A special programme awaits the three high-school graduates who took up their test run into science at the Institute for Materials Science in September 2017: "All three of them will be taking a round trip around the institute, i. e. they will spend one week each in the workshop, metallography, analysis technology or mechanical testing and in the welding laboratory to gain an overview of the institute," explains Andreas Fromm, who as a research assistant will be working at one of the FWJ. In addition, there are five seminars at the Hanover Medical School and the opportunity to attend lectures and even collect credit points during junior studies at Leibniz Universität Hannover. "That''s really cool," thinks Fromm.
No basic knowledge without heating table programming
However, the main point on the agenda of the three young researchers is the work in the respective research project: developing a cooling system that is used for thermodynamic fatigue tests or performing corrosion tests on formed components. In the project, in which Horst Schulte, Fromms FWJ, co-researches, it is hot: He will introduce nanoparticles into liquid aluminium and observe whether, when and how the grain size in aluminium is reduced as a result. "I am already looking forward to trying it out for myself, because in principle we want to refute statements in the literature," explains Horst Schulte, and his supervisor confirms:"We know that this is basically possible with nanoparticles - even if the effect is only represented in literature from microparticle size onwards." Real basic research - including practical challenges such as programming for heating table control.
The federal state needs new researchers
Deadline for applications for the 2018 FWJ year is 31 March 2018, and applications are submitted centrally via the website of the Hannover Medical School, which initiated the FWJ in 2011: https://www.mh-hannover.de/29718.html.
