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a word from the head of
department
We now have the number
of applicants to our B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs. At IFT we can still be
satisfied with good recruitment, see below. The study administration examined
the applicants’ first and second choices. A total of 53 applicants applied to
the newly established M.Sc. program in energy. It was also concluded that
this did not have a negative effect on the number of applicants applying to
the other M.Sc. programs at the department. An exception is possibly process
technology where many of the projects were already within renewable energy. There
is, otherwise, a solid
increase (13,1 %) in the number of applications to our faculty compared
with the last year. This is clearly related to the recent successful
hydrocarbon exploration activities. Also, the activities that were started
about 10 years ago in order to increase the recruitment to the natural
sciences could have played a certain role. Especially, when we see that there
has been an increase of 58% in the number of applications to the Faculty of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences within the last 5 years. Have a good day, NEWs and general information
7-fjellskonferansen (The 7 Mountains
Conference)
This year’s 7-fjellskonferans
(The 7 Mountains Conference) is going to be an exciting event with a
resilient program which can be downloaded from the conference web-pages. Registration
can also be done through the web-pages. The
conference also has a page on Facebook.
Join and learn about the great topics within renewable energy and about more
specialized topics in one of the 4-parallel sessions. Remember that students can join the program free
of charge – more information on this can be found in the conference web-pages. See also The Bergen
Chamber of Commerce’s Interaction no.
2 2012 whose theme is renewable energy. Horizons – The Faculty’s Lecture
Series
All are welcome to the
open seminar where Assoc. Prof. Inga Berre at the Department of Mathematics /
CMR will be giving a
lecture: · Varm
energi under horisonten (Warm energy under the horizon) May 3., Thursday at
15:00, Auditorium A. Refreshments will be served before the lecture. Energy that corresponds
to 15 times today’s annual energy consumption lies in the Earth’s crust.
Today, a very tiny portion of this energy can be recovered for production of
electricity and heat. How can we recover more? This is one of the questions Inga Berre will be
addressing during the lecture. The lecture will discuss possibilities and
obstacles regarding the recovery of geothermal energy. Geological and
technological as well as social challenges will be discussed. Discussions
regarding the possibilities of increased utilization of this pure form of
energy will also take place. Course books for the fall of 2012 – message
from Studia
Studia is
working with having correct number of the correct books ready for the start
of the next semester. It is therefore important that we receive the reading
lists from all of the lecturers in good time. This year the deadline
is May 5. As usual we will be giving five gift cards
worth 1000 NOK each,-
the lucky ones will be picked from those of you who deliver the lists within
the dead-line. As of this year, the reading lists can be registered on the internet. Also, the following form can be filled out and returned to Erna Ask Egeland, either by internal post or over the telephone 55 54
51 73. Studia needs
the book titles, author names, if possible the ISBN and publisher names, and
the number of students per course. Studia should be notified even if this
year’s reading list is the same as that of the previous year. Candidates for Yara’s Birkeland prize in physics and chemistryThe prize, which is at
25.000 NOK, will, in 2012, be given to an excellent PhD dissertation within
physics that was defended in 2010 or 2011. The Norwegian Physics Society
(NFS) and the Norwegian Chemistry Society will be managing the announcement and
evaluation of the incoming dissertations. NFS invites hereby all Norwegian institutions which award PhD degrees in physics to
nominate a limited number of dissertations in line with the statute. Recommendations should
be sent via the department, within
May 15. 2012 to the secretary of NFS, Trine
Hagen. The Cancer Society announces research funds
The Cancer Society announces the annual research
funds. One can apply for these funds in order to conduct researcher initiated
cancer related research projects within the following research themes: basic
research, translational research, clinical research, epidemiological research,
