From hosting visits of high school and university students to participating in the European Researchers Night or the World Economic Forum. At the IMDEA Materials Institute we are fully aware that being able to explain the relevance and nature of the research we do to non-specialised audiences is the best way to create social awareness about the importance of science and technology in our daily life and also to raise the curiosity of the younger generations to pursue a career in materials science and engineering.
Senior researchers, postdocs, PhD students, lab technicians as well as personnel from the project management and technology offices are involved in these actions, ensuring that the experience of working on an institution such as IMDEA Materials is passed on to all kinds of public.
Below, you can get a sample about the outreach activities that we are engaged in.
IMDEA Materials Institute was pleased to recently host a guest seminar from Martin Otto from the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, on Fe-Mn-C steels for biodegradable vascular implant applications. We took the opportunity to speak with him about his latest work in this field.
Yesterday the IMDEA Materials Institute received a visit from 12 students from the Sierra Blanca School in Malaga. During their visit they were able to hear the experiences of Estela Izquierdo, Project Management Assistant, and Dr. Mónica Echeverry, Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, about scientific careers and the mission of IMDEA Materials.
Yesterday, IMDEA Materials welcomed a visit from 30 students from IES Las Rozas 1. The students were given a chance to check out the Institute’s facilities, and were guided on their tour by a number of our researchers.
Earlier this week, IMDEA Materials Institute celebrated our annual “4 Minute Thesis Talk” (4MT) (previously “3 Minute Thesis”). This event is designed to give our predoctoral researchers the opportunity to present their research projects to a general audience in just four minutes.
IMDEA Materials Institute today welcomed a visit from FP students from Madrid’s IES Lope de Vega. Such visits form a crucial part of IMDEA Materials’ mission to spread interest and awareness in science and research among the younger generations.
Institute IMDEA Materials has held its first alumni meeting in China as part of the China Materials Conference 2022-2023.
IMDEA Materials Institute has welcomed five students from Michigan State University and Princeton University in the United States for a two-month research stay to work on projects including BIOMET4D.
IMDEA Materials Institute researchers, Prof. Javier Segurado and Dr. Carlos Ruestes, have participated in an informative webinar about the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships Call 2023.
IMDEA Materials Institute has today received the visit of almost 40 students from IES Juan Antonio Fraguas Forges, as part of our ongoing mission to spread interest and awareness in science and research among the younger generations.
IMDEA Materials Institute today hosted its annual “Open PhD Day” for students looking to take the next step in their scientific careers and those interested in pursuing their doctorate studies in a variety of fields related to materials science.
Collaboration between IDMEA Materials Institute and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) could lead to increased opportunities for student and talent exchange programs.
IMDEA Materials Institute celebrated Science Week 2022 with a visit from students from Colegio Retamar in Madrid with the European BIOMET4D and BioImplant-ITN projects part of the activity’s focus.
IMDEA Materials Institute would like to congratulate researcher Andrés Sierra Soraluce after being awarded the best oral presentation yesterday at the Fatigue, Fracture and Wear Conference 2022.
IMDEA Materials Institute is delighted to announce the launch of our 2021 Annual report, available now for download. It provides a snapshot of the important work done by the institute over the past 12 months.
IMDEA Materials has welcomed students from the University Carlos III in Madrid as part of activities organised by the Institute for the European Union’s European Researchers Night 2022 project.
On March 29, from 13.00-14.00, we will host a webinar on “data-driven approaches to smartly engineered porous materials” imparted by Maciej Haranczyk, leader of the Computational and Data-Driven Materials Discovery research group.
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C/ Eric Kandel, 2
Tecnogetafe
28906, Getafe, Madrid (Spain)