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Modeling and Control of Surge and Rotating Stall in Compressors
Name: Gravdahl, Jan T.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 23.04.98
Automatic Station Keeping of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Name: Lågstad, Petter
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 09.10.98
Signal Processing in Doppler Ultrasound for Blood Velocity Measurement
Name: Lai, Xiaoing
Supervisor: Angelsen
Disputation: 13.02.98
Stabilization of Linear Systems with Input Magnitude and Rate Saturations
Name: Lauvdal, Trygve
Supervisor: Fossen
Disputation: 23.03.98
On Camera-Based Smoke and Gas Leakage Detection
Name: Nybø, Hans Olav
Supervisor: Onshus
Disputation: 25.06.98
New finctionality in plant operating support systems - Methodology and organizational inpacts.
Name: Simensen, Jo
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 26.12.98
On Robust Constrained Nonlinear Control and Hybrid Control: BMI and MPC Based State-Feedback Schemes
Name: Slupphaug, Olav
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 01.12.98
Model based operation of a precipitation process.
Name: Støle-Hansen, Kjell
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 28.05.98
Regulering av Hamiltonske systemer
Name: Dalsmo, Morten
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 04.04.97
Modeling and Control of an Aluminium Cell
Name: Drengstig, Tormod
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 13.11.97
Passivitetsbasert adaptiv regulering av ulineære mekaniske systemer
Name: Godhavn, John-Morten
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 16.04.97
Adaptive dynamic positioning: Robust stability and performance using passivity and averaging.
Name: Johannessen, Erling Aa.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 06.05.97
Modeling and Reduction of Reverberation Noise in Medical Ultrasound Images
Name: Nichel, Michael
Supervisor: Angelsen
Disputation: 17.03.97
A Holistic Approach to Development of Dependable Industrial SCADA Systems-With Emphasis on Cost Effectiveness
Name: Skavhaug, Amund
Supervisor: Pettersen
Disputation: 13.06.97
A Spatial Reference Grid for Real-Time Autonomous Underwater Modeling Using 3-D Sonar.
Name: Auran, Per Gunnar
Supervisor: Malvig
Disputation: 07.11.96
GPS LCarrrier Phase Ambiguity Resolution and Cycle-Slip Processing on a Moving Platform
Name: Borge, Tom
Supervisor: Henriksen
Disputation: 11.09.96
Modelling and Identification for Control of an Industrial Copolymer Reactor.
Name: Didriksen, Helge
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 10.12.96
Assesment of Left Ventricular Volume and Regional Dysfunction Based on 3D Endocardial Surfaces Reconstructed from 2D Ultrasound Images of the Heart.
Name: Mæhle, Jørgen
Supervisor: Angelsen
Disputation: 20.08.96
Modelling of a partly structured environment from an AUV by narrow bearn sonar.
Name: Mathisen, Geir
Supervisor: Onshus
Disputation: 28.03.96
Passivity-based Control of Electric Machines.
Name: Nicklasson, Per J.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 03.05.96
Nonlinear Control of Marine Vehicles Using only Position and Attitude Measurement.
Name: Paulsen, Marit Johanne
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 26.04.96
Nonlinear geometric control of underactuated vehicles.
Name: Pettersen, Kristin Y.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 03.12.96
Modeling and Control of Underwater Robotic Systems.
Name: Schjølberg, Ingrid
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 13.06.96
Decision Making Support Applied to Hydropower Plant Upgrading.
Name: Tangen, Grethe
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 14.10.96
Ferromanganese Furnace Modelling Using Object-Oriented Principles.
Name: Wasbø, Stein
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 06.11.96
Control of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles in Six Degrees of Freedom: A Quaternion Feedback Approach
Name: Fjellstad, Ola-Erik
Supervisor: Fossen
Disputation: 03.02.95
Structures for Multivariable Robust Process Control
Name: Gjøsæther, Ole Bjørn
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 06.06.95
Model-Based Control in Telemanipulation
Name: Hendseth, Sverre
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 14.03.95
Operating Regime Based Process Modeling and Identification
Name: Johansen, Tor Arne
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 31.01.95
Modelling and modelbased control of a rotary hearth calciner.
