Rögnvaldur Ólafsson

Dósent

  • Staða nánar
    Experimental physics, electronics and measurement theory
  • Starfseining
    Stjórnsýsla - Háskólasjóður
  • Aðsetur
    Aðalbygging
  • Sími
    525 - 4929
  • Tölvupóstur
    rol [hjá] hi.is
  • Ritaskrá
    Rögnvaldur Ólafsson - ritaskrá

Sérsvið / rannsóknasvið

Experimental physics. Solid state physics. Electronics and measurement theory. Tourism.

Námsferill

B.Sc. degree in Solid State Physics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, UK 1967

Ph. D. degree from the same University in 1971.  Research work was concerned with the magnetic properties of superconductors.

1971-1973 Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.  The work was involved with tunneling between superconductors and normal metals.

Starfsferill

2006-   Advisor to the rector of the University of Iceland, Kristín Ingólfsdóttir.
2003-   Director and chairman of the board of the Institute of Regional Research Centres of the University of Iceland
1997-2000  	In charge of developing distance education at the University of Iceland.
1997-	Associate professor in experimental physics at the University of Iceland.
1994-1997  Councillor of science and education at the Icelandic mission to the European Communities in Brussels. For the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
1993-1994  Visiting scientist at the Danish Fisheries Research Institute (FF, Fiskeiministeriets Forskningslaboratorium) in Copenhagen, Denmark.  Work there involved research and development of instruments and data systems for the fish industry.
1992-1993  Chairman of Tæknigarður hf.
1987-1992  Part time manager of Tæknigarður hf. which built and owns Tæknigarður, the Technological Development Centre at the University of Iceland.  This is a so called incubator centre where new companies, particularly high technology companies originating in the University rent accommodation during their first years.  Tæknigarður was opened in November 1988.
1986-1992  Part time manager of Tækniþróun hf.  which is a development company owned jointly by the University of Iceland and industrial interests.  Tækniþróun hf finds and supports research projects with the aim of taking useful projects to the development stage.  Tækniþróun hf. also runs Tæknigarður, the Technological Development Centre at the University of Iceland.
1986-1993  Associate professor in experimental physics at the University of Iceland.
1983-1986  Technical director of Marel hf.  The firm produces electronic scales, graders, and data collection equipment for ships,  fish factories, and other food processing plants.
1981-1982  Visiting scientist at the Norwegian Fisheries Research Institute (FTFI, Fiskeriteknologisk Forskningsinstitutt) in Trondheim, Norway.  Work there involved research and development of instruments and data systems for the fish industry.
1977-1983  Associate professor in experimental physics at the University of Iceland.  Started and managed the development of electronic scales and data systems for fish processing plants. This project became in 1983 the firm Marel hf. that now produces these instruments and sells them world-wide.
1973-1977  Research fellow at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.  Design of various measurement and data collection systems.  For example for measuring temperature and water level in boreholes and rivers, automatic counters for counting vehicles, and various instruments for collecting geophysical and environmental data.