
Jens Glad Balchen (20 April 1926 – 12 April 2009) was a Norwegian engineer. He was born in
Kristiansand
Kristiansand is a city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality is the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 116,000 as of January 2020, following th ...
and graduated from 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 ...
and the
Yale University
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. He was appointed professor of
cybernetics
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at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1962. His research included projects in medicine, on aquaculture and on dynamic positioning of ships and platforms. He was decorated 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.
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in 1996.
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1926 births
2009 deaths
People from Kristiansand
20th-century Norwegian engineers
Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni
Yale University alumni
Academic staff of the Norwegian Institute of Technology
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