evaluating your work to guesstimate if your work has merit. If your literature review seems inadequate, which is often seen from a poor introduction chapter in the thesis, chances are that your work does not have a sufficient foundation on the current state-of-the-art. To avoid this, I would recommend that you keep your introduction section in mind as you read thorugh the literature, and that you aim to include at least 15-20 quality references in the introduction (as a rule of thumb, for a master thesis). The aim of the literature study is not to show that you have read a lot, but to argue that your way of solving the problem makes sense. The literature study will often be on the form “these people solved this part of the problem by method X, which was later improved by this other group by considering Y. However, the problem considered herein is more complex, as adds . The work presented in this thesis extends method X by applying , to account for ”.

Make it a habit to

• take notes when you read new material, both as a cognitive hack, as you learn better when doing this, but also to help the future you when you have forgotten what you read (this will happen!). This applies to everything from academic articles to code review. There are many different thoughts around this, but find something that works for you. Personally, I have found Joplin to work well (but now I use a personal wiki written in Markdown using vim (specifically wiki.vim ), but this is probably too nerdy for you).
• keep track of academic articles you read, and keep them organized, i.e. using tools like Jabref or Mendeley, so you don’t forget what topics they where on. Possibly add a quick “remember to cite kalman1960new as the origin of the Kalman filter” to you manuscript. I use a consistent naming scheme for papers and citation keyes: authorYYYYfirst_word_of_title. The paper “ A new approach to linear filtering and prediction problems ” by Rudolf E. Kalman from 1960 is saved as kalman1960new.pdf, and is referenced as \cite{kalman1960new} . (The “A” in the beginning of the paper title is ignored, as this is the default behaviour of Jabref)
• take notes in your own words! Not only will this help you understand the material better, but you will also avoid issues with plagiarism}
• visualize concepts, ideas and thoughts (“A picture is worth a thousand words”). Paper drawings are fast, trigger your brain, and work well for sketches, but for the final report it is advisable to digitalize them. It is often tempting to re-use a figure from a web site or a previous publication. To avoid problems with plagiarism and copyright infringement, it is important to 1) reference the original source and 2) obtain permission to use the figure (by contacting the author/publisher or using figures that have an open licence, such as Creative Common licences that apply to e.g. everything on wikipedia).

Tips on how to find good references

• See NTNUs information on Literature search and master thesis
• Search engines: I primarily use Google Scholar (open) and Scopus (accessible for NTNU students and faculty). I find Google Scholar more user friendly, but Scopus has more advanced search options which is useful to narrow down a search with many results. Another option is IEEE Xplore , but everything there is also indexed by Scopus and Scholar.
• When on a new topic, it is tempting to start by a very general search (“Adaptive control”), which will produce overwhelmingly many results. I advice you to instead find one or two very relevant sources, and continue from there. By reading these you will become more familiar with the topic, and can refine your future searches. You can also leverage the research community; what relevant sources are cited by the sources you read (in the list of references)? Unfortunately, this limits you to sources that are older than the original source. Both Scholar and Scopus provide details on who has cited the source you read (i.e. after it was published). Another interesting tool is Connected papers , which creates an connected graph of relevant papers based on your input. It used to be free, but now it is only free for up to 5 graphs per month.
• references of other articles
• who has cited
• other work by the same group?
• obtaining the article/book: most articles are available online, as long as you are on the NTNU network/VPN. If not, the University Library can help
• reflect on the quality of the source. Most academics seek to publish in the most prestigious publication channel that will accept their work, so be sceptical to work found in “strange” and unknown conferences/journals, but there are exceptions. To assess what is a prestigious publication channel, consider e.g.  Google Scholar Metrics .

Serious reports are written in LaTex. Find a template that you like (from e.g. a friend, or the internet where I found this ), and make sure that it follows the NTNU printing requirements. Do this first thing, as fixing latex problems introduced by changing templates can be annoying! A friend with latex-skills could be useful at some point, so make sure to buy him/her lunch :)

Many students prefer to write the report in Overleaf/Sharelatex . Make sure to link it with your NTNU email to get a “premium” account, which will allow you to share it with multiple people. Other, local latex editors are also applicable (again I use vim (with vimtex), and again it is probably too nerdy for you), but make sure you have a backup of your work, through e.g. OneDrive or git.

