DNV Software has signed an agreement with NTNU, Institute of Marine Technology, in Trondheim, Norway, to improve education of students by using the Nauticus and Sesam software suite.
“This is an agreement of great strategic value with regards to knowledge sharing and it will ensure that students get to know our software before they graduate,” says Elling Rishoff, Managing Director of DNV Software.
Professor Bjørnar Pettersen and professor Jørgen Amdahl from NTNU had a meeting with DNV Software to define the scope of work and deliverables for the cooperation.
Says Ketil Aamnes, Global Sales and Marketing Director of DNV Software:
“The intention of the agreement is to establish a long-lasting relationship with NTNU, where software from DNV will be an integrated part of the education. NTNU is already a customer of DNV Software, but we realise that just sending out a CD and license keys do not ensure proper use. This is the challenge we address in this agreement.”
Four students from the Institute of Marine Technology have assisted in the development of training material that will be used in teaching this fall. Two of the students based here at Høvik – Frøydis Boge and Simen Fodstad Stølen – gave the following comment about their stay with DNV Software:
“Since we had rather poor knowledge of the Sesam system beforehand, it was important to learn more before we started out making workshops and exercises. During the first two weeks, we were introduced to the relevant programs through short courses. There was not enough time for longer and more in-depth training, so we had to further our knowledge by trial and error. In that phase, the support and assistance we received from the people at DNV Software was invaluable.
“We have tried to emphasise userfriendliness in the workshops. It is important for the students to understand the theory behind what they are doing. We don’t want the computer examples to make things seem more complicated, rather the other way around. The focus has been on the hydrodynamic part of the course and we therefore made use of the programs GeniE, HydroD, PostResp and Wasim. Morison and panel models were created, analysed and adapted in existing and new exercises.
“It has been of great learning value for us to work at DNV Software this summer. Combining what we have learned so far with computer technology is very interesting. It has also been rewarding and motivating to be a part of the working environment here at Høvik.” Ole Jan Nekstad, Sesam Product Manager, who had ‘mentor’ responsibility for Frøydis and Simen during their stay at DNV Software is impressed with their achievements and how well they fitted into our hectic daily work. The students produced in total 24 workshops to be used in NTNU’s educational set-up as well as in other training environments. Many of the workshops focus on learning how parametric models may be generated using our unique scripting language in DeepC, GeniE and HydroD.
“One should also be aware that many of the workshops are based on theoretical examples published in technical literature. This means that by building models, doing analysis and presenting the results, the students have helped significantly in the validation of our software,” says Ole Jan Nekstad.