Institute of Physical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences

Institute of Physical Chemistry
Polish Academy of Sciences
address: M. Kasprzaka 44/52, PL-01-224 Warsaw, Poland
website: http://ichf.edu.pl
phone: 48 22 3433109 fax: 48 22 3433333
NanOtechnology, Biomaterials and aLternative
Energy Source for ERA integration
FP7–REGPOT–CT–2011–285949-NOBLESSE
Report on “ChemoFor” 2012
On 17 May 2012, Dr Adam Samborski and MSc, Eng Tomasz Szymborski
took part in the 6th Warsaw Forum for Students of Chemical Sciences "ChemoFor"
(VI Warszawskie Forum Dyplomantów Nauk Chemicznych „ChemoFor”). The
meeting took place in the Small Hall of the Main Building of Warsaw Technical
University. The Forum was organized by the scientific group “Flogiston” of the Faculty
of Chemistry of Warsaw Technical University. The conference was mainly targeted at
undergraduates (students of the 5th year) of chemical sciences such as: chemical
technology, chemistry, biotechnology and chemistry at the frontier of science /
medicine or biology from Warsaw Technical University and University of Warsaw.
The Institute of Physical Chemistry (IPC PAS) was a sponsor of the Forum.
The second sponsor was the company Dow Chemicals. Both the IPC PAS and DOW
Chemicals presented their activities at the Forum.
During this Forum we presented videos of the experiments performed in our
Institute (mainly the experiments performed at the Department of Soft Condensed
Matter, Group of Microfluidics and Complex Fluids). Also, we presented the
microfluidic chips made by a soft photolithography technology (in elastomer PDMS)
and milled with CNC milling machines. We presented a system for electrocoalescence in microscale and a gradient system. These devices were used to
perform experiments on the basis of which articles were published in prestigious
scientific journals. We also actively talked with students during the poster sessions.
We discussed their research which in many cases was very close to what we do in
our Institute. The majority of the posters presented by students was at a high
scientific level. Therefore, we encouraged their authors to attend the PhD studies in
IPC PAS.
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Institute of Physical Chemistry
Polish Academy of Sciences
address: M. Kasprzaka 44/52, PL-01-224 Warsaw, Poland
website: http://ichf.edu.pl
phone: 48 22 3433109 fax: 48 22 3433333
NanOtechnology, Biomaterials and aLternative
Energy Source for ERA integration
FP7–REGPOT–CT–2011–285949-NOBLESSE
To sum up, there was a large number of students interested in research
conducted in our Institute. A few of them were interested in visiting IPC PAS to see
the laboratories and talk about PhD studies.
The way of presenting IPC PAS we chose (the multimedia presentation and
showing the real microfluidic devices) was a success – there were lots of students
who wanted to talk to us about research we conduct. As a result, the possibility of
PhD studies in the Institute was widely spread among students of several Universities
in Warsaw (i.e., University of Warsaw, Warsaw University of Technology, University
of Live Sciences etc.).
Definitely, there is a need to continue such meetings because they give the
opportunity to promote the Institute among undergraduates.
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Institute of Physical Chemistry
Polish Academy of Sciences
address: M. Kasprzaka 44/52, PL-01-224 Warsaw, Poland
website: http://ichf.edu.pl
phone: 48 22 3433109 fax: 48 22 3433333
Adam Samborski
NanOtechnology, Biomaterials and aLternative
Energy Source for ERA integration
FP7–REGPOT–CT–2011–285949-NOBLESSE
Tomasz Szymborski
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