IFT POSTEN – 18.06.2010
A Word from the Department Head
The number of applicants to our master programmes in the autumn 2010 had
been presented in the previous issue of IFT-posten. There are 35 applicants for
the master in physics, and IFT’s share of applicants in process and petroleum
technology amounts to approximately 65. This altogether makes up a total of
approximately 25% applications in relation to all other faculties. This is not
far from the 2009 statistics, when the number of finished candidates at the
Department of Physics and Technology amounted to 55 of 217. Our department can
really be proud of these numbers, particularly in relation to the society’s increasing
demand for master-candidates within our subject areas. This large number of applicants
is at the same time a big challenge when it comes to the supervisor capacities
in certain study areas. Even with the external examiners who are doing an
excellent job in helping us out, it is still impossible to secure study places
for all of our applicants. Furthermore, this in turn challenges the supervision
capacities for PhD students. This is a wake-up call we need to take into
consideration when developing our strategic plan, particularly since the last
point brings higher income to the department.
This is the last issue of IFT-posten for this semester, and I would like
to wish all the employees, students and readers of IFT-posten, a really great
summer!
Best regards
Geir Anton
News and general information
A two-year’s project engagement?
Have you
just finished your master studies and have not yet managed to find a job? TeknoVest is searching for a project leader for a 2-year’s engagement in further development of
educational and research cooperation between universities and university
colleges at Vestlandet (Western Norway). If you are interested or would like
more information, please contact Hanne.
Summer
holidays schedule for the administrative and managing staff:
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Hanne |
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Terje |
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Gjert |
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Elin |
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Karen
Margrete |
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Solfrid |
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Villy |
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Grete |
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Geir
Anton |
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Kjartan |
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Staff
It is our
pleasure to inform you that our amazing economy colleague and co-worker Solfrid
Sture has accepted the position as the leader of the economy section at the
Department of Biology, and will therefore quit working for the Department of
Physics and Technology as of 31. August 2010. For Solfrid this will bring new
and exciting challenges – and on our part we can only take a bow and
congratulate her! We will come with more praise and an even warmer goodbye as
the date of her leave approaches.
Ledige stillinger ved IFT
· Senior consultant (economy), deadline:
23.06.10
http://www.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=67420
· Postdoctor in astro-particle physics,
deadline 01.07.10
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=65929
· Research assistant (2 positions) in
particle physics, deadline: 01.07.10
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=65926
· Research
assistant in atomic/molecular/optical physics – deadline 01.08.10
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=66910
· Postdoctor
in atomic/molecular/optical physics – deadline 01.08.10
https://secure.jobbnorge.no/job.aspx?jobid=66930
Master- and PhD-news
Master thesis presentation at the department on Friday, 18. June
2010, at 11:15 (room 546) :
|
Candidate |
Field – Thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Andreas Tefre Samnøy |
Physics –
Nuclear Physics: “ Automated XY-table
for the characterisation of arrays of pixel sensors for photons and charged
particles” |
Dieter
Rörich |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Tuesday 22.
June 2010, at 10:15 (room 316) and at13:15 (room 316) IFT:
|
Candidate |
Field – Thesis Title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Alette Aasvold |
Physics –
Particle physics: ” A study of mass reconstruction in Z0-> tau+ tau-” |
Bjarne
Stugu |
|
Ørjan Svandal |
Physics – Particle physics: “Studier av
algoritmer for tau-identifikasjon” |
Bjarne
Stugu |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Wednesday 23.
June 2010, at 10:15 (room 366) and at13:15 (room 316), IFT
|
Candidate |
Fiiield – thesis title |
Suuupervisor(s) |
|
Jørn Havås Mæland |
Physics
– Particle physics: “Search for black hole and string balls in
ATLAS” |
Gerald
Eigen |
|
Kristine Indahl Helle |
Physics
– Particle physics: “A
study of silicon 3D sensors” |
Bjarne
Stugu |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Wednesday 23. June 2010, at 10:15 and at13:15 (room 4060), Realfagbygget
|
Candidate |
Field – Thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Steffen Barka |
Petroleum
technology – Reservoir physics: “Primary drainage capillary pressure curves in
homogeneous sandstone with ultracentrifuge and NMR” |
Jan R. Lien |
|
Karl-Erik Holm Sylta |
Petroleum
technology – Reservoir physics: “Primary
drainage capillary pressure curves in heterogeneous carbonates with ultracentrifuge
and NMR” |
Jan R. Lien |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Thursday 24.
June 2010, at 10:15 (room 316) and at 13:15 (room 366) and at 14:15 (room 546),
IFT
|
Candidate |
Field – thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Anita Olausen |
Physics
– Particle physics/lecturer education: “Måling av forholdet
mellom ladning og masse for elektronet” |
Bjarne
Stugu |
|
Sigrid Ina Simonsen |
Physics
– Atomic physics: “Long-range interactions and dynamics of
excited atoms” |
Jan
Petter Hansen |
|
Jon-Martin Pettersen |
Physics
– Measurement science and instrumentation: ” Enhancing gamma-ray stopping efficiency in Geiger-Müller tubes” |
Geir Anton Johansen |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Friday 25. June
2010, at 10:15 (room 366), IFT
|
Candidate |
Field – thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Cathrine Marthinussen |
Physics
– Measurement science and instrumentation: “Investigating cell spreading on
micropatterned surfaces” |
Bodil
Holst |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Friday 25. June
2010, at 10:15 (room 4060), Realfagbygget
|
Candidate |
Field – thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Zhaleh Ghorbani |
Petroleum
technology – Reservoir physics: “Simulation of Matrix to Fracture Interaction
in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs” |
Øystein
Pettersen (CIPR) |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Tuesday 29. June
2010, at 11:15 (room 292), IFT
|
Candidate |
Field – thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Amir Hajiahmadi Farmahini |
Process technology
– Separation: “Molecular Dynamics Studies of Piperazine
Activated MDEA Absorption Solution with Methane and Carbon Dioxide” |
Bjørn
Kvamme Tatiana
Kuznetsova |
Master thesis presentation at the department on Wednesday 30. June 2010, at ? (room 4060), Realfagbygget
|
Candidate |
Field – thesis title |
Supervisor(s) |
|
Steinar Midthun Kolstø |
Petroleum
technology – Reservoir physics: “A Sensitivity study of cap rock integrety on
CO2 storage” |
Arne
Skauge |
Disputation
MSc Boris
V. Balakin
has his PhD
disputation on Monday, 21.06.10 at13:15 in Auditorium 2, Realfagbygget with
the following title:
All are
welcome to attend!
Please come to the venue before the
start of the disputation!
Publications
(ISI)
·
Kosinski P, Hoffmann AC, An extension of the hard-sphere particle-particle
collision model to study agglomeration, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, Volume: 65, Issue: 10, 3231-32394