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CollaborationonEnergybetweenNTNUandChina,JohanEinarHustad,DirectorofNTNUEnergy

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A brief history2005: First NTNU rector visit to Tsinghua University and Shanghai JiaoTong University

Since 2010: Joint Research Centre on Sustainable Energy SJTU –NTNU

Since 2013: Joint Research Programme on Renewable and New Energy THU – NTNU

2016-2018: The partnership is funded by Research Council Norway (INTPART programme)

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Joint Research Centre on Sustainable Energy • Double Master:

– Pilot project: refrigeration systems and heat pumps – Expanded to include energy in buildings– Investigating other possible double master topics

• Sandwich PhD:– Four different areas

• Summer schools and workshops:– Exchange between Universities + varying locations– Cooperation on projects and tasks across cultures – Common experiences– first make friends -> business

• Publish together:Concrete work with concrete results – create quality oriented work culture

4DoubleMasterStudenter fra SJTUMasterDegreeinPowerEngineeringfromSJTU+

MasterDegreeinSustainableEnergyfromNTNU

Studenter fra NTNUMasterDegreeinPowerEngineeringfromSJTU+

MasterDegreeinMechanicalEngineeringfromNTNU

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PhD sandwich model

• Professor – Professor collaboration• PhD (NTNU) – PhD (SJTU)

– New positions (+ existing positions) • Exchange bilaterally: min 3 months x (n)

– Participation in each other’s research groups• Supervisors and co-supervisors

tutoring on exchange stays and workshops • Joint publications• PhD degree from home University

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Started PhD-projects Sandwich-model with ownstrategic PhD-positions

• Group: Energy System Analysis (CenSES) Title: “Developing offshore wind industry in and between China and Norway”.

• Group: Use of CO2 as a Working Fluid (CREATIVE)Title: “Development of a concept for utilizing CO2 as refrigerant in air conditioning and heat pump systems in combination with ground source storage.”

• Group: Process Technology ”LNG Technology” Title: “Cooling and Condensation of Multicomponent Mixtures for improved LNG Processes”

• Group: Energy Use in Buildings (ZEB)Title: “Integrated performance simulation of BIPV/T systems, analyzing their potential to fulfill the energy requirements of a typical residential building in Shanghai and Trondheim, aiming to achieve zero energy/emission buildings”.

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SiNoPSE - INTPART• Collaboration on sustainable energy between

– NTNU, – Tsinghua University (THU) and – Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)

• Basis: Existing individual institutional partnerships between NTNU, SJTU(Agreement-2010 and THU (MoU-2008, Agreement 2013) and the merging of these towards more structured and integrated research, education and innovation collaboration.

• Support exchange of students and staff between China, Norway and Europe

• 3 years

• Annual budget 3. mill – Research Council 1.350 mill

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Summer Courses on Sustainable Energy (NTNU, THU, SJTU)

• The Summer Courses on Sustainable Energy is based on “Experts in Team” principles of interdisciplinary student group cooperation, using a real-life development project as case.

• The Course will be taught by staff from all participating universities, along with their local industry, cities and research institutions.

• The results of the Summer Course will be posted on the project website, and published in scientific articles. The Summer Course is compulsory for the Double Degree students.

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Summary + next step

Success factors:• Strategic work, need collaboration at top level, between universitis

– To ensure content in colaboration-> need multiple PhDs• Long term collabortaion at Professor and Research Group level• Choice of university and areas of collaboration very important

– Concentration to achieve quality• Use relevant available funding (INTPART, UTFORSK)• More than 40 jont publications, 18 PhD (in total) og 16 double Masters• SJTU PhD-> Postdoc ved NTNU

Moving forward:• NTNU puts in 4 PhD + 1 postdoc in 2017 to strengthen collaboration• SJTU og THU will match number of PhDs/postdocs• Ambition: National JRCs: MOST, NSF, CSC – KD, NFR