Name: Meisingset, Hilde
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 06.10.95
Geometrical Modelling and Calibration of Video Cameras for Underwater Navigation
Name: Melen, Trond
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 27.01.95
A Dynamic Mechanistic Model and Model-based Analysis of a Continuous Kamyr Digester
Name: Michelsen, Finn Are
Supervisor: Foss
Trajectory Optimization for Vehicles Using Control Vector Parameterization and Nonlinear Programming
Name: Spangelo, Inge
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 17.02.95
Modelbased and Operator Assisted Computer Vision in Rov Teleoperation
Name: Volden, Rune
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 04.05.95
Modeling, Modelbased Control and Optimization of Thermal Cracking and Ethylene Production
Name: Edwin, Emil
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 29.11.94
Hybrid Computation for Pattern Recognition in Real Time Computer Vision
Name: Gislefoss, Glenn
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 04.10.94
Active Vibration Damping of Large Flexible Space Structures
Name: Kanestrøm, Rakel Kristin
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 31.12.94
Topology-Based Diagnosis for Chemical Process Plants
Name: Mjaavatten, Knut Are
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 06.12.94
An Investigation of Image Capture, Compression and Feature Extraction Algorithms for an Underwater Telerobotics System.
Name: Shi, Yin
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 02.02.94
Recursive Estimation Algorithms for Computer Vision Applications
Name: Skofteland, Gunnleiv
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 30.09.94
Modelling and Robust Control of Autonomous Hybrid Power Systems
Name: Uhlen, Kjetil
Supervisor: Henriksen
Disputation: 31.12.94
Diagnostic Reasoning in Continuous Systems
Name: Walseth, Jan Åge
Supervisor: Foss
Disputation: 19.01.94
Topics in Model Based Control with Application to the Thermo Mechanical Pulping Process
Name: Di Ruscio, David
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.93
Reduction of Acoustic and Electronic Noise in Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging.
Name: Grønningsæter, Åge
Supervisor: Angelsen
Disputation: 31.12.93
A Computer Vision System for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Name: Hallset, Jan O.
Supervisor: Onshus
Disputation: 31.12.93
Finite Element Modelling the Hydrodynamic Environment of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Name: Ren, Guang
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.93
Feedback Control of Nonholonomic Mobile Robots.
Name: Sørdalen, Ole J.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 31.12.93
Modelling and Control of SES Dynamics in the Vertical Plane
Name: Sørensen, Asgeir J.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 31.12.93
Model Based Anthropomorphic Robot Teleoperation.
Name: Tan, Qing
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.93
Modelling and Control of Submerged-Arc Ferrosilicon Furnaces
Name: Valderhaug, Aasgeir M.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.93
System Identification in the Behavioural Framework.
Name: Weyer, Erik
Supervisor: Henriksen
Disputation: 31.12.93
The Hybrid Phenomena Theory.
Name: Woods, Erling A.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.93
Dual Control. A Monte Carlo Approach.
Name: Brustad, Georg K.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.92
Processing Structures for Real Time Analysis of Medical Ultrasound Images
Name: Løkberg, Ola.
Supervisor: Pettersen
Disputation: 31.12.92
A Visualization Engine for a Medical Ultrasound Scanner
Name: Lønstad, Hans Chr.
Supervisor: Angelsen
Disputation: 31.12.92
On-Line Discrimination and Estimation in Multiple Regime Systems.
Name: Lund, Eivind J.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.92
Stochastic Methods in Energy Planning. Application to Expansion Planning and Short-Term Load Forecasting.
Name: Mo, Birger
Supervisor: Henriksen
Disputation: 31.12.92
Modeling and Control of Underwater Vehicles: A Lagrangian Approach.
Name: Sagatun, Svein I.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.92
Control of the Gas System for a Rotary Kiln Reduction Plant.
Name: Schei, Tor S.
Supervisor: Sælid
Disputation: 31.12.92
Modelling and Multivariable Control of High Pressure Autoclave Reactors for Polymerization of Ethene.
Name: Singstad, Petter
Supervisor: Fjeld
Disputation: 15.11.92
Computer Aided Modeling of Dynamic Processes Based on Elementary Physics.
Name: Telnes, Kåre
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.92
Nonlinear Modelling and Control of Underwater Vehicles.
Name: Fossen, Thor Inge
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.91
Modular Techniques in Dynamic Process Simulation.
Name: Iversen, Torleif P.
Supervisor: Sælid
Disputation: 31.12.91
Online Estimation in Nonlinear State-Space Models with Application to Catalytic Cracking.
Name: Ljungquist, Dag
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.91
Learning Optimal Control for Robot Manipulators
Name: Lunde, Erling
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.91
Control of Kilns for the Production of Expanded Clay Aggregates.
Name: Mordt, Helge E.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.91
Coordination of Motion in Manipulators with Redundant Degrees of Freedom.
Name: Sagli, Jan R.
Supervisor: Egeland
Disputation: 31.12.91
Dynamic Optimization in State-Space Predictive Control Schemes
Name: Strand, Stig T.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.91
Control Structures for Polymerization Processes Applied to Polypropene Manufacturing.
Name: Lie, Bernt
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.90
A Situation Adaptive Presentation System for Process Control.
