DRESDEN-concept Summer Schools

Environmental fluid mechanics is concerned with the fluid motions and associated mass and heat transport pro-cesses that occur in the earth’s hydrosphere and atmosphere on local or regional scales. A particular emphasis within these scales is the transport of sediments in open waters as the key quantity to shape the morphodynamics of rivers, coasts and entire landscapes. This process also governs the mode, rate and capacity of a fluid flow to transport, mobilize and sequestrate pollutants and nutrients. These fluxes have strong implications for the design of many civil and environmental engineering facilities.

The School is a signature IAHR event that was founded and energized by the late Professor Gerhard Jirka, with a vision to bring together renowned experts and top graduate students from around the world for a unique, interactive learning experience in environmental fluid mechanics.  A central objective of the School has always been to combine theory, experiments and applications, with an emphasis on basic theoretical principles (and their mathematical description) as well as consideration of examples of engineering design and environmental applications. This objective is realized in the School through formal, in-class lectures as well as informal, out of class excursions and visits. In the School, the students have plenty of opportunities to present their own research projects and to discuss and seek advice on these projects from Lecturers and fellow students. In this spirit, our event will be the ninth edition of the GJSS. Previous GJSS had been held in Karlsruhe, Germany, 1999; Dundee, Scotland, 2001; Budapest, Hungary, 2004; Karlsruhe, Germany, 2006; Santiago, Chile, 2009; Lucerne, Switzerland, 2012; Hong Kong, China, 2014 and Campo Grande, Brazil, 2018.

Who should attend

The course is intended for upper level or postgraduate students (M.Sc. or Ph.D. candidates); engineers and scientists in industry, government or research institutions involved in environmental engineering, planning or impact prediction. A prerequisite for attendance is a first degree or diploma in either civil, environmental, mechanical, or chemical engineering, engineering science or an equivalent qualification in a cognate discipline. To apply, please send us a CV and a short motivation letter to gjss-2023(at)tu-braunschweig.de. The course is open to participants from all countries. Selected scholarships will be awarded for participants from low-income countries if justified.

Refined over millions of years of evolution, biological materials such as bone, wood and shells are of spectacular beauty and teach us the principles of material design and synthesis. Biological materials are inherently multifunctional and display diverse material properties that we cannot yet reproduce by synthetic routes. They are often composed of a remarkable small number of simple building blocks which are hierarchically structured. The function and properties of biogenic materials depend on the controlled organization of those building blocks at multiple scales which is brought about by the action of the organism’s processing machinery. Understanding the design and production of biological materials (learning from nature) is pivotal to develop new fabrication strategies for the manufacturing of advanced materials with structure and properties mimicking biogenic materials with high precision.

This DIGS-BB Summer School, primarily aimed at Master’s and advanced Bachelor’s students, brings together local experts from the PoL, CRTD, BIOTEC, B CUBE, Faculty of Biology, and MPI-CBG with external renowned scientists in the field of biomaterial research and interested students. The school will consist of scientific talks, methods lectures and hands-on sessions in participating labs. The 5-day program includes ample time for stimulating discussion and social activities, and is tailored to foster interdisciplinary collaboration which is a hallmark of the Dresden Science and Innovation campus.

In this summer school, which will focus on how organisms control and tune their properties, you will learn about the fundamental principles underlying the formation of diverse biological materials and you will be introduced to many advanced tools used to investigate them. Moreover, the school will provide insight on how the architecture and hierarchical organization of biological materials can inspire the design of novel and sustainable materials.

Application
will open on 27 March 2023
will close on 16 June 2023
Notification of Acceptance: End of July

Join an international Circular Design Challenge in Pillnitz Palace in Germany!

Involved DRESDEN-concept partner institutions:

Monday 22.08.2022 – Thursday 25.08.2022
an International Summer School
organized by the Dresden Center for Intelligent Materials (DCIM).
Venue: Technische Sammlungen Dresden (TSD)

Innovative materials are one of the key technologies for keeping products and industrial processes economically competitive and ecologically sustainable. Modern materials science requires a multi-discipline approach embracing chemistry, physics, engineering, as well as data science.

The DRESDEN-concept Summer School Dimensions of Intelligence in Materials 2022 was held fromAugust 22 to 25, 2022, in Dresden. In the 4 days of the event, the different aspects of materials that are called „intelligent“ werde shown: These materials may be performing intrinsic computations, they may self-assemble, they may, for example, have sensor and actuator capabilities, or they may be parts of larger systems to enhance functionality.

The 2^nd International Summer School „Human Rights in Theory and Practice“ took place in Dresden and Online from September 5^th to 10^th, 2021 as a hybrid event.  The Summer School  focused on the topic of “The European Convention on Human Rights in Times of Crises” and explored various challenges and opportunities for the European Human Rights System arising out of situations of crisis. Themes such as emergency situations, populism, migration and the role of economic, social and cultural rights in the context of crisis were explored from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Once again, it was one of the Summer School’s special ingredients that speakers included both academics as well as practitioners, offering the unique opportunity to gain insights into current theoretical discussions as well as the everyday challenges of practicing law.

Mobility is in transition. Today’s mobility of people and goods is undergoing a fundamental and long-term change: While many countries worldwide shift away from the traditional car-friendly paradigm to promote sustainable transport such as cycling, walking, and public transport, there is also a push towards the electrification of motorized vehicles and the search for alternative engine technologies across the automotive industry. Which challenges stem from the mobility transition? Which disruptive technologies and innovations drive the mobility transition? Which technological and societal solutions on an international scale should be pursued to foster the mobility transition? Join us from the 20th to the 21st of July, 2021, for the Boysen-TU Dresden Summer School 2021 to find out more about ‘Mobility in Transition’ and interdisciplinary facets of this global socio-technical transition.