Students, employees and industry are invited to an inspiration day on future-focused education, career paths and research at NTNU – Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT).

EPT Day 2026

Welcome to an inspiration day on future-focused education, career paths and research at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT), NTNU.  

• When: 22 January, 09.00-15.00 
• Where: KJL1 in Kjelhuset, Gløshaugen, NTNU
• For: All, with a special invitation to students, alumni, industry and employees
• Cost: Free
• Lunch is served to pre-registered guests (first come, first served)
• Registration deadline: 19 January at 12:00

Register for EPT Day 2026

PROGRAMME - SHORT VERSION

09:00 – 11:00 Future-focused research at EPT

11:00 – 12:00 Lunch 

12:00 – 14:00 Green career paths, with stories from current students and alumni

14:00 – 15:00 Lab tours

PROGRAMME IN DETAIL

08.45 – 09.00 Registration

09:00 – 11:00 Future-focused research from NTNU - Department of Energy and Process Engineering

• Welcome and intro: How is EPT contributing to the green transition by Francesca Verones (chair), Professor and Head of Department (interim)
• Nuclear engineering, thermal energy storage and electronics cooling: Ongoing research in the Multiphase Flow and Thermal Engineering Laboratory (MFTEL) by Il Woong Park, Assistant Professor at Inha University in South Korea
• Teaching at EPT: a continuous process of trial, error, and improvement by Tania Bracchi, Associate Professor
• Seeing oxygen in water: the role of turbulence in oceanic gas exchanged by Jason Hearst, Professor
• The role of system models in bridging engineering and sustainability sciences by Anders Hammer Strømman, Professor

10.00 - 10.15 Break

• Introduction by Francesca Verones (chair), Professor
• Batteries: How to accelerate a sustainable and circular battery value chain in Norway by Jacob Joseph Lamb, Associate Professor
• Creating value for Norway through experimental research activities at EPT by Armin Hafner, Professor
• Calculate your food recipes' impact with our new web app for biodiversity and environment by Silvan Goldenberg, researcher

11:00 - 12: 00 Lunch:

• Mingling and light standing lunch
• Ask Professors about EPT studies: Ignat Tolstorebrov and Simen A. Å Ellingsen will be available
• Try the new web app for biodiversity and environment on our stand: Konstantin Stadler, Bo Huang and Silvan Goldenberg will be available for questions

12:00 - 14:00 Green career paths, with stories from EPT alumni

• Welcome and intro: Student life and work life at EPT by Ignat Tolstorebrov (chair), Associate Professor
• From theory to rocket launch at Propulse NTNU by Stian Alseth
• Revolve - Theory in practice by Revolve NTNU
• What EPT taught me and what I plan to do with it by Oda Johansen (Master's student)
• Building Bridges for Women in STEM: Inside EPT Women in Science by Corinna Schulze-Netzer, Associate Professor
• Discussion led by Ignat Tolstorebrov

12:45 - 13:00 Break

• Welcome and intro: Stories from EPT alumni by Ignat Tolstorebrov (chair), Associate Professor
• Aquaculture and Sustainability as a career path by Helen Hamilton, Global Sustainability Manager at BioMar
• Powerhouse (ZEB buildings) by Bjørn Jenssen, Chief Advisor at SKANSKA
• Smart thermal energy storage, technology from Gløshaugen by Håkon Selvnes, CPO and founder at Cartesian
• From fundamental to applied research: A journey through rocket science, wind energy, CCS and future fuels by Yannick Jooss, Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy
• Summing up and intro to lab tour by Ignat Tolstorebrov

14:00 - 15:00 Lab tour

Visit one of our labs with a researcher as guide. Make sure to meet in Kjel 1 on time for takeoff with your guide:

• Waterpower lab with Chirag Trivedi and Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug
• Fluid Mechanics lab (wind tunnel and water channel) with Srikar Yadala V and Jason Hearst
• Thermal Energy Lab:
  • Cooling and heating (heat pump processes) with Trygve Eikevik
  • Batteries with Ejikeme Raphael Ezeigwe
  • Indoor environment and climate control of buildings (including CO₂ heat pumps for building heating and the operating room of the future) with Mohammad Shakerin
  • Combustion and carbon-free fuels (ammonia, hydrogen) with Terese Løvås

Welcome!

During this event, NTNU will take photographs. Photo‑free zones will be set up on the back rows of the auditorium for anyone who does not wish to be photographed.

Photo collage from EPT Day 2022, 2023 and 2024. Photos: by Maren Agdestein/NTNU and Per Henning/NTNU.