RESEARCH PROJECTS
Projects
Research areas
- Situation awareness and human-in-the-loop
- User experience design (UX)
- Interaction design (IX)
- User interface (UI) design for safety critical systems
- Human factors and control rooms design
- Trust in autonomy
- Cognitive behaviour
- User experience design for passengers onboard autonomous passenger ferries
- Ship design for communicating the state and intention of autonomous surface vehicles
- Eye-tracking methodology
- Information visualization
Project list
Ongoing projects
CUED
Collaborative User-centered Engineering of Digital navigational tools.
2025-2028, Norwegian Research Council.
SFI AutoShip
Centre for research-based innovation on autonomous ships
We have responsibility for a work package on human factors and control rooms.
2021-2028, Norwegian Research Council
MAS
Meaningful Human Control of digitalization in safety-critical systems
2021-2028, Norwegian Research Council
TRUSST
Trusted autonomy for urban autonomous passenger ferries
2021-2028, Norwegian Research Council
MIDAS
Human in the future maritime operations
2022-2027, Norwegian Research Council
Maritime Work System Design
A course on human factors designed for naval architects, engineers and maritime professionals
2021-2024, EEA Grants
Photo: Taufik Sitompul
OpenRemote
Harmonising design of remote connected maritime workstations
2023-2027, Norwegian Research Council
Photo: Ocean Industries Concept Lab
OpenZero
Digital user interface design for energy-conscious and safe maritime operations
2023-2027, Norwegian Research Council
Illustration: Ocean Industries Concept Lab
Autoteaming
Seamless human-machine teaming for safe and scalable operation of autonomous passenger ferries
2024-2028, Norwegian Research Council
SHEREC
Safe, healty and eco-friendly ship recycling
2024-2027, Horizon Europe
Completed projects
LOAS
Land-based operation of autonomous ships
2019-2023, Norwegian Research Council
OpenCrane Design System
Open-source design system for crane user interfaces
2023, NTNU Discovery
LASH FIRE
Fire prevention onboard RORO ships
2019-2023, Horizon Europe
Shore Control Lab
Design and construction of a remote-control centre for monitoring autonomous ships
2019-2021, NTNU
Illustrasjon: Mikael Sætereid (C) NTNU
DigiFjord
The digital fjord of Trondheim
2021-2022