Question: Facts: - fields: guidance system , navigation , control theory - workplaces: norwegian university of science and technology - birth date: january 3 , 1963 - name: thor i. fossen - citizenship: norway - nationality: norwegian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thor i. fossen .
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thor i. fossen -lrb- born january 3 , 1963 -rrb- is a norwegian naval architect and a cyberneticist .fossen received the msc degree in marine technology -lrb- 1987 -rrb- and phd in engineering cybernetics -lrb- 1991 -rrb- both from the norwegian university of science and technology -lrb- ntnu -rrb- .he is a fulbright alumni and he pursed postgraduate studies in aerodynamics and aeronautics at the department of aeronautics and astronautics of the university of washington , seattle -lrb- 1989-1990 -rrb- .at age 28 he was appointed associated professor of guidance , navigation and control at ntnu and two years later he qualified as full professor .he has been elected member of the norwegian academy of technological sciences since 1998 .fossen is one of the founders of the company marine cybernetics -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , which was acquired by dnv-gl in 2014 .he has made contributions in the areas of marine craft motion control systems , hydrodynamics , nonlinear control , guidance systems and navigation .