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 that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...
and academic.
Career
Johansen was born in
Gjerpen
Gjerpen is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Skien Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of Gjerpen, which is now part o ...
to an
electrician
An electrician is a tradesman, tradesperson specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the ...
and a
homemaker
Homemaking is mainly an American English, American and Canadian English, Canadian term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping, housewifery or household management. It is the act of overseeing the organizational ...
. He took the
sivling. degree, and in 1957, the
dr.techn. degree. From 1959 to 1985, he was a professor of
high-voltage
High voltage electricity refers to electrical potential large enough to cause injury or damage. In certain industries, ''high voltage'' refers to voltage above a certain threshold. Equipment and conductors that carry high voltage warrant spe ...
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 ...
. From 1975 he was the deputy rector, from 1976 to 1984 he served as
rector, and from 1985 to 1989 was the director of the
NTNF. In 1990, he returned to academia as a professor of ''elkraftteknikk''.
He chaired the
Statoil
Equinor ASA (formerly Statoil and StatoilHydro) is a Norwegian multinational energy company headquartered in Stavanger, Norway. It is primarily a petroleum company operating in 36 countries with additional investments in renewable energy. In th ...
board from 1984 to 1987 but resigned together with the rest of the board members after they lost control over
spending in the
Mongstad
Mongstad is an industrial site in Vestland county, Norway. The site sits on the border of the municipalities of Alver and Austrheim, with most of the site in Alver. The site features an oil refinery for Equinor and other oil companies, including ...
project.
Johansen contributed to the establishment of
Kathmandu University
Kathmandu University (KU) () is an autonomous university in Nepal. It is the third oldest university in Nepal, located in Dhulikhel of Kavrepalanchok District, about east of Kathmandu. It was established in 1991 with the motto "Quality Educat ...
, 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 (; 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, known to posterity as St. Olav.
Just be ...
for his work in technical research and education in Norway.
Bibliography
* "Energi og Etikk -Etiske perspektiver på elforsyning", Forlaget Press, 2006
References
Links
Inge Johansenat NTNU.no
Inge Johansen, private archive at(University Library of Trondheim
Dorabiblioteket
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1928 births
2018 deaths
Norwegian electrical engineers
Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology
Rectors of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
People from Skien
Equinor people