The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbreviation NTH (Norges tekniske høgskole) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 89 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent college. In 1996 NTHC ceased to exist as an organizational superstructure when the university was restructured and rebranded. The former NTH departments are now basic building blocks of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
NTH was primarily a polytechnic institute, educating master level engineers as well as architects. In 1992 NTH had 7627 master and doctoral students and 1591 employees; it graduated 1262 chartered engineers (master level), 52 chartered architects, and 92 Dr.Ing. (Ph.D.). The operating budget was equivalent to USD 100 M, and the total premises amounted to around 260,000 m² (64 acres).
Since the merger, it forms a part of the University commonly known as Gløshaugen, after the geographical area in which it is situated.
The decision to establish a Norwegian national college of technology was made by the Norwegian parliament, the Storting, in 1900, after years of heated debate on where the institution should be located; many representatives felt that the capital Kristiania was self-evident as the place for this nationally important seat of learning. However, eventually NTH was located in the geographically central city of Trondhjem, based on an emerging policy of decentralisation as well as the city's existing and highly esteemed technical college (Trondhjems Tekniske Læreanstalt).
Five academical departments were originally present in the parliament's resolution of 31 May 1900:
Architecture and city planningCivil engineeringMechanical engineering (a. General and b. Naval, i.e. ship and ship engine construction)Electrical engineeringChemistry (a. General and b. Electro-chemistry)This section is in its early stages; more will be written as time permits. This will at least entail: 1) early years, pre-WWII history, incl Samfundet; 2) NTH during WWII; 3) possibly some info on each decade until '96, incl SINTEF, RUNIT, PVV, etc.; and 4) end of independent NTH
The academic structure of NTH during the last years before its inclusion in NTNU was as follows:
Faculty of Architecture, with 5 Departments:Form and Colour StudiesBuilding TechnologyArchitectural HistoryArch. DesignTown and Regional PlanningFaculty of Applied Earth Science and Metallurgy, with 3 Departments:MetallurgyGeology and Mineral ResourcesPetroleum Technology and Applied Geophysics (see also Department of Petroleum Engineering and Applied Geophysics)Faculty of Civil Engineering, with 8 Departments:Building and Construction EngineeringGeotechnical EngineeringRoad and Railway EngineeringTransportation EngineeringHydraulic and Sanitary EngineeringBuilding MaterialsStructural EngineeringGeodesy and PhotogrammetryFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with 5 Departments:Electrical Power EngineeringTelecommunicationsEngineering CyberneticsPhysical ElectronicsComputer Systems and TelematicsFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with 7 Departments:Inorganic ChemistryOrganic ChemistryPhysical ChemistryChemical EngineeringIndustrial ChemistryIndustrial BiochemistryBiotechnologyFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, with 6 Departments:Thermal Energy and HydropowerMachine Design and Materials TechnologyProduction and Quality EngineeringApplied Mechanics, Thermo- and Fluid DynamicsHeating and VentilationRefrigeration EngineeringFaculty of Physics and Mathematics, with two Departments:Mathematics SciencesPhysicsFaculty of Marine Technology, with 4 Departments:Marine Systems DesignMarine StructuresMarine HydrodynamicsMarine EngineeringFaculty of Economics and Industrial Management, with two Departments:EconomicsOrganisation and Work Science (Norwegian abbreviation: ORAL)Center for Management Education (Norw. abbrev.: ULA)Technical University Library of Norway (Norw. abbrev.: NTUB)The national resource library of technology and architectureLocations: Technical Main Library as well as six Faculty Libraries on campusJens G. Balchen, electronics engr., professor, "father of Norwegian cybernetics", IEEE fellowAlf Egil Bogen, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVR µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel NorwayIvar Brandvold, Chief Operating Officer of DNO ASAHelmer Dahl, electronics engr., World War II radar and ASDIC pioneer, research and industry mentor, technology historianJohannes Falnes, wave energy researcherAsbjorn Folling - chemical engr., discovery of Phenylketonuria, Jahreprisen 1960Ivar Giaever, mechanical engr., physicist, 1973 Nobel laureateBjarne Hurlen, mechanical engr., army officer, defence industry executive (Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk 