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Welcome to Faculty of

Technology, Natural Sciences

and Maritime Sciences (TNM)

Professor Svein Thore Hagen

Head of Department

Porsgrunn

USN Campus Porsgrunn

City centre

You are here!

About USN

• Established May 4 2018 as University

• Serves a region with 700 000 citizens

• Second largest University College in Norway

• Close ties to regionally based industryoperating in global markets as well as to public sector professions

• A large institution, but intimatecampuses where students are seen and taken well care of

Key Figures USN

Research areas at USN

// Applied Micro-and Nano-systems

// Cultural studies

// Ecology

// Marketing Management

// Person-centred Health Care

// Process, Energy and Automation Engineering

// Research training in pedagogical resources and learning processes

Funding

// Government funded through basic grants from the Ministry of Education and Research

// Norwegian Research Council

// Private industry/regional authorities

Education in technology at Campus Porsgrunn

Civil/Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical

Engineering

Process

Technology

(PT)

Energy and

Environ-

mental

Technology

(EET)

Industrial

IT and

Automation

(IIA)

PhD

(3 years)

Master

(2 years)

Bachelor

(3 years)

Process, Energy and

Automation Engineering

Qualifying courses

Electrical

Power

Engineering

(EPE)

eLearning: IIA, PT og EET part-time

Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences (TNM)

Campus Porsgrunn

Morten Chr. Melaaen

Dean

Mari Pran

Adm. manager

Svein Thore Hagen

Head of department EIK

Klaus-J. Jens

Head of department PEM

Industrial IT and Automation

Computer Science &

Industrial Automation

Electrical Power Engineering

Process Technology

Energy and Environmental

Technology

Clean Energy and Process

Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Klaus-J. Jens/Lars Andre Tokheim

PhD-studies

Electrical Power Engineering

•Employees: 90

•PhD students: 30

•Students: 800

Bachelor: 600

Master: 120

Others: 80

Technology, Natural Science and Maritime Science

Department of Electrical

Engineering, Information

Technology and Cybernetics

(EIK)

Svein Thore Hagen

Professor

Head of Department

Program coordinators master

Industrial IT and AutomationCampus, Industry Master and online

DocentFinn Aakre Haugen

Assistant ProfessorDietmar Winkler

Associate ProfessorHåkon Viumdal

Electrical Power Engineering

Program coordinators bachelor

Associate ProfessorGunn K Sønsteby

Assistant ProfessorMorten Pedersen

Electrical Power Engineering Computer Science and Automation

BSc: Computer Science and Automation

MSc: Industrial IT and Automation

BSc: Electrical Power Engineering

MSc: Electrical Power Engineering

Prosessoptimazation onshore/offshore

Core competence and experience from processindustrial applications since 1989

Renewable Energy (hydro power, Biogas)

Combining control engineeringand renewable energyproduction

Societal Challenges

Sensor technology og Industrial IT for welfare technology and energy use in buildings

Research at the Department

Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME)

• The objective of the scheme for Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) is to establish time-limited research centres which conduct concentrated, focused and long-term research of high international calibre in order to solve specific challenges in the field.

• USN participate in 3 of 8 the centres.

• Hydropower technology

– Norwegian Research Centre for Hydropower Technology – HydroCen

• Biofuels

– Norwegian Centre for Sustainable Bio-based Fuel and Energy – Bio4Fuels

• Zero Emission Transport

– Mobility Zero Emission Energy Systems - MoZEES

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PhD programme Process, Energy and Automation Engineering

Energy and CO2 Capture

- CO2 capture

- Alternative Fuels

- EnvironmentalBiotechnology

- Industrial Flow Processes

- Powder Science and Technology

- Applied Catalysis

Process Safety, Combustion and

Explosions

Self-Monotoring, Analysis and Reporting Technologies

Hydro Power, Transmission and

Distribution

Telemark Modelling and Control Center

Aqua-HiTCommunity Health Care Services to Older People

PhD students: 38, Post Docs: 4Academic staff: 27 (Prof, Assoc. Prof, Adj. Prof)

Our best advice to all students

• Participate in the classes and meet on time for the lectures.

• Socialize with fellow students for better learning.

• Keep in mind that the master program is half-time. If you have a 100 % position in yourcompany, consider some reduction during this elearning program.

Good luck with your studies!