BRU21 Academy

BRU21 Academy

The BRU21 team is establishing a continuing education master program in Digitalization and Automation in the Energy Sector where the courses are aligned with the BRU21 research.

NTNU runs several continuing education programs, please see the continuing education pages at NTNU for a list of programs. Among these programs is the Technology Management and Digital Transformation program where our ambition is to establish the specialization in Digitalization and Automation in the Energy Sector. The structure of our specialization is planned as follows:

  • A set of 5 basic courses where the students choose 4 out of these courses
  • A set of specialization courses in digitalization and automation in the energy sector where the students choose 4 out of these courses, see a list of current and planned courses below
  • A master project where the student typically applies theory from the program on a relevant use case in her/his own company.

For continuing education programs it is expected that the student studies in parallel with ordinary work which means that the duration of the program is around 4 years. There is no required sequence of the courses to follow, but for some courses there is a recommended sequence.

To be admitted to the master program it is required to have a BSc degree in a technology discipline and minimum two years of relevant work experience.

Time table

The schedule for the courses in the specialization are as follows:

Course name Contacts Semester
Remote operations Elena Parmiggiani, Vidar Hepsø September 23 & 24 and November 4& 6, autumn 2024. Sign up ☑.
Digital solutions for planning and optimization of maintenance Jørn Vatn October 8 & 9and November 19, 20 & 21, autumn 2024.  Sign up ☑.
Petroleum Cybernetics for Engineers and Managers Alexey Pavlov September 3,4 & 5 and September 23, 24 & 25, autumn 2024. Sign up ☑.
Digital Twins for Managing Safety and Reliability of Systems Jørn Vatn  Spring 2025. Sign up ☑.
Demonstrating Safety of Novel Solutions Jørn Vatn Spring 2025. Sign up ☑.

Description of the specialization courses

Description of the specialization courses

PK6031 - Digital Twins for Managing Safety and Reliability of Systems

The starting point for the course is a discussion of basic concepts within safety and reliability analysis. Then we introduce qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques: Functional Failure Analysis, Failure Mode and Effect Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, Reliability Block Diagram analysis and Markov modelling.

PK6029 - Digital solutions for planning and optimization of maintenance

The starting point for the course is a maintenance management and use of computer based maintenance management systems (CMMS). Specific topics to cover partly depends on the interest by the students, but tentatively we cover the following topics: Age, block and minimal maintenance strategies. Optimization of interval and intervention level in predictive maintenance. Digital twins for the maintenance function.

IT6207 - Remote operations

The primary case for remote operations is usually to limit the number of personnel on a production site and thus limit exposure to hazardous environments, as well as to enable easier and faster access to expert support independently of the location. Ongoing digitalization in the energy sector presents several opportunities but also new challenges for current and future remote operations.

PG6210 - Petroleum Cybernetics for Engineers and Managers

During the course the participants will get acquainted with a toolbox of cybernetics technologies, learn about their benefits and limitations, specifics of their application in the oil and gas industry, as well as application examples within drilling and well, production, operations and reservoir domains.

PK6032 - Safety demonstration of novel solutions

The course will give a thorough understanding of concepts, requirements, and methods used in relation to reliability assessments of safety-critical systems, within the frames of standards like IEC 61508.