Nicholas Hansen

Nicholas Hansen is a Postdoc at the Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), specializing in Control, Robotics and Embodied AI. His research directly contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through advancements in autonomous maritime systems.

His core research interests include Situation Awareness (100%), Autonomous Systems (59%), Robotics (45%), Good Seamanship (45%), Confined Water Navigation (42%), Safe Navigation (41%), Maneuverability (39%), and Remote Control systems. This work bridges theoretical control engineering with real-world maritime applications, focusing on risk-aware decision-making and human factors in autonomous operations.

Recent publications (2024-2025) demonstrate a cohesive research trajectory centered on quantifying maritime safety metrics, developing uncertainty-aware navigation frameworks, and creating holistic autonomous waterborne mobility solutions. His work consistently integrates AI-driven trajectory planning, multisensor data fusion, and real-time risk assessment for vessel operations in congested waterways.

Scientific Awards: No awards documented in source materials.

Hansen has no listed advisees but has received research funding through major DTU projects including 'Autonomous Supervision for Safe Ship Operation with Temporarily Unmanned Bridge' (2019-2023) and 'ShippingLab Autonomy' (2019-2022), where he contributed to situational awareness algorithms and collision avoidance systems.

He operates within DTU's Control, Robotics and Embodied AI group, collaborating closely with the ShippingLab Autonomy consortium on GreenHopper - Denmark's flagship project for autonomous waterborne mobility, focusing on system architecture and safe navigation protocols.