Norwegian Institute of Technology
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[[Image:Hovedbygget_ntnu.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The main building of the '''Norwegian Institute of Technology''' ('''NTH'''). Granite block construction.]]
The '''Norwegian Institute of Technology''', known by its [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] acronym '''NTH''' ('''''N'''orges '''T'''ekniske '''H'''øgskole''), was established in [[Trondheim]] in [[1910]], and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology|NTNU]] ([[1996]]). NTH was primarily a [[institute of technology|polytechnic]] institute, educating master level [[engineer]]s as well as [[architect]]s.
In 1992 NTH had 7627 master and doctoral students and 1591 employees; it graduated 1262 chartered engineers (master level), 52 chartered architects, and 92 Dr.Ing. (Ph.D.). The operating budget was equivalent to [[United States dollar|USD]] 100 [[million|M]], and the total premises amounted to around 260,000 [[square metre|m²]] (64 [[acre]]s).
Since the merger, it forms a part of the University commonly known as [[Gløshaugen]], after the geographical area in which it is situated.
==History==
The decision to establish a Norwegian national college of technology was made by the Norwegian parliament, the [[Storting]], in [[1900]], after years of heated debate on where the institution should be located; many representatives felt that the capital [[Oslo|Kristiania]] was self-evident as the place for this nationally important seat of learning. However, eventually NTH was located in the geographically central city of [[Trondheim|Trondhjem]], based on an emerging policy of decentralisation as well as the city's existing and highly esteemed technical college (Trondhjems Tekniske Læreanstalt).
Five academical departments were originally present in the parliament's resolution of [[31 May]] 1900:
* [[Architecture]] and city planning
* [[Civil engineering]]
* [[Mechanical engineering]] (a. General and b. Naval, i.e. ship and ship engine construction)
* [[Electrical engineering]]
* [[Chemistry]] (a. General and b. Electro-chemistry)
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This section is in its early stages; more will be written as time permits. This will at least entail: 1) early years, pre-WWII history, incl [[Samfundet]]; 2) NTH during WWII; 3) possibly some info on each decade until '96, incl SINTEF, RUNIT, [[Programvareverkstedet|PVV]], etc; and 4) end of independent NTH
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==Academic faculties==
The academic structure of NTH during the last years before its inclusion in [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology|NTNU]] was as follows:
*Faculty of Architecture, with 5 Departments:
**Form and Colour Studies
**Building Technology
**Architectural History
**Arch. Design
**Town and Regional Planning
*Faculty of Applied Earth Science and Metallurgy, with 3 Departments:
**Metallurgy
**Geology and Mineral Resources
**Petroleum Technology and Applied Geophysics (see also [[Department of Petroleum Technology and Applied Geophysics, NTNU|Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics]])
*Faculty of Civil Engineering, with 8 Departments:
**Building and Construction Engineering
**Geotechnical Engineering
**Road and Railway Engineering
**Transportation Engineering
**Hydraulic and Sanitary Engineering
**Building Materials
**Structural Engineering
**Geodesy and Photogrammetry
*Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with 5 Departments:
**Electrical Power Engineering
**Telecommunications
**Engineering Cybernetics
**Physical Electronics
**Computer Systems and Telematics
*Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with 7 Departments:
**Inorganic Chemistry
**Organic Chemistry
**Physical Chemistry
**Chemical Engineering
**Industrial Chemistry
**Industrial Biochemistry
**Biotechnology
*Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, with 6 Departments:
**Thermal Energy and Hydropower
**Machine Design and Materials Technology
**Production and Quality Engineering
**Applied Mechanics, Thermo- and Fluid Dynamics
**Heating and Ventilation
**Refrigeration Engineering
*Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, with two Departments:
**Mathematics Sciences
**Physics
*Faculty of Marine Technology, with 4 Departments:
**Marine Systems Design
**Marine Structures
**Marine Hydrodynamics
**Marine Engineering
*Faculty of Economics and Industrial Management, with two Departments:
**Economics
**Organisation and Work Science (Norwegian abbreviation: ORAL)
*Center for Management Education (Norw. abbrev.: ULA)
*Technical University Library of Norway (Norw. abbrev.: NTUB)
**The national resource library of technology and architecture
**Locations: Technical Main Library as well as six Faculty Libraries on campus
==Notable alumni==
* [[Jens G. Balchen]], electronics engr., professor, "father of Norwegian cybernetics", [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] fellow
* [[Alf Egil Bogen]], electronics engr., co-inventor of [[Atmel AVR]] µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway
* [[Helmer Dahl]], electronics engr., WWII radar and [[Sonar|ASDIC]] pioneer, research and industry mentor, technology historian
*[[Asbjorn Folling]] - chemical engr., discovery of [[Phenylketonuria]], [[Jahreprisen]] 1960
* [[Ivar Giaever]], mechanical engr., physicist, 1973 Nobel laureate
* [[Bjarne Hurlen]], mechanical engr., army officer, defence industry executive ([[Kongsberg Gruppen|Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk]] 1956–1975)
* [[Ralph Høibakk]], physicist, computer industry executive, mountaineer, adventurer ([[Seven Summits]]; South Pole)
* [[Fred Kavli]], physicist, innovator, business leader (sensor technology: [[Kavlico Corporation|Kavlico Corp.]]), and philanthropist
* [[Olav Landsverk]], electronics engr., military weapon systems computer pioneer, professor
* [[John M. Lervik]], electronics engr., co-founder and CEO of [[Fast Search and Transfer|Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)]]
* [[Finn Lied]], electronics engr., WWII resistance agent, defence research director, Minister of Industry
* [[Terje Michalsen]], electronics engr., venture capitalist
* [[Lars Monrad Krohn]], electronics engr., industrialist (mini- and microcomputers)
* [[Ingvild Myhre]], electronics engr., telecom industry executive (Alcatel Telecom Norway, [[Telenor]] Mobil)
* [[Lars Onsager]], chemical engr., 1968 Nobel laureate
* [[Venketa Parthasarathy]], chemical engr., noted for work on [[wood pulp]] and two-stage oxygen delignification
* [[Edgar B. Schieldrop]], mechanical engr., [[Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem|student society]] co-founder, popular science & technology author
* [[Rolf Skaar]], cybernetics engr., industrialist (minicomputers), Norwegian Space Centre director
* [[Berit Svendsen]], telecom. engr., [[Master of Business Administration#Specialization|MTM]], [[Chief Technology Officer|CTO]] of [[Telenor]] 2000–.
