NTNU Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Norwegian University of Department of Production
Science and Technology and Quality Engineering
Memo
Subject: Self-Assessment Study Program Product Design and Manufacturing
(Produktutvikling og produksjon)
Our consultant: Bjørn Andersen
Date: 2007-10-31 Signature: File: Report Self-Assessment Product Design and Manufacturing Final Version
Executive summary
The self-assessment team finds that the PDM program is in quite good shape. Learning objectives have been clearly defined, and the courses that make up the study program seem well suited to fulfill these objectives. We have identified a weakness in lacking courses in electrical engineering and dynamics, but otherwise the courses cover the areas required well. There also a lack of integration horizontally across courses in the first two or three years.
The study year is overall well utilized, but we feel strongly that the spring semester is weaker than it need be. Due to the mid-terms weeks not allowing mandatory activities, these are in practice vacation time for the students.
The departments involved in the study program are fairly well staffed and equipped, both in terms of academic and support staff as well as infrastructure. We fear this might change should future
retirements leave positions vacant. And we have identified highly varying lecturing and language skills in lecturers in courses delivered to our students from other departments and faculties. The application numbers and admission grade thresholds have been improving for several years. However, we are still far from fulfilling the objective of 2.5 primary applicants per space in the program. There is also a main challenge of many students leaving the program during the studies, leading to significantly fewer students graduating than what are admitted. We also see that our students’ average grades in shared courses are average or lower among the study programs. This also poses challenges.
Table of Contents
Executive summary ...1
1. Introduction ...2
2. Learning Objectives ...4
3. Relevance between Courses and Learning Objectives...6
4. Resources ...10
5. Research ...24
6. International Educational Activities...26
7. Students and Results ...26
8. SWOT Analysis and Discussion ...28
9. Conclusions ...31
1. Introduction
This report documents the self-assessment conducted of the study program Product Design and Manufacturing (in Norwegian, Produktutvikling og produksjon) during the fall semester of 2007. The self-assessment has been executed by a working group composed of members from the permanent study program core team, and has consisted of (in alphabetical order) Bjørn Andersen, Detlef Blankenburg, Anja Halseth, Ruth Morch, Bjørn W. Solemslie, Lars Sætran, and Knut Sørby. In addition, the industrial representatives of the board of the industry association for the study program have been consulted.
The study program Product Design and Manufacturing (PDM) was established in 1999, in connection with the transfer from 4.5 to 5 years studies, as a successor to the master program in mechanical engineering. Prior to this date, it was a more general program spanning many departments of the former Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. With the establishment of more focused study programs and the reorganization of four former faculties into the large Faculty of Engineering and Technology, the PDM program was founded.
Covering three main areas, the mission of the study program is to provide research-based education within the chain of process understanding, product development, and manufacturing to serve the industry with highly qualified engineering competence. The “client industry” of the study program is not easily defined, as many sectors are logical employers of the graduates. Typical industries of relevance are:
Manufacturing companies in different sectors, from mechanical products to electronics to textile and food.
The large oil and gas cluster in Norway.
Engineering and professional service consulting companies.
Other energy-related industries.
Logistics and other service providers.
State and local authority institutions of different types.
The students admitted into the program typically take three avenues to NTNU:
Graduating from general high schools with the required course combinations of mathematics and physics, they apply directly to the study program to obtain a master degree after five years. Some also earn extra credit points from different activities between high school and NTNU before commencing their university studies.
Graduating from general high schools with the required course combinations of mathematics and physics, they obtain a bachelor engineering degree from relevant regional university colleges before applying to the study program. These are admitted into a two-year program and awarded the master degree afterwards.
Some take an even longer route, doing vocational training in high school. Supplementing such an education with pre-courses in mathematics and physics or qualifying through other types of educations, they are admitted into regional university colleges to earn a bachelor degree. Like other holders of relevant bachelor degrees, they can then apply to NTNU for a two-year master degree.
In addition, some students join the study program by transferring from other programs at NTNU. The PDM program is a collaboration among three departments, all belonging to the Faculty of Engineering and Technology:
Department of Energy and Process Engineering, with a focus on thermal energy, industrial process technology, energy and indoor environment, and fluid engineering.
Department of Engineering Design and Materials, specializing in product development, polymers and composites, manufacturing of metals, and structural integrity.
Department of Production and Quality Engineering, with main scientific areas being
production systems, production management, and reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety.
The structure of the program, in terms of program options open for specialization to the students, also reflects the departments involved. After the second year, the students select one of three main
program options:
Energy, process, and fluid engineering.
Product development and materials.
Production and quality engineering.
Each of these resides with one of the departments, and the students can choose further areas of specialization within the research areas of the respective departments. In addition, the PDM students can opt for a secondary program option of industrial mechanics. Having originally been established as a cross-program opportunity for students from the entire Faculty of Engineering and Technology inclined toward basic engineering subjects, this option almost exclusively recruits students from PDM. And finally, our students can choose to follow one of several relevant international master programs; project management, reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS),
industrial ecology, and globalization. In such cases, they do not formally transfer to these programs, but compose a package of courses that gives them roughly the same specialization.
Schematically, the structure of the five-year program is as follows:
10 Master Thesis
9 Project + Specialization Subject
8 Courses Linked To The
7 Chosen Specialization Four non-technical
subjects scattered throughout the years
Master program specialization during the two last years
6 Courses Linked To The String Choice of
specialization
5 Program Option Of
4 Courses
3 Natural Sciences Basic Engineering Courses Special Choice of
program option
2 For
1 Non-Technical Courses PDM
A string of courses, using problem-based learning, to give
an overall insight into the profession of PDM Basic engineering
courses common for most study programs String of natural
2. Learning Objectives
The general learning objectives of a master degree at NTNU have been adapted to the study program in Product Design and Manufacturing. These learning objectives are presented below, with the specific adaptations to PDM shown in non-italic font:
1. Broad and profound knowledge of both basic natural sciences and engineering subjects as well as product design and manufacturing and the capability to apply this knowledge at an advanced level in the product, process, and production development discipline.
2. Broad and profound scientific and technical knowledge of the product design and
manufacturing discipline and the skills to use this knowledge effectively. The discipline is mastered at different levels of abstraction, including a reflective understanding of its structure and relations to other fields, and reaching in part the forefront of scientific and industrial research and development. The knowledge is the basis for innovative contributions to the discipline in the form of new designs or development of new insights.
2.1Energy, process, and fluid engineering: Thermal energy, industrial process technology, energy and indoor environment, and fluid engineering.
2.2Product development and materials: Product development, polymers and composites, manufacturing of metals, and structural integrity.
2.3Production and quality engineering): Production systems, production management, and reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety.
