• Design and Testing of a Composite Pressure Hull for Deep Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. 

      Elkolali, Moustafa; Alcocer, Alex (IEEE Access;Volume: 10, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-16)
      This paper outlines the design and testing process of the hull of a deep small Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), rated at 2000m depth. Many existing AUV pressure housings use aluminum or other isotropic traditional ...
    • Design and Testing of a Miniature Variable Buoyancy System for Underwater Vehicles 

      Elkolali, Moustafa; Al-Tawil, Ahmed; Alcocer, Alex (IEEE Access;Volume 10, 2022, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04-18)
      Buoyancy-driven underwater vehicles are key tools for obtaining data from the ocean. Underwater gliders and profiling floats, equipped with sensors, provide crucial information on ocean processes and climate changes. The ...
    • Design and verification of a sway-yaw control system for Surface Effect Ships using vent valves 

      Teigland, Håkon; Hassani, Vahid; Auestad, Øyvind Fidje (IFAC-PapersOnLine;Volume 52, Issue 21, 2019, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-26)
      For an offshore worker in the oil and gas industry, the helicopter transport is the activity associated with the highest risk. An alternative to helicopter crew transfers is to use Surface Effect Ships (SES) to transport ...
    • Design as a tool to reduce food waste: Presentation of salvage food in grocery stores 

      Soleng, Maja Wawrzyniak; Berg, Arild (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      The global issue of food waste affects us all. Measures to reduce food waste have been introduced at various places, but there is still a need for development of new strategies. How grocery stores present their salvage ...
    • Design av en bærbar plasmabrenner 

      Olsen, Bjarne Oppedal (Master thesis, 2009)
      Masteroppgaven avholdes ved Høgskolen i Akershus i samarbeid med Forsvarets Forsknings Institutt (FFI), prototypeverksted. Rapporten omhandler design av en bærbar plasmabrenner tenkt brukt i antiterror sammenheng hos politi ...
    • Design av en ny type motorsykkel 

      Celius, Levi Lynau; Sivertsen, Arnt Kåre (MAPD;2017, Master thesis, 2017)
      Kulturen rundt motorsykkel er i dag låst fast i et gammelt og velletablert system. Systemet består av ulike motorsykkelsegmenter. Blant disse er: Cruiser, Adventure, Cafe racer, duel-sport, Racing, og Touring. De ...
    • Design av utkragede balkonger i bæresystem av hulldekker 

      Iversen, Erlend K. W.; Fitje, Sverre; Hunstad, Theodor (Bachelor thesis, 2022)
      Denne oppgaven tar for seg utkragede balkonger i et prefabrikkert bæresystem av hulldekker. Oppgaven undersøker hvilke løsninger som eksisterer og hvorvidt det finnes et attraktivt alternativ til balkonger med skråstag. I ...
    • Design competence in ICT education 

      Gulden, Tore; Sandnes, Frode Eika; Habib, Laurence (Chapter, 2012)
      The new discrimination law in Norway requires new product s and environments to be developed in such a way that they can be used by as many people as possible. In response to this legisl ation the applied ...
    • Design Contribution to Consumers Knowledge Regarding Healthier and More Sustainable Nutritional Choices at The Grocery Store 

      Juodziukynaite, Egle (E&PDE;DS 110: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2021), VIA Design, VIA University in Herning, Denmark. 9th -10th September 2021, Conference object, 2021)
      In Norwegian grocery stores, consumers encounter many accreditation labels. However, these rarely contribute to healthier or more environmentally friendly nutritional choices. This master’s study analyses how product design ...
    • Design for disaster preparedness: A self-sustained communication network in earthquake scenarios 

      Giray, Çep (MAPD;2021, Master thesis, 2021)
      Design solution I am proposing here consists of an application interface for the disaster victims and an underlying communication network solution that can self-sustain by building a mesh network between the mobile ...
    • Design Literacies: pasts, presents, and possible futures 

      Bravo, Ursula; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Lutnæs, Eva; Bohemia, Erik; Börekçi, Naz A.G.Z. (Conference object, 2022)
      Knowledge and skills are tightly entangled with economic and political powers. Critical studies (e.g. Crocker, 2017; Ritzer, 2018; Smart, 2010; Thorpe, 2012) exploring the relationships between design and consumerism suggest ...
    • Design literacy - from primary education to universit level 

      Digranes, Ingvild; Nielsen, Liv Merete (Proceedings of the Design Research Society International Conference, 2012 Bangkok;Volume 03, Conference object, 2012-09-01)
      This paper is based on on-going research into design education at several educational levels. What is said, and what is done? In the DESIGN LITERACY project, we focus on the content of a continuous design education, ...
    • Design literacy for longer lasting products 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete; Brænne, Karen (Studies in Material thinking;9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Abstract: In this article, we discuss the design literacy concept from a Nordic educational perspective. Design literacy is used for the expression of competence, where different ways of communicating meaning, function ...
    • Design Literacy in General Education 

      Nielsen, Liv Merete (Design and Technology Education: An International Journal;Vol 22 No 1 (2017), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-05-24)
      I had the pleasure of attending several sessions of the DRS2016 50th anniversary conference in Brighton this summer. Many of them were linked to the conference theme ‘Future-focused thinking’. In reflecting on the theme, ...
    • Design of a CMDB with integrated knowledge management based on Topic Maps 

      Haziri, Fitim (Master thesis, 2009)
      Configuration management databases have gained popularity in enterprises due to their role in providing efficient IT Resource and Service Management. Enterprises are becoming more competitive through increasing of resource ...
    • Design of a very Norwegian jewellery collection 

      Longden, Edward (MAPD;2011, Master thesis, 2011)
      A study into cultural identity, cultural communication and branding within the jewellery design sector. This paper aims to garner an understanding of what it is to be Norwegian, what are the identifiers of the nation, ...
    • Design of RC Sections with Single Reinforcement According to EC2-1-1 and the Rectangular Stress Distribution 

      Plevris, Vagelis; Papazafeiropoulos, George (Computational Methods in Applied Sciences;44, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Nowadays, the design of concrete structures in Europe is governed by the application of Eurocode 2 (EC2). In particular, EC2 — Part 1-1 deals with the general rules and the rules for concrete buildings. An important ...
    • Design of Reinforced Concrete Isolated Footings Under Axial Loading with Artificial Neural Networks 

      Ramirez, German Solorzano; Plevris, Vagelis (EUROGEN;Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods For Design, Optimization and Control, Conference object, 2021)
      In engineering practice, the design of structural elements is a repetitive task that has proven to be difficult to fully automate. This is mainly because of the complex relations of the design variables and the multiple ...
    • Design og utvikling av søk- og redningsdrone 

      Shahinian, Nima J. (MAPD;2016, Master thesis, 2016)
      This thesis is written as part of the Master’s program in Product Design at Oslo and Akershus Uni- versity College in spring 2016. The thesis investigates the design and development of a rescue drone / UAV (Unmanned aerial ...
    • Design optimization and dynamic testing of CFRP for helicopter loading hanger 

      Andleeb, Zahra; Malik, Sohail; Ghulam, Hussain; Khawaja, Hassan; Moatamedi, Mojtaba (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-23)
      This chapter presents the Multiphysics technique applied in the design optimization of a loading hanger for an aerial crane. In this study, design optimization is applied on the geometric modelling of a part being used in ...