Scientific Leader
Salman Nazir
Scientific Leader
Focus Area-2 Leader, COAST
Professor in Training and Assessment
Department of Maritime Operations,
University of South-Eastern Norway
Email: Salman.Nazir@usn.no
University Profile
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Centre Coordinator
Inger Johanne Lurås
Unit for Digitalisation and Education (eDU)
Department of Education and Quality in Learning
University of South-Eastern Norway
Vestfold Campus
Email: Inger.J.Luras@usn.no
Focus Area Leaders
Margareta Lützhöft
Focus Area-1 Leader (Synergistic simulation curriculum), COAST
Professor in Nautical Operations
Department of Maritime Studies
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences,
Haugesund
Email: mhl@hvl.no
Phone: (+47) 947 93 796
Leif Inge Magnussen
Focus Area-2 Leader(Innovation in simulator training and assessment methods), COAST
Assistant professor / Program Coordinator
Faculty of Technology, Science and Maritime Studies
Department of Maritime Operations
University of South-Eastern Norway
Email: Leif.Magnussen@usn.no
Phone: (+47) 31 00 92 70
Arnt Myrheim-Holm
Focus Area-3 Leader (Student Engagement), COAST
Programme Coordinator Nautical Studies
Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Email: army@ntnu.no
Phone: (+47) 70 16 14 02 / mob. (+47) 99 55 19 29
Bjørn-Morten Batalden
Focus Area-4 Leader (Organizational development), COAST
Associate professor of Nautical Science
Department of Technology and Security
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
Email: bjorn.batalden@uit.no
Phone: (+47) 77 66 03 29/ mob. (+47) 916 64 605
Magne-Petter Sollid
Focus Area-4 Co-Leader (Organizational development), COAST
Studyleader Nautical Science
Department of Technology and Security
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Tromsø
Email: magne-petter.sollid@uit.no
Phone: +47 77 66 03 12
PhDs in COAST
Rodmar Arntsen
PhD Research Fellow
UiT The Arctic University of Norway
E-mail: rodmar.arntsen@uit.no
University profile: Arntsen, Rodmar | UiT
PhD topic. Decision-making and cognitive abilities of maritime navigators
Introduction
I have a bachelor’s degree in Nautical Science from UiT and a master’s degree in Marine Technology from NTNU. I have sailed for 12 years and worked my way up from apprentice seaman to deck officer. In my project, I aim to investigate the decision-making processes of maritime navigators and see if it is possible to find correlations between decision-making and the cognitive abilities of individual navigators.
Meric Karahalil
PhD Research Fellow
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
PhD topic: Synergistic Simulation Curriculum
Introduction
I had been working as a coast guard officer for 9 years in Turkey. In the last two years, I have served as a Captain. After graduating from Naval Academy, I have earned my master’s degree in Maritime Transportation Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. My on-the-job experience has afforded me a well-rounded skill set, including first-rate training and education skills
I will be working on “Synergistics Simulator Curriculum”. It`s goal is to develop a guidance document regarding curriculum synergies which can later be disseminated at international level and to other similar professions making use of simulator training. This project will result in a report of the state-of-the-art knowledge regarding simulator practices and a guidance document regarding curriculum synergies in future maritime simulator-based training.
Anastasia Skarpeti
PhD Research Fellow
NTNU
PhD topic: Students’ engagement
Introduction
I have a background in language studies and ICT related to learning. I have been a teacher for many years, and I was always interested in human interactions. Since 2019 I have been working in the field of simulator-based training. My PhD is related to the third focus area of the COAST, and I intend to investigate maritime students’ engagement (SE) through their performance at the bridge simulators by examining their interaction with and within the simulators. My aim is not only to investigate ways of improving the students’ engagement through the simulator-based activities but also to advance the simulator student assistant role.
Johan-Fredrik Røds
PhD Research Fellow
UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
PhD topic: Performance and Assessment in Maritime Training Simulators
Introduction
I have a bachelor degree in nautical engineering and a masters degree in Technology and safety in the high north with nautical specialization, both from UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Since 2018, I have been working as a lecturer and simulator instructor at UiT. My PhD-project is related to performance and assessment in maritime training simulators, where the aim is to enhance the learning outcome for students exposed to simulator training and education during their studies.
Hosna Namazi
PhD Research Fellow
UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
Introduction
I got my master’s and bachelor’s degree both in Mechanical Engineering. During my master’s thesis, I worked with data based models to improve emission and traffic flow in urban areas.
Now in my PhD project, I will work on collision avoidance of autonomous vessels and I will study the human and digital navigators’ integration in mixed environments
Hasan Mahbub Tusher
PhD Research Fellow
University of South-Eastern Norway
Email: htu@usn.no
University profile
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PhD topic: Effective Utilization of Virtual Reality (VR) Affordances in Maritime Simulator Training
Introduction
Hasan is a professional marine engineer and sailed onboard merchant ships. He worked as an instructor in a maritime institute and possesses technical management experience from a maritime service provider company in the South-East Asia region. He has been affiliated with the Department of Maritime Operations at USN and the Centre of Excellence in Maritime Simulator and Training and Assessment (COAST) as a research assistant before starting as a doctoral research fellow.