3. Thorough knowledge of paradigms, methods, and tools, as well as the skills to actively apply this knowledge for analyzing, modeling, simulating, and performing research with respect to innovative technological dynamic systems, with an appreciation of different application areas.
3.1Knowledge and experience with theories, problems, methods, and techniques for analyzing and engineering energy, process and fluid systems.
3.2Knowledge and experience with theories, problems, methods, and techniques for analyzing and engineering products and their materials.
3.3Knowledge and experience with theories, problems, methods, and techniques for analyzing and engineering production and production control systems.
4. Capability to independently solve technological problems in a systematic way involving problem analysis, formulating sub-problems and providing innovative technical solutions, also in new and unfamiliar situations. This includes a professional attitude toward identifying and acquiring lacking expertise, monitoring, and critically evaluating existing or developing new knowledge, planning and executing research, adapting to changing circumstances, and integrating new knowledge with an appreciation of its ambiguity, incompleteness, and limitations.
4.1Capability to decompose complex problems into problems, to analyze these sub-problems and formulate innovative solutions, and to interpret the results in terms of the overall problem formulation. This includes the ability to detect and reformulate ill-posed research and design problems, and to suggest remedies.
4.2Capability to independently formulate and execute a research or design plan, and to steer adaptations if required by technological developments within the discipline or by changing external circumstances.
4.3Capability to conceive knowledge gaps and to independently acquire expertise through studying the scientific literature on the discipline and/or to acquire this knowledge through other experts. Skill to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge or to design techniques in the area of specialization.
4.4Capability to conceive alternative and innovative solutions to discipline-related problems, including the ability to work out the chosen solution up to the level of real-life
implementation.
5. Capability to work both independently and in multidisciplinary teams, interacting effectively with specialists and taking initiatives where necessary, to create holistic solutions that can encompass several technological and non-technological subjects.
5.1Capability to work independently and in teams on problems of high technological and/or scientific complexity.
5.2Capability to set up and maintain a plan, to delegate and to coordinate tasks, to negotiate and handle conflicts, to recognize strong and weak points of themselves and of others. 5.3Capability to handle tasks which initially seem straightforward, but at a later stage require
additional knowledge.
5.4Training in creativity and innovative work.
5.5Stimulate an interest in innovation, entrepreneurial skills, and value creation.
6. Capability to work in groups and effectively communicate (including presenting and reporting) about one's work such as solutions to problems, conclusions, knowledge and considerations, to both professionals and non-specialized public in the English language.
6.1Give well-structured presentations for different audiences using state-of-the-art presentation techniques.
6.2Write well-structured and clear reports and contributions to scientific papers. 6.3Convey acquired knowledge and results to others in a clear and convincing way. 6.4Read, interpret and summarize literature; idem for verbal communication.
7. Capability to evaluate and assess the technological, ethical and societal impact of one's work, and to take responsibility with regard to sustainability, economy and social welfare.
7.1Describe and implement sustainable development.
7.2Recognize moral issues, argue who play a role in these and be aware of his / her own position.
7.3Assess safety risks both qualitatively and quantitatively; methods for reducing safety risks. 7.4Analyse and assess the technical, economic and social feasibility of engineering solutions.
8. Attitude to independently maintain professional competence through life-long learning.
8.1Awareness of the (historic) development of the discipline, of its technological and scientific boundaries, and consequently of the necessity of life-long learning to maintain the desired level.
Similar learning objectives descriptions have been developed for the program options, but these will not be included in their entirety in this report. Rather, some key elements from them will be included in the analysis of courses vs. learning objectives in the next section.
3. Relevance between Courses and Learning Objectives
An importance issue to consider in this self-assessment has been the composition of the courses presented to the students throughout their studies. Two main questions in this respect are:
Does the combined set of courses ensure that all learning objectives are likely fulfilled?
Are there courses taught that do not seem to contribute to the fulfillment of any learning objectives?
To answer these questions, a simple matrix has been constructed, placing the learning objectives along the x-axis and the courses along the y-axis. The learning objectives are short formulations of each of the eight objectives presented in the previous section, i.e., for the overall study program. In addition, a small number of key specific objectives for each program option have been included. The courses listed encompass all mandatory courses as well as the so-called A-listed courses of electives, i.e., the courses deemed sufficiently central to the study program and program option that an effort has been made to ensure collision-free lecture and exam scheduling.
For each learning objective-course combination, an assessment has been made to what extent that course supports the attainment of that objective. Where no apparent link has been found, the corresponding matrix cell has been left empty. If the course seems to support the objective, a three point scale has been applied to indicate the level of influence; 1 = weak support, 2 = moderate support, and 3 = strong support. To improve the readability of the table, however, the numerical factors have been replaced with colors and smileys. For all courses contributing to the learning objective in question, a smiley has been applied, in orange for the value 1, in yellow for 2, and green for the value 3.
