Overview of student supervision and mentoring Roger Birkeland

PhD candidates

Co-supervisor

On-going

Corrado Chiatante	Data integration of multi-domain, multi-sensor systems (HYPCSI-project, from Norwegian Research Council, 2023 -)
Simen Berg	Agile small satellite operations for water quality monitoring (Oppdrag Mjøsa, NTNU Oceans, 2024 -)

Mentoring through project work

Graduated

Dennis Langer	(2024)
Marie Bøe Henriksen	On the calibration and optical performance of a Hyperspectral Imager for drones and small satellites (2023)
Evelyn Honoré-Livermore	Integrating Agile Systems Engineering and Project Management in Small Satellites Development (2022)
Sivert Bakken	Development of a small Satellite with a Hyperspectral Imaging Payload and Onboard Processing for Ocean Color (2022)
Gara Quintana Diaz	In-orbit Radio Measurements using Software-Defined Radios in Small Satellites (2022)

Master and bachelor students

Only the student projects with the most involvement as mentor + all as co-supervisor are listed for the HYPSO satellites (2018 - now). As a technical project manager and project leader for HYPSO-1 and HYPSO-2, I have been involved in mentoring/supervising of more students than listed.

Only master thesis students from the NTNU Test Satellite project (2010 - 2018) are listed.
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2024/2025
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Nolan Jacquot	GNSS-R system study -- antenna design	Internship	Co-supervisor
2023/2024
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Håvard Heen Brovold	NIR Hyperspectral camera for HYPSO-3 (tentative). From DTU.	MSc	Co-supervisor
Inge Gabriel Eide Johnsen	Tema frå bedrift -- Solstorm (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Martin Schau Draugsvoll	UltraBoB configuration and build system (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor/ product owner
BSc-group #2 (8 students)	SmallSatLab outreach web	IT2901	Co-supervisor/ product owner
BSc-group #3 (7 students)	Satellite telemetry alerting service	IT2901	Co-supervisor/ product owner
Simen Løka Eine	Operational FPGA reconfiguration framewok for small satellites (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Sander Waage Kvalsvik	GNNS-R (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
John Philip Nicolas Kværneng Carolan	GNSS-R (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Sverre Sandereid Fagerås	GNSS-R (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Kristin Mehli Skuterud	SDR applications for small satellites (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Wilhelm Kristiansen	HYPSO-2 SDR (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Hawraa Akil Razzaq	HYPSO data distribution (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Jules Soriani	GNSS-R system study, system and coverage analysis	Internship	Co-supervisor
Corentin Meunier	HYPSO-2 on-board processing pipeline modularization	Internship	Co-supervisor
Maxime Maulard	GNSS-R system study -- antenna design	Internship	Co-supervisor
2022/2023
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Anders Rise Gundersen	Test, verification, and calibration of an RGB instrument for HYPSO-2	MSc	Co-supervisor
Giacomo Melloni	Characterization of the downlink channel in the UHF band for LEO satellites)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Øyvind Skaaden (winner of the NIFRO prize 2024)	System Integration of the HYPSO-2 SDR: Enabling Fault-Tolerant Payload Operations and an Efficient Development Environment	MSc	Co-supervisor
Håkon Kindem	HYPSO-2 integrated system-of-systems (tentative)	MSc	Co-supervisor
Simen Heggelund	Shock and Vibration Testing, Redesigning, and Assembly of a Hyperspectral Imaging Payload for a 6U CubeSat	MSc	Mentor/Co-supervisor
Eirik Håland	TVAC testing, redesign, and assembly of a 6U CubeSat payload	MSc	Mentor/Co-supervisor
2021/2022
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Linn Marie Sønsterud	Detecting and avoiding errors during processing system over-the-air updates of a small satellite	MSc	Co-supervisor
Bjørn A. Odden, Andreas L. D. Haugli, Trym W. Kulseng, Magnus S. Skjølberg, Ole A. Høyby, Thomas N. Eilifsen	Web based GUI for satellite operations (SOUIES)	IT2901	Mentor/Co-supervisor
Magnhild Eeg, Simen L. Eine, Ken R. Dugan	Implementering av Cubesat Space Protocol over UART i programvare for minisatellitt	BSc	Co-supervisor
Simen Berg	Maximizing Payload Utilization of the HYPSO-1 Satellite	MSc	Co-supervisor
Thomas Halvard Bolle	Operationalizing testing setup used at NTNU SmallSat Lab Design of an Automatic Test-framework for On-board Software of Satellites	MSc	Co-supervisor
2020/2021
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Edvard Foss	An Automated and Coordinated Collision Avoidance System for Operators of Small Satellites in Low Earth Orbit	MSc	Co-supervisor
Tuva Okkenhaug Moxnes	A common software framework for a CubeSat with multiple payloads	MSc	Co-supervisor
2019/2020
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Live Jacobsen & Siri Gulliksrud	Utvidbart kontrollrom for satellitt	MSc	Mentor/project owner
2018/2019
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Magne Hov	Design and Implementation of Hardware and Software Interfaces for a Hyperspectral Payload in a Small	MSc	Co-supervisor
Vebjørn Rogne Kristvik	Strålingspåvirkning på optiske element for en Hyperspektral CubeSat-nyttelast	BSc	Co-supervisor
2017/2018
