MANOS-project success

What has a hand warmer to do with modern energy storage? How does a car catalyser work and how stable is a 90 year old double T girder in a railway bridge? These and other fascinating questions were pursued at the start of March by more than 20 school children in the classes 7/8 of the Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasiums at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In total more than 145 school children at mathematically and science leaning Dresden schools have undertaken their project week in 59 individual projects at different research establishments in and around the scientific hub of Dresden. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering offered in total 10 projects. At the end of the project week the young researchers presented their results. The best poster prize was won by, amongst others, Janik Neumann, Paul Janicke und Tristan Mosimann. They devoted themselves to a question of whether historic steel structures could at all withstand modern loads. Their supervisor at the Institute for Materials Science, Dr. Birgit Vetter, found that »The boys have exceeding nourished their motivation with the question and tests. This enthusiasm was fun for them and us also «

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