Research associates of Professor Tor Arne Johansen, NTNU

Postdocs:

• Bjørn Kristiansen, Optimization of satellite operations, funded by NFR
• Trym Tengesdal, Machine learning for adapting COLREGS compliant collision avoidance algorithms for autonomous ships, funded by SFI AutoShip (NFR)
• Alberto Dallolio, Autonomous wave powered surface vessel for oceanography, funded by Sintef Ocean

PhD candidates (main supervisor):

• Simen Berg, Agile small satellite operations, funded by NTNU
• Maria-Efstathia Tsiourva, Attention-driven Odometry Estimation and Spatial AI, Sintef Digital
• Dhanika Mahipala, Scenario-based Model Predictive Control for collision avoidance and traffic control of autonomous ships in inland waterways, Industry PhD funded by Kongsberg maritime and EU/ETN project AutoBarge.
• Matias Haugum, Autonomous water sampling and analysis onboard unmanned surface vessels, project funded by NFR IKTPLUSS
• Dordije Boskovic, Processing architectures for sensor fusion, project funded by NFR IKTPLUSS
• Hoang Anh Tran, Collaborative collision avoidance for ships in inland waterways, EU/ETN project AutoBarge
• Simen Troye Røang, Optimal control of ships in following sea, KPN project funded by NFR, jointly with Sintef Ocean, Kongsberg Maritime and partners.
• Melih Akdag, Protocols and algorithms for collaborative collision avoidance in autonomous ships, funded by SFI AutoShip, NFR
• Jon Alvarez Justo, Hyperspectral data processing, NTNU
• Vasileios Bosdelekidis, Navigation System Integrity Assurance for Safety-Critical Autonomous Operations, funded by IKTPLUSS, NFR in collaboration with Sintef Digital
• Johan Hatleskog, Autonomous Industrial Inspection in a Contextualized Environment, Industry-PhD funded by Cognite and NFR
• Adrian Winter, Multi-sensor fusion for increased resilience of UAVs with respect to satellite navigation cyber-security, funded by IKTPLUSS, NFR in collaboration with Sintef Digital
• Elizabeth Prentice, Onboard data processing for planning and operation of SmallSat mission, funded by NTNU

PhD candidates (co-supervisor):

• Antonia Hager, Airbus
• Glen Sørensen, NFR
• Samuel Boyle, NFR
• A. Esmee Oudijk, NFR
• Paolo De Petris, NFR
• Bogdan Løw-Hansen, NFR
• Man Ken Michael Cheung, NFR
• Joachim Wallisch, NFR
• Nicolas Müller, NFR
• Kjetil Vasstein, NFR
• Oliver Hasler, NFR
• Mika Okuhara, NFR
• Henning Øveraas, NTNU
• Thomas Johansen, NFR
• Mariusz Grøtte, NTNU

Previous PhD candidates and postdocs (main supervisor):

