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Place: Aachen, Germany
Dates: 8 May 2015 to 19 May 2015
Season: spring15
Organised by:
BEST Group
Aachen
University: RWTH Aachen University of Technology
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Type:
BEST Course on Technology
Fee: 45.0 euro. Convert to
Depending on the country of your university, the amount of fee
can be lower. [Read more]
Application until: 30 Nov 2014 at 23:00 CET
Application deadline has passed.
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Academic
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Participation requirements:
Prior knowledge required
(calculus and statistics, as well as basic knowledge about atoms)
Academic complexity: Basic [Read more]
Working time: 33
hours (estimated)
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General description
We'll take you on a trip to the world of material science and current research areas. You'll learn about the importance of new materials and how they affect our lives.
We'll start with basics of different materials, present applications and give you an insight into the research approaches of our institutes.
The academic program will be rounded off with a weekend trip, an excursion in the historic city of Aachen, a German culture shock and a fun social part.
For further information see description below!
Academic information
- Fields of activity:
Aerospace/Aeronautical Engineering
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Applied Sciences
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Biological/Biotechnical/Gene Engineering
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Biology
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Biomedical Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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Chemistry/Chemical Technology
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Computational Sciences
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Computer Science/Automatic Control/Informatics
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Electrical/Electromechanical Engineering
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Electronic/Electrotechnical Engineering
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Geology
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Industrial Engineering
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Machine & Instrument engineering/Design
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Materials Engineering
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Mathematics
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Mechanical Engineering
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Mechatronics
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Mining/Mineral Resources Engineering
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Optics/Optometry
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Physics/Physics Engineering
- Content and topics:
This spring BEST Aachen is organising its first course and wants you to be a part of it! No doubt, you are a successful student at your university, who wants to find out more about the new developments in material sciences and their impact on our lives and the engineering world.
Your wish to participate in a course on material sciences clearly underlines your foresight and receptive intellect. In fact, it means you understand (better than others) that the key to recent achievements in almost all scientific fields lies in the properties of the used materials, which represent the skeleton of every new product. Moreover, since every engineer or scientist relies on materials, you already know that better performance usually means a better material.
The truth is, advanced materials have already changed the world we live in so much! Thanks to the progress in machining new prodigious materials, the people who once suffered terrible injuries now have the possibility to become Olympic athletes! Also, the recent results in electronics and technology have been made possible simply by improving the properties of already known materials. Taking a peek into the future, in a few years, transparent supersonic commercial airplanes will be up in the sky, which will allow us to travel from Berlin to Tokyo in just 2 hours! There are no limits to what we can achieve using new, powerful materials!
And why come to Aachen? Because:
- Germany is the cradle of new Technologies
- RWTH Aachen is one of Germanys top engineering schools
- Aachen is full of rich history the coronation city of Kaisers for centuries, and such a popular bathing resort, that Casanova and Peter the Great from Russia visited it
- Companies youll meet during the course are looking for international(ly minded) students just like yourself!
- Heres where engineers work relentlessly fuelled by the best beer in the world
We're looking forward to your application! Join us for a once-in-a-lifetime-experience in May 2015 in Aachen!
- Learning goals and objectives:
- The students are supposed to get an insight into the hot topics of materials science from different points of fields as well as where this materials can be implemented into exsiting or future technologies.
- The students will learn to work in a diverse team of different nationalities and will as well improve their soft skills.
- The students will learn about the German culture and the history of Aachen.
- Examination type: Written, oral or project work.
- Number of ECTS credits issued:
Not known yet
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Information for applicants
- Selection criteria for participants: We select our participants based on their motivational letters and answers to the questions.
Show your knowledge and your creativity there! Furthermore, we want you to be interested in the field, getting to know the German culture and of course being a legandary person we want to meet!
Practical arrangements
All of these are covered by the event fee.
- Lodging during the event: You will sleep for several days at a cute house next to a breathtaking lake and afterwards move to a cozy cottage.
- Food during the event: 3 meals per day of which at least one will be hot - insights into the German cuisine are guaranteed! We are famous for our German beer brewed under the purest laws in Europe and you will definitely want to try the world famous Schnitzel! Not to mention Curry-Wurst au huur!
- Transportation during the event: Public transport and rented buses - possibility of travelling in spaceships is not ruled out!
More information
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