Svein Olav Halstensen have since 2017 been project leader for the development of the NORCE RIMARC system predicting next minutes waves and vessel motions from the onboard navigation radars in cooperation with MIT, Kongsberg, Equinor and DOF.
He graduated from NTNU Maritime Technology in 1984.
He has special competence in marine hydrodynamics as resistance, propulsion, sea-keeping, DP station keeping and manoeuvring. In 2008 he received the Wartsila Technology Innovation & Award for the development of the PropaC efficiency rudder that was patented by him in 1998.
He has broad experience with multi-discipline research projects and was project leader for the development of the Wartsila “Design Optimizer” tool. This software enabled fast optimizing of total vessel solutions, including machinery and propulsion systems, for the actual operation profile and environmental conditions.
