(English below)
Velkommen til foredrag med Professor Øystein Grong den 5.02 kl. 15.00 på B1, Bergbygget, Alfred Getz’ vei 2, Trondheim. I mars utgis Prof. Grongs nye bok med følgende tittel “Fundamentals of Extrusion-Based Aluminum Welding and Additive Manufactuing”, og vi er veldig heldige til å kunne ønske ham velkommen til å fortelle oss mer om boken og arbeidet hans. Hans bio er tilgjengelig lenger ned på denne siden (på engelsk).
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Welcome to a lecture with Professor Øystein Grong on February 5th at 15.00 at B1, Bergbygget, Alfred Getz’ vei 2, Trondheim. In March, Prof. Grong’s new book with the following title “Fundamentals of Extrusion-Based Aluminum Welding and Additive Manufacturing” will be published, and we are very lucky to be able to welcome him to tell us more about the book and his work.
Øystein Grong (born in 1956) received his PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1983. He has served as a Visiting Research Professor at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado (USA). In 1987, he was appointed Professor of Metallurgy at NTNU by the King of Norway and the Prime Minister.
Professor Grong has broad interests and extensive research experience in materials science in general, and in microstructural modelling in particular. His work emphasizes industrial manufacturing methods such as welding, brazing, casting, extrusion and heat treatment of metals and alloys. A significant portion of his research is related to innovation and the development of new processes and products.
During his tenure at NTNU, Professor Grong has supervised numerous MSc and PhD students and authored more than 300 publications, including 110 major scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals. He is also the author of the well-regarded international textbook Metallurgical Modelling of Welding, which was formerly ranked among the top ten best-selling books from the Institute of Materials in London. In March 2026 his next international textbook, Fundamentals of Extrusion-Based Aluminum Welding and Additive Manufacturing, will be published by Elsevier. In addition, he has contributed to 10 patents and received four international awards and one prestigious national award for his scientific contributions.
Professor Grong is currently self-employed through his own consulting company and is fully engaged in the development of the hybrid metal extrusion & bonding (HYB) process, in collaboration with industry partners and colleagues at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NTNU.
