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Department of Physics and Technology, UoB |
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Word from Department Administration
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Dear colleagues and students, Regarding
the work on departmentÕs strategies for the period 2011-15, you have all
received an e-mail with the names of 18 appointed
working committees, along with a brief list of their mandates. Here is the
list of working committees and their leaders: 1.
Committee
for research and teaching cooperation a.
Nanophysics, microelectronics, measurement science, optics, nuclear physics
and accoustics, Leader: ¯yvind Frette b.
Microelectronics and nano-physics c.
Space physics, particle physics, nuclear physics, microelectronics and
measurement science, Leader: Bjarne Stugu d.
Reservoir physics, multi-phase, process safety and thermodynamics e.
Physics didactics and school physics f.
Energy g.
Medical physics and technology 2. Committee
for housing Leader: Gjert Furhovden 3. Committee
for new technology lab building Leader: Geir Anton Johansen 4. Committee
for external funding Leader: Arne Graue 5.
Committee for annual budget distribution Leader: Harald Gjerdahl 6. Committee
for profiling and outreach Leader: Kjartan Olafsson 7.
Committee for temporary employees and externally funded researchers Leader: Grete Ersland 8.
Committee for health, environment and safety Leader: ¯ystein Olsen 9.
Committee for BSc and MSc students Leader: Terje FinnekŒs 10.
Committee for undergraduate teaching Leader: Stein Dankert Kolst¿ 11.
Committee for active emeriti Leader: Johan Stadsnes 12.
Committee for mechanical workshop development Leader: KŒre Nj¿ten The
purpose of these committees is to secure a solid basis for and good anchoring
of the atrategic plan. All employees and students affiliated
with our department are free to give their input via e-mail to one of the
committee leaders. Therefore, it might be useful to download and read the
document Mandate for working committees which also lists all the
respective committee members. All general comments can be sent to the below signed. The point
of these committees is to use as little time as possible on drafting brief reports which will form the best basis for the strategic plan.
Thank you all for prioritizing this activity in an otherwise very busy
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News and General Information
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Physics Meeting in Oslo 20.-22. June We would like to remind you that our colleagues in Oslo have invited everyone to the annual Physics Meeting, which will also celebrate the 200th anniversary of the University in Oslo. We would like to encourage all of you to participate in this meeting. PhD and master students who have signed up with a presentation will have the conference fee covered by the Norwegian Physics Association. IFT will also cover part of the travel and accommodation costs, with up to 1500 NOK per student – the rest is requested to be paid by the participating group. For more information, contact Per Osland. |
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Lecture
by Kjell Maroni, head, Fishery- and Marine Research
Fund: Environmental Aspects in Salmon Production –
Scientific Challenges
Salmon raising is NorwayÕs largest food production industry today.
Which viewpoint should the society, economy, politicians and others take
regarding the effevts such production necessarily
has on the environment? There has been great focus on salmon lice, contagious
diseases, nutrients, escaped salmon and wild salmon stocks. Is it possible to
measure these environmental effects? Are there any indicators
which both the managements, food industry, environmental movements, salmon
breeders etc. agree on? Is it at all possible to come to an agreement? These are
some of the challenges Norwegian and international researchers are facing and
are frequently asked to address. The lecture will not go into depth regarding
all of these issues, but will try to illuminate them and hopefully open a constructive
debate which will result in contributions to be further
applied in promoting salmon production within an acceptable framework,
particularly in Norway. This
meeting is open for all interested parties. The lecture will be followed by a
simple meal. Registration is required only of those who intend to join us for
the meal, and can be done either via e-mail or phone 73 59 54 63, latest
by 15:00 oÕclock on Thursday, March 31. |
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SFF-race has begun Today
(Friday, March 25) is the deadline for all of your proposals on SFF (Centre
for Groundbreaking Research), to deliver your first drafts to the Research
Administrative Department. IFT will participate with 4 proposals: á
Birkeland Center for Space Science - How Earth is coupled to Space? Lead by Nikolai ¯stgaard á
Centre for Dark Matter Research –
probing the Dark Side of our Universe, on Earth and in the Sky lead by Anna Lipniacka á
Center
for Matter and Energy Research: Reaction Dynamics of Matter under Extreme
Conditions lead by Laszlo Csernai
In
addition, the Acoustics Group has come up with two other proposals, one from
the Marine Research Department and one from MedViz.
It seems there will be a total of 12 proposals from the Faculty of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences, making a total of ca 25 proposals from the
entire UoB. |
Publications
(ISI)
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á
Helseth LE: Light-induced magnetic vortices OPTICS
LETTERS Volume: 36 Issue: 6 Pages: 987-989 á
Hagen BC, Frette V, Kleppe G, Arntzen, BJ: Onset of smoldering in cotton: Effects of
density FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
Volume: 46 Issue:
3 Pages: 73-80 |