List of subjects

Tutor presentations:

1. Basics of scientific presentation (Dr. Jens Kunstmann, TU Dresden)
2. Leadership in the 21st Century (Dr. Hans-Ulrich Seidt, Head of Directorate-General for Culture and Communication, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin); Attention: Thursday, October 25, 2012, 13:00 (HAL)
3. From idea to market: how innovative technological concepts find their way to the market (Nils Aldag, Manager Finance & Investor Relations, Sunfire GmbH, Dresden)
4. Patent law and industrial property protection (Dr. Tobias Kleimann, European Patent and Trademark Attorney, Munich)

Student presentations:

1. Turning light into electricity: new materials for ultraflexible and low-cost solar cells
2. Bioenergy: renewable energy from biological sources
3. Novel materials for Hydrogen based technologies
4. Fuel Cells: efficient conversion of chemical energy into electricity
5. Material efficient energy storage and supply with Li-batteries
6. Thermoelectricity: turning temperature differences into electricity
7. Green computing: power efficient electronics
8. Innovative solutions for industrial scale energy production
9. Ubiquitous energy: smart ideas for local energy production and storage

Rules of the game:

• The maximal number of participants is 20.
• For each topic one or two students prepare a seminar presentation and short concept paper; basic literature will be provided.
• Class participation is obligatory.
• Presentations will be graded according to: understanding, quality of the presentation, ability to discuss the results, ability to ask questions.
• Presentations: 45 min., followed by 45 min. general discussion.