24rd International Summer Student Programme: August 6 –September 28, 2012
The Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH (HZB) has been established in 2009 to merge two of Berlin´s largest research institutes, the Hahn-Meitner-Institut and BESSY, into one centre. The HZB continues the long tradition inviting summer students of the former Hahn-Meitner-Institut.
Hands-on research experience for undergraduates
The HZB offers the eight-week summer student programme. Students from all over the world get the chance to work on their own research project in close cooperation with scientists. The programme affords students the rare opportunity to participate in the everyday work of our research teams at their laboratories or experimental areas located at the HZB-campuses in Berlin-Wannsee or Berlin-Adlershof. A series of seminars introduces the students into selected research topics investigated at the HZB. The programme is accomplished by site visits at the neutron source BER II, the synchrotron radiation source BESSY II, laboratories for solar energy research and an accelerator producing proton beams for eye tumour therapy.
Research with Photons and Neutrons
The two large scale facilities of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the neutron source BER II and the synchrotron radiation source BESSY II, serve more than 2000 scientists from universities, research institutes and industry. The complementary research with photons and neutrons places the HZB in a unique position to address the needs of the international scientific community in physics, chemistry, and materials and life sciences. The HZB intends to advance the combined research with photons and neutrons. Applying outstanding highly sophisticated analytical tools for investigating materials, solar cells and solar modules, the HZB has great expertise in the field of Solar Energy.
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