Welcome to the Inorganic Materials and Ceramics Research Group at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU.

Our group in March 2011, @ iSCREAM II (2nd internal Seminar of CeRamics and Energy related Advanced Materials)
Left to right:Dr. Kati Tschöpe, Dr. Bin Lin, Markus Bernhardt, Xinchi Chen, Marius Uv Nagell, Haitao Zhou, Morten Onsrud, Stefanus Lumban Tobing, Tor Olav Løveng Sunde, Dr. Annika Eriksson, Vegar Øygarden, Anita Reksten, Astri Bjørnetun Haugen, Prof. Tor Grande, Dr. Vanesa Gil Hernández, Guttorm Ernst Syvertsen, Ørjan Fossmark Lohne, Dr. Sverre Magnus Selbach, Prof. Kjell Wiik, Sophie Weber, Dag Håkon Haneberg, Oddmund Hatling, Astrid Bakken, Julia D. Meyer, Carl Erik Lie Foss, Alf Petter Syvertsen, Malin Sletnes, Tobias Danner, Espen Tjønneland Wefring, Håkon Trygve Strøm Jørgensen, Manuel Weirich, Øyvind Sunde Sortland, Bronislav Novak, Inger Marie Bjørnevik and Inga Askestad.
Missing: Prof. Mari-Ann Einarsrud, Assoc. Prof. Hilde Lea Lein, Assoc. Prof. Fride Vullum-Bruer, Dr. Jonukas Gurauskis, Dr. Zhaohui Wang, Mustafa Balci, Hasan Güleryüz, Sidsel Meli Hanetho, Ky-Nam Pham, Magnus Rotan, Espen Rudberg, Anne Kirsti Noren, Lotte Maria Beate Skolem, Jon Martinsen Strand, Phung Hieu Dinh Tran, Åsne Årus and Filip Karas.
Photo credit: Jools (aka Dr. Julian Tolchard).

News

Large research group (26.08.10) Dr. Bin Lin, Dr. Kati Tschöpe, Dr. Zhaohui Wang and Dr. Sverre M. Selbach has joined our group as postdoctoral fellows. Markus Bernhardt, Xinzhi Chen, Tobias Danner, Carl Erik Lie Foss, Morten Onsrud and Bronislav Novak has started their PhD studies in our research group. We are also very happy to announce that 16 undergraduates are working on their MSc's in materials science and engineering or nanotechnology in our group. Overview of group members can be found here.
Lead-free piezoelectrics in Norwegian press: Gemini Research Magazine Forskning.no ...and a picture of Astri performing magic in our X-ray lab (from Adresseavisen).
New group members Vanesa Gil Hernández and Jonas Gurauskis joined our groups as post docs from June 2010, read more.
Electroceramics XII Our research group is hosting the international conference Electroceramics XII. Conference website.
New group member Haitao Zhou joined our group as PhD student at the beginning of 2010, read more.
New group members Astrid Bakken, Mustafa Balci, Astri Bjørnetun Haugen, Ørjan Fossmark Lohne, Malin Sletnes, Tor Olav Løveng Sunde, Malin Sletnes and Vegar Øygarden joined our group as PhD students in the autumn of 2009, read more.
New post. doc. Dr. Annika Eriksson joined our group on March 26 after completing her PhD at Chalmers, read more.
Morten Sundheim Jensen thesis defence Morten Sundheim Jensen will defend his PhD thesis "Hot pressing and degredation of TiB2 inert cathodes." on Thursday June 18.
Ove Paulsen thesis defence Ove Paulsen will defend his thesis "Rigid bonded glass ceramic seals for high temperature membrane reactors and solid oxide fuel cells." on Friday May 15.
Internal seminar March 26. (2009) The first group seminar of 2009 will take place 1300-1630 on March 26, with subsequent social engineering.
New post.doc. (2009) PhD Per Martin Rørvik started as a post.doc. in our group on Jan. 5 2009. He will work with nanostructured materials for photovoltaics with assoc. prof. Fride Vullum as faculty advisor.
Two new associate professors affiliated with our group. (2008) Dr. Ing. Hilde Lea Lein (left) and PhD Fride Vullum (right) joined the Department of Materials Science and Engineering as associate professors from August and September 2008, respectively.
Pictures from seminar March 27 2008 Photo credit: Jools & Francesco. Click for thumbnails.
Spin-off company established october 2007 Ceramic Powder Technology (CerPoTech) is a spin-off company from our group, founded by Prof. Mari-Ann Einarsrud, Prof. Tor Grande and Ass. Prof. Kjell Wiik, and established october this year. CerPoTech can produce large quantities of high quality ceramic oxide powders with compositions according to customers specifications. CerPoTech's web-site: www.cerpotech.com
Best engineering master student 2007! Our student Zhaohui Wang received the award for best engineering masters degreee at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology in 2007. Zhaohui Wang, MSc Light Metal Production, is presently a PhD student in our group. The award was announced at the annual ceremony celebrating the faculty's master students in june this year. Congratulatons, Zhaohui!