There’s a cable car parked in the middle of a room, and a wall covered with radios. Switches, electricity generators and coils? There are so many of them that one expects Nikola Tesla to appear every second. Then, nearby a generator, there’s a table with colored chemical solutions. And in another room appear huge modules, similar to oversized overnight bags wide-open, portraying persons in space…

On 14th and 15th of September 2016 the ECRs organized an excursion to the SOLEIL synchrotron in Paris, France. 12 participants learned about the beamlines and measurements carried out at SOLEIL.

On 12th of September 2016 TranSOLV is organising an excursion to ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is one of the world’s leading suppliers of high-grade flat steel. With around 27,000 employees, this company supplies high-quality steel products for innovative and demanding applications in a wide range of industries, including the automotive industry, machinery and plant…

On the 20^th of April 2016 RESOLV organized a captivating excursion to Bayer HealthCare in Wuppertal. It was a great opportunity for us PhD students to get insider information about the many career possibilities and research areas in Bayer.

The trip began from Bochum with a bus transfer to the Bayer HealthCare (BHC) research center in Wuppertal, where Mr. Larsen Schnadhorst from the Communication…

On the 20th of April 2016 TranSOLV organized an excursion to Bayer Health Care in Wuppertal.

The Adventure starts

An impressive deep space expedition comic. Elegantly dressed men whispering. A film crew in the middle of ‘action’. Where did I land? Am I right here? Jens comes to greet me kindly. Okay, I am right here. The film shooting about the Solvation Science exhibition ‘Völlig losgelöst’ and about its opening ceremony just started.

We write the year 2016, 8th of January, and I make…

“Networking is THE key tool for your future career” was one of the eye catcher sentences in the advertising mail for an event called ‘Kaminabend – Meet the Professionals’. Beside the attached guest list with the participating companies from industry, it was this sentence, which caught my attention and convinced me to participate in this event.

The main idea of this event is to offer PhD students…