Pupils Internship in Process Engineering and Technical Cybernetics
31.01.2017 -
The Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Systems and the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering at the Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg organize an internship for pupils during both the easter and fall break. It is a fixed address for all who are interested in biology, mathematics, physics, or chemistry. The internship offers trials and experiments and provides insight into the everyday life of scientists.
The internship is offered every year in both the easter and fall break. It is aimed at students aged 16 and over from the upper class levels of university preparatory school with a focus on natural sciences and is intended to provide an insight into the professional world of engineering.
The next internship will take place during Saxony-Anhalt’s spring break from 10 until 13 April 2017.
The registration deadline is 10 March 2017.
The internship starts Monday at 10:30 and ends Thursday or Friday around 14:30. Experiments are conducted from 9:00 until 11:30 and from 13:30 until 16:00 in the afternoon. There is a lunch break in between.
From 12:30 to 13:15, research and study opportunities in Magdeburg will be presented in a popular scientific lecture.
In the afternoon, optional informational events will take place as part of a supporting program.
Experiment Selection
The following list is intended to provide an insight into the content and scope of our internship. It contains only a portion of the in total over twenty possible experiments and will be appropriately updated and sent to those interested in the internship in advance.
- It Doesn't Get Greener Than This - Microalgae as the Food and Energy Source of the Future
- Treatment of Animal Cells and Their Application in the Production of Viral Vaccines
- Fuel Cells - Preparation, Measurement, and Applications (fuel cell experiments are carried out in English)
- Cybernetics for Dynamic Systems
- Build and Control Your Own Autonomous Vehicle
- Nanostructured Systems in Process Engineering Chemcar - How Chemistry Fuels a Vehicle
- Computer Analysis of Metabolic Changes
- Fermentation of Baker's Yeast
- Epidemic Models - What Do Pathogens Have to Do With Differential Equations?
- Conductivity and Concentration - What Combines Physics and Chemistry
- Knudsen Diffusion in Separating Gaseous Mixtures
- Microsystem Technology - the Chemical Plant on the Desk
- Crystallization as a Shape Design Process
- Separation by Chromatography - Is it Possible to Spin Straw to Gold After All?
Lectures
- Bioprocess Technology - Where Science Meets Engineering
- Fuel Cell Technology for the Future Technical Cybernetics - What is it really?
- Nanoparticles - Production and Application
- Crystallization - Process Engineering for Substance Separation
Important Notes
- The minimum age for participation in the internship is 16 years.
- The number of participants is limited to 25. Registrations are accepted according to the date of receipt.
- The internship is carried out with the pupils free of charge.
- For students arriving from out of town, accommodations in the Magdeburg Youth Hostel, located on Leiterstraße, will be reserved in advance. The costs are expected to be taken over by the University of Magdeburg.
- The participants themselves will cover the travel expenses and meals.
- The organizers will supervise the pupils during the internship.
- In the afternoon, optional informational faculty events will take place as part of the supporting program.
- The pupils themselves are responsible for planning their evening.
The next date is from the 25th to the 29th of September 2017.
Contact: Dr. Andreas Voigt, phone: +49 391 67-51435, e-mail: andreas.voigt@ovgu.de.
(Source: MPI Magdeburg)