Mari Starup
PhD Research Fellow
University of South-Eastern Norway
LinkedIn
University website
Email: ms@usn.no
Introduction
The experience I received as a navigational officer sailing the seven seas gave me a good foundation when I started as a lecturer at the University of South-Eastern Norway. Interacting with students and taking pedagogical classes got me to look more deeply into education, whereas my interest in social interactions between students and teachers developed. My PhD is related to the second focus area of the Center of Excellence (COAST). My research aims to investigate the social interaction between students and instructors in the maritime high fidelity simulator.
William Gyldensten
PhD Research Fellow
University of South-Eastern Norway
Email: William.Gyldensten@usn.no
Linkedin
University profile
PhD topic: Cloud Simulation
Introduction
William C. Gyldensten will work with cloud simulations in the maritime domain. His dual competence from maritime navigation and engineering, in addition to being a simulator instructor would completement his research. He will also be a simulator instructor at bachelor level.
PhD topic: Digital- and low-emission technologies in maritime organizations. The operator’s roles and transition towards a more autonomous and green future.
Introduction
I have a background as a marine chief engineer with more then 13 years of seagoing experience, with the last six years as chief engineer. From before the marine engineering school, I have a certificate in automation mechanics after two and a half years as apprentice. I also have some years of experience from the Maritim industry on shore where I have worked as project manager and department leader. From 2014 I have been working in the academia with various projects and maritime coarse for seagoing personnel. My motivation to do a Ph.d. is to contribute to research within my field of experiment and contribute to the future education of marine engineers. My research is in the direction of how to use digital tools to help solving challenges following the transition towards a cleaner shipping future, with regards to training and developing of future marine engineers.
Steering committee
Stephan Hamberg
Leader of Steering Committee, COAST
Vice-rector for education, diversity and internationalisation
Department of Education and Quality in Learning
University of South-Eastern Norway
Email: stephan.hamberg@usn.no
University profile
Teachers
Morten Bustgaard
Focus area-2 (Innovation in simulator training and assessment methods), COAST
Nautical Instructor
Department of Maritime Operations,
University of South-Eastern Norway,
Vestfold
Email: mbu@usn.no
Phone: (+47) 414 11 187
Per Eirik Undheim
Focus Area-1 (Synergistic simulation curriculum), COAST
Assistant Professor
Department of Maritime Operations,
University of South-Eastern Norway,
Vestfold
Email: Per.Undheim@usn.no
Student Think Factory (2024-2025)
Natalie Pedersen Nordstrøm
Leader Student ThinkFactory
Student at UiT
E-mail: Nanor3410@uit.no
Johannes Svendsen
Second leader Student Think Factory
Student at NTNU
Email: johasven@stud.ntnu.no
Sem Lucas Sebastian Hage
Student Think Factory representative in COAST
Student at UiT
Email: sehag0375@uit.no
Oscar Ulrik Danielsen
Student Think Factory COAST representative
Student at NTNU
Email: oscarud@stud.ntnu.no
Anders Groven Sandøy
Student Think Factory COAST medlem
Student ved NTNU
Email: andegs@stud.ntnu.no
Amanda Hallberg
Student Think Factory representative
NTNU
Email: amandmg@stud.ntnu.no
Maria Erstad Tofterå
Student Think Factory representative
NTNU
Email: mariaeto@stud.ntnu.no
Ole Martin Foss Nybø
Student Think Factory representative
Student at HVL
Email: 668101@stud.hvl.no
Sondre Berdal Gravdal
Student Think Factory COAST representative
Student at HVL
Email: 669989@stud.hvl.no
Julie Regine Pedersen
Student Think Factory COAST representative
Student at USN
Email: julieregine2003@gmail.com
Tobias Bierberg Johansson
Student Think Factory COAST representative
Student at USN
Email: tobias2207@gmail.com
Joachim Ask Krogh
Student Think Factory COAST substiitute representative
Student at USN
Email: joachim.ask.krogh@hotmail.com
International partners
Charlott Sellberg
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Applied IT, Division of Learning, Communication & IT
University of Gothenburg,
Sweden
Email: charlott.sellberg@ait.gu.se
Zaili Yang
Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Liverpool John Moores University
Email: z.yang@ljmu.ac.uk
Tareq Ahram
Assistant Professor
Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering
University of Central Florida
USA
Email: tahram@ucf.edu or tareq@knights.ucf.edu
Other contacts
Amit Sharma
PhD research fellow
Department of Maritime Operations,
University of South-Eastern Norway,
Vestfold
Email: ams@usn.no
Phone: (+47) 457 63 394
Astrid Camilla Wiig
Adviser on Pedagogy, COAST
Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science
Department of Educational Science
Campus Vestfold (C3-11)
Email: Camilla.Wiig@usn.no
Phone: (+47) 31 00 93 52 / mob. (+48) 480 06 366