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IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Collaboration with RWTH Aachen University on developing empirical research on entrepreneurial effectuation

As part of the RCN-funded project 'Northern Insights' researchers at Bodø Graduate School of Business (HHB) and Nordland Research Institute (NRI) has worked with developing knowledge related to new business start-ups in the tourism industries. One researc h question is related to the approaches e...

Awarded: NOK 47,419

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Nordland - Nordlánnda

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

The syntax-morphology interface: Evidence from multilingualism

This proposal attempts to study the syntax-morphology interface from the point of view of multilingualism. Using this kind of data to illuminate theoretical questions concerning this interface is a new approach within the field of linguistics. A group fro m the University of Stuttgart (led by Pro...

Awarded: NOK 39,000

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Physical models and numerical schemes for nanofluidic diodes and transistors

The control of ionic flows at the nanoscale is a key ingredient in the design and functionality of nanofluidic devices. Similar to solid-state electronic circuits, integrated nanofluidic circuits would contain diodes and transistors but with properties th at mainly derive from the interaction bet...

Awarded: NOK 39,704

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Combined FTIR and Raman analysis of pollen composition for studying plant adaptation to environmental changes

Development of methodical and cost-efficient plant phenotyping is imperative for determining and monitoring of climate-related plant adaptation. Measurement of biochemical composition of pollen grains by infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy has great po tential for systematic collection of data...

Awarded: NOK 65,000

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Akershus

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Degree of mobility of geometric structures and overdetermined systems of PDE

Degree of mobility of a geometric structure is the dimension of the space of solutions of the corresponding Lie equation. The latter is usually overdetermined. We study overdetermined systems of PDE coming from differential geometry and mathematical physi cs (in particular coming from the theory ...

Awarded: NOK 56,885

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Advanced characterization of natural nanoparticles in environmental aquatic systems

This project aims at establishing collaboration between NTNU - Department of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering and the Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences in Germany. First contact between the involved research groups has rec ently been made, based on the fact of acq...

Awarded: NOK 48,696

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Enhanced Ultra Wideband Antennas and Propagation for In-Body-to-On-Body Wireless Communications

Recent advances in wireless radio technology have enabled the development of medical sensors capable of operating inside the human body such as the wireless capsule endoscope (WCE). Our research on implantable ultra wideband (UWB) communications has predi cted the feasibility of establishing high...

Awarded: NOK 29,307

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Optimizing Railway Operations

Problem description: We sketch a potential collaboration and a wide road map of future research in the area of railway optimization. Our experience in two different kinds of decision problems are the basis of developing a standard process chain of managi ng railway systems and a general mathemat...

Awarded: NOK 59,195

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Physical activity, nutrients and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus - the importance of myokines and adipokines

Exercise offers protection against many chronic disorders such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, certain types of cancer, osteoporosis, dementia and depression. The International Diabetes Federation has estimated 325 mill people to have diabe tes in 2011 and this will probably increa...

Awarded: NOK 65,000

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Development of a Research-based Teacher Education closely linked til Practice.

Among the more recent trends in European teacher education is the strive to develop a research-based professional education for teachers, closely linked to the field of practice. Various attempts have been made by several teacher education institutions ac ross Europe, among them NTNU, to eliminat...

Awarded: NOK 58,984

Project Period: 2014-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Hydrogel-based materials for tissue engineering and in vitro tissue models

This proposal seeks to maintain and expand an existing and fruitful collaboration between the departments of Physics and Biotechnology at NTNU, Norway with the Siegfried Weller Institute for Trauma Research, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (EKUT), Ger many. The two groups shear common interes...

Awarded: NOK 27,922

Project Period: 2014-2016

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Effect of loading-rate and strain-rate on mechanical behaviour of the patellar tendon when measured in vivo

There is theoretical and clinical need to accurately assess tendon mechanical properties non-invasively. Currently, a mismatch between in vitro and in vivo methodologies prevents the full validation of the latter. Furthermore, the viscous nature of tendon s, one their most important properties, i...

Awarded: NOK 8,992

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Mobile Cloud Computing with Adaptive Application

The objective of this collaboration is to jointly research and develop common research projects with the goal of extending the current state of the art in self-adaptive mobile applications in order to leverage the potential of cloud computing such that an adaptive application on a mobile device ...

Awarded: NOK 49,223

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Characterisation of novel peptide ligand-receptor complexes in plants

Funding of the proposed research exchange will contribute to the two partner's aims to extend and consolidate knowledge on peptide ligand-receptor interactions regulating root meristem stem cell maintenance and floral abscission. More specifically we want to establish a collaboration to utilize ...

Awarded: NOK 67,183

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Comparison of point-based spectroscopic measurements and close range hyperspectral imaging for analysis of spoil heap mineral composition

Limited availability and high ore prices require alternative methods and strategies to cover the increasing demand for mineral resources. Recycling spoil material from former mining activities may provide a substantial amount of industrially relevant-mate rial. In this feasibility study, remote s...

Awarded: NOK 58,604

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Vestland

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Reliability and Ruggedness of power electronics

The existing cooperation between the Chemnitz University of Technology, NTNU Trondheim and SINTEF Energy Research should strengthen. Focus of this new project is the ruggedness and reliability of power electronics for renewable energy sources. The partner s will together perform measurements and ...