The full table is presented below:
Learning Objectives
Knowledge Skills Attitudes
Courses Broad a nd prof oun d ba sic kn o w led g e as a plat for m for u nderst a n d ing m e tho d s, applica tio ns, c h ange, a cade m ic renewal, and i nno vati on B roa d an d pro foun d sc ien ti fi c an d tech nical k n o w le dge of e ngi nee ring subjec ts Research -ba se d kn owle dge in energy, process, and flu id en gineeri ng Research -ba s e d kn owle dge in prod uct develo p m e nt an d ma terials Research -ba s e d kn owle dge in prod ucti on a nd quali ty en gine ering C apa b ilit y to in d epe n d en tl y s o lve tech nol ogical p roble m s in a sy stema tic way Trainin g in crea ting holis tic s o lu tio n s that can e n co m p ass sev eral tech nol ogical a nd n o n -tec h n o logical subjec ts Trainin g in crea tive an d in nov at ive work C apa b ilit y o f wo rki ng in gro ups an d effec tively c o m m uni cate abo u t one's wor k Stimul ate a n in te rest in i n n o vati on, entrepr ene urial skills, an d val ue creatio n C apa b ilit y to ev a lua te an d asse ss th e tech nol ogical, e thical a nd s o cie tal impac t o f o n e's work Atti tud e to ind e pend ent ly mai n ta in profes sio n al co mpe tence thr o u gh lif e-long l earni ng 1. Sem. Autumn TMA4100 Calculus 1 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TDT4105 Information Technology, Introduction ☺ ☺ ☺
EXPH0001 Philosophy and Theory
of Science ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4115 Engineering Modelling ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
2. Sem. Spring
TMA4105 Calculus 2 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMT4106 General Chemistry ☺ ☺ ☺ TMM4121 Engineering Design ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ 3. Sem. Autumn TMA4110 Calculus 3 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TKT4122 Mechanics 2 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TFY4106 Physics ☺ ☺ ☺ TPK4100 Operation Management ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ 4. Sem. Spring ☺ TMA4245 Statistics ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4100 Fluid Mechanics ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4100 Materials Technology 1 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4115 Thermodynamic Systems ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
5. Sem. Autumn
TMA4130 Calculus 4N ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TIØ4256 Technology Management 1 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4135 Engineering Fluid
Mechanics 1 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4135 Analysis & Assessment
Based on FEM ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4120 Safety and Reliability
Analysis ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TPK4145 Manufacturing Systems ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ 6. Sem. Spring TTK4105 Control Systems ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TEP4125 Engineering Thermodynamics 2 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TMM4140 Materials Technology 2 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ TPK4105 Manufacturing Technology ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4130 Heat and Mass Transfer ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4112 Machine Elements ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4115 Project Planning and
Control 1 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4220 Energy and Environmental
Consequences ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
7. Sem. Autumn
TEP4185 Industrial Process and
Energy Technology ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4170 Corrosion ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4175 Polymers and Composites ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4182 Casting and Forming of
Metals ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4185 Mechanical Vibrations ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4195 Fatigue Design ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4155 Applied Comp.Int. in
Intelligent Manufacturing ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK5110 Quality and risk
management in projects ☺ ☺ ☺
Perspective course (other study
culture than PDM) ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4140 Engineering Fluid
Mechanics 2 ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4165 Computational Heat and
Fluid Flow ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4235 Energy Management in
Buildings ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4150 Machine Design and
Mechatronics ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4150 Data-integrated
Manufacturing ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4175 Energy from
Environmental Flows ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4180 Experimental Methods in
Process Engineering ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4212 Environmental and
Cleaning Technologies ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4222 Input-Output Analysis,
Trade and Environment ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4223 LCA and Eco-Efficiency ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4130 Product Development and
Information Technology ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4135 Analysis & Assessment
Based on FEM ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4160 Fracture Mechanics ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4165 Joining Technology ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4160 Value Chain Control and
Applied Decision Support ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK5160 Risk Analysis ☺ ☺ ☺
8. Sem. Spring
Experts in team ☺ ☺ ☺
Engineering course from other study
program ☺ ☺
TEP4155 Viscous Flow and
Turbulence ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4170 Heat and Combustion
Technology ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4195 Turbo Machinery ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4215 Proc.& Heat Integr. of Ind.
Proc. & Utility Systems ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4245 Building Environmental
Design and Engineering ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4255 Heat Pumping Processes
and Systems ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4155 Engineering Design and
Materials Technology ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4110 Quality and Performance
Oriented Management ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4175 Rapid Manufacturing ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4150 Energy Management and
Technology ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4160 Aero Dynamics ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4200 Mech. Design, Operation &
Maint. of Hydr. Machinery ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4205 Industrial Fluid Power ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4220 Energy and Environmental
Consequences ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4265 Food Engineering ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4250 Multiphase Transport ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4140 Materials Technology 2 ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4205 Surface and Coating
Technology ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4215 Wood Composites - Proc.,
Properties & Products ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4220 Innovation in Technology ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4125 Digital Control of
Mechatronic Systems ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4135 Logistics and Production
Management ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4170 Robot Technology and
Automatic Arssembly ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK5165 RAMS Engineering and
Management ☺ ☺ ☺
9. Sem. Autumn
TEP4510/15 Thermal Energy,
Specialization Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4520/25 Ind. Process Techn.,
Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4530/35 Energy & Indoor Envir.,
Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺
TEP4540/45 Eng. Fluid Mechanics,
Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4500/05 Manufacturing of
Metals, Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4510/15 Polymers & Comp.,
Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4520/25 Product Development,
Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TMM4530/35 Structural Integrity,
Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4500/05 Project Management,
Spec. Corse & Project ☺ ☺ ☺
TPK4510/15 Production & Quality
Eng., Spec. Course & Project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
10. Sem. Spring Energi-, prosess- og
strømningsteknikk - Master project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
Product Development and Materials
- Master project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
Production and Quality Engineering -
Master project ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺
Color Codes
Natural science courses Basic engineering courses String of courses of special interest for PDM
Courses linked to the program option, Energy, process and fluid Courses linked to the program option, Product development and materials
Courses linked to the program option, Production and quality engineering
Courses linked to the chosen specialization, Energy, process and fluid
Courses linked to the chosen specialization, Product development and materials
Courses linked to the chosen specialization, Production and quality engineering
Non-technical courses
Project and specialization subject, Energy, process and fluid Project and specialization subject, Product development and materials Project and specialization subject, Production and quality engineering Master Thesis, Energy, process and fluid
Master Thesis, Product development and materials
Master Thesis, Production and quality engineering
From the matrix, some findings emerge:
• Overall, all the learning objectives seem to be well supported. For most of them, a large number of courses contribute to their fulfillment, supposedly ensuring that the graduating students will possess the knowledge, skills, and attitudes aimed for.
• Most courses contribute to several learning objectives. This implies that the courses are useful and play a role in the structure of the study program. The only courses that seem to contribute to very few learning objectives are the non-technical courses, but this is perhaps not very surprising as most learning objectives are quite technical.
4. Resources
To deliver a quality education, the departments involved must have the required resources to run the courses and take care of the student. On the other hand, to remain a competitive university, the delivery of the teaching must be resource-effective. Thus, assessing the availability and use of resources is important.
First of all, the following tables present the human resources at three departments involved in the study program, indicating their position and main academic area (human resources at other departments delivering courses to the study program will not be presented in this level of detail).
