Joakim Skjelde holds a Bachelor in Civil Engineering (2021) from the University of Stavanger (UiS) and a Master in Civil- and Environmental Engineering (2023) from NTNU.
After his Master, Joakim has worked as a consultant (2023-2025) within urban water systems modelling. In 2026 he started on his public PhD through the municipality of Trondheim, where he is working on predictive maintenance of urban drainage systems. His PhD-project is titled: "Data-driven methods in urban drainage deterioration modelling".
Research interests:
- Infrastructure asset management
- Deterioration modelling of urban water systems
- Predictive maintenance
- Hydroinformatics
- Machine Learning
- Statistical modelling
- Hydraulic modelling
