A total of 25 PhD or post doc studies are planned as part of NOWITECH. The following as listed below have started.  In addition to these, there are a number of PhD and post doc students at NTNU doing research on offshore wind, but financed outside NOWITECH. These are listed here.  

NOWITECH facilitates through the Scientific Committee collaboration in their education and studies of the PhD and post doc students.

New vacancies / grants are announced (see Job Opportunities ).

	Student	Topic	Supervisor	WP	Start
	Netland, Øyvind PhD student	Cost-effective monitoring for remote environmental friendly O&M of offshore wind turbines	Skavhaug, Amund	5	Apr 2010
	Frøyd, Lars PhD student	Evaluation of the design criteria and dynamic forces on large floating wind turbines	Dahlhaug, Ole Gunnar	1	Aug 2009
	Shchebetov, Stanislav    Post Doc	Influence of material and process parameters on fatigue of wind turbine blades in a marine environment	Echtermeyer, Andreas	2	Sept 2011
	Zhang, Zhaoqiang PhD student	Coupled 3D models and loss analysis of permanent magnet generators with very large diameters	Nilssen, Robert	2	Jan 2010
	van Buren, Eric PhD student	Bottom-fixed support structure for wind turbine in 30-70 m water depth	Muskulus, Michael	3	Aug 2009
	Kvittem, Marit Irene PhD student	Life cycle criteria and optimization of floating structures and mooring systems	Moan, Torgeir	3	Aug 2009
	Soloot, Amir Hayati PhD student	Analysis of switching transients in wind parks with focus on prevention of destructive effects	Høidalen, Hans K.	4	Oct 2009
	Völler, Steve Post Doc	Balance management with large scale offshore wind integration	Doorman, Gerard	4	March 2010
	Hameed, Zafar PhD student	Maintenance optimization of wind farms from design to operation (models, methods, framework)	Vatn, Jørn	5	Oct 2009
	Wang, Kai PhD student	Comparative study of floating concepts	Moan, Torgeir	6	Aug 2010
	Bracchi, Tania PhD student	Assessment of benefits of downwind rotors due to weight savings using new and thinner airfoils and improved directional stability of turbine	Krogstad, Per Åge	6	Sep 2009
	Pedersen, Morten D. PhD student	Design of control systems for load mitigation and stabilization of floating wind turbines	Fossen, Tor I.	6	Jan 2010
	Zwick, Daniel PhD student	Design of nodes in lattice towers for effective production	Muskulus, Michael	3	Aug 2009
	Mubarok, Fahmi PhD student	Novel coating and surface treatment for improved wear resistance	Johnsen, Roy	5	March/Apr 2010
	Eriksen, Pål Egil PhD student	Rotor wake turbulence	Krogstad, Per-Åge	1	Aug 2010
	Valavi, Mostafa PhD student	Magnetic forces and vibrations in wind power generators	Nysveen, Arne	2	Nov 2010
	Alagan Chella, Mayilvahanan PhD student	Wave forces on wind turbine substructures	Muskulus, Michael  Myrhaug, Dag	3	Oct 2010
	Barrera Cárdenas, René Alexander PhD student	Multi-domain optimization model for the evaluation of power density and efficiency of wind energy conversion systems	Molinas, Marta	4	Feb 2011
	Cox, Kevin PhD student	Lift control of wind turbines blades by using smart composite materials manipulating aerodynamics rotor properties	Echtermeyer, Andreas	2	Nov 2010
	Karimirad, Madjid Post Doc	Alternative floating wind turbines for moderate water depths	Moan, Torgeir	6	Nov 2010
	Nordanger, Knut PhD student	Coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of offshore wind turbines	Kvamsdal, Trond	1	Nov 2010
	Resell, Martin PhD student	Design wind and sea loads for offshore wind turbines	Sætran, Lars	1	Oct 2010
	Kumar, Mukesh Post Doc	Adaptive methods for accurate CFD-simulations of aerodynamic loads on offshore wind turbines	Kvamsdal, Trond	1	Jan 2011
	Luan, Chenyu    PhD student	Efficient stochastic dynamic response analysis for design of offshore wind turbines	Moan, Torgeir	3	Aug 2011
	Chabaud, Valentin PhD Student	Experimental investigation of coupled hydrodynamic and aerodynamic performance of floating wind turbines	Steen, Sverre	6	Aug 2011
	Slimacek, Vaclav	Reliability analysis of offshore wind turbines/plants and their connections to Smart Grids	Lindqvist, Bo	5	Sept 2011