Team
Dr. Mahdi Ghane
Lab Director
Associate Professor, Automation & Robotics
email: mahdi.ghane@hvl.no
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Harald Spångberg
Assistant Head of Department, Automation & Robotics
email: Harald.Spangberg@hvl.no
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Collaborators
Prof. Erik Kyrkjebø
Department of Comp Sci. and Elect Eng., HVL.
Research Area: Robotics, Human-Robot Cooperation & Autonomous Systems
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Prof. Kenn Steger-Jensen
Department of Materials and Production, Aalborg University.
Research Area: Martime Logistics, Robotics and Automation
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Dr. Naseem Ali
Institute of Coastal Systems -Analysis and Modelling, Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon.
Research Area: Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
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Graduate Students
Sedigheh Sadeghi
PhD Student
Topic:: Offshorw wind operation and maintennace
Started: 2025
email: sedigheh.sadeghi@hvl.no
Beatriz Lopez Rodriguez
PhD Student (co-supervisor)
Topic:: System modeling and optimization of fruit and berries
Started: 2023
email: beatriz.lopez.rodriguez@hvl.no
Salman M Sakkeer
M.Sc. Student
Topic:: Generative AI for Automated Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) Documentation in Maritime Systems
Started: 2025
email: salmansakkeer98@gmail.com
Alumni
Hamidreza Rezaeian
M.Sc. Student
Current Position: Rosenberg Worley.