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UiA, Faculty of Engineering & ScienceIngeniørutdanningene, med vekt på mekatronikk

«The sky is not the limit»

TonjeUiA/IMR PhD student

EnriqueUiA/IMR postdoc

SFF 2016

Competence to preserve the Skagerak Eco-system.UiA Marine Research Center - Towards an SFF in 2016

8:54, Nov.8, Oslo: SFU Agder!

Source: http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/kd/lyd_bilde/nett-tv/nett-tv-nokut-konferansen-2013-2.html?id=744799#

Prof. Duncan Lawson, Chair, International Expert Panel

Statssekretær i Kunnskapsdepartementet Birgitte Jordahl

contribute to the development of excellent quality in higher education and to highlight the fact that education and research are equally important .

Drive national developmentof mathematics education

SFU 2014

UiA1100 employees10000 Students

Frank!

• Health and Sport Sciences• Humanities and Education• Fine Arts• Engineering and Science• Economics and Social Sciences• Teacher Education Unit

Our industry is world-leading

NODE EYDE DIGIN

USUS

Biomedical Lab. S.

Biology

Math. & Physics

Math. Finance

Study Programs 2014 - Faculty of Engineering & Science - UiA

Engineering & Technology Mathematical & Natural Sciences

PhD Program at Faculty of Engineering & SciencePhD

MSc

BSc

ICT

MechatronicsRen. Energy

Ind. & Tech. Mgmt

Mathematics Education

LectorMath. & Natural S.

Ren. Energy

Electronics

Aeronautical E.

Mechatronics

ICT

Civil Eng.

Multimedia

PhD

MSc

BSc

Construction Aq. Ecology 2014

«eLearning» 2014

2200 students240 employees250 courses

ICT – Mechatronics – R. Energy – Applied Mathematics – Mathematics Education

Registered Students 2005-2013

About 800 new Technology students

261

384

Norges mest produktive universiteter

KUF-komitéen 25.01.12 8

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Norges mest produktive universiteter

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Faculty of Engineering & Science2011 (14,6; 1,7)

© 2014 Aker Solutions Preferred partner

Model Based Design of Offshore Drilling Equipment

■ Collaborative Ph.D. project between UiA and Aker Solutions.

■ December 2009 – December 2013.

Identification and development of tools and methods

to assist engineers with system design.

• Reducing development time and cost.

• Reducing number of design errors.

• Increasing machine performance and reliability.

Morten Kollerup Bak

Senior Engineer, Aker Solutions

Ph.D. candidate, Specialization in Mechatronics

Education & Research KPIs

prioritetsøkere , all programs• 2012: 1998• 2013: 2369 (+18.6%)

prioritetsøkere• 2012: prioritetsøkere pr plass: 2.4• 2013: prioritetsøkere pr plass: 2.8

toårige masterprogram • 2012: 225 1. pri søkere • 2013: 306 1. pri søkere (+36%)

Registered Students (DBH)• 2008: 1468• 2013: 2185 (+48,8%)

Publications (DBH pts.)• 2008: 66,4• 2012: 182,9 (+275%)

Why worry?

Jenter og Teknologi - Feb. 2014

Feb. 2014

Dependency on large global companies

… few new high-tech businesses …

Idea Concept Business

1100 UiA employees10000 students

290000 people in the Agder region

Plan B?

Our dream for 2015

• 100 potential business concepts tested / year

• 3-5 break-through start-ups

MechatronicsGlobal Knowledge Hub

Agder Region Industry UiA

NODE NCE / GCE – Industry Cluster 1

SFI Offshore Mechatronics – Long Term Research Activities 2

Sørlandslab – Innovation Arena & Infrastructure 3

103:57:14

SFI Offshore Mechatronics – Long Term Research Activities 2

SFI Offshore Mechatronics

Academic partners: University of Agder (UiA, Kristiansand/Grimstad), NTNU (Trondheim), Teknova (TEK, Kristiansand), Ålesund University College (AUC, Aalesund), Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH, Germany), Aalborg University (AAU, Denmark), new: University of Texas Industrial partners: Aker MH AS (AK), Cameron Sense AS (CAM), National Oilwell Varco AS (NOV), Skeie Technology AS (SK), Lundin Norway AS (LUN), ABB AS (ABB), Devoteam AS (DEV), Lockless AS (LOC), Stepchange (ST), Applica AS (APP), NCE NODE (NCEN), NCE Maritime (NCEM).

MechatronicsGlobal Knowledge Hub

Agder Region Industry UiA

NODE NCE / GCE – Industry Cluster 1

SFI Offshore Mechatronics – Long Term Research Activities 2

Sørlandslab – Innovation Arena & Infrastructure 3

Frank.Reichert@uia.no, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Agder

Sørlandslab – Innovation Arena & Infrastructure 3

UiA’s rolefor the future of Sørlandet

HiA

UiA

2007++

time

relevance Sørlandet’sInnovation Hub

2014++

today

=

+ Activities

+ Expertise

+ Infrastructure

A building without activities is meaningless!

Reality Check – Can it be done? 1

Grimstad «Kompetansområdet»

Step1: Attract Industrial Support

Industry50 MNOK

UiA &Region50 MNOK

CONFIDENTIAL

NFR50 MNOK+

SFI, Petromaks, …

Research Funding

NFR

Industry

Industry

NFR

Before Now

UiA UiA

Status: LOIs for 2014-2018: 50.2 MNOK

received

50,2 MNOK

announced 10-15 MNOK

Wish list

Challenge: Research & EVU agenda

Regional Backing

Political Backing

UiA Backing – Sept. 11, 2013

2014

• Start Sørlandslab R&D activities

• Start Sørlandslab implementation

Important challenges

• Legal organization model

• Financing

• Implementation details

• Risk assessment

• Time table

Thanks!