Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
03 Sep 2020
NTNU is Norway’s main technical university and ranked number 4 of universities in the world that have the closest collaboration with industry (after MIT, Tokyo Inst. of Technology and Eindhoven Univ. of Technology).
Materials Technology/Process Metallurgy
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) at NTNU is the nationally leading institution for materials science and engineering, and responsible for research-based education as well as basic and applied research in the fields of material technology, physical metallurgy, process metallurgy (materials production and recycling), electrochemical process technology, and materials for energy technology along with inorganic chemistry. The research work is conducted in close cooperation with Norwegian and international industry and the business community at large, as well as the public sector. DMSE has several MSc programs that annually graduate approximately 60 candidates with a MSc degree in Materials Science and Engineering, Materials Chemistry or Energy Technology. Approximately 12 PhD candidates graduate from DMSE annually.
Industrial Ecology Programme
The Industrial Ecology programme (IndEcol) at NTNU was initiated in 1994. IndEcol’s research activities cover a wide range from global material flows, multiregional input-output databases, to impact assessment of specific technologies. The world’s first PhD programme in Industrial Ecology was established in 2003 at NTNU. IndEcol administers two master programs, in Industrial Ecology (international master), and Circular Economy (Erasmus Mundus Joint Master starting 2019). IndEcol has extensive experience on research within the field of life cycle assessment, material flow analysis, and environmental applications of input-output analysis. Several faculty members contributed to the recent IPCC report. The programme currently has 25 PhD students, 8 PostDocs, and 2 senior scientists, a dedicated Digital Lab technical staff, and 7 core faculty members, and hosts 2-3 guest researchers on a continuous basis.
NTNU (DMSE) is the coordinator of this project. DMSE will work specifically with aluminothermic reduction, hydrometallurgical processing and materials testing. IndEcol will lead the LCA/environmental assessment/ benchmarking studies in the project.
