Category Past Events

On Tuesday July 26th the second D-MATL collaboration day will take place. This event aims at improving the collaboration between the research groups of the department and reducing time “wasted” on figuring out where one can find appropriate know-how or do a specific measurement.

Representatives of 7 groups of D-MATL will present their instruments, techniques and know-how in a 30 minute presentation (see attached program). Additionally, the new XRD platform, as well as ScopeM, the microscopy facility of ETH, will be presented.

Breakfast, lunch and apéro are sponsored for all attendants. If you want to attend, please sign up here:http://doodle.com/poll/5ik2irshsdbfckqg
The deadline for registration is June, 26th. The exact location will be announced as soon as registration is closed, when we know how many people will attend the event.

We are looking forward to seeing many of you there!
Your SAM-Team,
Vivian, Martina, Yvonne, Moh, Kilian, Stefano and Chris

We are happy to invite you to the 3rd SAM General Assembly to vote a new board, discuss association matters and bring in ideas for the coming year. Join us, tell us what you liked so far and what you wish for the future. You are welcome to bring in topics you would like to discuss with us. Simply send us an email and we will address your ideas during the evening.

As every year, the General Assembly will be accompanied by a delicious hamburger BBQ and some self-made ice-cream. Additionally, we will set up a beamer for all football fans to not miss the EM qualifying games Northern Ireland-Germany and Croatia-Spain.

The Scientific Staff Association at the Department of Materials at ETH Zürich (SAM), the Materials Science Student Association at ETH Zürich (SMW) and the Swiss Association for Materials Science and Technology (SVMT) invites you all to a networking breakfast on Wednesday the 25th of May at 8:00 at the Alumni Lounge.

The goal of this event is to introduce you to networking opportunities for your future career in the Swiss Materials Industry. Marcel Menet, the President of the SVMT, will inform us about the association, its Switzerland wide network and the impact of networking on your personal career. The talk will be held in German, however questions during the discussion can be in English too.

After last year’s great success, we are happy to announce the Nanograde Battle Night 2016!

After a free welcome drink and BBQ, you will form a team to tackle a challenge and with some luck win cool prizes!!

The event will take place on April 13th, from 6 – 9 PM at Loch Ness (HXE).

To get an impression about the event, check out the pictures from last year’s Nanograde Battle night 2015 @ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.875082272530297.1073741842.872165389488652&type=3

This event is sponsored by Nanograde – a spinoff company of ETH Zürich (www.nanograde.com) and supported by SMW and SAM.

Dear D-MATL colleagues,

Welcome back at ETH after a relaxing Christmas break. We wish you all the best and good luck for 2016!!
To still celebrate the new year and get together for some mixing and mingling, we invite you for our next SAM-Event:
Everyone is invited to this fire spectacle resulting in a delicious beverage, perfect for this dark cold time of the year.
When: Wednesday, January 27th, 18:30
Where: in front of HCP (new building of D-MATL)
Who: all PhDs, PostDocs and scientific staff at D-MATL and their friends.
The Feuerzangenbowle and snacks are FREE and provided to you by SAM.
Hope to see many of you.

Your SAM-Team

Dear PhD-Students,

Do you want to learn about the analytical techniques available at our department and who to contact for using them? Then join us for the “D-MATL collaboration day”!

We are looking for motivated PhD and postdoc students to present their area of expertise, a certain instrument, analytical technique often used or method developed in their group. The aim is to reinforce intradepartmental collaborations and scientific exchange between students. The presentation will be recorded to be uploaded on your group website.The presentations have the following structure (15 min + 5 min Q&A):

1. Technical background information of methods or instruments
2. Samples that can be analyzed by this method (scope)
3. Examples of how this method was applied
4. Contact information of the responsible person

Date: Tuesday, July 28th, 9-18
Where: J4, HCI building

The PhD students giving the presentation will receive 1 credit point. Also, the best presenter will receive a prize. If you are interested, please fill out the following google form until July, 7th. http://goo.gl/forms/vbV989KhZz

Even if you are not into giving presentations in front of an audience – join us anyway! Fill out the above mentioned form until July, 7th.

Preliminary program of the day:

9:30- opening apero and registration
10:00- program starts with welcome and overview of the day
12:00- lunch, sponsored by D-MATL
13:00- second part of program
15:00- end of program, highlight of the day, award of the best presenter, and final apero

Event page on facebook

If you have any further questions, feel free to contact us: sam@mat.ethz.ch

Dear SAM member,

It is our pleasure to announce the next very unique career-event organized by the VAC (Doctoral students association of D-CHAB) and SAM:
Together with members of the VAC we are visiting the BASF SE – the worlds largest chemical company, in Ludwigshafen (Germany)!

On a first come, first serve basis, 10 members of SAM are invited to this event. Join us in visiting BASFs main site and have an exclusive look behind the scenes.

Program: At BASF we will spend a very interesting day including a short introduction to BASFs history, a tour of the production and research site including the Advanced Materials Research facilities, receive valuable insights of ETH alumni working at BASF and also get informed about career opportunities at BASF. For details please see the PDF of program

Date: Sunday 05. July to Monday 06.July

We leave on Sunday noon to arrive in Mannheim at 7 pm. If you want to add a short visit to the city of Heidelberg on Sunday afternoon, please add a HD to your registration, so this can be considered in the detailed planning. The return date is planned in Zurich on Monday the 6th is at 9 pm.

Costs: 40 CHF for VAC, SAM or AVETH members due to significant financial support of the AVETH and VAC. The costs include transport, stay at a youth hostel and breakfast.

Registration: If you would like to participate, please register here until 18.06.15. Please be aware that your registration is binding.

Looking forward to see you,

Mario Lenz (VAC) and the SAM-Team

Have you ever walked away from a job interview wondering what you could or should have done differently? Are you at a crossroads in your academic or professional career and seeking advice on how to figure out what to do better for your interview?

Then this is the event for you. Join us for friendly talk over the breakfast where our speaker will share his insights with you about interviewing.

Date: 7 May 2015. 8-10 a.m.
Place: ETH hongg, alumni lounge