About OJ

Short about Ole Jorgen Nydal

EDUCATION
   1991             Dr.Scient, Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo, Norway
   1982             Siving (MSc) Physics, Norwegian Institute of Technology (now NTNU), Norway
POSITIONS
   1998-current Professor, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU, Norway
   1998-2004     Scientific Advisor, SINTEF
   1996-1998     Professor II in Multiphase Flow, University of Oslo
    1983-1998     Research Scientist, Section Head   Multiphase Flow, IFE, Norway
MOBILITY
    Norwegian, born in Canada
    Childhood in Ethiopia
    1981-82    Walk-about in Africa (one year down the east side)
    1987-88    Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy (one year PhD research)
   1993-94     College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara (one year visiting researcher)
   2007-08    School of Engineering, University of Western Australia (one year visiting professor)
   2016-17    UDSM, ATC Tanzania (one year)
    2022-23     Tanzania (ATC), Uganda (Makerere), Namibia (NEI/UNAM) (2 x half year)
SUPERVISION
   1998-current    supervision: 12 Postdocs/Researchers, 28 PhDs, about 130 Student projects
   1998-current    Co-supervision: 1 Postdocs, 21 PhDs
    1998-current    Hosting 10 visiting professor/researchers in Multiphase Flow Laboratory
RESEARCH
    Small scale off-grid renewable energy technology. Solar heat storage for cooking. Adsorption refrigeration.
    Multiphase transport in pipes, experiments and dynamic models.
    Numerical modelling: Dynamic 1D oil-water-gas pipe flows (C++, Qt, Matlab). Ray tracing (C++, Qt, OpenGL)
    Experiments:     Established and managed Multiphase Flow Laboratory at NTNU. Now being converted to energy laboratory.
PROJECTS
    IFE         Contract research projects on multiphase flow models (OLGA type) and experiments
    NTNU Multiphase pipe flows. Established laboratory and associated numerical modelling and conducted projects with
             RCN, IFE, SINTEF; Hydro, Statoil (Equinor), IFP Paris, Shell, Chevron, ENI, Total, BP, SaudiAramco, Conoco, Hyundai, SubseaOne.
             Small scale renewable energy technology. Education and research projects in NORAD Programs with universities in
             Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, South Africa
INTERESTS
    I support the NTNU vision: Knowledge for a better world. Open universities and external partnerships are important.
    Other: Sailing, boating, 4x4, safari, injera, grand children