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About Thor I. Fossen
- Thor Inge Fossen (born January 3, 1963) is a Norwegian naval architect and a cyberneticist.
- Fossen received the MTech degree in Marine Technology (1987) and PhD in Engineering Cybernetics (1991) both from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
- He is a Fulbright alumni and he pursued postgraduate studies in Aerodynamics and Aeronautics at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics of the University of Washington, Seattle (1989-1990).
- At age 28 he was appointed associated professor of guidance, navigation and control at NTNU and two years later he qualified as full professor.
- He has been elected member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences since 1998 and elevated to IEEE Fellow (2016) for his contributions to modeling and controlling of marine craft.
- Fossen is one of the founders of the company Marine Cybernetics (2002), which was acquired by DNV GL in 2014.
- He is co-founder of the company SCOUT Drone Inspection AS (2017) and he is involved in several new high-tech companies in Trondheim.
- He is currently co-director of the NTNU Center for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems.
- He has made contributions in the areas of marine craft motion control systems, hydrodynamics, nonlinear control, guidance systemsnavigation.
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