Øivind Wilhelmsen

Professor at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU, PI of PoreLab Center of Excellence

Email: Oivind.wilhelmsen@ntnu.no

Phone: +47 97 15 22 39

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Welcome to my research group

I am a Professor at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU and responsible for the Thermodynamics group. I am also one of the PIs of the Norwegian Centre of Excellence for research on porous media, Porelab.

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Our research group has a broad portfolio of activities within equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. We combine experiments, theory and molecular simulations to address a variety of scientific and industrially relevant challenges, where sustainability and development of fundamental knowledge is important. Our lines of research are:

Latest news

New paper on chocked flow in nozzles

The paper entitled Choked liquid flow in nozzles: Crossover from heterogeneous to homogeneous cavitation and insensitivity to depressurization rate has been published in Chemical Engineering Science. The critical mass flow rate is the maximum flow rate that can pass through a constrained geometry such ...
New paper on chocked flow in nozzles

I am now working full time as Professor at NTNU

From the 1st of August 2021, I start to work full time as a Professor at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU. The position is within equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and was formally announced more than one year ago. There were many excellent ...
I am now working full time as Professor at NTNU

Ailo Aasen receives the EFCE Excellence award!

The EFCE Excellence award in Thermodynamics and Transport properties is awarded every second year to an excellent PhD thesis. In 2021, it was awarded to my former PhD student and present collaborator, Dr. Ailo Aasen. The judging committee of EFCE’s Thermodynamics and Transport Properties ...
Ailo Aasen receives the EFCE Excellence award!