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Øivind Wilhelmsen

Øivind Wilhelmsen is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Øivind Wilhelmsen rather than just read about it. In short: Øivind Wilhelmsen (born 1985) is a Norwegian professor of physical chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU), Norway. There he is head of the Thermodynamics group and serves as principal investigator at PoreLab, a Center of excellence.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Øivind Wilhelmsen (born 1985) is a Norwegian professor of physical chemistry at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU), Norway. There he is head of the Thermodynamics group and serves as principal investigator at PoreLab, a Center of excellence. His area of research is thermodynamics, with emphasis on non-equilibrium thermodynamics. His most important research contributions are within transport processes across planar and curved interfaces, the understanding of nucleation phenomena, thermodynamics of hydrogen and CO2 mixtures, and the thermodynamics of nano systems. He has received an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council.

Education and professional carrier Wilhelmsen completed his PhD in physical chemistry at NTNU in 2015 with the thesis Equilibrium and nonequilibrium thermodynamics of planar and curved interfaces. Since 2010, he has worked as a researcher, later senior research scientist, at the Norwegian research organization SINTEF. In the period 2016–2021, he worked as a part-time professor at the Department of Energy and process engineering at NTNU, and in 2021 he was appointed full-time professor of physical chemistry at NTNU. He has been a visiting scientist at ETH Zurich, University of Barcelona, Imperial College London and the University of Stuttgart.

Publications Øivind Wilhelmsen publications indexed by Google Scholar List of publications by Øivind Wilhelmsen in BIBSYS (Norway) List of publications by Øivind Wilhelmsen in CRIStin (The Norwegian Scientific Index)

Awards and honours Wilhelmsen has received both national and international awards for his research, most notably the Ilya Prigogine Prize, the EFCE Excellence Award in Thermodynamics and the Research Council if Norway's Award for outstanding young scientists. In 2023, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council with funding of €1.5 million.

References

External links "Home - Øivind Wilhelmsen research page". Retrieved 2023-05-03. "Øivind Wilhelmsen - NTNU". www.ntnu.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-03. Wilhelmsen's profile page, NTNU

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Øivind Wilhelmsen

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Øivind Wilhelmsen claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Øivind Wilhelmsen before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Øivind Wilhelmsen ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Øivind Wilhelmsen

In research: Øivind Wilhelmsen appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Øivind Wilhelmsen in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Øivind Wilhelmsen is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1985 births, Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, European Research Council grantees, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Øivind Wilhelmsen outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Øivind Wilhelmsen in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Øivind Wilhelmsen matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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