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=The Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures (CeSOS)= The Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures is a Centre of Excellence that was appointed by the Norwegian Research Council and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2002. The Centre is located at the Marine Technology Centre in Trondheim,Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway.

Research method
Our focus is the development of fundamental knowledge concerning the design and operation of future ships and ocean structures. We accomplish this by integrating theoretical and experimental research in marine hydrodynamics, structural mechanics and automatic control. Research at the Centre for Ships and Ocean Structures aims at developing fundamental knowledge about how ships and other structures behave in the ocean environment, using analytical, numerical and experimental studies. This knowledge is vital, both now and in the future, for the design of safe, cost effective and environmentally friendly structures as well as in the planning and execution of marine operations. The importance of such work cannot be over-emphasised: in tonnage terms 95 percent of all international transport is by sea; and 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas is produced from subsea reservoirs via offshore structures and pipelines. In the future, food production in aquacultural plants and exploitation of renewable energy from the oceans is expected to play a growing role. The scientific and engineering research carried out in the Centre takes account of such future needs, and extends current knowledge in relevant disciplines. The emphasis is on hydrodynamics, structural mechanics and automatic control, and in the synergy between them. =CeSOS in facts and figures= Personnel at the end of 2010: 6 key persons, 2 administrative staff, 15 postdocs/researchers (7.9 man-years post-docs), 41 PhD candidates (31.9 man-years), 14 PhD candidates associated (8.04 man-years), 6 graduated PhD candidates, 3 adjunct professors (0.5 man-years), 4 visiting professors (short term), 6 visiting INSEAN and MIT researchers (short term), a total of 57.64 research man-years. Revenues in 2010 Income NOK 44 901 000, Costs NOK 47 374 000, Publications in 2010 4 international keynote lectures, 35 refereed journal papers, 76 refereed conference papers, International journals, conferences and workshops - 2010 21 editorial boards of journals, 10-13 international conference organising committees, and 2 international workshops.