Name: Øgård, Ommund
Supervisor: Aune
Disputation: 31.12.90
Structured Modelling of Fish Physiology.
Name: Olsen, Odd A.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.89
Direct Training of Robots Using a Positional Deviation Sensor.
Name: Dessen, Fredrik
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.88
On Parameter Identification in Reservoirs.
Name: Foss, Bjarne A.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.88
Le domaine de Lagrange: Une etude des structures, du contenu d`information et de l`exploitation.
Name: Gjønnes, Grim. S.
Supervisor: Henriksen
Disputation: 31.12.88
Microcomputer Controlled Production and Consumption of Electrical Power for Operational Cost Minimization
Name: Hjertenæs, Atle
Supervisor: Henriksen
Disputation: 31.12.88
A Modular Implementation of the Extended Kalman Filter with Application to a Crushing and Screening Circuit.
Name: Solberg, Ingar
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.88
Cartesian Control of Industrial Robots with Redundant Degrees of Freedom.
Name: Egeland, Olav
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.87
Estimation of Parameters in Ship Manoeuvring Models from Full-Scale Measurements.
Name: Kaasen, Karl E.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.86
On the Processing of Doppler Signals in Ultrasonic Blood Velocity Measurements.
Name: Kristoffersen, Kjell, dr.techn
Supervisor:
Disputation: 31.12.86
Modelling and Control of Ironoxide-Reduction in a Countercurrent Moving Bed Reactor.
Name: Onshus, Tor E.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.86
Parallellisering av store fordelte simuleringsmodeller.
Name: Langeland, Ole
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.85
Parameter Estimation Techniques Applied to Ship Manoeuvring Tests in Model Scale.
Name: Flobakk, Tore
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.83
Dynamic Positioning in Single-Point Mooring - A Theoretical Analysis of Motions, and Design and Evaluation of an Optimal Control System
Name: Sørheim, Hans Roar
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.82
Stochastic Long-term Optimization in Hydroelectric Power System.
Name: Gjelsvik, Anders
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.81
Estimation and Control in Dynamic Positioning of Vessels.
Name: Jenssen, Nils A.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.81
Modeling and Simulation of Physiology and Population Dynamics of Copepods. Effect of Physical and Biological Parameters.
Name: Slagstad, Dag
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.80
Modeling, Parameter Estimation and Control of a Ship-Boiler.
Name: Tyssø, Arne
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.80
Modelling, Parameter Estimation and Identifiability in Electrocardiology.
Name: Berntsen, Hans E.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.78
Transient Stability Models Parameter Estimation and Model Reduction.
Name: Hallingstad, Oddvar
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.78
Transcutaneous Measurement of Aortic Blood Velocity by Ultrasound. A Theoretical and Experimental Approach.
Name: Angelsen, Bjørn. dr.techn
Supervisor:
Disputation: 31.12.77
Estimation and Control in Discrete-Time Dynamic Systems with Unknown Parameteres. Models and Methods.
Name: Opdal. Jørgen
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.76
Modelling Estimation and Control of a Rotary Kiln.
Name: Sælid, Steinar
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.76
Finite Impulse Response Filters with Optimal Energy Distribution
Name: Ursin, Bjørn
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.76
Simulation of the Individual Cardiovascular System - A Pilot Study -
Name: Åslid, Rune, Dr.med
Supervisor:
Disputation: 31.12.74
Dynamic Modelling and Simulation of an Electric Pig Iron Furnace
Name: Baggerud, Arne
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.74
On the Control of Linear Time-Invariant Systems with Unknown Deterministic Disturbances
Name: Endresen, Tore
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.74
Modelling and Control of Pittsburgh Process for Sheet Glass Production.
Name: Pøhner, Freddy
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.74
Optimal Control of Stochastic Systems with Free Termination Time.
Name: Henriksen, Rolf
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.73
Modelling and Control of Ball Mill Grinding.
Name: Olsen, Thor O.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.73
Stability and Control of Periodic Processes.
Name: Fjeld, Magne, dr.techn
Supervisor:
Disputation: 31.12.72
On the Treatment of Variable-Parameter Systems in the Investigation of Plant Dynamic Characteristics and Control, with Particular Reference to the Frequency responce of a Jacketed Pan System.
Name: Andersen, Jan A., dr.techn
Supervisor:
Disputation: 31.12.65
On Near Optimal Control of Continuous Processes.
Name: Aune, Arthur B.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.65
Design and Numerically Controlled Machining of Marine Propellers Using Digital Computers.
Name: Bjørke, Ø.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.64
Automatic Control of Batch Processes
Name: Berre, Arne G.
Supervisor: Balchen
Disputation: 31.12.61