Main Training Events and Conferences
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Kick-off meeting (1.5 days)
Prof. J. Sort
Overall project overview and planning; project management implementation.
Dr. E. Pellicer
Training structure and continuous ESRs’ mentoring
Prof. P. Tiberto
Recruitment strategy
Dr. K. Leistner
Dissemination and outreach in BeMAGIC, advertisement video for the project
Extensive training in soft skills will be mainly provided and overviewed by “ThePaperMill" -
Fundamentals of magnetoelectricity and how it can boost energy efficiency (2 days, online event)
Network activity:
- Get-together and project overview (day 1)
- ESRs’ presentations (background and individual projects) (day 1)
- Presentations of the Beneficiary partners and Partner Organizations (day 1)
- Management session (day 1)
Scientific training (2.5 ECTS): (day 2)
Prof. N. Lupu, advisory board
Shifting the energy paradigm: energy harvesting
Dr. C. Song
Overview of magnetoelectricity: fundamentals and applications; Prof. C.-W. Nan (advisory board)
Prof. P. P. Freitas
When spintronics meets biomedicine: merging IT with biomedical applications
Soft skills training (1 ECTS): (day 2)
Dr. A. L’Astorina
Responsible research and innovation (RRI): A new bet for scientists?ECTS remote evaluation (questionnaires on scientific lectures)
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Training on synthetic and ME characterization methodologies (5 days, online event)
Network activity:
- Lab demonstration videos (day 3).
- ESRs’ presentations (days 4 and 5).
Scientific training (2.5 ECTS): (days 1, 2) open to 5-10 students of other Doctorate Programmes (e.g., Physics/Chemistry/Engineering) at IFW
Prof. K. Nielsch
Growth of 1D magnetic nanostructuresDr. E. Pellicer
Electrodeposition of nanoporous metal deposition
Dr. P. Rizzi
Dealloying strategies
L. Mikuličková
Scale-up fabrication of thin films by sputtering' and ISO certifications
Prof. R. Cowburn
New instrumentation for nanomagnetism with emphasis on ME measurements
Dr. E. Menéndez
Structural and ME characterization techniques: lab-scale and synchrotron capabilitiesDr. P. Tiberto
Nanoscale characterization of lithographed ME materials
Dr. P. Neugebauer
High frequency electron spin resonance: today and tomorrowSoft skills training (1.5 ECTS): (days 2, 3 and 4) open to 5-10 students of other Doctorate Programmes (e.g., Physics /Chemistry/Engineering) at IFW
Dr. T. Maier
Scientific Publishing & How to read a Paper: extracting key information from a paper, literature searching and management, structuring a paper, the peer-review system, metrics, plagiarism, authorship and conflicts of interest, publishing vs. idea and product protection (IPR)
Dr. G. Lucas
Core communication skills, time and project management. Building a cohesive cohort and group identity, planning your working day, task prioritisation, digital tools for efficient time and project managementSB and SC meetings (day 3)
Mid-Term meeting between REA and the Consortium (days 4 and 5)
ECTS evaluation (problem-solution in groups)
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BeMAGIC Summer School: Setting gateway to academia (6 days)
Scientific training (2.5 ECTS): (days 3, 4)
Prof. S. Tolbert (advisory board)
Innovative ME architectures. State of the art on magnetoelectricity in USA
Prof. J. Fontcuberta
Advanced oxide materials for electronics: oxitronics
Prof. G. Malliaras
Electronic materials and neuro-engineering
Prof. M. Trajanovic
Bridging Eastern and Western science. The common pathSoft skills training (1.5 ECTS): (days 5, 6)
Prof. T. Brage
Ostracized figures: uncovering the truth of women in STEM fields and current initiatives towards enhancing gender equality opportunities
Q. González
Appling to individual MSCA fellowships
Dr. Aliona Nicolenco
A success academic story: the experience of an ex-ESR from the SELECTA-ETN projectDr. G. Lucas
Introduction to scientific publishing and how to read a paper
Prof. J. Driscoll
Meet and editor -
Winter school: Magnetoelectricity in biomedicine: healthcare for the 21st century (5 days)
Scientific training (3 ECTS): (days 1, 2, 3)
Dr. X. Chen
Anticancer therapies using ME materials
Dr. A. Pego
Biochemical and biophysical technologies for in-vitro studies
Dr. G. Guger
Brain Computer Interfacing
Dr. G. Ciofani
Wireless nanomedicine: the potential of piezoelectric nanomaterials in the clinical practice
Dr. S. Pané
Introduction to small scale swimmers: fundamentals and applications
Prof. S. Khizroev
Magnetoelectric 'spin' on stimulating the brain
Prof. J. Puigmartí
Microfluidic technologies for chemistry and materials engineeringSoft skills training (0.5 ECTS): (days 4, 5)
Dr. G. Lucas
Oral Becoming a scientific writer: putting why? before how? -
Joint Meeting of the BeMAGIC and MagnEFi ITN networks (AALTO)
Network activity:
- • ESRs oral presentations (days 4, 5)
Scientific training (2.5 ECTS): (days 3, 4)
Dr. C. Gattinoni
DFT simulations of magnetoelèctric materials and their application in energy
Dr. M. Trassin
Electric field control of magnetisme using multiferroics
Prof. H. Kurebayashi
Electric-field control of magnetisme in van der Waals magnet Cr2Ge2Te6
Dr. G. Malinowski
Hot electron induced ultrafast demagnetization and magnetization reversal
Dr. A. Fernández-Pacheco
New frontiers in nanoscale magnetisme: towards three dimensional materials and devices
Prof. J. McCord
Highly sensitive composite magnetoelectric magnetic field sensors -the role of magnètic domaninsDr. K. Leistner
Electrochemical synthesis and magneto-ionic control of iron-based magnetic nanostructures
J. Christopher
Preparation for approcahing the job market
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Gateway to industry: innovation, entrepreneurship and marketable products using ME technology (4 days)
Network activity:
- ESRs oral presentations (days 1, 2), visit to G.TEC company and practical demonstrations (day 2)
- Mock interview game (targeting academic or industry positions) (day 2)
- GTEC practical session (day 3)
Scientific training (2.5 ECTS): (day 3)
Prof. N. Sun
Multiferroics in academia, industry and commercialization
Dr. J. Gruenwald
Brain stimulation
Dr. M. Sanchez-Vives
Modulation of cortical activity by exogenous electric fields
Dr. R. Xu
GTEC practical sessionSoft skills training (1 ECTS): (days 2)
Prof. D. Ravelosona
IPR and spin-off companyies
Entrepreneurship, IPR, commercial funding options, working with academia, commercial strategy, spin-offs.Dr. J. Gruenwald
How to manage a BCI hackathon -
BeMAGIC conference 2023 (4 days)
Scientific training (1.5 ECTS)
Dr. B. Koopman
Towards photonic -spintronic Integration
Dr. M. Kim
Superelastic and shape-memory magnetoelèctric nancomposites
Dr. J. A. Arregi
Imaging magnetic phase coexistence in spatially confined metamagnets
Dr. E. Chiaramello
Magnetoelectric nanostructure for neural modulation: a computational framework
Prof. K. