Notable Alumni
- Jens G. Balchen, electronics engr., professor, "father of Norwegian cybernetics", IEEE fellow
- Alf Egil Bogen, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVR µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway
- Ivar Brandvold, Chief Operating Officer of DNO ASA
- Helmer Dahl, electronics engr., WWII radar and ASDIC pioneer, research and industry mentor, technology historian
- Johannes Falnes, wave energy researcher
- Asbjorn Folling - chemical engr., discovery of Phenylketonuria, Jahreprisen 1960
- Ivar Giaever, mechanical engr., physicist, 1973 Nobel laureate
- Bjarne Hurlen, mechanical engr., army officer, defence industry executive (Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk 1956–1975)
- Ralph Høibakk, physicist, computer industry executive, mountaineer, adventurer (Seven Summits; South Pole)
- Fred Kavli, physicist, innovator, business leader (sensor technology: Kavlico Corp.), and philanthropist
- Arne Korsmo - architect, professor, Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry
- Olav Landsverk, electronics engr., military weapon systems computer pioneer, professor
- John M. Lervik, electronics engr., co-founder and CEO of cXense, co-founder and former CEO of Fast Search & Transfer (FAST)
- Finn Lied, electronics engr., WWII resistance agent, defence research director, Minister of Industry
- Terje Michalsen, electronics engr., venture capitalist
- Lars Monrad Krohn, electronics engr., industrialist (mini- and microcomputers)
- Ingvild Myhre, electronics engr., telecom industry executive (Alcatel Telecom Norway, Telenor Mobil)
- Lars Onsager, chemical engr., 1968 Nobel laureate
- Venketa Parthasarathy, chemical engr., noted for work on wood pulp and two-stage oxygen delignification
- Erik Rolfsen, architect and city planner for Oslo
- Edgar B. Schieldrop, mechanical engr., student society co-founder, popular science & technology author
- Rolf Skaar, cybernetics engr., industrialist (minicomputers), Norwegian Space Centre director
- Øystein Stray Spetalen, petroleum engr., Norwegian investor
- Berit Svendsen, telecom. engr., MTM, CTO of Telenor 2000–.
- Anders Talleraas, mechanical engr., MP for 20 years, former Conservative party parliamentary leader
- Vebjørn Tandberg, electronics engr., industrialist (radio, tape recording, television)
- Theodore Theodorsen, Norwegian-American aerodynamicist
- Leif Tronstad, O.B.E., chemist, nuclear chemistry scientist, planner and organiser of WWII's Operation Gunnerside
- Tor Olav Trøim, marine engr., shipping and energy industry executive (Frontline, Seadrill)
- John Ugelstad, chemical engr., known for his pioneering work on monodisperse polymer beads
- Tore M. Undeland, electrical engr., professor, international textbook author (Wiley), IEEE fellow
- Gjert Wilhelmsen, marine engr., co-founder of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
- Bror With, mechanical engr., inventor of the Rottefella ski binding and Dromedille dinghy; WWII resistance agent
- Vegard Wollan, electronics engr., co-inventor of Atmel AVR µcontroller, co-founder of Atmel Norway
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