12 / 53
12
Research Organization
Cooperation within the
Centre and with the
industrial partners
The basis for the annual work plans for 2015 was the project
description in the SFI CASA application. Detailed planning of
the research plans for 2016 and the following years was started
up in autumn 2015.
Scientists from NTNU and SINTEF and PhD candidates at NTNU
have been the main contributors to perform the research
work, while the industrial partners have participated based
on their defined contribution in kind. Benteler Aluminium
Systems, DNV-GL AS and Hydro Aluminium AS are sponsoring
one Adjunct Professor position each at the Department of
Structural Engineering, NTNU. This ensures a link between the
industry and the PhD and Master’s students at SFI CASA.
The Core Team has a meeting every week led by the Centre
Director. Every two weeks the group has had a seminar on a
variety of issues in order to spread knowledge and information
in the Centre’s research group.
The cooperation with the industrial partners has been through
telephone meetings and seminars. Representatives from all the
partners in the Centre met in Trondheim on 16-17 September.
The research activities were presented and discussed during a
seminar on 16 September and the first SFI CASA Board meeting
was held the day after on 17 September.
Kick off
16 September
2015