Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona (UAB) and Universitat
de Barcelona (UB).
The aim of this workshop is to make students more familiar with
activities related with scientific research in astronomy, astrophysics
and astrodynamics. Elementary information about the techniques used by
researchers in their daily work will be given, which the students will
be able to use in small projects. In relation to astronomy, these projects
will consist of organising observations, taking measurements with astronomical
equipment at Les Planes de Son and the subsequent recording of data. In
relation to astrodynamics, the mini-projects will consist of tracking
the trajectories of artificial satellites or interplanetary probes via
computer simulations.
Center
for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.
The students will use scientific methods to solve biological problems,
use techniques to get DNA from biological samples, find out more about
the main theories in biology and the molecular mechanisms that control
it, understand how DNA relates with the environment, discover how to analyse
the DNA characteristics that make them different from their classmates
and find out about some of the DNA characteristics that cause or predispose
to human disease.
ICFO - Instituto
de Ciencias Fotónicas, Max-Plank-Institut für Metallfoschung,
Universität Stuttgart and Göteborg University.
This project has been designed to introduce the students to optics, photonics,
biophysics and statistical physics with a stress on the importance of multidisciplinary
science. The main goal is the implementation of an optical tweezers and their
application to statistical physics and biology. Optical tweezers constitute a
great example where fundamental principles of optics that can be understood by
the students lead to the development of a tool that is used in different branches
of science. The students will, therefore, build optical tweezers and use them
to perform some simple, yet fundamental, experiments with Brownian motion and
biological samples.
University of North Texas
and Northwestern University in Illinois.
We are surrounded by a world of amazing materials, whose secrets
can be unlocked with exploration of their compositions and behaviors.
Learn how to get the polymers out of a plant to make plastic, harness
solar energy with a photovoltaic material to power a model car, and determine
properties such as hardness, conductivity, or friction of various materials.
Explore the nature of materials, their characteristics, and the routes
of synthesis and then apply that knowledge to engineer several structures.
Grupo
de Investigación en Tecnología Musical de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra (MTG – UPF)
and Escola
Superior de Música de Barcelona (ESMUC).
The Sounds of Nature project combines mathematics, physics, music
and engineering to explore the sounds of the elements, animals, humankind
and musical instruments. During the workshop we'll answer questions such
as: What can be heard under water? Why do flutes and violins sound like
they do? How do microphones work? What is a sound illusion? How do we
automatically distinguish sounds? And what about music?
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