Torstein Haarberg Email & Phone Number

Trondheim Area, Norway

Trondheim Area, Norway

Head of SINTEF Materials and Chemistry. Grown from 300 co-workers in 2004 to above 450 in 2014. More than 70% of the researchers has a PhD in natural sciences or technology. One out of four co-workers come from other countries than Norway, from altogether about 45 countries all over the world.

Trondheim Area, Norway

Department head for the Process Metallurgy and Ceramics Department. SINTEF's award for positive work environment (first ever awarded in SINTEF) was received in 2001.

Trondheim Area, Norway

Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics, CFD, by doing contract research projects for industrial clients in different industries (oil & gas, process industry, heat recovery, etc.)

Årdal, Norway

Head of Aluminium Cell Design Department at Hydro's Technology Centre in Årdal. Most important task for the department in the period was to develop the technology that later successfully was installed at Sunndalsøra in 2002, "Su-IV", at the time the largest land-based industrial investment ever in Norway.

Årdal, Norway

Hall Heroult cell design wrt. heat balance, electric busbar system, magnetic compensation.Project management

Trondheim Area, Norway

Developed a mathematical model for prediction of inorganic mineral deposits from natural waters (Scaling) in connection with oil recovery, for Statoil. Same topic as in PhD. thesis. Model later developed further and commercialized, known today as "Multiscale" in the Petroleum Industry.