Recent Submissions

• Implementation and exploration of relative biological effectiveness in proton arc therapy ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-03-01)
• Improvement in burning velocity models for hydrogen in the gas explosion simulator FLACS ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-04-07)
• Monte Carlo Simulations of Occupational Radiation Exposure During X-ray Guided Interventional Cardiology Procedures ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-03-05)
X-ray imaging is widely used as a diagnostic tool in many medical fields. Medical personnel can often reduce their exposure with distance and sufficient radiation protection, as they do not have to be close to the radiation ...
• Microstructural visco-elastic models for carbonates and related porous media ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-02-23)
• Carbonate rock dissolution during CO2 and brine injection – An experimental study applying in-situ imaging by PET and CT ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-03-01)
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); capture of CO2 from point sources followed by permanent storage in subsurface geological formations; can contribute to mitigating anthropogenic CO2 emissions, and to the ongoing energy ...
• Mechanical design and thermal properties of the carbon layers of the proton CT tracking system ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-01-15)
Cancer treatment is one of the largest and fastest growing fields in medical physics and technology. Particle therapy is considered a significant improvement for treating certain types of cancer and particle therapy ...
• Scholte Waves in Seabed Mapping ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-01-29)
With the growing demand for renewable energy solutions in the world, floating windmills are said to be very effective and environmental friendly for ensuring future’s energy demands. Hence, robust methods for evaluating ...
• Design og anvendelse av en eksperimentell hydrofoil testrigg ﻿

(Master thesis, 2021-01-29)
I dette masterprosjektet designes og konstrueres en eksperimentell testrigg for hydrofoiler. For å undersøke testriggens yteevne benyttes den godt dokumenterte foilen NACA0018 som testobjekt. Preliminære eksperimentelle ...
• Renormalization of QED with a spontaneously broken gauge symmetry ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-14)
• Search for Dark Matter produced in association with a Higgs boson decaying to tau leptons at $\sqrt{\textrm{s}}$= 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-09)
This thesis presents a search for Dark Matter produced in association with the Standard Model Higgs boson decaying into two tau leptons at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV using Run 2 data from the ATLAS detector corresponding to an ...
• Utvikling av kjennetegn på elevers måloppnåelse innen kritisk tenkning i naturfag ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-20)
Fagfornyelsen har et fokus på kritisk tenkning (Kunnskapsdepartementet, 2017). I den sammenheng ønsker jeg å utvikle et verktøy til kritisk tenkning som både elever og lærere kan ta i bruk. Jeg har utviklet kjennetegn på ...
• Reducing Uncertainty in Proton Therapy Treatment Planning - Calculation of the Proton Stopping Power using Single and Dual Energy Computed Tomography ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-18)
• Oxidized Graphene on Ir(111): Wetting and Icephobic Properties Investigated on the Macroscopic and Atomic Scale ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-08-09)
Icing remains a huge challenge in a wide range of industries, from airplanes to optical sensors and wind turbines. Today's ice-combating approaches include thermal, mechanical, and chemical methods, which come with power, ...
• Characterisation of a Digital Sampling Calorimeter Prototype for Proton Computed Tomography With Electron Beams ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-19)
Proton CT is a novel imaging modality designed to improve dose planning and treatment monitoring in proton therapy. The precision of the beam of charged particles, like protons, requires accurate diagnostics, to avoid ...
• Calculation and comparison of linear energy transfer and relative biological effectiveness in proton therapy using FLUKA Monte Carlo simulations and the ECLIPSE treatment planning system. ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-19)
• Thermal Neutron Detection Efficiency of a Gadolinium-Based Silicon Pixel Sensor ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-18)
This thesis is a "proof-of-principle" study which aims to assess the feasibility of ALPIDE as a neutron imaging sensor when coupled with a natural-Gd converter foil. The neutron detection efficiency of a Gd-based ALPIDE ...
• A novel application of Spherical Elementary Currents with Ground Magnetometers - Analysis of By effects on the auroral electrojets ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-12-10)
This thesis advances inversion and optimisation techniques used with spherical elementary currents (SECS) to perform a statistical analysis of the auroral electrojets based on ground magnetic field measurements. The ...
• Pressure-impulse diagrams for vented hydrogen deflagrations in 20-foot shipping containers- Numerical predictions using the Impetus Afea solver and validation against data from full-scale experiments ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-10-24)
A pressure-impulse (P-I) diagram is a graphical representation of the level of structural response of a given structure to pressure loads characterised by different combinations of pressure and impulse. Weak structures, ...
• Design and Experimental Studies of a Nanofluid Direct Absorption Solar Collector ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-09-08)
• Experimental and Numerical Investigation of the Erosive Effects of Micro- and Nanometer-Sized Particles in Water Flow ﻿

(Master thesis, 2020-08-20)