Trial lecture and PhD defense for Matthias Markus Henkies
Matthias has been following the PhD programme at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and is defending his doctoral thesis at UNIS 3 March 2026.
Doctoral Candidate Matthias Markus Henkies at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology will hold a trial lecture and defend his doctoral thesis for the degree of Philosophiae Doctor (PhD). The degree is administered by the Faculty of Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and will be held at UNIS 10 February 2026.
Thesis title:
«Shaped by Local Winds: Renewable Energy in the Complex Arctic Terrain of Svalbard»
Disputation 3 March 2026
Trial lecture: 10:15
Title: “Climate change and renewable energies deployment and integration in Arctic regions: challenges, barriers and opportunities“
Thesis presentation: 13:00-14:00
Thesis defence: 14:00-16:30
Where: Lassegrotta
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Evaluation committee
Defense leader: Professor Gabriele Lobaccaro, NTNU
1. Opponent: Professor Xiaoli Guo Larsén, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
2. Opponent: Dr Øyvind Byrkjedal, Norconsult
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Professor Knut Vilhelm Høyland, NTNU
Co-supervisors: Professor Anna Sjøblom, UNIS
Associate Professor Aleksey Shestov, UNIS
Professor Knut Vilhelm Høyland, NTNU