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On 21 October the Oslo branch and Faculty of Mathematics
and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo jointly
arranged a motivation day for 200 pupils from eight upper
secondary schools in Oslo and the county of Akershus.
The meeting was held in the Natural Sciences Library on
the Blindern Campus at the University of Oslo.
NTVAs president
Eivind Hiis Hauge
and Faculty of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences Dean
Morten Dæhlen
welcomed the pupils.
State Secretary
Bjørn Haugstad
of the Ministry of
Education and Research explained
Why the natural
sciences and technology will be even more important in
the years to come.
Thereafter there were five lectures on various fields and
themes in the natural sciences.
Muscle memory and doping.
Jo Bruusgaard, researcher,
Department of Biosciences.
Non-dark-matter-mystery.
Ann-Cecilie Larsen,
researcher, Department of Physics.
Future technologies.
Omid Mirmotahari, Associate
Professor, Department of Informatics.
No cavities with nanotechnology.
Marianne Hiorth,
professor, School of Pharmacy.
Your closest star.
Thomas Golding, doctoral fellow,
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics.
After lunch, the
NRK P2 Radio Echo
crew recorded a
programme in the Abel’s Tower series in which three
scientists answered questions that had been sent in by the
upper secondary school pupils. It was an enjoyable and
informative session, and the programme was broadcasted
by NRK P2 on Friday 4 December.
Later, five student groups spoke about the exciting
projects on which they were working.
Medical research: chromatography.
Kristina Sæterdal,
Department of Chemistry student.
Atomify – play with atoms on your mobile phone.
Anders
Hafreager and Svenn-Arne Dragly, Department of Physics
doctoral fellows.
My closest – technology for seniors.
Ingvild Eide, Institute
of Informatics student.
Synthetic biology: an iGem team.
Caroline Skar Mjønes,
Department of Biosciences student.
Megacopter!
Krister Borge and the megacopter drone
group, Department of Informatics students.
Finally, three former natural sciences students spoke
about their own partly surprising careers and the options
afforded by an education in the natural sciences. They
were
Kristin Vinje,
member of the Storting (Parliament),
Webjørn Finsland,
Geodata consultant, Geodata
Department, Oslo Municipal Agency for Planning and
Building Services, and
Selda Ekiz,
a popular host at the
Norwegian Broadcasting Television.
NTVA IN
OSLO
YOUR FUTURE IN NATURAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
From the recording of the radio programme Abel`s tower,
Photo Yngve Vogt
Selda Ekiz in action, Photo Yngve Vogt