• For making figures for latex documents, check out inkscape (particularly the ability to export the figures as pdfs with a separate tex file containing the text , which ensures that the figure has the same font as the rest of your thesis), Ipe and draw.io (both online and downloadable)
• Check out Mathpix: AI powered handwriting recognition, document conversion, and digital ink / for converting image/screenshots to Latex (100 images per month for education purposes)

Useful packages

• siunitx: \SI{0.5}{\meters\per\second} . Ensures typographically consistent units. Perhaps a bit overkill for master theses, but very useful for articles, since different publishers might have different requirements on how units should be printed ( m/s or ms^-1 , which then easily can be re-defined in the preamble). Also provides the table-alignment mode S , that aligns table columns on decimal points.
• todonotes: \todo{make sure to fix this} . Add a nice, visible box with a reminder for you. Also includes \missingfigure{Figure of a ship} , so that you can start referencing your figures in the text before you have included the actual, final figure. \listoftodoes creates a (temporary) list of todos. But the best part is; by simply adding the argument disable before you hand in your thesis ( \usepackage[disable]{todonotes} ), all the todos are magically hidden and you can be sure that there aren’t any silly “is this correct?” notes in the version you hand in.
• cleveref: Unifies referencing to equations/figures/tables/chapters/sections/.. You only have to write e.g.  \cref{eq:newtons_first} (as opposed to “ Equation \ref{eq:newtons_first} ”), and cleveref will figure out that eq:newtons_first is an equation, and appropriately add “Equation”. Simple to specify if you want it to say Equation 1, equation 1, eq. 1, Eq 1, (1), or any other style. It is also possible to write “In this \namecref{chap:intro} …”, which will read “In this section” or “In this chapter” depending on whether “chap:intro” is a section or a chapter (maybe you move them around?)

Continuing the project thesis into a master thesis

When continuing the topic from the project thesis in the master thesis, the project thesis should be submitted along with the master thesis so that the sensor has access to both. Keep in mind that the master thesis will be publicly available, while the project thesis is an internal document which is not accessible to others. It is possible to re-use material from the project thesis directly in the master thesis, but this should be explicitly stated (“The following section on X is copied directly from the project thesis”). It is advisable to keep this to a minimum (rephrase where possible). Sensibly, equations can be re-used so you do not have to re-invent math or change variable names :)

Working on a (large) codebase

Make backups.

While walking around in Trondheim, looking for a place to live before I started my studies, the city center was covered with notes saying something like “Dear you who stole my Mac! Please return it, as it contains the only copy of my master thesis work!”. Needless to say; this should be avoided, by taking backups.

There are several alternatives for backup (Dropbox, SVN, memory stick copy,…), but for code, the #1 tool is git. If you are not already familiar with git, it is highly advised that you spend some time learning the basics (clone, pull, push, commit, merge, rebase). Do some google searches for “git howto”, “git guide”, “git tutorial” etc. See for instance this guide, and Learn Git Branching is an excellent interactive guide. Create a github-account, experiment. See also this extensive list of common commands . Also, stackOverflow usually has you covered.

Other git resources:

• Simple git guide
• Git flow is a well-known workflow practice, documented also here and here
• GitLab intro to version control with many useful links to related topics, notably git version control best practices

When times get tough

Keep in mind that progress is inherently nonlinear; it is completely normal to get somewhat “stuck” from time to time. Do not get stressed about getting stuck (remember; “Det er i motbakke det går oppover”), but keep pounding the problem. Talk to a friend, can you look at the problem from another angle? what is the cause of the problem? Try writing out the problem as explicitly as you can, for example in an email to a friend or in your work log to me, and see if that makes you understand it better.

Sometimes, life throws you a curve ball. In my experience, most problems are bigger inside ones own head, so I encourage you to talk/write about it. Your well being is important to me, so do not hesitate to contact me. If you feel uncomfortable by talking to me about your problems, there are some NTNU resources that I would like to inform you about:

• NTNU Health and wellness , an overview of the different physical and psychological services provided by NTNU and SiT.
• Psychosocial Advisor for the IE-Faculty, Kristoffer Halseth . He is easy to reach and has a duty of confidentiality.

Lundteigen, Mary Ann. 2020. “Tips til å skrive rapport.”

———. 2022. “Tips til planlegging og gjennomfœring av fordypningsprosjekt og masteroppgave.”

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The master's thesis is independent work undertaken by the student under the guidance of academic staff as a finalization of a master's degree.

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• Prepare - Agreements such as a master agreement must be completed and valid before you start writing . See also "Information for your area of study" on this page.
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• Annual cycle for the completion of master's/diploma in architecture (pdf) (Norwegian only)

Submitting your thesis

• Submitting your thesis electronically at the Faculty of architecture and design (AD) (Norwegian only)

Extention deadline for the thesis

• Apply for extended deadline for the thesis at AD (.docx) (Norwegian only)

Also check the course in Blackboard for any information.