Awarded: NOK 51,923

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Carbon Leakage in Energy Resource and Goods Markets: A Partial Equilibrium Modeling Approach

The current numerical research regarding energy markets and climate change can be divided into two broad streams: large-scale aggregated energy systems models (top-down) and sector- or fuel-specific sector models (bottom-up). The energy systems models ar e often applied to model the impact of gl...

Awarded: NOK 70,000

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Higher order variational time discretization and mixed finite element methods for flow in porous media

Numerical simulations of time dependent fluid flow in porous media are desirable in several fields of natural sciences and in a large number of branches of technology. However, the accurate numerical approximation of flow processes in heterogeneous porous media continues to be a challenging task...

Awarded: NOK 50,000

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Vestland

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Novel Milisecond annealing for high-performance PV concepts

To meet the demands for superior materials and technologies for future electrical energy generation, the present project sets out to explore flash lamp annealing (FLA) as a low-cost processing technique for high performance zinc oxide- and multicrystallin e silicon-based photovoltaic (PV) devices...

Awarded: NOK 79,156

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Kernels, Protrusions, and Graph Minors

The project aims to establish long term research collaboration between Algorithms groups from Bergen and Aachen. The topic of collaboration is on Parameterized Algorithms and Complexity, Kernelization and Graph Algoruthms.

Awarded: NOK 54,517

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Vestland

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Dissection of Francisella virulence in a genetically tractable host system

Francisella is a dangerous pathogen that establishes infection in range of vertebrates and invertebrates. Some species, e.g. F. noatunensis have been shown to infect wild and farmed aquatic organisms causing damage and major economic losses. Little is kn own about their virulence mechanisms due ...

Awarded: NOK 39,065

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Optogenetic observation of astrocyte activity in glia-neuronal networks

A number of neurological diseases for which current therapies are nonexisting or inadequate involve deficit function of astrocytes, the predominant glial cell in brain. Our knowledge of astrocytes has lagged behind that of neurons, in particular when it c ome to their roles in neuronal signaling....

Awarded: NOK 66,949

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Oslo

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Monitoring Sources and Sinks of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Arctic Environments using Stable Carbon Isotope Analysis

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are subject of long-range transport into regions where they have never been used or produced. POPs are, thus, considered to be a global threat to humans and the environment. Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs) are still consi dered as a major POP group to be found in...

Awarded: NOK 30,000

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Akershus

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Stochastic Evolution of Complex Shapes and Markov Dynamics in Configuration Spaces

This project is aimed at the study of the deterministic and stochastic evolution in the space of complex shapes. Our methodology is based on the approach in which the shape evolution is given by means of the Loewner-Kufarev equation. This gives an opportu nity of a constructive description of mov...

Awarded: NOK 68,662

Project Period: 2012-2014

Location: Vestland

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Research Collaboration and International Conference on Climate Change and Human Security

This project aims at shedding light on the state-of-the-art research on climate change and its human security implications (including climate-induced migration, resource scarcity and food security, natural hazards, and conflict). The project will establis h a new cooperation between the Universit...

Awarded: NOK 6,746

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Agder

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Atlantic Multi-decadal Variability teleconnection patterns during the last centuries

The signature of a low-frequency climate signal with a timescale of 50-80 years is present in instrumental data and proxy records across the Northern Hemisphere. These variations appear associated with pronounce Atlantic multi-decadal variability (AMV), a lso know as the Atlantic Multi-decadal Os...

Awarded: NOK 15,543

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Vestland

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Coupling processes associated to stratospheric sudden warmings in middle atmosphere chemistry-climate models

This project aims to develop during the next two years a cooperation with the Middle Atmosphere group at the Free University of Berlin, to better understand the coupling processes between the stratosphere, the mesosphere and the troposphere, during strato spheric sudden warmings. More specifical...

Awarded: NOK 39,549

Project Period: 2012-2014

Location: Akershus

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Climate change related creation and up-take processes of naturally occurring halogenated organic substances in the Eastern Arctic MIZ

Established methods for the quantitative analysis of bioactive halogenated natural products (HNPs) usually originating from algae bloom events etc will be applied in the analysis of selected representative biota samples (ice algae ? ringed seals) from the Marginal Ice Zones in the Western Barent...

Awarded: NOK 27,928

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Akershus

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

The Structure and Processing of Explanatory Discourse in German and Norwegian: A Psycholinguistic Investigation into Discourse Theory

The ability to properly identify discourse relations such as Explanation, Continuation, Elaboration and Contrast is of utmost importance to make sense of the rhetorical structure of e.g. narration or argumentation. They connect larger parts of an utteranc e into a meaningful whole. Although disco...

Awarded: NOK 70,000

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

MPFA and MHFE methods for flow and transport in porous media

The prediction of (multiphase) flow and reactive transport in the subsurface is a crucial demand in exploiting geological energy resources, evaluating potential CO2 storage sites or predicting water and soil pollution.Typically, the flow is modeled by Dar cy's and mass conservation laws (if there...

Awarded: NOK 36,798

Project Period: 2012-2014

Location: Vestland

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