• Sivert Bakken, postdoc, 2022-2024, Hyperspectral imaging for ocean color, funded by Sintef Ocean
• Marie Henriksen, PhD graduated, December 2023, On the calibration and optical performance of a Hyperspectral Imager for drones and small satellites, funded by AMOS
• Simon Blindheim, PhD graduated, June 2023, Risk-aware decision-making and control of autonomous ships, funded by ORCAS project, MAROFF, NFR in collaboration with DNV GL and Kongsberg Maritime
• Sverre Rothmund, PhD graduated, March 2023, Risk awareness and control of autonomous robots, funded by NFR FRINATEK UNLOCK
• Artur Zolich, postdoc 2018-2023, Coordination of unmanned vehicles in marine environment, funded by the OASYS project (NFR), NTNU and AMOS
• Gunhild Berget, PhD graduated, Nov 2022, Adaptive Sampling of Dynamic Fields using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, funded by NFR PETROMAKS2.
• Martin L. Sollie, PhD graduated, Nov 2022,  Navigation and Automatic Recovery of Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, funded by NFR/MAROFF in collaboration with Maritime Robotics, PGS, Equinor and NOFO.
• Trym Tengesdal, Risk-based Traffic Rules Compliant Collision Avoidance for Autonomous Ships, PhD graduated, Sept 2022, funded by AMOS
• Atilla Toker, postdoc 2020-2022, Airborne GNSS/GBAS receiver experimental platform for UAVs, funded by IKTPLUSS/NFR in collaboration with Sintef Digital
• Dirk Reinhardt, On Nonlinear and Optimization-based Control of Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, PhD graduated June 2022, funded by IKTPLUSS, NFR
• Joseph Garrett, postdoc 2019-2022, Hyperspectral image acquisition for remote sensing, funded by NFR and industry partners
• Sivert Bakken, Development of a Small Satellite with a Hyperspectral Imaging Payload and Onboard Processing for Ocean Color, PhD graduated March 2022, funded by AMOS
• Eivind Bøhn, Reinforcement Learning for Optimization of Nonlinear and Predictive Control, PhD graduated March 2022, funded by Sintef Digital and NFR
• Alberto Dallolio, Design and experimental validation of a control architecture for a wave-propelled USV, PhD graduated February 2022, funded by NFR IKTPLUSS.
• Mariann Merz, Towed Endbody Precision Maneuvers using a Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, PhD graduated January 2022, funded by Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
• Praveen Jain, postdoc, 2019-2020, Machine learning methods for adaptive sampling and control, funded by ERCIM
• Richard Hann, Atmospheric Ice Accretions, Aerodynamic Icing Penalties, and Icing Protection Systems on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, PhD graduated July 2020, funded by NFR through CIRFA
• Siri H. Mathisen, Autonomous Aerial Recovery: Fixed-Wing UAV Ballistic Airdrop and Deep-Stall Landing, PhD graduated February 2020, funded by NTNU
• Andreas W. Wenz, postdoc, 2018-2020, Flight performance, optimization and fault tolerance with hybrid power and propulsion, funded by the FlightSmart project by NFR, Equator Aircraft and Maritime Robotics
• Håkon Hagen Helgesen, Detection and Tracking of Floating Objects using UAVs with Optical Sensors, PhD graduated December 2019, funded by NTNU
• Elias Bjørne, Globally stable observers for SLAM, PhD graduated December 2019, funded by NFR FRINATEK
• Christopher D. Rodin, Applications of High-Precision Optical Imaging Systems for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems in Maritime Environments, PhD graduated December 2019, funded by EU-Horizon2020 (MarineUAS) and Maritime Robotics.
• Mark Haring, postdoc, 2016-2019, Multi-stage nonlinear state estimation, funded by NFR FRINATEK
• Giorgio Kwame Kufoalor, postdoc, 2016-2019, Anti-collision for ships, funded through the Autosea project by NFR MAROFF, DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime and Maritime Robotics
• Robert H. Rogne, postdoc 2017-2019, Gravimetry using small UAVs, funded by the Research Council of Norway (BIA) - TerraDrone project, with Maritime Robotics, NGU, and IDLEtechs
• Kasper Trolle Borup, NTNU Innovation researcher grant, 2018-2019
• Torleiv H. Bryne, postdoc 2017-2019, Multi-stage nonlinear state estimation, funded by NFR FRINATEK.
• Parisa Ahmadi Moshkenani, Explicit model predictive control in higher order systems, PhD graduated February 2019, funded by the European Commission under Initial Training Network TEMPO
• Mads Bornebusch, researcher 2017-2018, Automatic recovery of fixed-wing UAVs in a virtual runway, funded by EU-H2020/MarineUAS
• Artur Zolich, PhD graduated November 2018, System integration and communication in autonomous unmanned vehicles in marine environments, funded by Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
• Andreas W. Wenz, PhD graduated November 2018, Inflight estimation of airflow variables, wind velocities and aerodynamic coefficients for unmanned aerial vehicles, funded by EU (MarineUAS)
• Kim Lynge Sørensen, postdoc 2016-2018, Autonomous icing protection solution for small UAVs, funded by NTNU and the Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
• Sigurd M. Albrektsen, PhD graduated September 2018, Sensor synchronization and navigation in GNSS-denied environments for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, funded by NFR FRINATEK project Low-Cost Integrated Navigation Systems Using Nonlinear Observer Theory