Department of Energy and Process Engineering
NAME POSITION MAIN ACADEMIC AREA
Odilio Alves-Filho Associate professor Industrial process technology Arne M. Bredesen Professor Industrial process technology Trygve M. Eikevik Professor Industrial process technology Truls Gundersen Professor Industrial process technology Ole Jørgen Nydal Professor Industrial process technology Erling Næss Professor Industrial process technology Ingvald Strømmen Professor Industrial process technology Ulrich Bunger Adjunct professor Industrial process technology Arne Olav Fredheim Adjunct professor Industrial process technology Roar Larsen Adjunct professor Industrial process technology Geir Owren Adjunct professor Industrial process technology Jostein Pettersen Adjunct professor Industrial process technology Trond Andresen PhD student Industrial process technology Stian Jensen PhD student Industrial process technology Michael Kock PhD student Industrial process technology Daniel Stanghelle PhD student Industrial process technology Michael Bantle PhD student Industrial process technology Knut Maråk PhD student Industrial process technology Helge Andersson Professor Fluid engineering
Iver Brevik Professor Fluid engineering
Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug Associate professor Fluid engineering Maria Fernandino Associate professor Fluid engineering Reidar Kristoffersen Associate professor Fluid engineering Per-Åge Krogstad Professor Fluid engineering Bernhard Müller Professor Fluid engineering Torbjørn Nielsen Professor Fluid engineering
Lars Sætran Professor Fluid engineering
Tor Ytrehus Professor Fluid engineering
Jan Tore Billdal Adjunct professor Fluid engineering Stein Tore Johansen Adjunct professor Fluid engineering
Kari Haugan Research assistant Fluid engineering Kristian E. Einarsrud Research assistant 50 % Fluid engineering
Luca Oggiano PhD student Fluid engineering
Anne Line Løvholm PhD student Fluid engineering
Vladislav Efros PhD student Fluid engineering Simen Andreas
Ellingsen
PhD student Fluid engineering Lars Eirik Bakken Professor Thermal energy
Olav Bolland Professor Thermal energy
Ivar Ertesvåg Professor Thermal energy
Edgar Hertwich Professor Thermal energy
Johan Hustad Professor Thermal energy
Gernot Krammer Professor Thermal energy
Ole Melhus Associate professor Thermal energy Kjell Erik Rian Associate professor Thermal energy Anders Hammer
Strømman
Associate professor Thermal energy
Marie Bysveen
Adjunct associate professor
Thermal energy Hans Jørgen Dahl Adjunct professor Thermal energy Inge Gran Adjunct professor Thermal energy Anne Berit Rian PhD student Thermal energy Hogne Nersund Larsen PhD student Thermal energy Kristina Norne Widell PhD student Thermal energy Bjørn Lilleberg PhD student Thermal energy Bertha Maya Sopha PhD student Thermal energy
Bhawna Singh PhD student Thermal energy
Raquel Jorge PhD student Thermal energy
Sten Olaf Hanssen Professor Energy and indoor environment Kjell Kolsaker Associate professor Energy and indoor environment Vojislav Novakovic Professor Energy and indoor environment Per Olaf Tjelflaat Professor Energy and indoor environment Rolf Ulseth Professor Energy and indoor environment Jan Wilhelm Bakke
Adjunct associate professor
Energy and indoor environment Hans Martin Mathisen Adjunct professor Energy and indoor environment Jørn Stene
Adjunct associate professor
Energy and indoor environment Tore Hjerkinn Research assistant Energy and indoor environment Johan Halvarsson PhD student Energy and indoor environment Rasmus Høseggen PhD student Energy and indoor environment
Department of Engineering Design and Materials
NAME POSITION MAIN ACADEMIC AREA
Fjeldaas, Sven Professor Geometric modelling Halmøy, Einar Professor Joining technology - metals Härkegård, Gunnar Professor Fatigue
Johnsen, Roy Professor Corrosion; Surface treatment Rølvåg, Terje Professor Dynamic simulations
Sivertsen, Ole Ivar Professor
Dynamic simulations; Knowledge-based engineering (KBE)
Støren, Sigurd Professor Forming of metals; Ecodesign Thaulow, Christian Professor Fracture mechanics
Tønder, Kristian Professor Tribology
Valberg, Henry Professor Forming of metals Welo, Torgeir Professor
Manufacturing technology - metal products
Blankenburg, Detlef Associate professor Engineering design; Mechatronics Vedvik, Nils Petter Associate Professor Polymers; Composites
Aasland, Knut Einar Associate Professor Engineering design methodology Dagestad, Sjur Adjunct professor Innovation in technology
Echtermeyer, Andreas Adjunct professor Composites
Hildre, Hans Petter Adjunct professor Engineering design; Mechatronics Langøy, Morten A. Adjunct professor Casting technology
Stori, Aage Adjunct professor Polymers
Kristensen, Kjetil Associate adjunct prof. Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) Moe, Per Thomas Associate adjunct prof. Forming of metals
Bar, Eirin M. Skjøndal Research assistant Engineering design; Eco design Bratland, Magne Research assistant Dynamic simulations
Widerøe, Fredrik Research assistant Engineering design; Mechatronics Solberg, Asbjørn Chief engineer Laboratory and workshop Johnsen, Iver Laboratory manager Laboratory and workshop Samdal, Tor Senior engineer Laboratory and workshop Wikmark, Jan E. Senior engineer Laboratory and workshop Hansen, Arnfinn Willa Senior engineer Laboratory and workshop Stolpnessæter, Bjarne Senior engineer Laboratory and workshop
Holen, Børge Engineer Laboratory and workshop
Nordtug, Per Øystein Apprentice Laboratory and workshop
Department of Production and Quality Engineering
NAME POSITION MAIN ACADEMIC AREA
Alfnes, Erlend Post doc. Production management Andersen, Bjørn Professor Production management Bernhardsen, Thor
Inge
Senior engineer Production management Dreyer, Heidi C. Professor Production management Fagerhaug, Tom Associate professor Production management
Haugen, Stein Adjunct professor Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Hussein, Bassam Associate professor Production management Koch, Wolfgang Professor Production systems Lien, Terje Professor Production systems
Rausand, Marvin Professor Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Rolstadås, Asbjørn Professor Production management
Schjølberg, Per Førsteamanuensis Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Strandhagen, Jan Ola
Adjunct professor Production management
Sunde, Leif Adjunct professor Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Sørby, Knut Professor Production systems Thomessen,
Trygve
Adjunct professor Production systems
Vatn, Jørn Professor Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Wang, Kesheng Professor Production systems
Øien, Knut Adjunct professor Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Johansen, Vidar Chief engineer Production systems Hakvåg, Jan T. Senior engineer Production systems Sæther, Arild Engineer Production systems Rødseth, Harald Research assistant 50
%
Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety and production management
Hægstad, Andreas Research assistant 20 %
Production systems
The three departments also possess many other resources utilized in the education of the students, as described in the table below:
DEPARTMENT TYPE OF RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
Laboratories Product Development; CAE; Realization; Rapid Prototyping; SMASH; Metal forming; Fatigue; Plastics and
Composites; Metallographic; Casting; Tribology; Corrosion; Mechanical Workshop;
Welding shop
Student working areas Computer pool, reading rooms (120 seats), 12 study offices, 2 meeting rooms, recreational area with basketball curve and kitchenette
Engineering Design and Materials
ICT facilities and software 55 student computers, licenses for CAE software (NX,
CATIA, ABAQUS, FEDEM, Laminate Tools; Nastran; Deform; Ansys; etc.)
