Geir Grasmo

Current courses

• No teaching until further.

I have teaching and supervision experience at B.Sc. and M.Sc. in period 1993-1997, and again from 2015, and co-supervising PhD-students in 1996-1998.  I also supervised M.Sc. students, colleagues and customers in my industrial practice period 1998-2014.

Course subjects have included

• Materials Engineering (under- and graduate levels)
• Materials Processing and Engineering (under-graduate level)
• Mechanical Metallurgy (graduate level)
• Fracture Mechanics (graduate level)
• Composite Materials (graduate level)
• Quality Management (under-graduate levels)

1984            Scientific Assistant II, NTH, Technical Physics

1985            Project Engineer, SINTEF Norwegian Hydrotechnical Laboratory

1986-1992     Research Engineer, SINTEF Materials and Processes

1993-1994     Assistant Professor, Stavanger University College, Offshore Materials

1995-1997     Associate Professor, Stavanger University College, Offshore Materials

1998-1999     R&D Manager, Scana Steel Stavanger

1999-2000     Chief Technical Manager, Ingots and forged products, Scana Steel Stavanger 

2001-2003     Process Engineering and Quality Manager, Alcoa Automotive-SCC               

2004-2006     Program and Product Development Manager, Alcoa Automotive–SCC

2006-2008     R&D and Global Technical Customer Service Manager, Elkem Foundry Products. 

2009-2015     Technical Customer Service Manager Billets, Alcoa Primary Products Europe.

Since 2015     Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder (UiA).

2017             Section Coordinator Mechatronics, Department of Engineering Sciences, UIA

Since 2017   Head of Department of Engineering Sciences, UiA. 

Main interests comprise applied materials engineering for a broad range of applications.   This is accompanied with basic understanding of materials science with respect to internal structures and behaviours, processing and properties.  The broad applicability of the materials has always been important to me.

Head of UiA:Havvind for cross-faculty development of competence, teaching, research and innovation in offshore wind.

Head of research area Offshore Mechatronics in the Top Research Center for Mechatronics (TRCM),
Co-member of the research group for building constructions. Acts occasionally in the research group for energy materials.

Main supervisor for Ph.D. student in powder metallurgy in collaboration with Future Materials Norsk Katapult.

Member of the board of the Mechatronics Innovation Laboratory (MIL).

Deputy member of the board of Future Materials AS who heads Future Materials Norwegian Catapult.

1. Jen. C. Lin et al: Aluminium alloy for producing high performance shaped castings. US Patent US7087125 B2.

2. S. Stan et al: Aluminium Benefits in Ductile Iron Production. 2008 Proceedings of the Keith Millis Symposium on Ductile Iron, AFS 2008.

3. M. Chisamera et al: Preconditioning of Electrically Melted Grey Cast Irons. U.P.B. Sci. Bul. Series B, Vol.71, Iss.3, 2009 ISSN 1454-2331

4. I. Riposan et al: Benefits of Residual Aluminium in Ductile Iron. J.Mat.Eng. Perf. 2011 Feb, Vol. 20, Iss.1, pp.57-64

5. D. Mortensen et al: Macrosegregation modelling of DC-casting including grain motion and surface exudation.  2014 TMS annual meeting and exhibition.

6. Shaun Falconer, Peter Krause, Thomas Bäck, Ellen Marie Nordgård-Hansen, Geir Grasmo:  
Condition Classification of Fibre Ropes during Cyclic Bend over Sheave testing Using Machine Learning. International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management 13-1, 2022. ISSN 2153-2648, e-ISSN 2153-2648

7. Tareq, Foysal Kabir; Hovig, Even Wilberg; Aune, Ragnhild Elizabeth; Grasmo, Geir (2023). Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Arc-Melted NiSi11Cx Alloys.
TMS 2023 152nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. ISBN: 978-3-031-22523-9. Springer. Konferanseartikkel. s 216 - 225.

8. Ibrahim, Mohammad; Du, Qiang; Hovig, Even Wilberg; Grasmo, Geir; Hulme, Christopher; Aune, Ragnhild Elizabeth (2023). Gas-Atomized Nickel Silicide Powders Alloyed with Molybdenum, Cobalt, Titanium, Boron, and Vanadium for Additive Manufacturing. Metals. ISSN: 2075-4701. 13 (9). doi:10.3390/met13091591.