Category: Knowledge sharing and networking
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Scientist Out! 2022/2023
Scientist Out! is a great initiative organized by students from various departments of Politecnico, hosted in the Nuclear Engineering building. Every other Tuesday, a doctoral candidate or young researcher shares their research in a relaxed environment over a beer, fostering open and candid discussions outside the typical work context. This year, four members of our
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How to explain science to your grandma
On November 7, 2022, we had the honor of hosting Dr. Giuliana Galati, one of the most prominent figures in Italian journalistic and science communication circles, who is also a researcher at the University of Bari and a collaborator on Superquark+. Joining her was Dr. Cristian Manzoni, a researcher at IFN-CNR and a professor at
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Speed Date with Research 4.0
“Speed Date with Research” is an annual event where master students of Engineering Physics can meet PhD students and PostDocs from the Physics Department of Politecnico di Milano and jump into their research activity. The students can ask any curiosity about the laboratories of the Physics Department directly to the people that live the lab-life!
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Gdansk Optica Student Chapter visit!
In September, we had the pleasure of hosting three members from the Gdansk Optica Student Chapter. We took them on a tour of our laboratories, and they had the opportunity to savor the beauty (and cuisine) of Milan! With them and some representatives from the Smart-X chapter, we exchanged ideas on the challenges and solutions
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Physics Talks II: from PhD to CEO
In collaboration with the Physics Department, the Optica, EPS and SPIE Chapters of Milan created “Physics Talks“: a new format to connect the students of Engineering Physics with Physics Engineers, who share their professional and personal life experiences and inspire the students for their future careers! During this 2nd event, Physics Engineer Michele Lacerenza (pioNIRS) shared his journey from student to CEO of
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Dolce Stil LaTeX
TexMaker, TeXlive, Miktex, LateX… Overleaf?! What is all this and why can’t I just use Word to write my Master thesis?’ Well, if these questions ever crossed your mind, we organized a workshop thought just for you! With the precious collaboration of Polimi’s very own Open unix Labs (POuL), we came up with Dolce Stil
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Start-up Science: roundtable with Prof. Ursula Keller from ETH Zurich
Within the traveling Lecturer Grant programme, we organized the event “Start-Up Science: How does Academia turn into Industry?” focused on the exploitation of experimental knowledge for industry and society, from scientific curiosity to real world applications. In a the form of a roundtable, our keynote speaker, Prof. Ursula Keller from ETH Zurich, together with 4 successful start-ups
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Physics Talks I: Academia
In collaboration with the Physics Department, the Optica, EPS and SPIE Chapters of Milan created “Physics Talks“: a new format to connect the students of Engineering Physics with Physics Engineers, who share their professional and personal life experiences and inspire the students for their future careers! During this 1st event, Physics Engineer Chiara Trovatello shared her career path in Academic research. Starting from
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Physics Talks – the launch!
We invite alumni of Engineering Physics to share their professional and personal life experience, and hopefully inspire the students for their future careers in Academia, Industry, Tech and Business! English below. Physics Talks è una nuova serie di eventi seminariali organizzata dagli Student Chapters del Politecnico di Milano (Optica, EPS e SPIE) insieme al Dipartimento di
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Speed Date with Research 3.0
“Speed Date with Research” is an annual event where master students of Engineering Physics can meet PhD students and PostDocs from the Physics Department of Politecnico di Milano and jump into their research activity. The students can ask any curiosity about the laboratories of the Physics Department directly to the people that live the lab-life!
Student Chapters of Politecnico di Milano 