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Project week during the autumn holidays
During the autumn holidays, highschool students in classes 8 and 9 enjoyed an eventful week full of physics, experiments and research at the Alfried Krupp Schülerlabor at the Ruhr University Bochum. In the workshop ‘From Plasma to Gold Coating,’ the students discovered the exciting characteristics of luminous gases and their numerous applications, such as in surface coating. They visited laboratories, observed researchers at work and learned that plasmas can also be ignited in liquids. In Prof. Scherer's lecture ‘From Diamonds, Pencil Tips and Symmetries,’ they learned how to (theoretically) turn a pencil tip into a diamond. Other highlights included a visit to the planetarium, meals together in the mensa and a physics duel followed by pizza. We would like to thank all participants for their curiosity and fascination for physics and are already looking forward to the next project week!
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International School on Low Temperature Plasma Physics
Anfang Oktober hatten ausgewählte Masterstudent*innen und Doktorand*innen aus den Bereichen Plasmaphysik, Plasmatechnik und Plasmachemie die Gelegenheit, mit führenden Experten und Dozenten in Kontakt zu treten. Während der Internationalen Schule für Niedertemperatur-Plasmaphysik und der anschließenden Meisterklasse für intelligente organische Beschichtungen durch Plasmen wurden in Vorlesungen und während einer Postersession die Grundlagen von Plasmen und neueste Forschungsergebnisse diskutiert. Praktische Erfahrungen wurden in drei Workshops unter der Leitung renommierter Professoren aus Frankreich und Portugal gesammelt.
Seit 28 Jahren wird die Plasmaschule von führenden Experten auf dem Gebiet der Plasmaphysik organisiert. In diesem Jahr befand sich der internationale Lehrstuhl an der Universität Mons in Belgien, während das lokale Organisationsteam an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum ansässig war. Die Plasmaschule wurde auch vom SFB 1316 und des Research Department "Plasmas with Complex Interactions" finanziert.
International School on Low Temperature Plasma Physics
In the beginning of October, chosen Master and PhD students within the field of plasma physics, engineering and chemistry had the chance to get in contact with leading experts and lecturers. During the International School on Low Temperature Plasma Physics and the subsequent Master Class on Smart organic coatings by plasmas, fundamentals of plasmas and cutting-edge reserach has been discussed in lectures and during a poster session. Hands-on experience was obtained during three workshops lead by reknown professors from France and Portugal.
Since 28 years, the plasma school is organized by leading experts in the field of plasma physics. This year, the international chair was located at University of Mons in Belgium, while the local organizing team was located at Ruhr University in Bochum. The plasma school has also been funded by the CRC 1316 and the Research Department "Plasmas with Complex Interactions".
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Plasma experiments with the mouse
On 3th October, we celebrated the nationwide Mouse Day.
The Faculty of Physics at Ruhr-University Bochum invited children to discover the exciting world of physics and try their hand at lots of experiments.
In our workshop, the children were able to explore the glow of plasma and its applications. As a souvenir, the Mouse fans coated small ducks with gold using plasma.