Annual report 2025

Department of Energy and Process Engineering | NTNU

Looking Back

Francesca Verones, instituttleder (konstituert) på instituttleders kontor 11.09.2025. Foto: Maren Agdestein/NTNU.
Francesca Verones, instituttleder (konstituert) på instituttleders kontor 11.09.2025. Foto: Maren Agdestein/NTNU.

Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT) is one of eight Departments at the Faculty of Engineering at NTNU. By the end of 2025, our department alone handled 80+ applications and managed 140+ active projects. Our combined income reached 220+ million NOK, which shows both our scientific relevance and our ability to deliver.

On the education side, we supervised 182 master’s and project students, completed 17 PhD defences, and guided more than 300 bachelor, master, and project theses. This is quite a contribution to NTNU’s educational mission.

Our HR numbers also reflect a growing department. With approx. 240 employees and 39 new hiring processes, we continue to attract and retain talented people who strengthen our academic and administrative community.

But the real highlights of the year are the stories behind the numbers! Read more about those below.

All of this reflects a community that delivers high quality research and education, supports each other, and builds an environment where people can thrive.

Thank you for your dedication and your resilience throughout 2025. I look forward to everything our department will accomplish in the year ahead.

Illustrasjon: Energilandskapet
Illustrasjon: SINTEF/NTNU/Oxygen

Our mission

EPT shares the mission that as part of a university, we educate outstanding graduates with strong analytical and practical abilities, and our research focuses on expanding knowledge in science and technology for a better world. Furthermore, EPT’s mission is to contribute to Norway’s role in developing a viable foundation for society at regional, national and global levels.

Through research and education, the department shall contribute to the understanding of sustainable solutions, helping to solve complex problems and global challenges to ensure effective resource utilisation. In line with NTNU’s goal to move from mission to action, we address the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  that are relevant based on the research and educational activity at the department.

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2025 Numbers

Foto: Olav Rømcke/NTNU

The Highlights

Top Lecturer Award and New Teaching Merit at EPT

Ignat Tolstorebrov was named “Best Lecturer 2025” by EMIL, the student association for the Energy and Environment programme.

At the same time, Tania Bracchi became the second academic at the Faculty of Engineering and the first at EPT to be named a Merited Teacher at NTNU.

30 active members in Women in Science

In 2025, the local Women in Science initiative at EPT hosted 14 events in all: three lunch seminars, two round-table discussions, two workshops, two book clubs, two charity runs and a range of other events.

EPT fitness activities

The activity programme EPTraining continued to bring energy and joy to our everyday life: from running and ball sports to skiing, sauna sessions, marka hikes, and the popular EPT Gym and bike service.

Jason Hearst Receives Prestigious Award

Jason Hearst has been awarded the Nobuhide Kasagi Award, an honour recognising outstanding and innovative early‑career researchers in the field of turbulence and shear‑flow phenomena.

Photo: Maren Agdestein/NTNU

Clothing Crisis Exposed

This summer, 23 students sorted through six tonnes of used clothes and shoes. What they discovered made national headlines. Read the story about the garments we buy, own and then throw away (nrk.no).

Screenshot: nrk.no

FME BATTERY’s first-year highlights

The research centre’s first year included major events, active collaboration partners, and well-attended webinars that strengthened networking and knowledge-sharing.

Energy Technology Collaboration with top Chinese universities

EPT visited Shanghai Jiao Tong and Tsinghua universities to conclude the ChiNoZEN collaborative project