International Day of Light 2021
On Saturday October 2, the members of the Optica Student Chapter organised a masterclass and technology demostration in Palazzo Nuovo as part of Unight https://unightproject.eu/en. UNIGHT is the “UNITA edition” of the European Researchers’ Night, 30 September – 1 October 2022. An immersive experience that involves researchers from five Countries with the aim of enhancing the dialogue between citizens and science, to actively participate in the most relevant social challenges of the present and the future.
Read the brochure dedicated to IDL2021, where WON researchers describe how the projects relate to the concept of “light”.
Dia Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones ITU UDLA
At the event titled 'Dia Mundial de las Telecomunicaciones ITU UDLA 2021' – “The challenges of Digital transformation in Latin America countries' organised by Ingeniería en Telecomunicaciones – UDLA our reseacher Thyago Monteiro presented a talk about the role of Telecommunications in the UN Sustainability Development Goals.
See Thyago's presentation on the YouTube (starting at 50.10)
Optica Student Chapter Torino, masterclass, 02 October 2022
Our ESRs from Politecnico di Torino – Elliot London and Rasoul Sadeghi Yamchi participated at the Outreach Dissemination Event organised by the H2020 ONFIRE during its 2nd Summer School on the 21th May, 2020. The event was held virtually and online and was jointly organized with ITN REAL-NET (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018- 813144) and ITN WON (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018- 814276).
ONFIRE Outreach Dissemination event (Virtual and Online) 21 May 2020
Our ESRs from Politecnico di Torino – Elliot London and Rasoul Sadeghi Yamchi participated at the Outreach Dissemination Event organised by the H2020 ONFIRE during its 2nd Summer School on the 21th May, 2020. The event was held virtually and online and was jointly organized with ITN REAL-NET (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018- 813144) and ITN WON (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2018- 814276).
Optics demonstrations at the Birmingham Primary School, 14th Feb 2020
On 14th February 2020 Aleksandr Donodin together with the colleagues from the Aston Institute of Photonics Technologies such as EID FONTE organised an outreach activity in the Primary School in Birmingham (UK) during the School Careers Fair. They presented different demonstrations on light, optics and photonics to the kids of the age of 10-11 and talked with them about engineering, physics and science.
“Think beyond Pink”, an event by the OSA Chapter in Torino 11th Feb 2020
ETN WON ESRs from POLITO – Elliot London, Rasoul Sadeghi Yamchi and Bruno Vinícius de Araujo Correia participated in the event “Think Beyond Pink” organized by the OSA Chapter Torino sponsored by the Optical Society (OSA) to celebrate the International Day of Women in Science. The aim of the event was to promote the presence of women in engineering and science and to encourage the new generations to break gender barriers.
Outreach to Industry: PHOTONEX EUROPE 2019, Coventry, UK Oct 2019
ESR Aleksandr Donodin from Aston University has reached out to industry as a part of the team representing the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies at the Photonex Europe 2019 exhibition event in Coventry, UK. PHOTONEX is the UK’s premier event dedicated to photonics, imaging, optical technologies from pure research to development of bespoke advanced user solutions. It attracts researchers, engineers from industry and academia.
