Thesis title: Atomistic scale thermal transport in metal and polymer

Assessment committee:

• Professor HengAn Wu, University of Science and Technology of China
• Senior Scientist Erik Andreassen, SINTEF Industry, Norway
• Associate Professor Victorien Prot, NTNU

Thesis title: Molecular Insights into Hydrate Adhesion on Surfaces

Assessment Committee:

Associate Professor Hossein Sojoudi, The University of Toledo, USA

Specialist Xiaoyun Li, Equinor ASA, Norway

Associate Professor Marius Solberg, NTNU

Thesis: Atomistic insight into nanofluid enabled enhanced oil recovery

Assessment committee:

• Professor Vlasis Mavrantzas, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 
• Dr. Wilhelm Glomm, Sintef Industry, Norway
• Associate Professor Victorien Prot, NTNU

Thesis: Nanomechanical characterization of additively manufactured metallic materials

Assessment committee:

Professor Reinhard Pippan, Erich Schimid Institute of Materials Science, Austria

Dr. Jun Liu, Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Norway

Associate Professor Senbo Xiao, NTNU

Thesis: Mechanisms and enhancement of CO2 condensation heat transfer

Evaluation committee:

Professor emeritus Bengt Sundén, Lund University, Sweden

Dr. Jostein Pettersen, Equinor

Professor Kjell Magne Mathisen, NTNU

Thesis: Atomistic Insights to Interfacial Dynamics

Assessment committee:

Prof. Niall English, University of College Dublin, Ireland

Prof. Youguo Yan, China University of Petroleum, China

Assoc. Prof. Chiara Bertolin, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NTNU

Thesis: Thermodynamics of Nanoscale Films and Fluid Volumes

Assessment committee:

Professor Thijs J. H. Vlugt, TU Delft, The Netherlands

Senior Scientist Wei Dong, CNRS Lyon, France

Associate Professor Anders Lervik, Department of Chemistry, NTNU

Thesis title: Thermal transport in metal-polymer systems

Assessment committee:

Associate Professor Masahiro Nomura, Tokyo University, Japan

Senior Scientist Erik Andreassen, SINTEF Industry, Norway

Associate Professor Marius Solberg, NTNU, Norway

Thesis title: Residual stresses and dimensional deviation in metal additive manufacturing: prediction and mitigation methods

The PhD thesis assessment Committee members:   

·Professor Stewart Williams, Cranfield University, UK                  

·Dr. Magnus Eriksson, Sintef Industry, Norway                 

·Professor Bjørn Skallerud, NTNU

Thesis title: Self-assembled superstructures of magnetic nanoparticles: advanced nanofabrication and enhanced mechanical properties

Assessment Committee:

• Professor Lennart Bergström, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Senior Scientist Ole Martin Løvvik, Sintef Industry, Oslo, Norway
• Professor Kjell Magne Mathisen, NTNU

Thesis title: Fundamental Mechanisms of Ice Adhesion

Assessment Committee:

- Professor Alidad Amirfazli, York University, Canada
- Dr. Øyvind Byrkjedal, Kjeller Vindteknikk AS, Norway
- Associate Professor Hilde Lea Lein, NTNU

The title of the PhD thesis: Numerical Study on Ductile-to-Brittle Transition of Steel and its Behavior under Residual Stresses

The evaluation committee:

• Professor Aleksandar Sedmak, University of Belgrade, Serbia (1. Opponent)
• Chief Engineer Mons Hauge, Equinor, Norway (2. Opponent)
• Associate Professor Victorien Emile Prot, NTNU

Thesis title "Atomistic Insight into Transportation of Nanofluid in Ultra-Confined Channel"

Evaluation committee:

• Professor HengAn Wu, University of Science and Technology of China
• Leading Advisor Knut Uleberg, Equinor
• Førsteamanuensis Victorien Prot, NTNU

