Disputation: Shaun Falconer: Condition monitoring of fibre ropes using machine learning

Shaun Falconer of the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Agder has submitted his thesis entitled «Condition monitoring of fibre ropes using machine learning» and will defend the thesis for the PhD-degree Tuesday 28 June 2022. 

He has followed the PhD-programme at the Faculty of Engineering and Science at the University of Agder with specialisation in Engineering Sciences, Scientific field Mechatronics. The doctoral work are funded by the Norwegian Research Council through UiA SFI Offshore Mechatronics.

Read the summary of the thesis by Shaun Falconer:

The trial lecture and the public defence will take place on campus in Auditorium C2 040, Campus Grimstad, and online (registration link below) via the Zoom conferencing app - registration link below.

Dean Michael Rygaard Hansen, Faculty of Engineering and Science, University of Agder, will chair the disputation.

The trial lecture Tuesday 28 June at 10:15 hours

Public defense Tuesday 28 June at 12:15 hours

Given topic for trial lecture: «Practical means to extend the remaining work life of ropes for lifting and mooring applications»

Thesis Title: «Condition monitoring of fibre ropes using machine learning»

Search for the thesis in AURA - Agder University Research Archive, a digital archive of scientific papers, theses and dissertations from the academic staff and students at the University of Agder.

The thesis is available here:

https://uia.brage.unit.no/uia-xmlui/handle/11250/2998488

The Candidate: Shaun Falconer (1991, Glasgow, Scotland) MEng Mechanical Engineering with Aeronautics, University of Glasgow, Scotland (2014). Present position: Pipe System Design Engineer at NOV Flexibles, Denmark.

Opponents:

First opponent: Professor Vilmar Æsøy, Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Second opponent: Professor Robert Schulz, Institute of Mechanical Handling and Logistics (IFT), University of Stuttgart, Germany

Associate Professor Dmitry Vysochinskiy, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder,  is appointed as the administrator for the assessment committee.

Supervisors in the doctoral work were Professor Geir Grasmo, University of Agder (main supervisor) and Senior Researcher Ellen Nordgård-Hansen, NORCE (co-supervisor)