The research on process control covers applications within oil and gas production, new energy systems, plants for CO2 capture, chemical plants, etc.

The main fields of research are optimization-based methods for control and estimation, production optimization, nonlinear control theory, parameter estimation and nonlinear state estimation/observer design.

• Professor Bjarne Foss
• Professor Ole Morten Aamo
• Professor Morten Hovd
• Professor Tor Arne Johansen
• Professor Lars Imsland
• Adjunct Professor Steinar Sælid (Prediktor AS)
• Adjunct Professor Erik Ydstie (Carnegie Mellon University)

• Center for Integrated Operations in the Petroleum Industry
• NTNU/SINTEF Gemini centre for Advanced Process Control (PROST)
• The Gas Technology Centre, NTNU-SINTEF
• Strategic university program (SUP) on Control, Information and Communication Systems for Environmental and Safety Critical Systems
• Knowledge-building Project with User Involvement (KMB) on Optimal Power Network Design and Operation

• Optimization of oil and gas production
• Pulp & paper
• Polymer production and other petrochemical industry
• Metalurgical processes
• Hydrocarbon drilling