Every standardization study starts from scratch. It does not have to.
When a client asks what design commonality would save, there is no published method to reach for — every study is bespoke, every result hard to defend. I’m building the open framework and releasing it with the papers. Join early: shape its assumptions, then build on it.
Sound familiar?
No citable method for the trade-off
Structural optimization ignores production economics; cost models ignore family-level standardization. Client work bridging the two rests on in-house assumptions that are hard to defend.
Closed tools, closed data
What exists is proprietary or one-off. Reproducing a standardization claim for a sceptical client means rebuilding from zero.
What participation buys you
Nothing below rests on a promise. Today you get influence and early access. The computational results arrive on the published research schedule through 2028 — and participants see each step first.
An open engine to build on
The parametric engine and cost models ship open-source with the papers — WISDEM, RAFT, OpenFAST, OpenMDAO, validated on the IEA 15 MW references. Use them in client work; no license, no black box.
Shape the assumptions before they freeze
Formal expert review is built into the research design. Reviewers influence boundary conditions, cost structures, and validation cases — acknowledged or anonymous, as you prefer.
Co-authorship where it is earned
Substantive technical contribution to validation or case studies can mean co-authorship on the relevant papers, under normal academic criteria.
The cost of participating
The entry point is one conversation about where existing methods fail on standardization questions, and what a defensible framework requires. Interviews run under NTNU research-ethics procedures and are anonymized by default — organisations are never named without written consent. Everything beyond the interview is optional and separately agreed.
A 45-minute interview
With a structural, naval-architecture, or cost-engineering lead. Where current methods fail on standardize-or-customize, and what a usable framework must get right.
Later, optionally: formal review
Structured review of the framework and its assumptions as part of the evaluation — a few hours across the project, scheduled around your work.
A funded NTNU doctoral program, not a vendor
This is a three-year NTNU-funded doctoral fellowship (2026–2029) in the Production Management group, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Methods and code are published openly. There is nothing for sale.
You talk to me directly — Evgeny Ramenskiy, PhD candidate. Data is handled under NTNU research data agreements. Interviews run on informed consent, with the right to withdraw at any time.
Next step
Two minutes: tell me who you are and what you'd want out of it. You get a concrete interview proposal — topics, anonymity terms, scheduling — within a few days.
Express interestOr email directly: evgeny.ramenskiy@ntnu.no