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Researchers at the University of Stavanger are now one step closer to finding out what is in the core of neutron stars. A new estimate shows that it is 75-90 percent likely that neutron stars hide cores of quark material.
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The UiS Aerospace rocket launch took place successfully 27 April in Helleland.
Students from different study programs across UiS were invited to engage in a challenge-based learning activity, aiming at generating new ideas for developing the future hotel.
Yucong Ma has researched dynamic analysis and design of subsea shuttle tanker systems.
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Professor Dimitrios G. Pavlou was recently awarded the prestigious Hojjat Adeli Award for Innovation in Computing.
Physics of Fluids (PoF) belongs to American Institute of Physics (AIP) academic journals and is traditionally known as one of the best fluid mechanic journals in the world.
In his PhD work, Mehul Vora has contributed to new knowledge about the environmental risk related to shortlisted products and processes in improved and enhanced oil recovery.
Only 34 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2023 Outreach for Engineers Forum. Three UiS researchers got a scholarship.
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Scientists and engineers from all over the world were gathered in Olympia in Greece to take part in the first ever engineering Olympiad.
How to reduce cost of energy for future large offshore wind turbines in free-wind and wake conditions by using full-scale wind and response data from offshore wind farms.
The goal is to find environmentally friendly solutions for shipping and transport in Arctic waters.
UiS researchers got funding for Polish-Norwegian collaboration.
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Three doctoral students and two master students share their experiences after one semester with engineering studies at the University of Stavanger.
Our research group has competence on design, analysis and testing of materials and structures. The current research and development activities in our group can be divided into concrete structures and technology, wind engineering and extreme loads, fatigue and structural integrity.
28 students participated in a trip to the Rosenberg Worley facilities in Buøy.
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On the 25th of October 2022, Izwan Ahmad was awarded the 2022 Innovation Awards for master’s students by Rogaland county mayor Marianne Chesak.
There is a new, free, maths and physics drop-in support centre at UiS. The service is offered by Theta, the linjeforening for maths and physics students, with support from Department of Mathematics and Physics.
PhD candidate Bernardo Costa came out on top in the competition for best extended abstract during a wind engineering conference.
Fredrik Bjørheim, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Science and Technology, has investigated damage assessment and modeling of ageing structures.
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Researchers at UiS have developed an energy converter that creates electricity from sea currents and river flows.
The reason of 98% of the failures of mechanical systems and 60% of the failures of structures subjected to variable loading conditions is fatigue.
Students from all over the world got the opportunity to meet some of the leading physicists at the 2022 XQCD PhD school.
The paper was awarded at the 40th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE2021).
Only 25 young researchers around the world were selected to participate in the OMAE2022 Outreach for Engineers Forum. 6 PhD research fellows from UiS were awarded with a scholarship.
Smart Assets, Digital and Integrated Operations, and Condition monitoring and Maintenance Analytics.
Solar Energy Research Group seeks to overcome barriers to world solar adoption by connecting solar energy researchers from different disciplines and perspectives at the University of Stavanger. The research group is a place to share research, projects, dissemination, and ongoing activities. The group also helps researchers find ways to work together and promote joint initiatives.
How can the established theory of particle physics, the Standard Model, be used to predict the material properties of the cores of neutron stars? Researchers at the University of Stavanger might have the answer.
The research group for mechanical engineering and materials technology has broad expertise in the design of mechanical components, testing and development of materials, manufacturing methods and methods for load calculations and fluid dynamics.
Oceans cover more than 70 % of the earth’s surface. However, those are still much unexplored.
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Do you want to learn more about the smallest building blocks in nature? UiS have invited three world famous physicists to tell us in everyday language about the role particles play in nature and the strong forces binding them together.
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Master student Sharath Chandar Joghee is collaborating with the local company Energy Innovation to implement new safety solutions for the wind industry.
A proposed centre of excellence (SFF), Quark-Lab will build a bridge between the collider physics and gravitational wave astronomy communities based on fundamental theory.
– I carry out risk analyses and assessments related to accident incidents/accident loads for Ferry-free E39, says Daniel.
– You are given the opportunity to study risk analysis in one of the most internationally acknowledged research environments within this discipline, says Ingrid Glette-Iversen.
UiS is part of the Lean 6σ Learning Academy, organised by European Networks for Performance Enhancement in Mechanical (Manufacturing) and Construction Industry.
Ocean Technology Innovation Cluster Stavanger (OTICS) connects researchers, educators and students at UiS with partners in industry, business and public sector with focus on ocean technology.
The demand and development of global wind power energy have significantly increased in the past decades. The wind power could be captured and converted into electricity through the wind turbine.
This area focuses on Wind and Wave Load and Response Modelling and Monitoring.
UiS researchers study a range of issues connected to Offshore and Subsea Technology.
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Associate Professor Ari Tarigan from the Department of economics, safety and planning is part of a group of researchers from Polish and Norwegian universities that was awarded almost 2 million euros for their project “Greencoin”, an interactive system that will promote environmentally friendly behaviour among citizens through a reward system.