* [[Anders Talleraas]], mechanical engr., MP for 20 years, former Conservative party parliamentary leader
* [[Vebjørn Tandberg]], electronics engr., industrialist (radio, tape recording, television)
* [[Leif Tronstad]], [[Order of the British Empire|O.B.E.]], chemist, nuclear chemistry scientist, planner and organiser of WWII's ''[[Norwegian heavy water sabotage|Operation Gunnerside]]''
* [[John Ugelstad]], chemical engr., known for his pioneering work on monodisperse polymer beads
* [[Tore M. Undeland]], electrical engr., professor, international textbook author (Wiley), [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] fellow
* [[Bror With]], mechanical engr., inventor of the ''[[Rottefella]]'' ski binding and [[Dromedille]] dinghy; WWII resistance agent
* [[Vegard Wollan]], electronics engr., co-inventor of [[Atmel AVR]] µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway
* [[Gjert Wilhelmsen]], marine engr., co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
* [[Øystein Stray Spetalen]], petroleum engr., Norwegian investor
* [[Tor Olav Trøim]], marine engr., shipping and energy industry executive (Frontline, Seadrill)
==Commercial impact==
The following companies, or divisions of international companies, have been created directly or partly from NTH research and influence, including its contract research arm [[SINTEF]] with spin-offs:
*3d-Radar AS (advanced ground penetrating radar technology for shallow subsurface mapping in [[3D computer graphics|3D]]) [http://www.3d-radar.com]
*[[Atmel AVR|Atmel Norway]] (inventors and designers of the [[Atmel AVR]] RISC microcontroller family, incl HW/SW tools) {{no icon}} [http://www.atmel.no]
*Ceetron ASA (3D visualization and technical computing for oil & gas, plus aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics) [http://www.ceetron.com]
*CorrOcean (industrial/off-shore [[corrosion]] monitoring) [http://www.corrocean.no]
*ErgoRunit AS ([[outsourcing]] services in IT system planning/[[system administrator|administration]] and accounting) [http://www.ergorunit.no/ErgoRunit/ErgoRunit%20Trondheim.aspx] (N)
*[[Fast Search and Transfer|Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)]] (inter/intranet [[search engine]]s; developers of alltheweb.com) [http://www.fast.no]
*GE Vingmed Ultrasound, formerly Vingmed Sound ([[ultrasound]]-based imaging in medical diagnosis and surgery support systems) [http://www.gemedicalsystemseurope.com/nono/] (N)
*Marine Cybernetics, specialising in the testing and verification of ship and offshore structure control systems [http://www.marinecybernetics.com/] (N)
*MARINTEK, The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute<ref>A majority share is owned by the [[SINTEF|SINTEF Group]]</ref>, including MARINTEK (USA), Inc. [http://www.marintek.sintef.no/eway/default0.asp?e=0&pid=209&lang=eng]
*[[Nordic Semiconductor|Nordic Semiconductor ASA]] ([[application-specific integrated circuit|ASIC]] design, SoCs, [[radio frequency|RF]]/mixed-signal hybrid [[integrated circuit|IC]]'s) [http://www.nordicsemi.no/index.cfm?obj=menu&act=displayMenu&men=65]
*Oceanor (oceanographic measurements and real-time environmental monitoring in oceans, freshwater, and soil) [http://www.oceanor.no]
*Powel ASA (IT products/services for energy production companies) [http://www.powel.com/?id=228]
*Q-Free ASA; formerly Micro Design AS (radio systems for tolling, traffic information, parking, ticketing, access control, logistics) [http://www.q-free.no]
*Schlumberger Information Solutions Trondheim, formerly VoxelVision AS (3D visualization, mostly for oil & gas applications) [http://www.sis.slb.com/content/about/news/2003/news_09082003.asp]
*SINTEF, The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at NTH (contract research corp, 1700 employees) [http://www.sintef.no/eway/default0.asp?e=0&pid=199&lang=eng]
*SINTEF Energy Research, SINTEF Petroleum Research, and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture ²
*Sinvent Ltd., SINTEFs development and investment company
*Sun Microsystems Trondheim; formerly ClustRa Systems (high-availability, real-time [[database]] technology) [http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-03/sunflash.20020319.2.html]
*Kongsberg SIM; formerly Systems in Motion AS (3D model optimization and visualization) [http://www.sim.no]
==See also==
* [[NTH Ring]]
==Notes==
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*Kongsberg Maritime, Trondheim; formerly Autronica (ship cargo handling systems, sensors and transmitters)
*Siemens Norway, Trondheim division (electric heating technology, power electronics, [[Uninterruptible Power Supply|UPS]], industrial power distribution systems)
*Zenitel Norway, Communication & Security Systems, formerly STENTO ASA; initially Stentofon (ind./pro. comm. systems)
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