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Annual Report 2015
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NOWITECH
Norwegian Research Centre for Offshore Wind Technology
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
The Scientific Committee (SC) has developed a top quality PhD
and Postdoctoral programme in collaboration with CMG. This
includes an active recruitment strategy, invitation of international
experts for giving lectures, arrangements of scientific colloquia
and seminars, and exposing scholars to industry and leading
international research groups through NOWITECHs mobility
programme.
The scientific leadership is carried out by the Centre Director and CMG in close collaboration with the
Scientific Committee. Decisions as regards scientific directions, contents and prioritisation are executed by
the CMG. The SC has the responsibility for the educational part and provides strategic advice on scientific
focus and priorities.
The Scientific Committee consists of a core group with relevant NTNU professors and the Centre Director,
and an extended group consisting of other Norwegian members and representatives of the associated
international research partners.
During 2015 the Scientific Committee core group met more or less on a monthly basis. They handled day-to-
day operations regarding PhD and Postdoc programme, recruitment, educational issues, etc. and applicants
for the mobility programme. In 2015 the programme supported intermediate-term research visits and SC
meetings.
The extended SC accomplished two full meetings in 2015; one in February back-to-back with the EERA
DeepWind conference in Trondheim, and one in June in Bergen. These extended SC meetings involved
an evaluation of the scientific content of NOWITECH’s results and giving strategic advice on direction of
research. The SC also pays attention to the publication activity in NOWITECH.
Figure 7: Accumulated number of publications in NOWITECH.
Michael Muskulus
NTNU, Vice-chair
Trond Kvamsdal
NTNU, Chair SC
2009
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PhD dissertation (acc)
Post doc ongoing
PhD ongoing
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Books/theses
Media contribution
Posters
Reports
Conference
presentation
Conference paper
Peer-reviewed