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Department of Chemical Engineering Annual Report 2015
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COLLOID- AND POLYMER CHEMISTRY
UGELSTAD LABORATORY
Academic staff
Professor Johan Sjöblom
Professor Gisle Øye
Associate Professor Brian A. Grimes
Associate Professor Kristofer Paso
Adjunct Professor Hans Jürg Oschmann
Adjunct Professor Roar Skartlien
Associate Adjunct Professor Martin S. Foss
Professor Emeritus Arvid Berge
Professor Emeritus Preben C. Mørk
Reseachers
Gawel, Bartolomiej (until 19.12.2015)
Simon, Sébastien
Post docs
Norrman, Jens
Nourani, Meysam (until 16.10.2015)
Rodionova, Galina
Wei, Duo (until 12.06.2015)
PhD candidates
Bandyopadhyay, Sulalit
Bertheussen, Are (from 01.09.2015)
Bin Ismail, Ahmad Shamsulizwan
Dudek, Marcin (from 17.08.2015)
Kurniawan, Muh
McDonagh, Birgitte Hjelmeland (until 10.12.2015)
Mehandzhiyski, Aleksandar
Molnes, Silje
Pradilla Ragua, Diego Camilo
Rodriguez, Sandra Fabia (from 27.05.2015)
Ruwoldt, Jost (from 12.10.2015)
Subramanian, Sreedhar
Tichelkamp, Thomas (until 04.09.2015)
Laboratory Manager
Dagsgård, Camilla I.
Technical staff
Gao, Bicheng
Sætran, May Grete
THE MAIN PURPOSE IS TO RAISE THE
NATIONAL LEVEL OF COLLOIDAL SCIENCE.
The Ugelstad Laboratory is a modern
educational, research and development
laboratory within the field of colloid, polymer
and surface chemistry.
In order to attract the best and most motivated students
and researchers, the laboratory has invested in new and
modern instrumentation. Diploma and PhD studies are
offered within the field of colloid, polymer and surface
chemistry, often in close collaboration with industrial
companies. The aim is to educate highly qualified
candidates for industrial positions. The laboratory also
participates in international exchange programs, and
hosts internationally renowned guest researchers and
lecturers.
The Ugelstad Laboratory is sponsored by industrial
companies, the Research Council of Norway (NFR),
research institutes and NTNU. All the members are
annually invited to a presentation of the recent research
activities at the laboratory. This is combined with the
Ugelstad Lecture, where invited scientists lecture within
the field of colloid, polymer and surface chemistry.
The laboratory specializes in surfactant chemistry and its
technical applications, emulsions and emulsion
technology, water management, flow assurance,
modelling of heterogeneous systems and separation
technology.
Applications include crude oil production and processing
wood-based fibers, EOR and material science.
Research Activities: In the following paragraphs,
selected ongoing research programs for 2015 are briefly
described. For a complete description of the research
activities at the Ugelstad Laboratory, please visit our web
page: