Professional Experience

Senior Research Scientist

SINTEF OCEAN

2020 -

Professor

NTNU / IHB

2020 -

Professor

NTNU / MTP

2003- 2020

Senior R&D Project Advisor

SAP/Predictive Engineering Insight

2017

Visiting Professor

Embry Riddle Aeronautic University

2014 - 2015

R&D Advisor / Entrepeneur

MXRR Srl. (race engine development)

2014 -

Managing Director / Entrepreneur

ColiCot (colic crib development)

2012 -

R&D Manager / Entrepreneur

VP AS (windmill engineering)

2007 - 2010

R&D Advisor / Entrepreneur

BR Consulting Srl. (gearbox analysis)

2005 - 2007

Managing Director

TRAC

1999 -

Managing Director

Fedem AS

1997 - 1999

Technical Director

Fedem AS

1995 - 1997

Research Scientist

SINTEF

1988 - 1995

Project Engineer

ITEC / NORTEST

1986 - 1988

Recent Digital Twin Projects

THOR - European Defence Fund

Task leader 

2023 -

ANEO (wind mill DT based monitoring)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2023 -

BIORETUR (fish farm waste recycling)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2021 -

IMPACT EC project (Wave Energy Converters)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2021 -

VIRTUAL SENSORS ( Predictive Maintenance)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2022 -

DTR (Dynamic Test Rig for Power Cables)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2021 -

BENTLY NEVADA (Rotating Machinery)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2022 -

ARROWHEAD TOOLS (Offshore Crane DT)

WP leader, Digital Twin implementations

2019 - 2022

Academic Education

NTNU / Machine Department

400

1982 - 1986

NTNU / Engineering Cybernetics

NTNU / IHB

1998 - 1991

Academic Courses (teaching)

NTNU / IHB

Digital Twins based Structural Health Monitoring (MSc)

2021 -

NTNU / MTP

Finite Element Applications in Mechanical Engineering (MSc)

2018 - 2021

NTNU / MTP

Product Simulation (PhD)

2018

NTNU / MTP

Advanced Product Simulation (PhD/MSc)

2018

NTNU / MTP

Industrial IKT Intro (BSc)

2003 - 2018

NTNU / MTP

Mechanical Vibrations (MSc)

2010 - 2014

NTNU / MTP

System Engineering (Lean Systems Engineering part / LEfSE)

2010 - 2014

Recent Publications

Terje Rølvåg, Giacomo Alessandri, José Miguel Rodriguues and Bjørn Haugen, Digital Twin supported Structural Health Monitoring of Test Rigs for Wave Energy Applications, Proceedings of the ISOPE (2024), Rhodes, June 16-21, 2024

2024

José Miguel Rodrigues, Nina Kristin Langhele, Terje Rølvåg, João Cruz, Mairead Atcheson Cruz, Michele Martini, Paula B. Garcia-Rosa, Mitra Kamidelivand, Giacomo Alessandri, Federico Gallorini, Compilation of Development Metrics Applicable to Wave Energy Converters (WECs): Current Status and Proposed Next Steps, Proceedings of the ISOPE (2023), Canada, June 19-23, 2023

2023

Terje Rølvåg and Øystein Stranden,Digital Twin Based Structural Health Monitoring of Offshore Crane,

Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering, OMAE2022, June 5-10

2022

Lanza, Remi Krister Sylvain; Haenisch, Jochen; Bengtsson, Kjell; Rølvåg, Terje., ISO 10303 AP209—Why and how to embed nonlinear FEA.Advances in Engineering Software2021 ;Volum 154. s. 1-13, NTNU

2021

Digital Twin Based Condition Monitoring of a Knuckle Boom Crane; an Experimental Study, Torbjørn Moi, Andrej Ciblicik and Terje Rølvåg, Engineering Failure Analysis v112 (104517)

2020

Fatigue analysis of high performance race engines, T. Rølvåg, B.Haugen, Matteo Bella and F. Berto, Engineering Failure Analysis v112 (104514)

2020

Shark attacks on offshore streamer cables, T. Rølvåg, A.B.Hagen and T.B.Hagen, Engineering Failure Analysis v110 (104403)

2020

Trade Study to Select Best Alternative for Cable and Pulley Simulation for Cranes on Offshore Vessels, Gaute Fotland Cecilia Haskins and Terje Rølvåg, The Journal of The International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE)

2019

Relating Structural Test and FEA Data with STEP AP209, R.Lanzaa, J.Haenisch, K.Bengtsson, and T.Rølvåg, accepted for publication in the International Journal of Advances in Engineering Software

2018

Leanification of the Engineering Process for Customized Road safety Products, S. Ulonska, T. Welo and T. Rølvåg, Int. Design Conference - DESIGN

2018

Dynamic Test Bench for Motocross Engines, T Rolvag and Matteo Bella, International Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), Vol.9(10) 1-19, SAGE Open Access

2017

FE simulation of soft wing impactor for aviation mast frangibility testing – sensitivity to model assumptions, International Journal of Crashworthiness, Terje Rølvåg, Torgeir Welo, Rien van Houten & Jaap Wiggenraad

2016

Product architecture design of multi-modal products. Liu, Cong; Hildre, Hans-Petter; Zhang, Houxiang; Rølvåg, Terje. (2016) , Res Eng Design 26:219–234, DOI 10.1007/s00163-015-0193-0

2015

Conceptual design of multi-modal products. Liu, Cong; Hildre, Hans-Petter; Zhang, Houxiang; Rølvåg, Terje. Research in Engineering Design.vol. 26 (3).

2014

Multidisciplinary FEA based modeling and simulation of Moto GP Racing bike, Terje Rølvåg, International Journal of Vehicle Systems Modeling and Testing (IJVSMT)

2014

Influence of Pole and Slot Combinations on Magnetic Forces and Vibration in Low-Speed PM Wind Generators, M. Valavi, A. Nysveen, R. Nilssen, T. Rølvåg, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, TMAG-13-07-0462.R1 m

2014

Construction of an instrumented roller ski and validation of three-dimensional forces in the skating technique, M. Hoset, A. B. Rognstad, T. Rølvåg, G. Ettema & Ø. Sandbakk, Sports Engineering ISSN 1369-7072, Sports Eng.

2013

A method for controller parameter estimation based on perturbations, Bratland, M., Haugen, B., and Rølvåg, T, Printed :Engineering with Computers, An International Journal for Simulation Based Engineering, ISSN 0177-0667, Springer

2013

Modal analysis of active flexible multibody systems, Bratland, M., Haugen, B., and Rølvåg, T, Printed : Computers and Structures, vol. 89, pp. 750-761

2011