Hochschule Düsseldorf
University of Applied Sciences
Fachbereich Maschinenbau & Verfahrenstechnik
Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Maschinenbau und Verfahrenstechnik / Engineering Conferences, International Office (IO)
16/07/2021

Scientific Surfing

How does a student and a professor end up surfing in front of building 5 on the HSD campus? It is all part of the master class Engineering Conferences!

In this course, the students have to write a scientific paper based on their bachelor thesis, accompanied by a conference poster and a presentation. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the class had to be taught entirely online. However, in order to provide some extra motivation, the two best scientific posters, compiled by the students from their bachelor thesis, were awarded a special prize: a HSD-MV Surf Board. The boards have been developed by Prof. Neef and were produced in the building 6 with the support of the PBSA work shop. The students of the master class were in charge to select the best posters after the presentation. Mrs. Vania Meurer and Mr. Guus van Wezel were the well-deserved winners. On Thursday, the 15th of July 2021, Matthias Neef and Claudia Fussenecker, as part of the Engineering Conferences teaching team, had the honour to hand over the boards, followed by some onsite surfing activities.

Engineering Conferences is a mandatory class for all master students of the mechanical and process engineering department. It aims at enhancing technical and scientific communication skills and a better understanding of the process of technical research publication.

The class is taught by two different teaching teams and offered every semester. For further information click here.






















Foto: HSD



The winning posters