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Vilde Flognfeldt Rieker	Fundamental Theories and Methodologies for Assessing Radiation Hardness in Hydrogen-Terminated Diamond	MSc	Mentor
Petter Evju Skanke	CubeSat Propulsion - A Study of New Possibilities for the Small and Affordable Space Platform	MSc (pre-project)	Co-supervisor
2016/2017
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Øyvind Karlsen	Ground station considerations for the AMOS satellite programme	MSc	Mentor/project owner
2015/2016
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Stian Haug	NUTS Backplane Revision - Improving Reliability and Modularity of the NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Co-supervisor
Magne Alver Normann (winner of the NIFRO prize 2016)	Software Design of an Onboard Computer for a Nanosatellite	MSc	Co-supervisor
André Løfaldli	Design of ground station receiver for Kongsberg Satellite Services based on Software Defined Radio	MSc	Co-supervisor
Per Arne Rønning	A study of hardware compression of images	MSc	Co-supervisor
Jon Kalevi Oltedal	Development of a prototype of a candidate camera payload	MSc	Co-supervisor
Henrik Rudi Haave	Simulating Sun Vector Estimation and Finding Gyroscopes for the NUTS Project	MSc	Mentor/project owner
2014/2015
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Antoine F.X. Pignède	Prediction Algorithms for the NUTS Attitude Estimator and Robust Spacecraft Attitude Stabilization using Magnetorquers	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Marius F. Westgaard	Software Design and Controller Evaluation for the ADCS on the NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Co-supervisor
Erlend Riis Jahren	Design and Implementation of a Reliable Transport Layer Protocol for NUTS	MSc	Co-supervisor
Karl David Vea	NUTS: Ground station with GNU Radio and USRP	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Mathias Tømmer	UHF system for the NUTS CubeSat	Internship	Supervisor
2013/2014
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Martin Nygren	Solar Simulation for the NTNU Test Satellite Solar Cells	MSc	Co-supervisor
Anders Håland	Ferdigstilling og testing av mekanisk struktur for NUTS CubeSat	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Christian Elias Kiær & Magnus Haglund Arnesen	Mission Event Planning & Error-Recovery for CubeSat Applications	MSc	Co-supervisor
Marius Münch	Integration and verification of a keyed-hash message authentication scheme based on broadcast timestamps for NUTS	MSc	Co-supervisor
Øyvind Rein	Developing an ADCS Prototype for NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Mayeul Marcadella	Improvement in the Reliability of a Bi-Processing Unit Satellite Subject to Radiation-Induced Bit-Flips	MSc	Co-supervisor
2012/2013
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Kjell Arne Ødegaard	Error Detection and Correction for Low-Cost Nano Satellites	MSc	Co-supervisor
Espen Meland	Grensesnitt for IR-kamera i studentsatellitten NUTS	MSc	Co-supervisor
Brenda Escobar	Link Budget for NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Co-supervisor
Christian Nomme	Mechanical design of CubeSat structures using composites and polymers	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Fredrik Alvenes	Attitude Controller-Observer Design for the NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Morten Hatlen	On-board, Fourier-Based Image-Analysis System for Satellite Observation of Gravity Waves	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Jordi Francés Matas	Internal Wireless Bus for a CubeSat	MSc	Co-supervisor
Torleif Ajer Thomassen	Software quality assurance on a Student Satellite - The NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
2011/2012
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Gaute Bråthen	Design of Attitude Control System of a Double CubeSat	MSc	Co-supervisor
Marianne Bakken (winner of the NIFRO prize 2012)	Signal Processing for Communicating Gravity Wave Images from the NTNU Test Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Kai Inge Rokstad	Utvikling av komposittramme for satellitt	MSc	Co-supervisor
Snorre Rønning	Optimizing an Infrared Camera for Observing Atmospheric Gravity Waves from a CubeSat Platform	MSc	Co-supervisor
Fredrik Sola Holberg	Design of Attitude Estimation and Control System for a Cube Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Dan Erik Holmstrøm	The Internal Data Bus in a Student Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Sandesh Prasai	Access control of NUTS uplink	MSc	Co-supervisor
Lars Erik Jacobsen	Electrical Power System of the NTNU Test Satellite: Design of the EPS	MSc	Co-supervisor
Sigvald Marholm	Antenna Systems for NUTS	MSc	Co-supervisor
Toril Bye Rinnan	Development and Comparison of Estimation Methods for Attitude Determination	MSc	Mentor/project owner
2010/2011
Name	Topic/title	Type	Involvement
Beathe Hagen Stenhaug	Antenna system for a ground station communicating with the NTNU Test Satellite (NUTS)	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Dewald de Bruyn	Power Distribution and Conditioning for a Small Student Satellite: Design of the NUTS Backplane & EPS Module	MSc	Co-supervisor
Marius Lind Volstad	Internal Data Bus of a Small Student Satellite	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Zdenko Tudor	Design and Implementation of Attitude Control for 3-axes Magnetic Coil Stabilization of a Spacecraft	MSc	Mentor/project owner
Kristian Jensen and Kaan Huseby Yabar	Development, Implementation and Testing of Two Attitude Estimation Methods for Cube Satellites)	MSc	Mentor/project owner