After two years of project time under Covid-19 restrictions, the NanoPAT consortium was able to finally meet in person at the month 24 general assembly, hostet by innoFSPEC in Potsdam. It was a fantastic meeting, with informative presentations of the progress in the different tasks and very active discussions between the different partners! Find more details about the meeting here.
We are all looking forward to the Scientific Detector Workshop 2022 taking place from September 4th to 9th 2022 in Potsdam, Germany! innoFSPEC members Dr. Kalaga Madhav and Prof. Martin Roth are chairing the organisational committee of this workshop together with Paola Amico from the European Southern Observatory. Highly renowned researchers will give their presentations as invited speakers. Find more information on the event website.
Graph: scientific-detector-workshop-2022.b2match.io
The work on the implementation of the PDW technology at our industrial NanoPAT partners continues. On May 24th, innoFSPEC team Katlen, Sebastian, Marvin and Anika went to Covestro in Waalwijk (Netherlands) where they had a look at the R&D labs as well as the pilot and production plants. Together with their colleagues from Covestro, they planned the technical implementation of PDW technology at Covestro’s R&D facilities to explore the full potential of PDW spectroscopy as a potential new PAT in the polymer production process.
From left to right: Francois van Kollenburg (Covestro), Jens de Bont (Covestro), Roel Swaans (Covestro), Marvin Münzberg (UP), Anika Krause (UP), Katlen Brennenstuhl (UP), Sebastian Zimmermann (UP), Ron Peters (Covestro)
This week, innoFSPEC members Katlen, Sebastian, Justin, Marvin and Anika went to Wesseling by Cologne to see the industrial site of NanoPAT partners Evonik. They visited the R&D labs and pilot plants of Evonik's silica section and planned the technical implementation of the PDW technology in these labs, potentially working towards having PDW spectrometry as a new PAT in the silica production process.
Back (left to right): Thomas Pelster, Hilmer Tasto, Julie Michaud-Bernlochner (Evonik); Anika Krause, Katlen Brennenstuhl, Justin Koenig (innoFSPEC).
Front: Marvin Münzberg, Sebastian Zimmermann (innoFSPEC).
innoFSPEC members Stephanie Schlappa and Anne Hartwig are currently attending the LASER World of PHOTONICS in Munich. As part of the joint exhibition stand of Berlin Partner, they represent the University of Potsdam and Potsdam Transfer, giving information on Joint Lab OPAT and PDW Spectroscopy. Pass by if you are in Munich!
