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PeRsonnel
Recruitment
Seven PhD candidates started at CASA in 2016 and another two
PhD candidates started on concurrent projects. Seven of the
nine new PhD candidates were former MSc students at NTNU.
The Centre organized a seminar in the spring of 2016 in order
to attract new MSc students for 2017. One of CASA’s goals is to
train 20 PhDs over eight years. 13 candidates were employed in
2015 and 2016. The Centre’s ambition is to attract Norwegian
candidates and to improve the gender balance in the research
field. Many Norwegian candidates have been recruited but so
far only one female candidate has been employed at CASA.
Further recruitment measures are needed, and will be initiated
in the years to come. As part of this, a class of upper secondary
school students visited CASA on 9 November. The students
attended a presentation of the Centre followed by a tour in the
laboratories and witnessed a crash box test in the pendulum
impactor. CASA’s communication officer Albert Collett was
invited to give a presentation about CASA to upper secondary
school advisors on 16 March.
MSc students
The following MSc students (22 male and 2 female) were associated with the Centre in 2016
STUDENT
TOPIC
O. I. Bengtson
Mechanical behaviour of sacrificial sandwich panels
S. Bergo
Micromechanical Modelling and Simulation of Ductile Fracture in Metallic Materials
B. Boger
Behaviour and modelling of TPU
K. A. Brekken and P. T. Ingier
Modelling of Window Glasses Exposed to Blast Loading
F. S. Dalen
Progressive collapse of buildings caused by explosion
M. Eek and K. K. Kaldager
Modeling of Work Hardening for Aluminum Alloy Structures
H. M. Granum and L. M. Løken
Experimental and Numerical Study on Perforated Steel Plates Subjected to Blast Loading
S. Guddal
Welding on Power Pylons in Aluminium
E. Hillestad and J. E. Pettersen
Experimental and Numerical Studies of Plain and Reinforced Concrete Plates Subjected to Blast Loading
S. Johansen and E. Waldeland
An experimental and numerical study of bolt and nut assemblies under tension loading
E. J. Lien and A. Skyrud
Impact Behaviour of Stiffened Aluminium Plates
A. Myräng
Oppførsel av plastmaterialer ved lave temperaturer
A. V. Nesje and P. A. Nilsen
Power Pylons in Aluminium
M. F. Paus
Quasi-static and dynamic behaviour of fillet welded connections
B. Sigurdsson
Foam Materials used for Energy Absorption and Damage Prevention during Blast Loading
S. Thomesen
Impact Behaviour of Steel at Low Temperatures
J. Øygarden
Plastmaterialer påkjent av skjærbelastning