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One criterium for a successful SFI is high scientific quality of research. To ensure such quality,
SAMCoT’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), comprising leading international academics,
provides the Centre with the necessary research quality assurance to support the Board in
scientific matters. SAMCoT’s SAC meets annually and produces a written report evaluating the
scientific quality of the work carried out by SAMCoT researchers, and in particular of the PhD
candidates linked to the Centre. Professor Erland M. Schulson, Dartmouth College’s first George
Austin Colligan Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Fulbright Arctic Chair 2013-2014, is
the Chair of SAMCoT’s SAC.
SAMCoT has many international collaborators that provide a firm basis for the Centre’s research
results. SAMCoT’s internal communication efforts are remarkable, with the organization of
a total of three workshops in 2015: a PhD - Scientific Seminar; a Technical Workshop and a
course on Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE) specific to the Arctic. SAMCoT researchers
carry out annual site visits to their international industrial and research partners. Long-term
collaborations with mutual visits are performed with several key ice laboratories including VTT
Technical Research Centre of Finland, Aalto University (Finland), Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (Germany), University College London (UK), Technical University of Delft (The
Netherlands), Moscow State University (Russia), and Krylov Ship Building Research Institute
(Russia). The collaborations are ongoing, with great benefit in productivity. In addition, there has
been joint working with several other groups, which are not formal members of the Centre, as
reflected in the list of publications.
In 2015, SAMCoT researchers published five doctoral theses, 11 master theses, 29 journal papers
and 52 conference papers. As a validation of the high level of research produced by SAMCoT, it
is worth mentioning the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Dimitris N. Chorafas
Foundation award received by Wenjun Lu in 2015. The purpose of this award is to distinguish
innovative and high level research. Lu is currently employed as a Postdoc within SAMCoT’s WP4.
SAMCoT researchers are also committed to present their findings in the popular media, showing
their enthusiasm to make science more understandable and accessible. Hence the 63 oral
presentations and 17 publications in mass media and other popular media.
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