Thesis title: Electromechanical characterization of metal-coated polymer spheres for conductive adhesives

Evaluation committee: 

Professor Ching-Ping Wong, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA       

Dr. Laura Frisk, Tampere University of Technology, Finland                       

Professor Bjørn Helge Skallerud, NTNU

Thesis title: Determining the tensile properties of Arctic materials and modelling their effects on fracture

Evaluation committee: 

• Professor Jacques Besson, MINES ParisTech, France
• Dr. Mons Hauge, Equinor AS
• Adjunct Professor Helge Kristiansen, NTNU

Topic: On the factors affecting the ductile-brittle transition in as-quenched fully and partially martensitic low-carbon steels
Opponents: Professor Bevis Hutchinson Swerea KIMAB & Professor Kim Verbeken Ghent University (Belgium)

Defense committee:

Prof. Michael Ortiz, California Institute of Technology, USA 

Senior Researcher Ole Martin Løvik, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Oslo, Norway

Professor Alexei Vinogradov, NTNU

Defense committee:

Prof. Alan Cocks, University of Oxford, UK 

Dr. Mons Hauge, Statoil, Norway

Associate Professor Victorien Emile Prot, NTNU

Professor Julius Vancso, University of Twente, The Netherland (First Opponent)
Dr. Sean Erik Foss, Institute for Energy Technology, Norway (Second Opponent)
Professor Helge Kristiansen, NTNU

Evaluation committee

The first opponent: Prof. James Morris, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Portland State University, Oregon, USA

The second opponent: Chief Scientist Maaike Margrete Visser Taklo, Department of Instrumentation, SINTEF ICT

The third opponent: Prof. Kjell Magne Mathisen, Dep. of Structural Engineering, NTNU

Evaluation committee

The first opponent: Associate Professor Shijo Nagao, Osaka University, Japan

The second opponent: Associate Professor Caroline Laforte, Université du Québec á Chicoutimi, Canada

The third opponent: Associate Professor Hilde Lea Lein, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU

The first opponent: Prof. Lars-Erik Lindgren, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden

The second opponent: Dr. Mohammed Mhamdi, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Norway

Administrator: Associate Professor Jianying He, NTNU

Professor Boris I. Yakobson, Rice University, USA (First opponent)

Senior Scientist Ole Martin Lørvik, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Norway (second opponent) 

Professor Kjell Magne Mathisen, NTNU (administrator of the committee)

The first opponent: Senior Lecturer Dr Wenyi YAN, Monash University, Australia
The second opponent: Dr. Odd Perry Søvik, Benteler Aluminium Systems Norway
Administrator: Associate Professor Victorien Prot, NTNU 

The first opponent: Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Möller, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
The second opponent Professor Georges Cailletaud, MINES ParisTech,  France
Administrator Professor Bjørn Holmedal, NTNU

The first opponent: Prof. Lars-Erik Lindgren, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
The second opponent: Dr. Knut Arne Paulsen, Hydro Aluminium, Norway
Administrator: Professor Arild Holm Clausen, NTNU

The first opponent: Prof. Noel P O'Dowd, University of Limerick, Ireland
The second opponent: Prof. Kenneth A Macdonald, Universitetet i Stavanger, Norway
Administrator: Prof. II Mons Hauge, NTNU

Huang Yuan, Professor, Dr.-Ing. (Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Tyskland )
Eirik Hagen, Dr.ing. (Hydro Aluminium, Porsgrunn )
Bjørn Skallerud, Professor, dr.ing. (NTNU)

The first opponent: Prof. Joost J. Vlassak, Harvard University USA.
The second opponent: Dr. Einar  L. Hinrichsen, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, Norway
Administrator: Professor Cristian Thaulow, NTNU

Professor David Anthony Hills, University of Oxford
Sjefsforsker, dr.ing. Dag T. Wang, SINTEF IKT, Oslo
Professor Gunnar Härkegård, NTNU