1956–1975)Ralph Høibakk, physicist, computer industry executive, mountaineer, adventurer (Seven Summits; South Pole)Fred Kavli, physicist, innovator, business leader (sensor technology: Kavlico Corp.), and philanthropistPaal Kibsgaard, petroleum engineer, chairman and CEO of SchlumbergerArne Korsmo - architect, professor, Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art IndustryOlav Landsverk, electronics engr., military weapon systems computer pioneer, professorJohn M. Lervik, electronics engr., co-founder and CEO of cXense, co-founder and former CEO of Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)Finn Lied, electronics engr., World War II resistance agent, defence research director, Minister of IndustryTerje Michalsen, electronics engr., venture capitalistLars Monrad Krohn, electronics engr., industrialist (mini- and microcomputers)Ingvild Myhre, electronics engr., telecom industry executive (Alcatel Telecom Norway, Telenor Mobil)Lars Onsager, chemical engr., 1968 Nobel laureateVenketa Parthasarathy, chemical engr., noted for work on wood pulp and two-stage oxygen delignificationErik Rolfsen, architect and city planner for OsloEdgar B. Schieldrop, mechanical engr., student society co-founder, popular science & technology authorRolf Skaar, cybernetics engr., industrialist (minicomputers), Norwegian Space Centre directorEinar Aasen Skogsholm, Ph.D Electrical Engr., VP of MECOØystein Stray Spetalen, petroleum engr., Norwegian investorBerit Svendsen, telecom. engr., MTM, CTO of Telenor 2000–.Anders Talleraas, mechanical engr., MP for 20 years, former Conservative party parliamentary leaderVebjørn Tandberg, electronics engr., industrialist (radio, tape recording, television)Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicistLeif Tronstad, O.B.E., chemist, nuclear chemistry scientist, planner and organiser of World War II's Operation GunnersideTor Olav Trøim, marine engr., shipping and energy industry executive (Frontline, Seadrill)John Ugelstad, chemical engr., known for his pioneering work on monodisperse polymer beadsTore M. Undeland, electrical engr., professor, international textbook author (Wiley), IEEE fellowGjert Wilhelmsen, marine engr., co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruise LinesBror With, mechanical engr., inventor of the Rottefella ski binding and Dromedille dinghy; World War II resistance agentVegard Wollan, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVR µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel NorwayThe following companies, or divisions of international companies, have been created directly or partly from NTH research and influence, including its contract research arm SINTEF with spin-offs:
3d-Radar AS (advanced ground penetrating radar technology for shallow subsurface mapping in 3D) [1]Atmel Norway (inventors and designers of the Atmel AVR RISC microcontroller family, incl HW/SW tools) (Norwegian) [2]Ceetron AS (3D visualization and technical computing for oil & gas, plus aerospace, automotive, and consumer electronics) [3]Cybernetica advanced process control, specializing in nonlinear model predicitive controlCorrOcean (industrial/off-shore Corrosion Monitoring) [4]ErgoRunit AS (outsourcing services in IT system planning/administration and accounting) [5] (N)Fast Search & Transfer (FAST) (inter/intranet search engines; developers of alltheweb.com) [6]GE Vingmed Ultrasound, formerly Vingmed Sound (ultrasound-based imaging in medical diagnosis and surgery support systems) [7] (N)Marine Cybernetics, specialising in the testing and verification of ship and offshore structure control systems [8] (N)MARINTEK, The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute, including MARINTEK (USA), Inc. [9]Nordic Semiconductor ASA (ASIC design, SoCs, RF/mixed-signal hybrid IC's) [10]Oceanor (oceanographic measurements and real-time environmental monitoring in oceans, freshwater, and soil) [11]Powel ASA (IT products/services for energy production companies) [12]Q-Free ASA; formerly Micro Design AS (radio systems for tolling, traffic information, parking, ticketing, access control, logistics) [13]Schlumberger Information Solutions Trondheim, formerly VoxelVision AS (3D visualization, mostly for oil & gas applications) [14]SINTEF, The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at NTH (contract research corp, 1700 employees) [15]SINTEF Energy Research, SINTEF Petroleum Research, and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture ²Sinvent Ltd., SINTEFs development and investment companySun Microsystems Trondheim; formerly ClustRa Systems (high-availability, real-time database technology) [16]Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS; acquired Systems in Motion AS (3D visualization software) [17] [18]
