Friday September 7, 2012

From the head of department

 

Last Friday, Thomas Gjesteland did an excellent job when he held a speech on behalf of the new doctors at UiB during the graduation ceremony in Haakonshallen, see the posting

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During the spring semester of 2012 a record number of new PhDs was awarded at UiB. Also 2012 is likely to be the year with the highest number of PhDs. This applies also to our faculty. But, there is also a good reason to issue a warning. The forecast for the next few years shows that the number of new PhDs at our faculty will go down as a result of fewer available positions. The supervising capacity at IFT is increasing which probably is the case at the faculty as well. It is critically important that the Ministry of Education has proclaimed increased research funds to the natural sciences, technological sciences and profession studies. The Ministry has also reported the need for several more candidates. This need will be satisfied through increased number of PhD scholarships.

  Foto: Thor Brødreskift

Regards,
Geir Anton

News and general information

 

  IFT seminar

All are welcome to the seminar which will be based on a conversation between Bent Sørensen (Roskilde) and Sven Kullander (Uppsala):

o   The risk associated with the energy supply and energy systems

Friday September 14 at 09:00, Auditorium B at Auditoriefløyen, Allégt. 55. Coffee and cakes from 14.00.

  Rotations in the administration – economy and studies

As many of you know, Harald Godø Gjerdahl and his family will soon be moving to Oslo. Jan Halvard Valderhaug will be responsible as we are waiting for someone to be hired as the financial consultant at our department after Harald’s departure. As the present financial consultant, he will be responsible for all tasks except from those that are related to travel expenses and timesheets.

Travel reimbursement forms and timesheets should, until further notice, be delivered to Kristine Indahl Helle. Kristine has the responsibility for exams and lecture schedules at the department whereas other educational tasks will be handled by Terje Finnekås and Hanne Israelsen.

  Course in fire protection

All employees at UiB should have completed course in fire protection, both in theory and in practice. This is required by law. This fall, a 2-hour course will be arranged; 1-hour theory and 1-hour practical fire fighting. These courses will be at the Studentsenteret. The relevant dates are as follows:

o   27.09     Seminarrom B, at 09.00-10.00  theory
             10.00-11.00 practical fire fighting

o   25.10     Seminarrom B, at 09.00-10.00 theory
             10.00-11.00 practical fire fighting

o   22.11     Seminarrom B, at 09.00-10.00 theory
             10.00-11.00 practical fire fighting

We will be sending a collective registration list from the department. Due to high demand for these courses, we need to set an internal registration deadline. The registration deadline will therefore be on Monday 10.9 at 12.00. The registration should be sent to Grete.

  Seminar: Research based innovation: Future businesses?

NORGES TEKNISKE VITENSKAPSAKADEMI Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences

NTVA

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NTVA, in collaboration with Tekna, CMR and BTO, invites to evening seminar in Bergen:

o   Research based innovation: Future businesses?

Tuesday September 25 at 16.00–21.00 at VilVite-senteret, Thormøhlensgate 51 Marineholmen, Bergen:

Moderator: Randi E. Taxt, Deputy BTO

16:00

Welcome 
Jan S Johannessen, Board member and head of the program committee in Bergen, NTVA

 

16:00

Will an innovation report lead to more innovation? 
Marianne Harg, President of Tekna

 

16:20

Innovation from research based technology 
Christopher Giertsen, Director of business development, CMR

 

16:40

Guiding Good Ideas – Join to create tomorrow’s businesses!Anders Haugland, CEO, BTO

 

17:00

Sustainable eco-system for innovation – experiences at NTNU 
Johan E. Hustad, Vice Rector of innovation and external relations, NTNU (Not yet confirmed)

 

17:20

Break

 

17:50

Statoil’s role as innovation engine 
Per Sandberg, Director of innovation, Statoil: (Not yet confirmed)

 

18:10

Innovation – opportunities and barriers from a corporate standpoint  Ivar Horneland Kristensen, General Secretary, Tekna

 

18:30

Why do the banks take responsibility for innovation?Erik M. Throndsen, The regional business director in Hordaland, Sparebank1 SR-Bank

 

18:50

SummaryGeir Anton Johansen, NTVA/ Head of Department of Physics and Technology, UiB

 

19:00

Dinner

 

 

 

 

 

The target groups are especially leaders at research institutions, industry, funding agencies, banks and finance as well as politicians, researchers and others who are interested in this important topic. Registration until 15.00, Thursday September 20 for those who would like to participate in the dinner.

PhD

 

  MNF490 Fall 2012

MNF490 – Theory of science and ethics will begin on September 24. More information on the course can be found here.

IFT iN the media

  New text-book from IFT’s acoustics group

We would like to congratulate Spiros Kotopoulis, Anthony Delalande, Olav Rune Godø and Michiel Postema who have authored the text-book Micro-acoustics in marine and medical reserach. Abstract:

Acoustic imaging has existed for almost 100 years. It is the most popular imaging modality in earth science, biomedicine, and fisheries. In living organisms, sound fields interact with microstructures, creating typical acoustic responses. These so-called acoustic fingerprints enable the identification, characterisation, discrimination and quantification of, e.g., species, tissue types, and diseases. Under specific conditions, acoustic signals can be used to manipulate or even disrupt microstructures and to impact natural vocalisation in terrestrial and marine animals.

Yet, despite our vast knowledge on the propagation of sound, little is understood about the interactions of sound with microstructures in biomaterials or how sound effects an animal response.

The 1st workshop on micro-acoustics in marine and medical research brought together research professionals with particular expertise on this topic and with diverse backgrounds including agricultural engineering, cell biology, marine biology, electrical engineering, gastroenterology, and astrophysics. The workshop was organised by the University of Bergen and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR). It took place at the IMR and the research vessel G.O. Sars, located in Bergen, Norway, on the 7th and the 8th of December, 2011. The outcomes are presented in this book. Each chapter treats a marine or medical application of the evolving field that we dubbed micro-acoustics. To prevent confusion with surface-acoustic-waves research (microacoustics), we added a dash.

Although the workshop had been initiated to exchange ideas and to define future perspectives, the most important finding was that marine and medical acoustics research communities can mutually benefit from close collaborations.

Publications registered in ISI Web of Science

 

o   BaBar Collaboration: Eigen G, Stugu B, Sun L et al.: Lees, J. P.; Poireau, V.; Tisserand, V.; et al.: Study of (B)over-bar -> X(u)l(v)over-bar decays in B(B)over-bar events tagged by a fully reconstructed B-meson decay and determination of vertical bar V-ub vertical bar PHYSICAL REVIEW D  Volume: 86 Issue: 3 Article Number: 032004   DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.86.032004

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:  Search for the decay B-s(0) -> mu(+)mu(-) with the ATLAS detector PHYSICS LETTERS B  Volume: 713   Issue: 4-5   Pages: 387-407   DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2012.06.013

o   ATLAS Collaboration: Buanes T, Burgess T, Eigen G, Johansen LG, Kastanas A, Leibig W, Lipniacka A, Mohn B, Rosendahl PL, Sandaker H, Sjursen TB, Stugu B, Tonyan A, Ugland M et al.:  Search for new phenomena in final states with large jet multiplicities and missing transverse momentum using root s=7 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector  JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS  Issue: 11 Article Number: 099 DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)099

 

 

 

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