Energy and Process Engineering
Laboratories 8 laboratories covering 6000 m2; combustion and laser diagnostics laboratory, thermal engineering laboratory,
laboratory, multiphase flow laboratory, energy and indoor environment laboratory, dewatering and food
engineering laboratory, water power laboratory, and fluid engineering laboratory
Student working areas Computer lab, reading rooms, student study offices, etc. Laboratories Manufacturing lab, robot lab,
CIM lab, automation lab, metrology lab (all of these has become continuously more important in the teaching at the department, both at Master and PhD levels)
Student working areas Computer pool, reading rooms (50 seats), 9 study offices, 2 meeting rooms, recreational area with ping pong table and kitchenette
Production and quality engineering
ICT facilities and software 30 student computers, licenses for CAD/CAM software (Pro/ENGINEER, AutoCAD, Cutviewer, GibbsCAM, PC-DMIS etc.)
The table below summarizes some key data for the courses that are given in PDM. For each course, the table presents teaching resources (name, position, and role in the teaching of the course), and the number of hours of laboratory teaching/exercises, excursions, group work, etc.
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Courses Title Name
Role in the
course Specialization area
H o u rs of la bo ra to ry teac hing H ours o f in di v id ua l exercis es Hours o f gro up exercis e s Hours o f ex c ursions 1. Sem. Autumn
TMA4100 Calculus 1 No information made available from the department responsible for the course
TDT4105 Information Technology, Introduction Ass.prof. Wang, Alf Inge Lecturer
PhD
student Hauge, Øyvind Lecturer
EXPH0001 Philosophy and Theory of Science No information made available from the department responsible for the course
TMM4115 Engineering Modelling Ass.prof. Aasland, Knut Einar Responsible Engineering design methodology Sen.eng. Stolpnessæter, Bjarne Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Eng. Holen, Børge Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Prof. Sørby, Knut Lecturer Metal cutting, Eng. metrology
Prof. Hustad, Johan Lecturer Energy and Process Engineering
4 10 1
2. Sem. Spring
TMA4105 Calculus 2 No information made available from the department responsible for the course TKT4116 Mechanics 1 No information made available from the department responsible for the course TMT4106 General Chemistry No information made available from the department responsible for the course
TMM4121 Engineering Design Ass.prof. Aasland, Knut Einar Responsible Engineering design methodology
Prof. Sørby, Knut Lecturer Metal cutting, Eng. metrology
Prof. Hustad, Johan Lecturer Energy and Process Engineering
Ass.prof. Blankenburg, Detlef Lecturer Engineering design; Mechatronics Sen.eng. Stolpnessæter, Bjarne Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Eng. Holen, Børge Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Sen.eng. Samdal, Tor Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Sen.eng. Wikmark, Jan E. Assistent Laboratory and workshop Apprentice Nordtug, Per Øystein Assistent Laboratory and workshop
8 8
3. Sem. Autumn
TMA4110 Calculus 3 No information made available from the department responsible for the course TKT4122 Mechanics 2 No information made available from the department responsible for the course TFY4106 Physics No information made available from the department responsible for the course
TPK4100 Operation Management Ass.prof. Fagerhaug, Tom Responsible Operations management 56 9
4. Sem. Spring
TMA4245 Statistics No information made available from the department responsible for the course TEP4100 Fluid Mechanics Prof. Sætran, Lars Responsible Fluid engineering
Prof. Helge Andersson Lecturer Fluid engineering
PhD
Student Luca Oggiano Assistant Fluid engineering
PhD
Student Simen Ellingsen Assistant Fluid engineering
56 56 42
TMM4100 Materials Technology 1 Adj.prof. Echtermeyer, Andreas Responsible Composites 1 8 TEP4115 Thermodynamic Systems Prof. Gundersen, Truls Responsible Industrial process technology
PhD
Student Stian Jensen Assistant Industrial process technology Post.Doc. Gabrielle Pipitone Assistant Industrial process technology
1 56 20
5. Sem. Autumn
TMA4130 Calculus 4N No information made available from the department responsible for the course TIØ4256 Technology Management 1 No information made available from the department responsible for the course TEP4135 Engineering Fluid Mechanics 1 Prof. Krogstad, Per-Åge Responsible Fluid engineering
PhD
Student Efros, Vladislav Assistant Fluid engineering
56 TMM4135 Analysis & Assessment Based on FEM
Prof. Sivertsen, Ole Ivar Responsible Dyn. Sim.; Knowledge-based eng.
Res.ass. Magne Bratland
Lecturer, project
advisor Finite Element (FE) techniques
Prof. Kjell Holthe Lecturer Analytical shell theory
Prof. Per Haagensen Lecturer FE-based fatigue analysis
7 2
TPK4120 Safety and Reliability Analysis
Prof. Rausand, Marvin Responsible Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
Prof. Vatn, Jørn Lecturer Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
TPK4145 Manufacturing Systems Prof. Lien, Terje Responsible Production systems Prof. II Thomessen, Trygve Lecturer Production systems
Prof. Sørby, Knut Lecturer Production systems
5 16 35
6. Sem. Spring
TTK4105 Control Systems No information made available from the department responsible for the course TEP4125 Engineering Thermodynamics 2 Prof. Ertesvåg, Ivar Ståle Responsible Thermal energy
PhD
Student Lilleberg, Bjørn Assistant Thermal energy
PhD
Student Stanghelle, Daniel Assistant Thermal energy
PhD
Student Løvholm, Anne Line Assistant Thermal energy
56
TMM4140 Materials Technology 2 Prof. Thaulow, Christian Responsible Fracture mechanics
Prof. Valberg, Henry Lecturer Forming of metals
Res.ass. Widerøe, Fredrik Research assistant Engineering design; Mechatronics
Ph.D.stud. Olden, Vigdis
Research
assistant Metallography Sen.eng. Hansen, Arnfinn Willa Lab. assistent Laboratory and workshop
7 2
TPK4105 Manufacturing Technology Prof. Valberg, Henry Responsible Forming of metals
Prof. Sørby, Knut
Co-responsible Metal cutting, Eng. metrology
4 28 TEP4130 Heat and Mass Transfer Ass. Prof. Melhus, Ole Responsible Thermal energy
PhD
Student Lilleberg, Bjørn Assistant Thermal energy
56 TMM4112 Machine Elements
