EUSMAT Alumni Meeting from 11th to 15th November 2019 in Saarbrücken, apply now! A fascinating program consisting on the Alumni Meeting, Worskhops on Microstructure Analysis, International Research Funding and Innovation held by renowned experts will be offered during this week. If you have studied or done research exchanges in Germany (for more than 3 months) or you have participated in any of the EUSMAT programs (EEIGM, AMASE, Atlantis, I.DEAR), you are welcome to apply following the information in: https://www.imr-meeting.eu/. If accepted, your participation will be funded by DAAD or by EUSMAT.

And here further information about the research to be done in space! Prof. Frank Mücklich: “We are pleased that as a Universität des Saarlandes – Saarland University institute we are investigating the antimicrobial effect of the surfaces produced with our DLIP microstructuring technology for the ISS in two different space projects with both NASA and ESA. Interesting partners such as MIT Boston and the German Aerospace Center are also involved.”

As globalization and international networking increase, companies are putting more on more emphasis on an employee’s intercultural skills. Besides being able to speak another language, it is crucial to have a cultural awareness when working across borders and cultures. To avoid failure in intercultural communication, it is important to understand cultural expectations of others.Learning how to communicate interculturally or how to deal with intercultural conflicts are main components of the AMASE Intercultural Tranings. The experience of the past years has shown that the trainigs do not only strenghten awareness for other cultures but also for one’s own.

Here some recommendations for our current and future PhD students!

Space Research! The Chair of Functional Materials at UdS cooperates in space research with the NASA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the MIT! Our experiment about antimicrobial surfaces is scheduled for launch to space in October 2019 on Northrop Grumman CRS-12 (NG-12) and come back with SpaceX-19 in 2020! We will keep you updated!

Follow this report from our university regarding our new started Interreg Project with colleagues in France, Luxembourg and Belgium!

Follow a report about our Schüler Labor SAM (Materials Science) and the Uni Camp of the university presented in the Saarländischen Rundfunk! (from minute 19:00)