RAMSES Summer School

RAMSES: Advanced School on Critical Raw Materials Substitution for Energetics and Photonics

The registration for the RAMSES summer school organised by Milano Bicocca is still open. Students that are interested can sign up here: http://www.summerschoolbicocca.com/ramses-course.php.

RAMSES Summer School started with an idea to provide an ample training opportunity in which technological innovations are presented by experts in view of their environmental, economical, and societal impact.

RAMSES aims at promoting the diffusion of knowledge on novel material strategies for the substitution or reuse of critical materials in the fields of energy and photonics.

Description:

The "Advanced School on Critical Raw Materials Substitution for Energetics and Photonics" (RAMSES) is an initiative supported by EIT Raw Materials. It aims at promoting the diffusion of knowledge on novel material strategies for the substitution or reuse of critical materials in the fields of energy and photonics. The idea of this school originates from the need to provide an ample training opportunity in which technological innovations are presented by experts in view of their environmental, economical, and societal impact. Lectures by materials scientists, engineers, and geologists will be coupled with lessons offered by experts in technological solutions and sustainability as well as from environmental, economical, sociology, and anthropology areas. The summer school will be hosted in the campus of the University of Milano-Bicocca. It will be open to PhD students and young researchers from EIT Raw Materials partners and from non-EIT Raw Materials institutions. The duration of the program is one week (six full days from Monday to Saturday included). The program combines approx. 30 hours of lectures, along with visits to University laboratories, visits to selected industries in Milan, presentation of student activities through poster sessions and two round tables involving the faculty and students. The program also entails interesting social activities. The school will be followed by the satellite event ASCIMAT – School on Advanced Scintillator Materials, a two days course devoted to the latest scientific and technical progresses on scintillation materials (September 12 and 13, 2016). More information on this event and registration.

Contents covered:

New concepts and materials for energy: inorganic thin films and nanostructured solar cells, concentrated solar power systems, transparent conductive materials, piezoelectric nanowires, fuel cells, metal-free electrocatalysts.
Solving critical material issues in Photonics: critical metal-free OLEDs, material selection in integrated optics, glasses and glass-ceramics, optical applications and substitution of rare-earths, UV and Near IR absorbers, recycling of Aluminum Nitride, waste material management.
Economical and Social Aspects: business models, circular economies, resource management, social sustainability, public perception and risk communication, environmental conflicts and resources, ecological and social impact of material extraction.

Program Coordinator: Prof. Anna Vedda Location: University of Milano-Bicocca

Application Deadline: July 31, 2016
 
Prerequisites: None Requested documents (to be uploaded in the application form): CV, ID card or passport. 

Target Audience: PhD students and young researchers For further information, Contact: ramses@unimib.it

TUITION: 220 € covering school attendance, abstract book, meals and coffee breaks, social excursion and social dinner