Prof. Welo, Torgeir Responsible
Manufacturing technology - metal
products 7 2
TPK4115 Project Planning and Control 1 Ass. Prof. Hussein, Bassam A. Responsible Project management 10 10 TEP4220 Energy and Environmental
Consequences Prof. Hertwich, Edgar Responsible Thermal energy 56
7. Sem. Autumn
TEP4185 Industrial Process and Energy
Technology Prof. Bolland, Olav Responsible Thermal energy
Adj.prof. Fredheim, Arne O. Lecturer Industrial process technology
Prof. Næss, Erling Lecturer Industrial process technology
Adj.prof. Owren, Geir Lecturer Industrial process technology
Adj.prof. Pettersen, Jostein Lecturer Industrial process technology
TMM4170 Corrosion Prof. Johnsen, Roy Responsible Corrosion; Surface treatment 6 2 TMM4175 Polymers and Composites Ass.prof. Vedvik, Nils Petter Responsible Polymers; Composites TMM4182 Casting and Forming of Metals Adj.prof. Langøy, Morten A. Responsible Casting technology 7 3 TMM4185 Mechanical Vibrations Prof. Rølvåg, Terje Responsible Dynamic simulations 7 2 TMM4195 Fatigue Design Prof. Härkegård, Gunnar Responsible Fatigue 7 2 TPK4155 Applied Comp.Int. in Intelligent
Manufacturing Prof. Wang, Kesheng Responsible Intelligent Engineering 8 36 6 TPK5100 Project management 1 Professor Hussein, Bassam A. Responsible Project management 10 10 TPK5110 Quality and Risk Management in
Projects Prof. Vatn, Jørn Co-Responsible Risk modelling Prof. Andersen, Bjørn Co-Responsible Quality management
12 10 TEP4140 Engineering Fluid Mechanics 2 Prof. Krogstad, Per Åge Responsible Fluid engineering
PhD Student Oggiano, Luca Assistant Fluid engineering
56 TEP4165 Computational Heat and Fluid Flow Prof. Müller, Bernhard Responsible Fluid engineering
Ass.prof. Melhus, Ole Lecturer Thermal energy
PhD Student Lilleberg, Bjørn Assistant Thermal energy
70 TEP4235 Energy management in buildings Prof. Novakovic, Vojislav Responsible Energy and indoor environment
Assistant
prof. Dalehaug, Arvid Lecturer Energy and indoor environment Prof. Eikevik, Trygve M. Lecturer Industrial process technology Ass.prof. Hansen, Eilif Hugo Lecturer Industrial process technology Prof. Hanssen, Sten O. Lecturer Industrial process technology Prof. Thue, Jan Vincent Lecturer Industrial process technology Prof. Wangensteen, Ivar Lecturer Industrial process technology
2 14 14
TMM4150 Machine Design and Mechatronics Ass.prof. Blankenburg, Detlef Responsible Engineering design; Mechatronics Sen.eng. Stolpnessæter, Bjarne Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Res.ass. Widerøe, Fredrik
Research
assistant Engineering design; Mechatronics
2 4 6 1
TPK4150 Data-integrated Manufacturing Prof. Koch, Wolfgang H. Resposible
Data integration in discrete manufacturing of parts with freeform shapes - both subtractive
and additive 30 8 30 3 TEP4175 Energy from Environmental Flows Prof. Dahlhaug, Ole G Resposible Fluid engineering
Prof. Nielsen, Torbjørn Lecturer Fluid engineering 6 32 6
TEP4180 Experimental Methods in Process
Engineering Prof. Sætran, Lars Responsible Fluid engineering
PhD
Student Oggiano, Luca Assistant Fluid engineering
56 56 28 TEP4212 Environmental and Cleaning
Technologies Prof. Krammer, Gernot Responsible Thermal energy
PhD
Student Kock, Michael Assistant Thermal energy
20 10 TEP4222 Input-Output Analysis, Trade and
Environment Ass.prof. Strømman, Anders H Responsible Thermal energy
Prof. Hertwich, Edgar Lecturer Thermal energy
PhD Student Larsen, Hogne N Assistant Thermal energy
28 TEP4223 LCA and Eco-Efficiency Ass.prof. Strømman, Anders H Responsible Thermal energy
Prof. Hertwich, Edgar Lecturer Thermal energy 0 11 15 0
TMM4130 Product Development and Information
Technology Prof. Fjeldaas, Sven Responsible Geometric modelling 6 4
TMM4135 Analysis & Assessment Based on FEM Prof. Sivertsen, Ole Ivar Responsible Dyn. Sim.; Knowledge-based eng.
Res.ass. Magne Bratland
Lecturer, project
advisor Finite Element (FE) techniques
Prof. Kjell Holthe Lecturer Analytical shell theory
Prof. Per Haagensen Lecturer FE-based fatigue analysis
7 2
TMM4160 Fracture Mechanics Prof. Thaulow, Christian Responsible Fracture mechanics
Prof. Zhang, Zhiliang Lecturer Numerical fracture mechanics
Ph.D.stud. Olsen, Jim Stian
Research
assistant Abaqus
7 2
TMM4165 Joining Technology Prof. Halmøy, Einar Responsible Joining technology - metals
Sen.eng. Samdal, Tor Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Sen.eng. Wikmark, Jan E. Assistent Laboratory and workshop
Apprentice Nordtug, Per Øystein Assistent Laboratory and workshop TPK4160 Value Chain Control and Applied
Decision Support Prof. Heidi C. Dreyer Responsible Supply chain control 7 2 3 TPK5160 Risk Analysis Adj.prof. Haugen, Stein Responsible Risk analysis 20 10
Adj.prof. Øien, Knut Lecturer Human / organisational factors
Prof. Rausand, Marvin Lecturer Reliability analysis
8. Sem. Spring
Experts in team Ass.prof. Vedvik, Nils Petter Responsible Polymers; Composites 10 Experts in team Prof. Fjeldaas, Sven Responsible Geometric modelling 10 TEP4155 Viscous Flow and Turbulence Prof. Ytrehus, Tor Responsible Fluid engineering
Prof. Helge Andersson Lecturer Fluid engineering 28 14
TEP4170 Heat and Combustion Technology Prof. Ertesvåg, Ivar Ståle Responsible Thermal energy
Prof. Hustad, Johan E Lecturer Thermal energy
Ass.prof. Rian, Kjell Erik Lecturer Thermal energy
14 28 TEP4195 Turbo Machinery Ass.prof. Ole G Dahlhaug Responsible Fluid engineering
Prof. Bakken, Lars Erik Lecturer Thermal energy
Prof. Nielsen, Torbjørn Lecturer Fluid engineering
8 10 4 8 TEP4215 Proc.& Heat Integr. of Ind. Proc. &
Utility Systems Prof. Gundersen, Truls Responsible Industrial process technology 28 TEP4245 Building Environmental Design and
Engineering Prof. Tjelflaat, Per Olaf Responsible Energy and indoor environment Prof. Hanssen, Sten O Lecturer Energy and indoor environment Ass.prof. Kolsaker, Kjell Lecturer Energy and indoor environment Prof. Novakovic, Vojislav Lecturer Energy and indoor environment Ass.prof. Ulseth, Rolf Lecturer Energy and indoor environment
6 8 9
TEP4255 Heat Pumping Processes and Systems Prof. Bredesen, Arne M. Responsible Industrial process technology Prof. Eikevik, Trygve Lecturer Industrial process technology
PhD Haukås, Hans Lecturer Industrial process technology
PhD Student Bantle, Michael Assistant Industrial process technology
