Tag: Germany
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Ramona in Berlin
Pre-departure:
In my second year I discovered the opportunity for going for a short study trip abroad too late. I would have had a week to prepare everything, which I found inadequate, since an application for such a chance provided by the university should take all your input effort. So as soon as the applications for the summer schools were open I commenced with my application. I decided to go during my June/July holidays, since it is summer in Europe, which means the days are longer and there is more to experience. The easiest part of the application process was of course filling out the application form, then updating my CV and writing a letter of motivation. I asked my lecturer who taught a course similar to the one I applied for in Berlin, for a reference letter. Making the clip was challenging but much more fun than I expected! When making the clip you should not set limits to your creativity and imagination, while keeping it simple and professional. When I received the e-mail of admission I was super excited. My course would consist of 3 weeks in beautiful Berlin. As soon as the International Office provided me with documents to fill out, I completed them, aiming for a soon flight booking.
Ramona in Berlin -
Michail in Germany
Summer School Experience – Bonn, Germany
The 5th International Summer School on Radar was organised by Fraunhofer FHR and took place in a small village called Rolandseck just outside of Bonn, Germany. There were just over 40 of us from all around the world staying together in Haus Humboldtstein, a 19th Century Neo-Gothic building overlooking the Rhine.
We arrived on a Friday afternoon and the summer school kicked off with a welcoming party on the balcony, setting the tone for the fast-paced week which lay ahead of us. We spent the weekend getting to know each other. After a day of exploring Cologne, we stayed for the magnificent Cologne Lights fireworks festival. It was an unbelievable event with ships racing up and down the river and launching overwhelming fireworks, perfectly synchronized with the music playing all around the city. The next day was spent cycling through Bonn, ferrying across rivers and enjoying German food and beer.
The academic programme started Monday morning and everything was planned with German efficiency. We each received a folder with a detailed schedule, biographies of each of the lecturers and colour printouts of all the lecture slides. The majority of the summer school participants were PhD students from a wide variety of backgrounds, all within radar-related fields. There were participants researching topics ranging from radar hardware design to SAR image processing. A few weren’t even directly involved in radar design, but rather in research that applied the use of radar to fields such as hydrology or satellite-based mapping. In an attempt to accommodate everybody, each of the lectures therefore started with the basics and accelerated rapidly to a more advanced level.
