Girls' Day 2018 at cfaed and IAP

On the 26^th of April, cfaed was part of the nationwide action day “Girls’ Day” and welcomed  at the IAP in the Hermann-Krone-building 13 participants between the ages of 10 and 13 (grades 5-7). The girls came from Dresden, the surrounding area of ​​Dresden but also the long way from Görlitz! In terms of content, we demonstrated the whole range of cfaed, from basic research to applications, on the basis of such well experiencable examples as "The World of Colors" by Eleonore-Trefftz Visiting Professor Dr. Selina Olthof (Physics) and cfaed PhD student Luisa Sonntag (Chemistry), or with the lecture of doctoral student Nick Schwarzenberg (electrical engineering) "What's in the iPhone?".

Our young female participants were very interested and fully involved - especially the mix of science and engineering was well received and generated many various questions. We were actually amazed at the fact how early the girls are starting to think about particular career choices, studies, etc.!

We would like to thank all participants for coming and are looking forward to seeing you again – the next opportunity is, for example, at the 16^th  Dresden Long Night of Sciences on 15 June 2018. Come along and learn in various experiments and lectures, on which other scientific topics our researchers work.

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[source: cfaed]