• Morten Fyhn Amundsen, researcher, 2017-2018, funded by NFR FORNY, Scout – drone inspection concept
• Kristian Klausen, researcher, 2017-2018, funded by NFR FORNY, Scout – drone inspection concept
• Bardhyl Hajdini, researcher, 2017-2018, D-ICE, funded by NFR FORNY
• Jonas Krüger, researcher 2017-2018, D-ICE, funded by NFR FORNY
• Espen Skjong, PhD graduated June 2017, PhD thesis: Optimization-based control in shipboard electric systems, funded by the Research Council of Norway and Ulstein Power and Control.
• Damiano Rotondo, postdoc 2016-2017, Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control for uncertain nonlinear systems, with application to icing detection in unmanned aerial vehicles, funded through ERCIM
• Robert H. Rogne, PhD graduated March 2017, PhD thesis: Observer Design for Fault-tolerant Dynamic Positioning Using MEMS inertial sensors, funded by NFR MAROFF project Inertial Sensor Fusion for Marine Vessels
• Kim Lynge Sørensen, PhD graduated October 2016, PhD thesis: Autonomous icing protection solution for small UAVs, Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS)
• Mark Haring, PhD graduated June 2016, PhD thesis: Extremum-seeking control: convergence improvements and asymptotic stability, funded by NTNU.
• Torstein I. Bø, PhD graduated March 2016, PhD thesis: Scenario- and Optimization-based Control of Marine Electric Power Systems, funded by NFR MAROFF project D2V: Design and verification of control systems for safe and energy-efficient vessels with hybrid power plants.
• Andrea Cristofaro, postdoc, 2014-2016, UAV anti- and de-icing (funded by ERCIM) and sensor fusion and collision avoidance for marine surface vessels (MAROFF project funded by Research Council of Norway, Maritime Robotics, DNV GL and Kongsberg Maritime)
• AmirHossein Nikoofard, graduated February 2016, PhD thesis: Control and Adaptive Observer Design for Managed Pressure and Underbalanced Drilling, funded by NFR PETROMAKS project Intelligent Drilling - Automated Underbalanced Drilling Operations.
• Aleksander Veksler, graduated November 2014, PhD thesis: Optimization-based control of diesel-electric ships in dynamic positioning, funded by NFR SUP on Control, Information and Communication Systems for Environmental and Safety Critical Systems.
• Jingjing Du, postdoc, 2013-2014, Integrated design of multiple model control, funded by ERCIM.
• Esten I. Grøtli, postdoc, 2010-2014, Mission and motion planning in unmanned aerial vehicles, funded by NTNU.
• Dac Tu Ho, postdoc, 2012-2013, Wireless communication protocols for unmanned aerial vehicles, funded by ERCIM and NTNU.
• Hege Langjord, graduated March 2011, PhD thesis: Nonlinear observer and control design for electropneumatic clutch actuation, funded by NFR / Kongsberg Automotive.
• Håvard Fjær Grip, graduated June 2010, PhD thesis: Topics in state and parameter estimation for nonlinear and uncertain systems, funded by NFR.
• Sui Dan, postdoc, 2009-2010, moving horizon observers. Funded by SUP Computational methods in Nonlinear Motion Control.
• Feng Le, postdoc, 2008-2009, optimal decompression of divers. Funded by SUP Computational methods in Nonlinear Motion Control.
• Steinar Morisbak Elgsæter, graduated October 2008, PhD thesis: Modeling and Optimizing the Offshore Production of Oil and Gas under Uncertainty, funded by NFR / ABB
• Jørgen Spjtvold, graduated June 2008, PhD thesis: Parametric programming in control theory, funded by NTNU and SUP Computational methods in Nonlinear Motion Control.
• Johannes Tjønnås, graduated June 2008, PhD thesis: Nonlinear and Adaptive Dynamic Control Allocation, funded by NFR / SUP Computational methods in Nonlinear Motion Control.
• Luca Pivano, graduated April 2008, PhD thesis: Thrust Estimation and Control of Marine Propellers in Four-Quadrant Operations, funded by NFR / SUP Computational methods in Nonlinear Motion Control.
• Jostein Bakkeheim, graduated April 2008, PhD thesis: Improved transient performance by Lyapunov-based reset of dynamic controllers, funded by the NFR - the Research Council of Norway.
• Damir Radan, graduated April 2008, PhD thesis: Integrated Control of Marine Electrical Power Systems.
• Hans Petter Bieker, graduated Oct 2007, PhD thesis: Topics in offshore oil production optimization using real time data, funded by NFR / ABB.
• Lars Nummedal, post.doc. 2005-2007, e-Operations and Real-time reservoir management, funded by NFR / ABB.
• Maria V. Ottermo, graduated June 2006, PhD thesis: Virtual palpation gripper in minimally invasive surgery, funded by the NFR - the Research Council of Norway.
• Alexandra Grancharova, postdoc, 2000-2003, Explicit model predictive control, funded by the European Commission. Research visitor spring 2004 and spring 2005, funded by NFR - the Research Council of Norway (on leave from Bulgarian Academy of Science).
• Petter Tøndel, graduated August 2003, Dr.ing. thesis: Constrained optimal control via multiparametric quadratic programming, funded by NFR - the Research Council of Norway. ESSO applied research award for best doctorate thesis at NTNU in 2003 received. Postdoc 2003-2005.
• Idar Petersen, graduated June 2003, Dr.ing. thesis: Wheel slip control in ABS brakes using gain scheduled optimal control with constraints, Funded by the European Commission.