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ORGANIZATION
Organizational Structure
The Research Centre is organized as a
joint NTNU/SINTEF unit, hosted by The
Norwegian University of Science and
Technology (NTNU). The Centre leadership is
thus shared between the two organizations.
Centre Director:
Professor, PhD Arild
Gustavsen, NTNU, Faculty of Architecture
and Fine Art, Dept. of Architectural Design,
History and Technology.
Centre Manager:
Senior researcher, PhD
Anne Gunnarshaug Lien, SINTEF Building
and Infrastructure, Architecture and
Technology.
Senior Scientific Advisor:
Professor Anne
Grete Hestnes, NTNU, Faculty of Architecture
and Fine Art, Dept. of Architectural Design,
History and Technology.
Centre Industry Liaison:
Vice President
Terje Jacobsen, SINTEF Building and
Infrastructure.
European Research Contacts:
Professor
Annemie Wyckmans, NTNU, Faculty
of Architecture and Fine Art, Dept. of
Architectural Design, History and Technology.
The Centre has a General Assembly and
an Executive Board. The General Assembly
includes all partners. The General Assembly
gives guidance to the Board in their decision-
making on major project management
issues and approval of the semi-annual
implementation plans. The Board is
responsible for the quality and progress of
the research activities towards the Research
Council of Norway and for the allocation of
funds to the various activities. The Board is
comprised of the Centre management and
partner representatives. The user partners
have majority on the Board and are selected
from different groups of user partners.
The International Advisory Committee has
representatives from leading international
institutes and universities and will ensure
international relevance and quality of the work
performed. The Reference Group consists
of representatives from end user groups
and relevant organizations and is used both
as a forum for testing the relevance of the
work and to help disseminate the results to
appropriate Norwegian audiences
The main participating NTNU departments
are Dept. of Architectural Design, History
and Technology (host institution), Dept. of
Civil and Transport Engineering, Dept. of
Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, and Dept.
of Energy and Process Engineering. The
main SINTEF units participating in the Centre
are SINTEF Building and Infrastructure,
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, and
SINTEF Energy Research. In addition,
cooperation is established with other relevant
FMEs. SINTEF has status as research
partner in the Centre.
The Work Package (WP) leaders coordinate
the research tasks within the WPs, and report
to the Centre management.