DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, NTNU Høgskoleringen 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway Phone: +47 73593478 E-mail:
[email protected] Head of the Department: Professor Asle Sudbø Deputy Head of the Department: Associate Professor Jon Andreas Støvneng Head of Administration: Tove Gudny Stavø / Aud Lise Kulseth Head of Technical Staff: Per Magne Lillebekken Departmental Board Elected members: Head of the Department Professor Asle Sudbø Representing the permanent scientific staff Associate Professor Dag Werner Breiby Representing the temporary scientific staff Research Scientist Henrik Enoksen Representing the technical/administrative staff Head Engineer Per Magne Lillebekken Representing the students of the Department Student Lars Rikard Stavrum Student Simen Mikkelsen Appointed external members: Research Manager Jostein Mårdalen, SINTEF Petroleum Research Professor Lisa Lorentzen, NTNU, Department of Mathematical Sciences COVER PAGE: 1 mm radius droplets of silicon oil, in a container of castor oil, with clay particles self-organizing inside the droplets. The container is exposed to an applied electric field. © Z. Rozynek & J.O. Fossum, Laboratory for Soft and Complex Matter Studies at Department of Physics, NTNU. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, NTNU www.ntnu.no/fysikk CONTENTS THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS ..................................................... page 3 Staff Accounts Awards Highlights from the activity RESEARCH ............................................................................................. page 10 Section of Applied Physics and Didactic