Inge Johannes Tjernes Johansen (21 May 1928 – 5 December 2018) was a Norwegian

electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

and academician.

Career

Johansen was born in Gjerpen to an electrician and a

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. He took the sivling. degree, and in 1957, the dr.techn. degree. From 1959 to 1985, he was a professor of high-voltage technology at the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology (Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was m ...

. From 1975 he was the deputy rector, from 1976-84 he served as

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, and from 1985-89 was the director of the

NTNF The Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research ( no, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Forskningsråd) or NTNF was the first of five research councils established in Norway. It existed from 1946 until the end of 1992, when the f ...

. In 1990, he returned to academia as a professor of ''elkraftteknikk''. He chaired the

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board from 1984 to 1987 but resigned together with the rest of the board members after they lost control over

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in the

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project. Johansen contributed to the establishment of

Kathmandu University Kathmandu University (KU) ( ne, काठमाण्डौ विश्वविद्यालय) is a public autonomous university in Nepal. It is the third oldest university in Nepal, located in Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchok District, about ...

, for which a university building was named after him: the Prof. Inge Johansen Engineering Block. Johansen was decorated in 1981 as a Commander of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

for his work in technical research and education in Norway.

Bibliography

* "Energi og Etikk -Etiske perspektiver på elforsyning", Forlaget Press, 2006

References

Links

Inge Johansen
at NTNU.no
Inge Johansen, private archive at
(University Library of Trondheim
Dorabiblioteket
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