Our business
zeabuz is a highly ambitious spin-off from the progressive research Center for autonomous marine operations and systems, at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. zeabuz is founded on a cutting-edge research community that created the world’s first full-scale autonomous ferry "milliAmpere 2". Our team has deep competence in situational awareness, autonomous navigation, and decision-making, modeling and simulation, cyber-physical systems, and assurance.
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CORE TEAM
Thomas Skarshaug
Autonomy Engineer &
Co-founder
Halvor Platou
Sr. Systems Architect
Carl Petersson
Autonomy Engineer
Dr. Vinicius De Oliveira
Lead developer
Test system
Brage Sæther
Autonomy Engineer
Dr. Bjørn-Olav H. Eriksen
Lead developer MPCS & Co-founder
Dr. Erik F. Wilthil
Lead developer SITAW & Co-founder
Jonas Åsnes Sagild
Autonomy Engineer
Magne Sirnes
Autonomy Engineer
Jarle Vinje Kramer
Sr. Systems Engineer
PART-TIME MSc. STUDENT EMPLOYEES
Magnus Haukeland
NTNU MSc. student - Cybernetics and robotics
Eivind Løvoll
NTNU MSc. student - Marine technology
Jørgen Hazeland Baugerud
NTNU MSc. student - Electrical systems
Lisa Ring
Linköping University
MSc. student - Industrial design and management
Robin Stokke
NTNU MSc. student - Marine Technology
Hanna Waage Hjelmeland
NTNU MSc. student - Cybernetics and robotics
Aleksander Elvebakk
NTNU MSc. student - Cybernetics and robotics
PART-TIME PhD STUDENT EMPLOYEES
Emil Thyri
NTNU PhD student - Collision Avoidance
Tobias R. Torben
NTNU PhD student - Product Assurance & Co-founder
Kjetil Vasstein
NTNU PhD student – Simulations of autonomous systems & Co-founder
Øystein Kaarstad Helgesen
NTNU PhD student – Object detection
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bjørn K. Haugland
Chairman / CEO Skift - Business Climate Leaders
Dr. Asgeir J. Sørensen
Professor and Director, NTNU, Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems
Dr. Tor Arne Johansen
Professor, NTNU, Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems
Susanne Jäschke
Innovation Manager, NTNU Technology Transfer
Stein Andre Herigstad-Olsen
CEO, Torghatten
ADVISORS
Tore Ulstein
Chair and owner Ulstein, Chair NORCE,
Fmr: President NHO
Tor Svensen
Vice President, Marine Technology at RCCL
Fmr: CEO of DNV Maritime, chairman of IACS, Professor at University of Strathclyde
Dr. Morten Breivik
Associate Professor, NTNU / Motion control & COLAV
Dr. Edmund F. Brekke
Associate Professor, NTNU /Sensor fusion & SITAW
Dr. Egil Eide
Associate Professor, NTNU/ Electronic Systems / Inventor