Category: Scientific Outreach
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International Day of Light 2024
Register at the link! 💥 Dear all, we are so thrilled to host Prof. Dr. Ileana-Cristina Benea Chelmus from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to celebrate the International Day of Light with us this year! 🌟 Prof. Benea Chelmus holds a truly impressive scientific track record: she did her PhD in quantum optics at…
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PNRR educational guidance program about Optics and Photonics: here we come!
On March 21Â and 22, 2024, four members of our Chapters, along with other researchers from the Physics Department of Politecnico di Milano, welcomed two 13th-grade classes as part of the PNRR educational guidance program. The goal of the activities was to acquaint students with the experimental method in Optics and Photonics by guiding them through…
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Our founder and former president elected Optica Ambassador
Chiara Trovatello, Ph.D. in Physics at PoliMi under the supervision of Prof. Giulio Cerullo and Prof. Stefano Dal Conte, and now Marie Curie Global Fellow at Columbia University in the city of New York, has been awarded with the prestigious lifetime title of Optica Ambassador. Optica Ambassadors provide career advice, technical knowledge and mentorship with…
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Our Article “The Photonic Maze” featured on Europhysics News
We are happy to share that our article “The Photonic Maze” on our outreach activities from last year has been published on the latest edition of Europhysics News! Europhysics News is the magazine of the European physics community. It is owned by the European Physical Society and produced in cooperation with EDP Sciences. It is truly an honor to be featured…
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‘Lighten up 2023
In the context of the International Day of Light, and always keeping an eye on the need to bridge the gap between PhD students and their possible future in industry, we organized the event Lighten Up! It consisted of half-day event with a double objective. On the one hand, we aimed to present a line…
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Italian Quantum Weeks 2023
The Italian Quantum Weeks are two weeks fully dedicated to dissemination of knowledge in quantum mechanics and quantum optics across entire Italy. Exhibitions, outreach events, and themed seminars create a vibrant scientific atmosphere all over the country, giving special attention to the quantum world. After the successful involvement of the Chapters in the 2022 edition…
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BackDoor (sneaking into an optics lab)
What could be better than stepping into a real physics laboratory to gain a broader perspective on the work of a researcher in optics and photonics? This time, Benedetto Ardini and Matteo Corti led us through the hyperspectral imaging labs, unveiling the secrets of spectroscopy you won’t find in books. If you’re a student and…
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Chapters go to school! – Don Bosco Village
On March 1st, our team members Giulio, Sofia, and Pasquale visited the Don Bosco Village School to present our educational workshop. During the session, students had the opportunity to engage in the construction of a telescope and working on a reproduction of an optical table. This unique occasion allowed them to learn by doing, delving…
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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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Festival della scienza di Genova
From October 26 to November 5, 2022, we had the incredible opportunity to be part of the renowned “Festival della Scienza di Genova,” a premier science outreach event in Italy. Our workshop, titled “Luce e Vetro, una storia millenaria” (“Light and Glass, a Millenary Story”), captivated over 2000 participants, unveiling the mysteries of optics, with…
Student Chapters of Politecnico di Milano 