General public

Public outreach

Plasma workshop at Bo.Ing 2020

The SFB-TR 87 and CRC 1316 joined the workshop program of the Bo.Ing 2020. At the Bochum engineering forum "BO.Ing", pupils are given an insight into the engineering sciences in workshops, laboratory tours and discussion groups. The event is organised by the zdi network IST.Bochum.NRW and is implemented in cooperation with universities from Bochum and the surrounding area.

With plasma workshop, sixteen pupils in two different workshop learned the basic ideas about plasma and its applcation. In hands-on activities, the girls and boys were able to perform their own experiments.

Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Plasma Schnuppertag Was ist Plasma und wo findet es in der Technik & Forschung Anwendung?

Interessierte Schüler der Oberstufe sind herzlich eingeladen am Schnuppertag Plasma am 28.01.2020 von 10 bis 15 Uhr online teilzunehmen. Die Lehrstühle der Ruhr-Universität Bochum stellen sich vor.

Technische Plasmen finden in vielen Bereichen des Alltagsihre Anwendung und ermöglichen viele Errungenschaften unserer technisierten Welt, wie z.B. in Mikroelektronik, Optik oder Maschinenbau. Aber auch in Bereichen wie Luftreinigung, Sterilisation und Medizin können Plasmen wirkungsvoll in innovativen Konzepten eingesetzt werden.

Die Grundlagen technischer Anwendungen sind unser Forschungsgebiet. Wir arbeiten interdisziplinär mit Partnern aus Forschung und Industrie an der Entwicklung innovativer Konzepte und Systeme. Und wir möchten Euch den weitestgehend unbekannten Begriff des physikalischen Plasmas erklären und Euch vorstellen, wie wir den „vierten Aggregatzustand“ der Materie nutzen und erforschen. Zudem möchten wir Euch zeigen, wie Ihr vielleicht in Zukunft selbst Teil eines Forscher-Teams werden könnt!

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Public Outreach

Cosmology explained in a television program

Prof. Hildebrandt was guest in a television program and explained cosmology. Moreover, he pointed out the importance of basic research. The full episode of the television program "Planet Wissen" can be found here.

Public relations

Teenagers enjoy plasma physics

During the Easter holidays the Schülerprojektwoche for 14 and 15year old pupils took place at the Ruhr-University Bochum. The Schülerprojektwoche is an established part of public relations for pupils and is, belong others, financed by both SFBs.

For one week 60 girls and boys did experiments in four different workshops, namely “astronomy”, “plasma physics”, “energy efficient house building” and “physics in medicine”.

In the plasma project, which was supervised by PhD and Master students of both SFBs, the pupils deposited thin gold layers on glass substrate using a plasma coater. Additionally, they characterized different samples regarding thickness, optical transmission and conductivity in dependence of the plasma deposition time.

Besides the workshops, the girls and boys experienced university life. They attended a lecture, visited “real” physics laboratories and watched a show at the planetarium in Bochum. At the end of the 4 days, they created posters and presented their results of the workshops to the other pupils during a poster session.

The Schülerprojektwoche was successfully finished with a quiz duel about the learned physics between the four workshop groups. Here, the plasma physics group won and was awarded with a cup.

Events

WissensNacht Ruhr

At 29th September 2018, the event WissensNacht Ruhr, which is located at seven different locations within the Ruhr Area takes place. We are going to present plasmas in the Blue Sqaure in Bochum. Everybody is welcome to join our exhibition.