Engineer and technician network
Engineer and technician network is a forum for sharing experiences and build interdepartmental collaboration between all engineers and technicians in SINTEF Industry.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE NETWORK
- Easily accessible meeting place for all engineers and technicians in SINTEF Industry
- Forum for sharing experiences and keeping up to date on professional topics
- Build interdepartmental collaborations and strengthen the level of competence in SINTEF
- Work towards the goal of becoming One SINTEF by utilizing existing resources in a better way
Lead by
- Birgitte Vågenes, Polymer and composite materials, Oslo
- Jannicke Kvello, Batteries and Hydrogen technologies, Trondheim
Engineers and technicians in SINTEF Industry
- 80 people in approx. 22 groups
- A few researchers participate – from groups that have and operate labs, but do not have engineers or technicians
Form of meeting
- Started autumn 2020
- 3-4 seminars on Teams per year
- Physical seminar some years, last 2022
Focus areas
- Inspire each other
- Lab operations
- Exchange of "Best practice"
- Better interdepartmental collaboration
Topics
- Handling of samples and customers´ properties
- Lab net
- “Leiested” (lab rent)
- Waste management
- Digitalization
- Presentations of labour unions
- Development of engineers and technicians
- Safety in the lab
- 5S
- Simpli