• Master's agreement (web page in Norwegian only, documents in English)  - agreement on rights and duties regarding supervision of the Master's thesis

Submitting your thesis

• The thesis is submitted digitally in Inspera Assessment  where the submission works as for other digital exams at NTNU

Engineering/Technology

• Prerequisites for starting your master's thesis
• Starting your master's thesis  - deadline for starting up and submitting
• Fill out the master agreement via SharePoint . 
• Formalities: Rules for the master's degree (pdf) (Norwegian only)
• Language requirements in master's theses
• Submit your master's thesis (graduate engineer programmes)
• Extended deadline 

Medicine and health sciences

• Forms and guidelines for the master's thesis at the Faculty of medicine and health sciences (MH)
• Submitting your thesis at the Faculty of medicine and health sciences (MH)

Science and computer science

• Master's thesis in natural sciences and informatics
• Master's thesis in natural science with teacher education (LUR) (Norwegian only)
• Master's thesis in informatics at the Faculty of information technology and electrical engineering (IE)
• Master's thesis in mathematical sciences (IMF)
• Master's thesis in science at the Faculty of engineering (IV) (Norwegian only)
• The thesis is submitted digitally in  Inspera Assessment  where the submission works as for other digital exams at NTNU

Social and educational sciences

• Fill out the master's agreement

Economics and management

Writing guidelines.

• Guidelines for writing your thesis at NTNU Business school are available in the course description in Blackboard.
• Guidelines for writing your thesis at the Department of economics (Norwegian only, some agreement forms are in English) . Applies to 2-year Master of science in economics, 2-year Master in financial economics, and 5-year Master of science in economics.

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The assignment is written under the guidance of a supervisor, who is an important resource in this work. The resource you have available will be stated in the Master's agreement.

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• Collection of personal data for research projects (currently only updated version in Norwegian)

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Grades and grading.

• Grading scale for master's theses
• Check Studentweb for your grades
• The diploma will be sent to you

If the master's thesis is considered not passed or F, a new or revised thesis with significant changes can be submitted for grading one more time.

The grading deadline for master's theses is 3 months. Read more on the Exam-page under the "after exam" tab for information on grading deadlines.

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Information about automatic publication of metadata and the thesis as well as delayed publication in NTNUs institutional archive (NTNU Open) . 

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There are various support schemes  for those writing a thesis, and those doing  field work  (HSE, field card, insurance, visa etc.).

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Earth system modelling of carbon dioxide removal

Job Information

Offer description, this is ntnu.

NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.

At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.

You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process  here .

About the job

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

The position will be part of the Horizon Europe project  RESCUE , which comprises a large model intercomparison project to quantify the Earth system response to pathways achieving climate neutrality by Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) deployment. A special focus lies on Earth system feedbacks and aspects of reversibility and environmental risks under scenarios of temperature overshoot. The position will involve conduct simulations with the Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM, perform analysis of multiple models, with a focus on the carbon cycle and the effects of afforestation and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage. The position offers the chance to be part of a dynamic team working at the frontier of Earth system science and we offer opportunities for career development. Our team is strongly involved in large international collaborations such as CMIP and IPCC.

Your immediate leader is Senior Researcher Dr Helene Muri.

Duties of the position

• Further develop methods for modelling CDR in NorESM
• Perform beyond state-of-the-art modelling of carbon dioxide removal with NorESM
• Perform multi-model analysis
• Take a leading role in the development of scientific publications

Required selection criteria

• You must have completed a Norwegian doctoral degree or corresponding foreign doctoral degree recognized as equivalent to a Norwegian PhD in Climate Sciences, Physical Geography, or similar
• If you can document that the PhD thesis has been submitted, your application can be assessed even if you have not yet defended your dissertation. Documentation of the obtained doctoral degree must be presented before you are permitted to take up the position
• Excellent programming skills (such as fortran, python)
• Experience in Earth system, atmosphere, or vegetation modeling, preferably NorESM or CESM
• A thorough understanding of the global carbon cycle, and land – atmosphere interactions
• Excellent written and oral English skills

The appointment is to be made in accordance with  Regulations on terms of employment for positions such as postdoctoral fellow, Ph.D Candidate, research assistant and specialist candidate.

Preferred selection criteria

• Experience with HPC
• Documented ability to work with large data

Personal characteristics

We are looking for a positive and creative personality who can work independently and consistently on the research project. The candidate should be able to take initiative, work goal-oriented, tackle challenges, enjoy interdisciplinary research and take keen interest in learning and working in teams.

Emphasis will be placed on personal and interpersonal qualities.

