Tag: Sailing

Seasickness, being made to climb the mast or swim in deep water, unread emails, meetings missed .. we considered some of the real risks of joining Science Sets Sail. The results might surprise you!

With the second leg of Science Sets Sail now underway, we’d like to introduce you to the first of three FAU teams participating in leg 3. Four researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Engineering of Advanced Materials and their guests from five other universities will join the crew. From molecules...

We asked three researchers from leg 1 why they decided to join the Science Sets Sail trip. Here are three short videos with their answers.

The first leg of Science Sets Sail is now over, we docked in Riga, Latvia, and welcomed guests to a special ‘Captain’s Dinner’ and our second ‘Open Ship Day.’ You might be wondering what we’ve achieved from a scientific perspective? Before changing crews, we asked this of Prof. Dr. Axel Munnecke of ...

The last of our teams to join the second leg of Science Sets Sail consists of five researchers from The Chair of Economics – Discrete Optimization – Mathematics (EDOM) and their international guests. Mathematical Optimisation has become an important component in modern applied mathematics over recen...

Growing out of many years’ intensive cooperation between the Frauenhofer Institutes in Erlangen and FAU, ENETLZE takes advantage of the unique concentration of electronic systems research activities and industries based in Nuremberg-Erlangen. A team of nine – including academic and industry guests –...

Everyone has settled in, recovered from sea sickness, and got to know each other – what a perfect time to meet in small groups in the dining room or on deck to discuss research projects and opportunities for exchange and collaboration.

With the first leg of Science Sets Sail now underway, we’d like to introduce you to the first of three FAU teams participating in leg 2. Five researchers from the Erlangen Graduate School in Advanced Technologies and their guests will swap their lab equipment for nautical telescopes from 25 July. SA...

On 18 July the three Science Set Sail teams – CHREN, GZN, and FAPS along with guest international researchers – welcomed visitors to the Thor Heyerdahl and science pavilion.

After being welcomed aboard on Saturday evening by Friedrich- Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) President, Professor Joachim Hornegger, the new teams were – quite literally – shown the ropes!