AR2016

Department of Chemical Engineering

Annual Report 2015

CHAPTER 5 –

ORGANIZATION AND ECONOMY

ORGANIZATION

(ILLUSTRATION SEE COVER PAGE)

The Department Board is the highest decision-making

body. The Boards mandate is to make decisions

regarding strategy and budget. The Board shall have 2

meetings each year. It consists of two external members,

three members from the scientific staff, administrative

staff, temporary scientific staff (PhD’s, Post Doc’s) and

students. The board is elected for 4 years. The Head of

Department is chair of the board. Head of Department is

Professor Edd Anders Blekkan, employed in 2013 for a

four-year period. The scientific staff is divided in to five

research groups. Each research group has a

representative in the management team. The

management team has also representatives from the

PhD’s, the students and technical staff. The management

team meets every second week and discusses running

matters, and gives advice to the Head of Department.

In addition to the scientific staff the department has 23

persons in a technical and administrative staff to support

teaching and research of all the research groups.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACULTY

Faculty Educational Committee (Department representatives)

Professor Jens-Petter Andreassen

Deputy: Edd Anders Blekkan

Faculty Research Committee (Department representatives)

Professor Sigurd Skogestad

Deputy: Professor Hugo Atle Jakobsen

Study Program Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

(Industriell kjemi og bioteknologi) (Department

representatives)

Professor Jens-Petter Andreassen

Deputy: Liyan Deng

Exchange of Norwegian students taking courses abroad

(approval of course program), and approval of course program

for visiting exchange students.

Professor Jens-Petter Adreassen

International Master program

Associate Professor Liyan Deng and

Higher Executive Officer Hege

Johannessen