Department of Physics and Technology, UoB IFT-posten June 20 2011

A Word from the Department Administration

This is the second last issue of IFT-posten before the summer holidays. Contents of the last issue which will be published on Friday this week must be submitted latest within Thursday.

We hope that everyone had a nice weekend and recommend a short visit to Youtube for beautiful physics such as pendulum waves, chain reaction with mousetraps or possibly other scientific experiments.

News and General Information

We would like to congratulate Stein Dankert Kolstø with his new book!

The book presents examples on use of exploratory ways of working in natural sciences for the 8.-10. and 11. year. The practical experiences are, all the time based on central, didactic theories, used to identify methods and provide good advice. In addition to the editors, the book received contributions from the following: Birgitte Bjønness, Anne Kristine Byhring, Ola Erstad, Gerd Johansen, Bente Klevenberg and Idar Mestad who is a PhD student at IFT. More information is available on the book’s webpage at Universitetsforlaget (the University Publishing House).

Do you wish to have an influence on the development of technology?

Student competition: Join and show what visions students have in connection with the applications of nano-technology in the future! The winner will get free assistance for further commercialization of her/his idea, as well as a travel scholarship of up to 20 000 NOK.

The Norwegian Research Council’s program for nanotechnology and new materials, NANOMAT, will be arranging a student competition in connection with the Council’s closing seminar “Jobb smått- tenk stort!” (“Work little – think big!”) on November 2 2011 in Oslo. For this occasion, students (M.Sc. and PhD) are invited to prepare a product (exhibition, film, film montage or other visual presentation) which shows how they anticipate nanotechnology in use in about 5-10 years. Initial round deadline is August 1. See here for more information.

Summer closure of the canteen

The canteen is now closed in connection with the summer holidays and will be open again on Monday, August 22. We would like to thank Tran for her good and important contribution to our department’s welfare and wish her a pleasant summer holidays.

Important information to all lecturers

The curriculum lists on our external webpage are outdated. It is the responsibility of the lecturers to update these lists every semester on Mi Side (My Page). It is more important to publish these on Mi Side than in the file storage or your personal webpage. Here is a short guideline:

• Log in to Mi Side
• Click on the subject you will be teaching
• Click on the Admin tab
• Scroll until you find a field with the title Curriculum and click on ”upload curriculum list”

Here is a link to an external webpage from the Department of Mathematics with a representative curriculum list.

The 3. Nordic Conference on the Implementation of Knowledge

The Nordic Academic Organizations will, for the third time, be arranging a seminar on academicians and businesses, the 3. Nordic Conference on the Implementation of Knowledge in Helsinki September 27.

The aim of the conference is to discuss and exchange experiences as to how one can increase the number of knowledge-intensive businesses in the Nordic countries. The conference is open to and targets all who are interested in entrepreneurship. See the Academicians’ webpage for more information.

Post delivery to and pick up from the Department of Physics and Technology

The post will now be picked up and delivered all weekdays at 09.00. Remember the Department’s address: Postboks 7803, 5020 Bergen – not the street address.

M.Sc. News

Final M.Sc. presentation at the department Monday June 20 2011, at 10.00 (room 546):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Hilde Tokheim Nistov	Petroleum Technology – Reservoir Physics: ”En eksperimentell studie av økt oljeutvinning i oppsprukne reservoar ved bruk av polymergelé og surfaktanter” (”An experimental study of increased oil recovery in fractured resevoirs by using polymer gel and surfactants”)	Arne Graue

Final M.Sc. presentation at the Department Monday June 20 2011, at 13.00 (room 546):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Bjarte Børve	Petroleum Technology – Reservoir Physics: ”Økt oljeutvinning i kalk basert på potensialbestemmende ioner for endring av fukt” (”Increased Oil Recovery in Lime based on Potential Determining Ions for Change of Humidity”)	Arne Graue Martin Fernø

Final M.Sc. presentation at the Department Tuesday June 21 2011, at 10.00 (room 546):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Kjell-Rune Hoff	Petroleum Technology – Reservoir Physics: ”Eksperimentell og numerisk studie av CO2 injeksjon for økt oljeutvinning” (”Experimental and Numerical Study of CO2 for increased oil recovery”)	Arne Graue Geir Ersland

Final M.Sc. presentation at the department Tuesday June 21 2011, at 13.00 (room 546):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Sigurd Nybø	Petroleum Technology – Reservoir Physics: ”Skaleringskriterier for vannflømming i sandstein og tertiær oljeutvinning ved bruk av CO2” (”Scaling Criteria for Water Flooding in Sandstone and Tertiary Oil Recovery by using CO2”)	Arne Graue Martin Fernø

Final M.Sc. presentation at the Department of Chemistry Wednesday June 22 2011, at 10.15 (room 4060, Realfagbygget):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Sigbjørn Fitjar Lunestad	Petroleum Technology – Reservoir Chemistry: ”Characterization of Linked Polymer Solutions (LPS) – Influence of salinity and divalent ions”	Harald Høiland, CIPR Arne Skauge, CIPR

Final M.Sc. presentation at the department Thursday June 23 2011, at 10.15 (room 316):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Anders Haarr	Fysikk – Teoretisk partikkelfysikk: ”A Golden–Channel Higgs Decay”	Per Osland

Final M.Sc. presentation at the Department of Chemistry Thursday June23 2011, at 11.15 (room 4060, Realfagbygget):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Sargol Kavian	Petroleum Technology – Reservoir Chemistry: ”Kompetitiv adsorpsjon av TTAB og benyl-alkohol på kaolinoverflate” (”Competitive Adsorption of TTAB and benyl-alcohol on Kaolin Surface”)	Harald Høiland, CIPR

Final M.Sc. presentation at the department Thursday June 23 2011, at 13.15 (room 316):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Anders Kvellestad	Physics – Theoretical Particle Physics: “Invariant Mass Distributions of SUSY Cascade Decays”	Per Osland

Final M.Sc. presentation at the department Friday June 24 2011, at 10.00 (room 366):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Øyvind Berge Sunnarvik	Process Technology – Separation: ”The effect of calcite mineral on hydrate stability and CO2 adsorption”	Tatiana Kuznetsova Bjørn Kvamme

Final M.Sc. presentation at the department Friday June 24 2011, at 13.00 (room 366):

Candidate	Field – Thesis Title	Advisor
Christian Anders Bøe	Process Technology – Separation: ”Condensation of water on rust surfaces, and possible implications for hydrate formation in pipelines”	Tatiana Kuznetsova Bjørn Kvamme

IFT in the Media

· Nikolai Østgaard: Bergensk jakt på superenergi (The Bergenese chase for super energy), BTMagasinet Saturday June 11 2011

Publications (ISI)

· Tikkanen H, Suciu C, Waernhus I, Hoffmann AC: Examination of the co-sintering process of thin 8YSZ films obtained by dip-coating on in-house produced NiO-YSZ JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Volume: 31 Issue: 9 Pages: 1733-1739

· Bracco G: Comparison of quadrupole mass filters with hyperbolic and cylindrical rods working in the third stability zone INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY Volume: 303 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 212-219