Inge Johannes Tjernes Johansen (born 21 May 1928) is a Norwegian electrical engineer and academican.

Career

Johansen was born in Gjerpen

Gjerpen

Gjerpen is a former township which is now part of the municipality of Skien, in Telemark county, Norway.-Location:The parish of Gjerpen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 . According to the 1835 census the municipality had a population of 4,381. Gjerpen was located east of the city...

 to an electrician

Electrician

An electrician is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the maintenance and repair of existing electrical infrastructure. Electricians may also...

 and a homemaker

Homemaker

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. He took the siv.ing.

Sivilingeniør

Sivilingeniør used to be a Norwegian university degree protected by Norwegian law issued to graduates from technical universities. To qualify for the title, you had to follow a structured study programme in technology and natural sciences of 4,5 - 5 years duration at a Norwegian university or...

 degree, and in 1957 the dr.techn. degree. From 1959 to 1985 he was professor of high voltage

High voltage

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 technology at the Norwegian Institute of Technology

Norwegian Institute of Technology

The Norwegian Institute of Technology, known by its Norwegian abbrevation NTH was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 85 years, after which it was merged into the University of Trondheim as an independent...

 . From 1975 he was the deputy rector, from 1976 to 1984 he served as rector

Rector

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, and from 1985 to 1989 was the director of the NTNF. In 1990 he returned to academia as a professor of elkraftteknikk.

Johansen chaired the Statoil

Statoil

Statoil ASA is a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009, when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was retained as a chain of fuel stations owned by StatoilHydro...

 board from 1984 to 1987, but resigned together with the rest of the board members after they lost control over spending

Mongstad scandal

The Mongstad scandal was a crisis in the Norwegian oil company Statoil in 1987-88.The company exceed the NOK 8 billion budget by NOK 6 billion in upgrading the oil refinery at Mongstad. Retrospectively the reasons for the overexpenditure were attributed to bad planning, technical miscalculations...

 in the Mongstad

Mongstad

Mongstad is an industrial site located in the municipalities of Lindås and Austrheim in Hordaland, Norway. The site features an oil refinery for Statoil and other oil companies, including Shell. At Mongstad, Statoil has a crude oil terminal with a capacity of . The port at Mongstad is the largest...

 project.

Johansen has contributed to the establishment of Kathmandu University

Kathmandu University

Kathmandu University is the third oldest university in Nepal located in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok District, about 35Km east of Kathmandu. KU was established in 1991 with the motto "Quality Education for Leadership"...

, and due to this a university building has been named after him - the Prof. Inge Johansen Engineering Block.

Johansen was decorated in 1981 as a Commander of the Order of St. Olav for his work in technical research and education in Norway.