12 16 3 TMM4155 Engineering Design and Materials
Technology Prof. Rølvåg, Terje Responsible Dynamic simulations Ass.prof. Vedvik, Nils Petter Lecturer Polymers; Composites
Prof. Valberg, Henry Lecturer Forming of metals
10
TPK4110 Quality and Performance Oriented Prof. Andersen, Bjørn Co- Quality management
lecturer
Ass.prof. Fagerhaug, Tom
Co-responsible,
lecturer Quality management
TPK4175 Rapid Manufacturing Prof. Koch, Wolfgang H. Responsible Time compression manufacturing technology 30 8 30 TEP4150 Energy Management and Technology Prof. Ertesvåg, Ivar Ståle Responsible Thermal energy 28 TEP4160 Aero Dynamics Prof. Krogstad, Per-Åge Responsible Fluid engineering
PhD Student Efros, Vladislav Assistant Fluid engineering
4 28 8 TEP4200 Mech. Design, Operation & Maint. of
Hydr. Machinery Prof. Nielsen, Torbjørn Resposible Fluid engineering
Prof. Dahlhaug, Ole G Lecturer Fluid engineering
8 10 6 8 TEP4205 Industrial Fluid Power Prof. Nielsen, Torbjørn Resposible Fluid engineering 8 10 6 8 TEP4220 Energy and Environmental
Consequences Prof. Hertwich, Edgar Responsible Thermal energy
Prof. Krammer, Gernot Lecturer Thermal energy
Ass.prof. Strømman, Anders H Thermal energy Lecturer
20 60
TEP4265 Food Engineering Prof. Eikevik, Trygve M. Responsible Industrial process technology Ass.prof. Jonassen , Ola Lecturer Industrial process technology Prof. Nesse, Norvald Lecturer Industrial process technology Dean Strømmen, Ingvald Lecturer Industrial process technology
PhD
Student Bantle, Michael Assistant Industrial process technology
12 16 3
TEP4250 Multiphase Transport Prof. Nydal, Ole Jørgen Responsible Industrial process technology Prof. Asheim, Harald A Lecturer Industrial process technology Adj.prof. Larsen, Roar Lecturer Industrial process technology
8 10 8 TMM4140 Materials Technology 2 Prof. Thaulow, Christian Responsible Fracture mechanics
Prof. Valberg, Henry Lecturer Forming of metals
Res.ass. Widerøe, Fredrik Research assistant Engineering design; Mechatronics
Ph.D.stud. Olden, Vigdis
Research
assistant Metallography
Sen.eng. Hansen, Arnfinn Willa Lab. assistent Laboratory and workshop
7 2
TMM4205 Surface and Coating Technology Prof. Johnsen, Roy Responsible Corrosion; Surface treatment 7 2 TMM4215 Wood Composites - Proc., Properties Prof. Støren, Sigurd Responsible Forming of metals; Ecodesign 7 3
& Products
TMM4220 Innovation in Technology Adj.prof. Dagestad, Sjur Responsible Innovation in technology Bratland, Magne Res.ass. Research assistant Dynamic simulations
1 4 6 1 TPK4125 Digital Control of Mechatronic Systems Prof. Lien, Terje Responsible Production systems 5 10 10 TPK4135 Logistics and Production Management Prof. Ola Strandhagen Responsible Production planning and control 3 7 3 TPK4170 Robot Technology and Automatic
Arssembly Prof. Lien, Terje Responsible Production systems Prof. II Thomessen, Trygve Lecturer Production systems
10 10
TPK5165 RAMS Engineering and Management Prof. Rausand, Marvin Responsible Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety Prof. Vatn, Jørn Lecturer Reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety
25
9. Sem. Autumn
TEP4510/15 Thermal Energy, Specialization
Course & Project Prof. Bolland, Olav Responsible Thermal energy
TEP4520/25 Ind. Process Techn., Spec. Course
& Project Prof. Eikevik, Trygve M. Responsible Industrial process technology TEP4530/35 Energy & Indoor Envir., Spec.
Course & Project Prof. Hanssen, Sten O. Responsible Industrial process technology TEP4540/45 Eng. Fluid Mechanics, Spec. Course
& Project Prof. Nielsen, Torbjørn Responsible Fluid engineering
TMM4500/05 Manufacturing of Metals, Spec.
Course & Project Prof. Valberg, Henry Responsible Forming of metals 8 28 8 4 TMM4510/15 Polymers & Comp., Spec. Course &
Project Ass.prof. Vedvik, Nils Petter Responsible Polymers; Composites 8 28 8 4 TMM4520/25 Product Development, Spec.
Course & Project Ass.prof. Blankenburg, Detlef Responsible Engineering design; Mechatronics 8 28 8 4 TMM4530/35 Structural Integrity, Spec. Course &
Project Prof. Johnsen, Roy Responsible Corrosion; Surface treatment 8 28 8 4 TPK4500/05 Project Management, Spec. Corse &
Project Prof. Rolstadås, Asbjørn Responsible Project Management
Prof. Andersen, Bjørn Lecturer Project Management
Ass.prof. Hussein, Bassam Responsible Project management
40 TPK4510/15 Production & Quality Eng., Spec.
Prof. Koch, Wolfgang H. Lecturer ICT for time-compression manufacturing technologies
10. Sem. Spring
Energy, Process and Fluid Engineering, Master
Theses Prof. Hustad, Johan Responsible Thermal energy 8 40 8 8
Product Development and Materials, Master
Thesis Prof. Sivertsen, Ole Ivar Responsible Dynamic simulations; Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) 8 40 8 8 8
Production and Quality Engineering, Master
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How much can be read from this table is a good question. It clearly shows that the teaching modes in the courses vary significantly. One can also see marked differences in terms of how many persons are involved in each course. Perhaps the most important conclusion, which is perhaps more a sense among people involved in the study program more than it can be interpreted from the table, is that there is an emerging shortage of staff to deliver the teaching scheduled. With many retirements imminent and warnings that these positions will not automatically be re-filled, this represents a warning sign for future quality.
5. Research
All three departments involved in the PDM program are research-intensive. All the departments enjoy significant external financing of research programs, both from the Norwegian Research Council, EU framework programs, and directly from industry sources, national and international. This is of course relevant for the teaching side of the departments, as research forms an important basis for
continuously upgrading the contents of the courses as well as exposing the students, especially in the last two years, to leading edge academic activities.
Since research is not a main role of the study program, but rather the responsibility of the
departments, the topic is not covered in much detail in this report. However, the following lists some keywords pertaining to the ongoing research activities within the study program’s areas.
