MANA Visit of a Delegation from Norway

February 7, 2012

Four delegates from Kingdom of Norway headed by Prof. Bjørn Hafskjold, Dean of Faculty of Natural Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, visited MANA with the objective to get an overview of research at MANA.

The delegates toured laboratories of all four MANA research fields Nano-Materials, Nano-System, Nano-Green and Nano-Bio, as well as the MANA Foundry. They attentively listened to the explanations about the latest MANA research activities and answered with many competent comments and questions.

Participants of lab tour

(From left to right): Mr. Yoji Ishihara (Senior Technology Adviser, Royal Norwegian Embassy), Dr. Masakazu Aono (MANA Director-General), Prof. Bjørn Hafskjold (Dean, Faculty of Natural Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Dr. Stian Nygaard (Senior Business Developer, SINTEF Materials and Chemistry) and Dr. Svein Grandum (Counsellor, Science and Technology, Royal Norwegian Embassy).