The next workshop of the GK will be held August
10th in the Park Inn hotel in the center of Bochum. The workshop we will
incorporate presentation on the PhD project for new fellows and the
presentation of advances by posters for fellows already full member. In order
to reward the best presentation and poster we will award respective prices.
From September 21st to September 24th we are
going to hold the next practical course on vibrational
spectroscopy. The course will introduce UHV techniques like HREELS and vacuum
IR spectroscopy as well as IR (DRIFTS) and Raman spectroscopy on powder
catalysts at ambient pressure. We'll have the usual mix of an theoretical
introduction and practical experiments in small groups. Please contact me
within the next 3 weeks if you like to participate.
A second announcement concerns a special form
of course in theoretical chemistry. We learned that a deeper theoretical
introduction is needed for making the practical course more beneficial for
participants from other disciplines. In turn, we offer an upgraded
participation to the winter term lecture "theoretical chemistry I" as
first basic course in the GK. The practical element is achieved by active
participation to exercises. This basic course being now offered every winter
term will serve then as basis for the participation to the two remaining
courses (once molecular dynamics methods, once DFT-like methods). The overall
effort is kept the same and we expect to achieve a more efficient introduction
to calculation methods in this way. If you're interested to participate in the
basic course, please contact me as well.