We offer 

• exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment 
• an open and  inclusive work environment  with dedicated colleagues 
• favourable terms in the  Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund 
• employee benefits 

Salary and conditions

As a Postdoctoral Fellow (code 1352) you are normally paid from gross NOK 615 700 per annum before tax, depending on qualifications and seniority. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

The period of employment is 2 years.

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning  State Employees and Civil Servants , and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU.  

After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work.

The position is subject to external funding.

It is a prerequisite you can be present at and accessible to the institution on a daily basis.

About the application 

The application and supporting documentation to be used as the basis for the assessment must be in English. 

Publications and other scientific work must be attached to the application. Please note that applications are only evaluated based on the information available on the application deadline. You should ensure that your application shows clearly how your skills and experience meet the criteria which are set out above.  

If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result. 

The application must include: 

• CV and certificates
• transcripts and diplomas for bachelor's-, master's- and PhD degrees. If you have not yet completed your Ph.D, you must provide confirmation on your estimated date for the doctoral dissertation, or that your PhD thesis has been submitted
• A copy of the doctoral thesis. If you are close to submitting, or have recently submitted your thesis, you can attach a draft of the thesis. Documentation of a completed doctoral degree must be presented before taking up the position
• Academic works - published or unpublished - that you would like to be considered in the assessment (up to 10 items)
• A two-page text on how you plan to use your scientific background and research ambitions to address the research challenges of this position.
• Name and contact information of three referees

If all, or parts, of your education has been taken abroad, we also ask you to attach documentation of the scope and quality of your entire education. Description of the documentation required can be found  here . If you already have a statement from NOKUT, please attach this as well.    Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify your contribution to joint works, you must attach a brief description of your participation. 

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates. 

NTNU is committed to following evaluation criteria for research quality according to  The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - DORA. 

General information 

Working at NTNU 

NTNU believes that inclusion and diversity is a strength. We want our faculty and staff to reflect Norway’s culturally diverse population and we continuously seek to hire the best minds. This enables NTNU to increase productivity and innovation, improve decision making processes, raise employee satisfaction, compete academically with global top-ranking institutions and carry out our social responsibilities within education and research. NTNU emphasizes accessibility and encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender identity, ability status, periods of unemployment or ethnic and cultural background.

NTNU is working actively to increase the number of women employed in scientific positions and has a number of  resources to promote equality .

EPT has established  EPT Women in Science . The group is focused on supporting female PhD Candidates, Postdoctoral Fellows, Research Assistants and permanent academic employees within the Department. This support aims to help develop the careers of female PhD Candidates, Postdocs and Research Assistants, and is also made visible to our student body to encourage them to consider an academic path. As part of the EPT Women in Science initiative we are building an international network, inviting prominent female academics within and beyond the field of Engineering to speak at our events. 

The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural scene. Trondheim is the innovation capital of Norway with a population of 200,000. The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air quality.

As an employee at NTNU, you must at all times adhere to the changes that the development in the subject entails and the organizational changes that are adopted. 

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you want to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with  current legislation . You will be notified if the reservation is not accepted.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Helene Muri, telephone +4740450876,  [email protected]  or and Hanna Lee,  [email protected] . If you have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact Megan Norris,  [email protected]

If you think this looks interesting and in line with your qualifications, please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates attached. Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Upon request, you must be able to obtain certified copies of your documentation. 

Application deadline: 19.05.2024 

Further information

This position is funded by the European Union: Horizon Europe project Response of the Earth System to overshoot, Climate neUtrality and negative Emissions ( RESCUE ). Grant Agreement ID 101056939.

NTNU - knowledge for a better world

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) creates knowledge for a better world and solutions that can change everyday life.

Department of Energy and Process Engineering

We conduct research and teaching covering the entire energy chain, from resources to the end-user. We look at how energy is produced and used by humans and machines in a sustainable way with regard to health, climate change and the resource base.  The Department of Energy and Process Engineering  is one of eight departments in the  Faculty of Engineering.

Requirements

Additional information, work location(s), where to apply.

UT Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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This collection contains University of Texas at Austin electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The collection includes ETDs primarily from 2001 to the present. Some pre-2001 theses and dissertations have been digitized and added to this collection, but those are uncommon. The library catalog is the most comprehensive list of UT Austin theses and dissertations.

Since 2010, the Office of Graduate Studies at UT Austin has required all theses and dissertations to be made publicly available in Texas ScholarWorks; however, authors are able to request an embargo of up to seven years. Embargoed ETDs will not show up in this collection. Most of the ETDs in this collection are freely accessible to all users, but some pre-2010 works require a current UT EID at point of use. Please see the FAQs for more information. If you have a question about the availability of a specific ETD, please contact [email protected].

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