health- and social science research and alternative/complementary research. The application deadline is on Friday June 1. 2012 at 12:00. The Cancer
Society will be only accepting applications that are sent electronically
through their application portal. For more information, see the Cancer
Society’s web-pages or the
application portal. Scandem 2012
Annual Meeting of the
Nordic Microscopy Society 12-15 June 2012. Welcome to the 63rd
Meeting of the Nordic Microscopy Society in Bergen, 2012. It is with great
pleasure that we welcome you to the Scandem
2012 meeting. The Scientific program
covers latest instrumentation and methodology in materials and life science,
as well as research where microscopy plays a crucial role. We welcome
submissions for oral and poster presentations. During the conference there
will be a trade exhibition in the area adjacent to the lecture halls. An
afternoon-session on Thursday is dedicated to company presentations. We have a range of
exiting plenary and invited lectures from all over the world. Microscopy
always has been and is increasingly so an important tool in science. Use this
chance to get an overview of the newest techniques, including recent
developments in atomic force microscopy, atomic resolution transmission
electron microscopy, environmental electron microscopy, super-resolution
optical microscopy and much more. Deadline for abstract
submission is 7th of May. The conference remains open for registration online
up till June 10th. It is also possible to registre at the conference site
during the conference (Realfagbygget). For questions you may contact
Professor Bodil Holst. STUDENTS
The number of applicants at
IFT – B.Sc. and M.Sc.
Samordnet
Opptak has now published the applicant numbers. The number
of applications to our B.Sc. programs is as follows: · Physics:
53 (+11 from 2011, increase of 26%)
The main application deadline for M.Sc. programs is
permanently moved to April 15. In total, the Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences had 518 first priority applicants, and among all the
departments IFT is the one with the largest number of applications, 112 (against
134 applicants in 2011). The
distribution of the applicants was as follows: · Physics:
30 (-6 from 2011) · Petroleum
technology: 35 (-2)
For IFT the new M.Sc. program in Energy is
also relevant: ·
Energy – Energy technology: 24 ·
Energy – Nuclear power: 1 ·
Energy – Renewable energy: 28 ·
Energy – CO2-handling: 0 The M.Sc.
program in Energy will be managed by the Department of Geophysics. See this orientation for details on the number of applications to
various M.Sc. programs at our faculty. h-bar
h-bar is run by the Science Committee at the
department and is primarily for the department’s students – but
employees are also welcome! Ptek FC
IFT in the media
· Egil Lillestøl: En
fremtid bygget på vind, vann og «vennlig»
kjernekraft (A future built on wind, water and “friendly” nuclear power)
Samspill nr. 2 2012, Bergen Næringsråd · Bjørn Kvamme and Arne Graue: Blått gull (Blue gold)
Offshore.no April 13. ·
Bodil Holst Nanoteknologi i
senioruniversitetet (Nanotechnology in the senior university) Kvinnheringen
April 20. · Jan S Vaagen: Innovasjon – i Christie ånd Bergens Tidende (kun
papirutgaven) April 25. · Bjarne Stugu: Publisering og
myter om «Big Science» (Publications and myths on ”Big Science”) På Høyden April 26. Publications registered in ISI Web of Science
o Taxt
Torfinn; Jirik Radovan; Rygh Cecilie Brekke; Gruner R; et al.: Single-Channel Blind Estimation of
Arterial Input Function and Tissue Impulse Response in DCE-MRI IEEE
TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Volume: 59 Issue: 4
Pages: 1012-1021 DOI:
10.1109/TBME.2011.2182195 o ATLAS
Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig
W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Oye OK, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu
B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.: Search
for new physics in the dijet mass distribution using 1 fb(-1)
of pp collision data at root s=7 TeV collected by the ATLAS detector
PHYSICS LETTERS B Volume: 708 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 37-54 DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.01.035 o Rosendahl
Peter L.; Burgess Thomas; Stugu Bjarne: A
method to estimate the boson mass and to optimise sensitivity to helicity
correlations of tau(+)tau(-) final states
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS Issue:
1 Article Number: 043 DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)043 |
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