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Annual Report 2016
SAMCoT
DISSEMINATION
It is important for research to be disseminated in order
for it to be applied. SAMCoT Work Packages (WPs)
leaders made a strong communication effort in 2016
by organizing a series of WP specific workshops, where
Industry and Research partners presented their strategic
needs and questions. Furthermore, SAMCoT PhD can-
didates and postdocs presented the status and future
plans for their research during the annual Scientific
Seminar held in May. The SAMCoT Communication team
shared news of the Centre’s main research activities
through the production of numerous videos and articles
in popular and social media.
FIELD WORK
Among the many field activities described in this annual
report, the participation of three of our SAMCoT PhD
candidates in Arctic Ocean 2016 deserves a special
mention. Arctic Ocean 2016 was a six-week-long
polar research expedition in collaboration with Canada
involving two icebreakers, the Swedish icebreaker Oden
(SPRS) and the Canadian icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent.
SAMCoT’s PhD candidates attended in this research
cruise as part of the SPRS contribution to the Centre.
In addition, and before this activity, the icebreaker Oden
sailed towards the ice following the west/north coast
of Spitsbergen. The aim of the expedition was to make
engine power and performance measurements while the
ship was breaking ice. Two SAMCoT researchers joined
the expedition to study ice breaking and icebreaker
performance.
Another important international collaboration was
SAMCoT’s fieldwork on the Russian coast with the
support from Moscow State University (MSU). SAMCoT
performed extensive field studies at Baydaratskaya Bay
in September 2016. The Russian Arctic coast is of great
interest to some of our SAMCoT partners and to Arctic
research on coastal technology in general.
SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
In addition to SAMCoT’s associated project Ice-induced
vibrations of Offshore Structures (IVOS), the Centre
continued its extensive collaborative links with different
research programmes and organizations. In particular,
SAMCoT has built a reliable scientific network among
other Centers funded by the Norwegian Research Coun-
cil. SAMCoT’s Ice Management and Design Philosophy
research group is well established in its collaboration
with the Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and
Systems (SFF AMOS). Currently four PhD candidates
benefit from this collaboration. Another SAMCoT
research group, Floating Structures, also benefits from
the collaboration with a different SFI, the Center for
Integrated Remote Sensing and Forecasting for Arctic
Operations (SFI CIRFA). In this case the collaboration is
through the research of a female PhD candidate.
In addition to its collaboration with other research
Centres, SAMCoT has a strong link with Norut Narvik
through the MOSIDEO project Microscale interaction of
oil with sea ice for detection and environmental risk
management in sustainable operations. A PhD candidate
and a postdoc linked to this project are located at
SAMCoT/NTNU facilities to gain knowledge of the
interactions between oil and sea ice pores as well as of
risk assessment and contingency planning for oil spills
in sea ice covered waters.
SAMCoT & PHD EDUCATION
SAMCoT’s host institution NTNU has the main respon-
sibility for higher education in technology in Norway,
which clearly adds value to the Centre’s research and
its role in its PhD candidates’ education. SAMCoT is
strongly linked to NTNU Oceans, one of four strategic
research areas at NTNU that aims to achieve ”Knowled-
ge for a sustainable ocean”. Our PhD candidates take
part in the Ocean School of Innovation, which has as
its goals to create a culture for innovation, strengthen
awareness and competence in innovation and increase
the commercialization of research results.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Professor Akihisa Konno from the Kogakuin University
(Tokyo UrbanTech) was a visiting researcher in 2016
at NTNU/SAMCoT. His stay greatly contributed to
the definition of the Japan-Norway Collaboration for
Sustainable Development of the Arctic (JNArc) project,
for which SAMCoT/NTNU applied for funding from the
INTPART programme (which is jointly operated by the
RCN and SIU, the Norwegian Centre for International
Cooperation in Education). In addition, SAMCoT Centre
Director S. Løset participated in the Japan-Norway
Arctic Science & Innovation Week in June 2016.
In its effort to address a critical area in Arctic research,
SAMCoT increased its participation in EU projects
through Hydralab+. The grant was approved and activity
was implemented in 2016, which provided a unique
opportunity to advance in-depth research in the field of
wave/ice interaction. This was also a great opportunity
to use the unique Large Ice Model Basin equipped with a
wavemaker, provided by SAMCoT’s partner, the Hamburg
Ship Model Basin (HSVA).
I would like to thank all our partners
for their continuous involvement
and confidence in the vision and
importance of the work we all do
at SAMCoT.
Sveinung Løset
SAMCoT Centre Director