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Olav Heggstad (March 5, 1877 – May 2, 1954) was a Norwegian civil engineer and professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. Heggstad was born in Namsos,〔''Norges tekniske høiskole: Beretning om virksomheten 1910–1920''. 1920. Trondheim: G. Korgshus.〕 the son of the professor Marius Hægstad and Pernele Larsdotter Midgaard (1852–1935).〔(''Norsk biografisk leksikon'': Olav Heggstad. ) 〕 Heggstad passed his engineering exams at the Trondheim Technical School in 1896. After a few years of employment at the Canal Authority ((ノルウェー語:Kanalvesenet), the forerunner of today's Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate) from 1897 to 1902 as well as the Holmenkollen Line, he studied further at the Dresden University of Technology from 1899 to 1900 to learn more about hydropower and electrical engineering. After practical experience at Siemens & Halske in Germany, he returned to Norway to participate in developing the Kykkelsrud power plant. Later he was employed by Norsk Hydro in the first phase of construction of power stations to provide electricity to the company's factories at Rjukan.〔〔 He worked as an engineer at Sam Eyde's engineering office in Oslo. At the age of 30, Heggstad was placed in charge of dam and tunnel construction at Møsvatn in connection with the Vemork hydroelectric plant. He was later given similar managerial responsibilities for construction of the Såheim Hydroelectric Power Station, and also at Rjukan. Heggstad was one of several young engineers used by Sam Eyde to develop the Norsk Hydro company. These projects were pioneering work,〔 and when it was opened Vemork was the world's largest power station.〔(''Store norske leksikon'': Vemork kraftverk. ) 〕 He was a professor of hydraulic engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, where he served as the school's chancellor from 1929 to 1932 and from 1942 to 1945.〔 ==Academic career== For most of his life, Heggstad was a professor of hydraulic engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, and he trained the civil engineers that developed Norway's power supply during and after the Second World War. He was among the first group of professors when the Norwegian Institute of Technology was founded in 1910. Together with Gudmund Sundby in the mechanical engineering department and experts from the electrical engineering department, he was a central force in hydropower and electric power in Norway in the early 1900s. Heggstad was the initiator in creating the hydropower laboratory at the institute,〔 where research on hydroelectric turbines is still carried out.〔(NTNU: Vannkraftlaboratoriet ) 〕 Heggstad also had organizational skills and served as chancellor of the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1929 to 1933.〔 Heggstad was an eminently practical professor, with extensive industrial experience from his past. While employed at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, he also remained engaged in industry through his own consulting firm, which had no fewer than 30 employees. Several other professors had similar extensive engagements, and one student at the institute stated: "During my time as a student, the professors traveled over hill and dale on private business to the detriment of the school and its students."〔Hanish, Tore Jørgen, & Even Lange. 1985. ''Vitenskap for industrien. NTH—En høyskole i utvikling gjennom 75 år''. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.〕 The difficult economic times of the Great Depression in the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s corresponded to Heggstad's term as chancellor, and at his inauguration he predicted that "difficulties will come and persist for many years yet." He therefore believed that the institute needed to actively engage in applied research and development for the benefit of Norway's industry, and he also stated that Norway must assert itself "in the economic war that is now being carried out among countries around the world."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Olav Heggstad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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