Research activities, Tor Arne Johansen, NTNU

Some research centers and project that I am currently/recently involved in:

§ Center of Excellence, Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (AMOS), 2013-2023. Funded by the Research Council of Norway, NTNU, Equinor, DNV GL and the Sintef Group.

§ NTNU Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Laboratory (UAV-lab)

§ NTNU SmallSatLab; HYPSO mission

§ University Technology Center (UTC) on Ship Performance and Cyber-Physical Systems – Kongsberg Maritime

§ SeaBee - Norwegian Infrastructure for Drone-based research, mapping and monitoring in the coastal zone. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (Infrastucture grant), managed by NIVA in collaboration with NTNU, IMR, NIVA, NR, and GRID Arendal.

§ Observational Pyramid with Hyperspectral Nano-Satellites for Ocean Science (HYPSCI), 2022-2025 funded by NFR and NTNU (fellesløftet).

§ AUTOBarge - European training and research network on Autonomous Barges for Smart Inland Shipping. Funded by the European Commission under the Horizon2020 program.

§ AWAS - Autonomous water sampling with real-time in situ data analysis for ocean environmental monitoring. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS), managed by NTNU in collaboration with NIVA, Maritime Robotics and Moen Marin.

§ SentiPro - Multi-Sensor Data Timing, Synchronization and Fusion for Intelligent Robots. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS), managed by NTNU in collaboration with SentiSystems, Maritime Robotics, and Zeabuz.

§ ProfSea - Ship operational performance in following seas. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (Knowledge building project), managed by NTNU in collaboration with Sintef Ocean, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO), Kongsberg Maritime, Miros, MET, NDMA, Coast Guard, and Eidsvaag.

§ TRUSST - Assuring Trustworthy, Safe and Sustainable Transport for All. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (Innovation project), managed by DNV GL in collaboration with Zeabuz, Marine Technologies and NTNU.

§ Autonomous detection and mitigation of in-flight icing on unmanned aerial vehicles. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS), managed by NTNU in collaboration with UBIQ Aerospace, Andøya Space, Maritime Robotics and VTT Finland.

§ Adverse weather mission planning for unmanned aerial vehicles. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (Innovation project), managed by UBIQ Aerospace in collaboration with NTNU.

§ Unmanned Aircrafts in All Future Airspace – UAFFA. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (Innovation project), managed by Radionor Communications in collaboration with Andøya Space and NTNU.

§ Machine Piloted Unmanned Systems - MPUS. Funded by the Research Council of Norway (Innovation project), managed by Radionor Communications in collaboration with Kongsberg Seatex, Maritime Robotics and NTNU.

§ Efficient Learning and Optimization Tools for Hyperspectral Imaging Systems (ELO-Hyp). Bilateral (EEA) project with Romania funded by Grants Norway. Managed by Univ. Polytech. Bucuresti in collaboration with NTNU, Univ. Bucuresti and Spitalul Clinica Coltea.

§ OceanEye - All-weather, high-precision intelligent payload for sea surface object detection, funded by the Research Council of Norway (MAROFF) and Maritime Robotics.

§ Navigation System Integrity Assurance for Safety-Critical Autonomous Operations, funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS) and headed by Sintef Digital

§ Cyber-Physical Security for Safety-Critical Aviation Operations, funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS) and headed by Sintef Digital

§ ROV Revolution, funded by Research Council of Norway (MAROFF), Kongsberg Maritime, Reach Subsea

§ D•ICE ROTORS – Protecting the unmanned aircraft industry, funded by Research Council of Norway (BIA) and UBIQ Aerospace

§ RAPP – Realization of Autonomous Passenger Ferry, funded by Research Council of Norway (PilotT), Maritime Robotics, Sundbåten and others

§ Mission-oriented autonomous systems with small satellites for maritime sensing, surveillance and communication (MASSIVE), funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS), 2017-2022

§ Maritime Landing System for UAS (MarLander), innovation project funded by the Research Council of Norway (MAROFF), Maritime Robotics, Equinor, and NOFO, 2018-2021

§ Autonomous optimized energy management and advanced control for hybrid electric propulsion air vehicles (FlightSmart), innovation project funded by the Research Council of Norway (BIA), Equator Aircraft, Maritime Robotics, 2018-2021

§ Autonomous Drone-based Surveys of Ships in Operation (ADRASSO), innovation project funded by the Research Council of Norway (MAROFF), DNV GL, Norsk Elektrooptikk, Scout Drone Inspection, Jotun, IDLEtechs, 2018-2022

§ Unlocking the potential of autonomous systems and operations through supervisory risk control (UNLOCK), funded by the Research Council of Norway (FRINATEK), 2018-2022, project lead Ingrid Utne, NTNU.

§ ORCAS – Online risk management and risk control for autonomous ships, knowledge building project funded by the Research Council of Norway MAROFF program jointly with DNV GL, Kongsberg Maritime, project lead Ingrid Utne, NTNU.

§ Ocean-Air synoptic operations using coordinated autonomous robotic SYStems and micro underwater gliders (OASYS), funded by the Research Council of Norway under the MARTERA program, project lead Alex Alcocer, UiOA, 2018-2020.

§ Nonlinear Autopilot Design for Increased Extended Flight Envelopes and Operation of Fixed-Wing UAVs in Extreme Conditions, funded by the Research Council of Norway (IKTPLUSS), 2017-2021, project lead Thor Fossen.

§ Intelligent monitoring of drilling operations in sensitive environments (INDORSE), funded by Research Council of Norway (PETROMAKS2), 2017-2020, project lead by Sintef Oceans, project lead Morten Alver, Sintef Oceans.

§ Ground based technologies for a real-time unmanned aerial system traffic management system (UTMS) – CLASS, SESAR-JU project, coordinated by Airbus, 2017-2019.

§ Hybrid Operations in Maritime Environments (HOME), innovation project funded by the Research Council of Norway (MAROFF), jointly with Radionor Communications, Kongsberg Seatex and Maritime Robotics, 2017-2020.

§ Multi-stage global sensor fusion for navigation using nonlinear observers and eXogenous Kalman filter, funded by the Research Council of Norway (FRINATEK), 2016-2020.

§ TerraDrone – Earth observation from unmanned aerial vehicles, innovation project funded by the Research Council of Norway (BIA), jointly with Maritime Robotics AS, IDLEtechs AS, NGU (Norges Geologiske Undersøkelser) and ICRAF (World Agroforstry Centre), 2016-2019.

§ Centre for integrated remote sensing and forecasting for arctic operations - CIRFA.

§ Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems for Marine and Coastal Monitoring (MarineUAS). H2020 Innovative Training Network, 2015-2018.

§ Training in Embedded Predictive Control and Optimization (TEMPO). FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network, 2014-2018.

See publication list for outcomes of research.