Curriculum vitæ
contacts
curr. vitæ
Arbeid
- 1981-1985:
- engineer ved Geophysical
Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
primæransvar for drift av instituttets feltstasjon ved McMurdo-stasjonen på Antarktis; inkludert to overvintringer - 1985-1990:
- project engineer ved Geophysical Institute, University of
Alaska Fairbanks
primært tilknyttet romfysikk og nordlysforskning; drift av feltstasjoner i Alaska, i Canada, på Grønland og på Svalbard; innsamling av data i forbindelse med rakettoppskytninger og andre eksperimenter; utvikling av datainnsamlingssystemer og fotometriske instrumenter
- 1990-1992:
- sommeren 1990 flyttet jeg til Norge. I disse årene var jeg hjemmeværende far, mens jeg samtidig studerte norsk og hadde fortsatt ansvar for teknisk drift av Nordlysstasjonen i Adventdalen på Svalbard
- 1993-1999:
- avdelingsingeniør ved forskningsgruppen industriell
instrumentering, Fysisk institutt, UiB
blant de større prosjekter var utvikling av en dual-mode tomograf for avbildning av multifase (olje/gass/vann) strømning
Utdanning
- 1977-1981:
- BSEE Electrical Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, USA - 1983-1986:
- tilleggsfag i elec.engr. og romfysikk
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
- 1992:
- delfag i norsk for utenlandske studenter
Universitetet i Bergen
Medlemskap
- IEEE - Institue of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- DNU - Den norske utleggerforening
Work experience
- 1981-1985:
- Engineer at Geophysical
Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
primary responsibility for operation of the institute's field station at McMurdo Station, Antarctica; including two winter-overs on site - 1985-1990:
- Project Engineer at Geophysical Institute, University of
Alaska Fairbanks
mainly attached to space physics and northern lights research; operation of field stations in Alaska, Canada, Greenland and on Svalbard; data acquisition during rocket-borne and other experiments; development of data acquisition systems and photometric instruments - 1990-1992:
- In the summer of 1990 I moved to Norway. During these years I was a house-husband while also learning the Norwegian language. During this period I also had responsibility for technical operations at the Northern Lights Station in Adventdalen, Svalbard
- 1993-1999:
- Project Engineer for the Industrial
Instrumentation research group at the Dept. of Physics,
University of Bergen
one of the main projects during my time there was the development of a dual-mode tomograph for imaging multi-phase (oil/gas/water) flow
Education
- 1977-1981:
- BSEE Electrical Engineering
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, USA - 1983-1986:
post-bacc studies in elec. engr. and space physics
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska, USA- 1992:
- one full-time semester in Norwegian for foreign students
Universitetet i Bergen
Bergen, Norway
Memberships
- IEEE - Institue of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- DNU - The Norwegian PCB Layout Society