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cooPeRation
International cooperation is one of the success criteria defined
by the Research Council of Norway for an SFI centre. Six of
the industrial partners in CASA are from outside Norway. CASA
also has strong interaction with universities and research
organizations abroad. The key researchers in CASA all have
an extensive international network. This is a result of many
years of high quality research made visible through publication
in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, three of the Centre’s
professors are editors of some of the main international
journals. The cooperation with top international research
groups ensures that the Centre transfers leading-edge
technology to the partners and at the same time is able to
define innovative research areas of importance to the partners.
SFI CASA has had cooperation with the following universities
and research laboratories in 2016:
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan/Laboratorie de Mécanique
et Technologie (ENS/LMT), France; Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil; University of São Paulo, Brazil; Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Toyama,
Japan; Department of Metallurgy and Ceramics Science, Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Japan; IMPETUS Afea AB, Sweden; Joint
Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of
the Citizen, Italy; Faculty of Engineering and the Environment,
University of Southampton, UK; Purdue University, USA.
SFI CASA is a world-leading research centre and maintaining
this position depends on receiving advice from the best. A
Scientific Advisory Board of international experts has been
appointed and held its first meeting in Trondheim on 26-
27 October. Comprehensive presentations of the Centre’s
research programmes were given by the CASA’s researchers.
The Advisory Board also compiled a report that gave the Centre
management feedback on the work done and recommendations
for further improvements.
International cooperation is crucial for success. Here Trond Auestad (left) and Egil Fagerholt from SFI CASA receive colleagues Geovanio Lima,
Marysilvia Costa and Aynor Ariza from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in May. Photo: Albert H. Collett.
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
AND LEADING-EDGE RESEARCH