Department of Energy and Process Engineering:
Large Research programs, EU:
o ENCAP: Enhanced Capture of CO2. Integrated project in the sixth framework programme (Olav Bolland).
o ENGAS RI: Environmental Gas Management Research Infrastructure, coordinator, sixth framwork programme (Arne Bredesen/Morten Grønli)
o DYNAMIS IP: Towards Hydrogen Production with CO2 management, sixth framework programme (Olav Bolland)
o WAVESSG: Full-scale demonstration of robust and high-efficiency wave energy converter, sixth framework programme (Torbjørn Nielsen)
o PSIE: Postgraduate School of Industrial Ecology, Marie Curie Actions (Edgar Hertwich)
o EXIPOL: A new Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis, Integrated project (Edgar Hertwich)
Other large research projects:
o Statkraft: Frame agreement about R&D within turbines/engineering in hydropower stations (Torbjørn Nielsen)
o Scandpower Petroleum Technology: PhD within multiphase flow with gas hydrates, under the PETROMAKS program financed by the Norwegian Research Council (Ole Jørgen Nydal)
o BioSOFC: Technology development for integrated SOFC, biomass gasification and high temperature gas cleaning, KMB project financed by the Norwegian Research Council (Johan Hustad)
o The effect of hydrogen addition to automotive fuels in SI-CI and HCCI internal combustion engines, project financed by the Norwegian Research Council (Johan Hustad)
o ENI Norge: PhD Multiphase Flow (Ole Jørgen Nydal)
o NFR: PhD Roughness and rotating fluid turbulence (Helge Andersson)
o NFR/SINTEF Energy Research: PhD Enabling Production of Remote Gas (Jostein Pettersen)
o NFR/SINTEF Energy Research: PhD Cost effective utilization of Bioenergy - Advanced Biomass and Waste Combustion (Johan Hustad)
o NFR/SINTEF Energy Research: PhD BIGCO2 (Olav Bolland)
o NFR/SINTEF Energy Research: PhD Efficient Hydrogen Liquefaction Processes (Arne Bredesen)
o Statoil: Subsea compression (2004-2008) (Lars E. Bakken)
o SIU: Cooperation programme with the Western Balkans (Vojislav Novakovic)
Number of active PhD students: 72
The external research funding is 50% of the total budget. Department of Engineering Design and Materials:
Large research programs (over 0,5 mill NOK per year)
o LPD - Lean product development; Research on how to develop the right new products, the right way in a competitive and global market place (Blankenburg, Rølvåg, Vedvik, Welo, Aasland)
o PETROMAKS is the umbrella for most of the petroleum-oriented research supported by the Research Council of Norway (Johnsen, Thaulow).
o COMPFORM, Competence in Light Metal Forming and Forming Technologies (Støren, Welo).
o OPTIWELD; Research on optimization of the welding prosess for offshore applications (Valberg, Moe).
o RESONATOR; Research on a new type of electric motor, using gassprings (Vedvik).
o SMIOP, forging of steel and aluminum (Valberg)
o CRI NORMAN, one of eight national centers for research-driven innovation established by the Research Council 2006, with a focus on the Norwegian manufacturing future (Blankenburg, Rølvåg, Støren, Welo, Aasland).
The number of PhD students active is 11.
The external research funding is 26 % of the total budget. Department of Production and Quality Engineering:
In general, the department works closely with SINTEF Technology & Society, with strong links to at least four departments. The integration is close, with academic personnel at the NTNU department contributing significantly to research projects at SINTEF and researchers from SINTEF contributing to the teaching at NTNU.
Large research programs, a few examples:
o CRI NORMAN, one of eight national centers for research-driven innovation established by the Research Council 2006, with a focus on the Norwegian
manufacturing future. The center is led by SINTEF, but the department (together with IPM) plays an important role in the research.
o PeMRO, Performance Measurement in Railway Operations, a large project to study how punctuality in the railway can be improved.
o PROMISE, EU 5th Framework Program Integrated Project on the use of RFID devices in manufacturing.
o PRIME, EU 6th Framework Program STREP to develop a serious game for teaching strategic manufacturing.
Number of PhD students completed the last years: 2004 = 4, 2005 = 2, 2006 = 5, and 2007 = 6, while at the moment 32 PhD students are active
6. International Educational Activities
In general, many students from the PDM program go abroad to different international universities for one or two semesters, usually in the fourth year, but some also in the third and fifth. No data exists that documents how many pursue international exchanges during the studies, but a rough estimate is that 30-50% of the students stay abroad for at least one semester (the numbers vary, the last years between 30 and 50 students).
The exchanges are targeted at a large number of different universities in many parts of the world, including Europe, North-America, Australia, and Asia. Through research cooperation and other relationships, some universities receive more students than others, but there are no close exchange cooperation agreements that push our students toward specific universities. On average, we find that the PDM program enjoys extensive links to international universities and research groups, and that our students benefit from this.
7. Students and Results
The PDM study program is a fairly large one at NTNU, with a total of 588 active students per 2007, distributed over the five years. The distribution among the years is as follows:
• Admitted in 2007; 135 in total (of which 30 are female students), of which 117 for year 1 and 18 bachelors to start in year 4.
• In year 2, there are 131 students (37 female). • In year 3, 120 students (21 female).
• In year 4, 87 students (19 female). • In year 5, 97 students (18 female).
It is noticeable that even with relatively stable numbers of admitted students, there are much less active students in the two final years than were admitted. This is a serious problem for most study programs, including PDM, and due to students quitting for various reasons and being held back a year from too many failed courses. For a typical year (in this case 118 students admitted into the first year in 2004), the “lost students” divide into groups as follows (the numbers for 2005 and 2006 have been collected and show the same trend, although with more active students since they have studied for a shorter time so far):
• Active; 76 (66 according to normal progression, 10 held back on year) – 64.4%. • Forced to leave; 7 – 5.9 %.
• Transfer to other study programs; 16 – 13.6 %. • Temporary leave; 1 – 0.8 %.
• Quit; 17 – 14.4 %.
• Unknown status; 1 – 0.8 %
These numbers are (both for 2004 and subsequent years) worse than for the average of the study programs (for 2004, 71.3 % are still active, forced to leave 3.2 %, transfer 9.8 %, leave 1.8 %, and quit 12.7 %). This is of course a major problem for the program! Industry expects a certain number of students to graduate each year, and the departments plan on servicing certain student bodies, and their expectations are naturally based on the official numbers of admission. When close to 30% of those admitted never make it through to graduation, the program is unable to fulfill the expectations. As a result of this, we have implemented several mechanisms to reduce the number of students that leave the program, including more precise information to potential students during recruiting efforts, closer
