Established in 2000, Simplicatus AS aims to explain difficult things in a simple fashion.
Our focus is mathematics and physics, as these subjects are traditionally considered the most challenging in science education and science communication. We combine pedagogical understanding with subject knowledge and competency of the latest technologies in order to develop educational materials and applications that enhance the learning process.
Simplicatus is or has been involved with the following projects:
Simplicatus is Project Owner / Contractor / Coordinator of the MOSEM² project.
The following people at Simplicatus are involved with the MOSEM² project:
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Vegard Engstrøm, M.Sc. | Project management, forum & website administrator, quality assurance, co-author, budgeting, accounting, payments, archiving, financial report, interim and final reports |
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Aasrun Engstrøm | Administration, documentation, contracts, logistics, purchases, payments, financial reporting, translations |
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Eva Charlton | Documentation, project application | |
Morten Sandberg, B.Sc. | IT Operations, System administrator |
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Simplicatus is Project Owner / Contractor / Coordinator of the MOSEM project.
The following people at Simplicatus are involved with the MOSEM project:
Name |
Role |
Picture |
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Vegard Engstrøm, M.Sc. | Project management, forum & website administrator, quality assurance, co-author, budgeting, accounting, payments, archiving, financial report, interim and final reports |
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Aasrun Engstrøm | Administration, documentation, contracts, logistics, purchases, payments, financial reporting, translations |
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Morten Sandberg, B.Sc. | IT Operations, System administrator |
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Eva Charlton | Documentation, contracts | |
Arne Seime, M.Sc. | Updating the intranet | |
Jo Smiseth, Ph.D. | Co-author and scientific quality assurance for online learning application |
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Nils Arne Trelsgård | Graphic design | |
Anne Cathrine Nielsen | Auditing, financial reporting | |
Magnus Rudolfsen (subcontractor Visualize) | Maintenance and updates to online learning application |
Simplicatus was the Contractor and Coordinator of the SUPERCOMET 2 project.
The following people at Simplicatus were involved with the SUPERCOMET 2 project:
Name |
Role |
Picture |
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Vegard Engstrøm, M.Sc. | Project management, quality assurance, co-author for the online learning application, budgeting, accounting, payments, archiving, financial report, interim and final reports |
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Morten Sandberg, B.Sc. | IT Operations, System administrator (Linux server, Windows clients), Webmaster intranet and project websites (old version and development of new version using eZ Publish) |
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Arne Seime, M.Sc. | Updating the intranet | |
Jo Smiseth, Ph.D. | Co-author for online learning application |
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Aasrun Engstrøm | Financial final report | |
Lena H. Ness | Accounting, financial final report | |
Elisabeth Tho | Accounting, payments, archiving, financial pre-interim report | |
Vegard Cock, Sven Aanesen (subcontractor Mintra) | Further updates to third version of learning application for CD-ROM, also testing and running online on test server (2005-2007) | |
Magnus Rudolfsen, Jan-Erik Vinje, Peter Rudolfsen (subcontractor Visualize) |
Development of Flash animations for learning application. Development and implementation of fourth version of learning application online, testing and running on test server (2007-2009) |
Simplicatus was the Coordinator of the SUPERCOMET project.
The following people at Simplicatus were involved with the SUPERCOMET project:
Name |
Role |
Picture |
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Vegard Engstrøm, M.Sc. | Project management, co-author for the learning application and teacher guide, budgeting, interim and final reports |
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Kristian Fossheim, Prof. | Co-author for the learning application |
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Jo Smiseth, M.Sc. | Co-author for the learning application |
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Morten Sandberg | IT Operations, System administrator (Linux server, Windows clients), Webmaster intranet and website |
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Arne Seime | Developing and implementing the intranet | |
Andreas Morland | Web design for the learning application, intranet and website | |
Gunnar Braaten | Developing and implementing project website | |
Einar Huseby | IT Operations, purchasing and installing servers, development of CD-ROM with first and second version of learning application (2002) | |
Sven Aanesen (subcontractor Mintra) | Development and implementation of third version of learning application for CD-ROM, also testing and running online on test server (2002-2004) | |
Magnus Rudolfsen, Jan-Erik Vinje, Peter Rudolfsen (subcontractor Visualize) | Development of Flash animations for learning application |
Simplicatus ran the Superlab project alone.
The following people at Simplicatus were involved with the Superlab project:
Name |
Role |
Picture |
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Kristian Fossheim, Prof. | Project sponsor, main author for online learning application |
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Vegard Engstrøm, M.Sc. | Project management, co-author for online learningapplication, budgeting, accounting, payments, financial interim report |
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Jo Smiseth, M.Sc. | Co-author of text for online learning application |
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