Svein-Erik Hamran (born 1960) is a
Norwegian
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*Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe
* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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professor in radar remote sensing at the
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...
. He led the development of the
Radar Imager for Mars' subsurface experiment (RIMFAX) for the Mars rover
Perservance as Principal Investigator for the
Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (''Forsvarets forskningsinstitutt'' – ''FFI'') is a research institute that conducts research and development on behalf of the Norwegian Armed Forces and provides expert advice to political and mi ...
(FFI), and is a Co-Principal Investigator for the
WISDOM radar on the
European Space Agency
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''Rosalind Franklin'' rover.
Hamran is the head of the University of Oslo's Centre for Space Sensors and Systems (CENSSS) at
Kjeller
Kjeller is a village located near Lillestrøm in the municipality of Lillestrøm, Norway. It is located 25 kilometers north-east of Oslo.
Name
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.
References
External links
University of Oslo profile page
Norwegian University of Science and Technology alumni
Living people
Mars 2020
Norwegian physicists
1960 births
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
University of Tromsø alumni
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