The main objective of CRI-SIMLab is to develop a technology platform for safe and cost effective structures in aluminium, high-strength steels, and polymers through advances in research areas such as materials, solution techniques, and structures.

What does CRI stand for?

The Research Council of Norway has awarded elite centre status to SIMLab, with its partners the Department of Materials Technology and SINTEF, designating it a Centre for Research-based Innovation (CRI, or SFI in Norwegian) for the period 2007-2014. The objective of the Centre for Research-based Innovation scheme is to strengthen Norwegian research groups that work in close collaboration with partners from industry and public enterprises and encourage long-term research that promotes innovation and value creation.

Personnel	Man years 2009/09
Doctoral candidates	9
Post docs	2
Key scientists (NTNU and SINTEF)	15
Visiting/Partner scientists	5 -10 / year
Staff engineers	1
Preliminary Budget	NOK (Euro)
NOK per annum.	27.5 million (3.5 M Euro)
NOK in total over the next 8 years	220 million (28.9 M Euro)
Publications (since 1999)	Articles / papers
Articles published in international journals	67
Papers presented at international conferences	60
Figures last revised of January 2010. For more details see the CRI-SIMLab Annual Report

Industry demands results fast. Through researcher exchange—industrial partners send researchers, and SIMLab's doctoral candidates join these enterprises—SIMLab creates an effective interaction that results in real world solutions at a brisk pace. In addition to the practical application of results in cooperation with its partners, SIMLab strongly emphasizes the dissemination of research results through publication in international journals and at conferences.