HySchool Webinar #14: Gaute Myhren Kornberg, Yulia Arinicheva Skåtun, Jonathan Økland Torstensen (H2CoVE) & Petar Bosnic (USN)
The next HySchool Webinar will take place on Microsoft Teams at 11:00 CET on 26 February 2026. The session will feature Gaute Myhren Kornberg, Project Manager of H2CoVE at Vestland County Council, together with Assoc. Prof. Yulia Arinicheva Skåtun and Assoc. Prof. Jonathan Økland Torstensen from HVL, and PhD candidate Petar Bosnic from USN. Each 15-minute presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
Gaute Myrhen Kornberg
Project Manager H2CoVE, Vestland County Council
Yulia Arinicheva Skåtun
Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL); Regional Coordinator, H2CoVE
Jonathan Økland Torstensen
Associate Professor, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL); Lead for H2CoVE Train-the-Trainer Development
H2CoVE – European Centre of Vocational Excellence in Hydrogen
H2CoVE is an Erasmus+ flagship initiative designed to strengthen vocational education and training (VET) for the rapidly growing hydrogen economy in Europe. The project brings together 19 partners from five regions: Vestland (Norway), Tyrol (Austria), the Northern Netherlands, Estonia, and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Ukraine).
In Norway, Vestland serves as a model region for developing a comprehensive hydrogen skills ecosystem. H2CoVE explores how educational institutions, industry, research actors, and public authorities can collaborate across local, regional, and national levels to ensure relevant and future-oriented competence development.
The Norwegian partnership includes:
- Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Fagskulen Vestland
- Vestland County Council
- Sustainable Energy Catapult Centre Stord
- Saga Fjordbase
- Norwegian Hydrogen Forum
A key component of H2CoVE is capacity building for educators. In Norway, PhD candidates typically dedicate 25% of their doctoral period to teaching, making pedagogical training highly relevant for academic career development. H2CoVE develops and offers Train-the-Trainer programmes free of charge for educators and professionals teaching — or planning to teach — hydrogen-related subjects at EQF levels 4–9. The courses are delivered online and in person in Bergen.
The first Train-the-Trainer programme has just started, and registration is open until 28 February. The programme includes:
- Hydrogen and Energy Transition – 12 March 2026 (online)
- Hydrogen Safety in Education – 18 March 2026 (online)
- Organising the Learning Community – 25 March 2026 (online)
Join the webinar to learn how H2CoVE contributes to building Europe’s hydrogen competence ecosystem and how you can participate in the upcoming training activities.
More information is available on the H2CoVE website (ekstern lenke).
Registration is available here: Registration link (ekstern lenke).
Petar Bosnic
PhD Candidate from University of South-Eastern Norway
Predicting Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition in Hydrogen–Air Mixtures for Explosion Safety
This webinar highlights key outcomes from a doctoral research project addressing hydrogen safety and the numerical prediction of deflagration-to-detonation transition (DDT) in hydrogen–air mixtures. The primary objective of the PhD was the development of a dedicated OpenFOAM-based solver capable of modelling flame acceleration and DDT in under-resolved simulations, where direct resolution of all relevant physical scales is not feasible. The session will introduce the concept of DDT, discuss why it represents one of the most dangerous modes of explosion escalation, what physical processes govern it, and how it can be modelled in practical engineering simulations.
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35947671167952?p=qNz4i5trVGRzyTWbBt (ekstern lenke)
Meeting ID: 359 476 711 679 52
Passcode: Jn7Qy2iD