San Sebastian, 13-15 Feb 2019: nanoGUNE Winter School 2019
The nanoGUNE Winter School 2019 will be held in the nanoGUNE facilities in San Sebastian (Spain), from Wednesday 13 to Friday 15 February 2019. The event is primarily aimed at undergraduate and master students of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. The School will include a combination of academic lectures, soft skills training sessions and hands-on lab practices.
We will accept applicants until 15 November 2018.The applications received will be then evaluated and the results will be communicated no later than 15 December to all applicants.
TARGET STUDENTS
Fields: physics, chemistry, biology and engineering
Last or penultimate year undergraduate degree students
Master students
We are looking for highly motivated undergraduate or master students that are considering the possibility of pursuing their training with a PhD degree.
The maximum number of participants will be limited to 30 students.
GRANTS: WHAT IS INCLUDED?
NanoGUNE will offer grants to cover all the main expenses of the winter school to all the selected students:
Grants to cover travel expenses
Lunch and coffee-breaks
Accommodation in shared rooms will be arranged
PROGRAM
The program will combine scientific lectures, transversal sessions and hands-on lab practices in small groups, as well as social activities. The specific session and agenda will be announced later on, but the sessions will cover the following or similar topics:TRANSVERSAL SESSIONS
Introduction to nanoscience
Time management
Working in Science / Career path in Science
Scientific Publications and the Web of Science
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Nanoelectronics
Fundamentals of nanoscience and quantum effects in the nanoscale
Interface between biology - nanoscience - nanotechnology
HANDS-ON LABS
Cleanroom nanofabrication
Organic electronics
Electrospinning of nanofibers
Deposition of thin films and characterization
Low-temperature STM
Computer simulations
Electron Microscopy
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Dinner in a cider house (Sagardotegi)
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATORS: Felix Casanova & Luis Hueso
