Our Vision
Norway’s leading provider of knowledge and technology within applications of sensors, microsystems, and nanotechnology.
Our Goals
- Contribute to increased value creation and business activity through collaboration between USN and companies in the application of technology so that the companies can develop faster and achieve the desired transformation through strengthened ability to develop ideas from the concept stage and up to market introduction and production.
- Build and further develop new national offers by offering competence, services, modern technology equipment and premises where the companies can design, simulate, visualize, manufacture and test technologies, components, products, processes, and services.
- Strengthen the university’s role as a commercialization actor based on its own research results.
- Increased visibility and increased reputation nationally and internationally as an outstanding center for applied research and innovation in sensors, micro- and nanotechnology.
Who are we?
- Head of the Innovation Center Lars-Cyril Blystad
- Researcher Eivind Bardalen
- Researcher Geir Bjørnsen
- Researcher Kang Du
- Researcher Geir Lislebø
- Researcher Kwi Yeon Koo
- Associate Professor Pai Lu
- Senior advisor Kai Terje Mjøsund
- Project manager Jon Herman Ulvensøen
- Department engineer Astrid Johanne Braaten
The innovation center was approved by the board on September 3, 2020, and is organizationally linked to the Department of Microsystems.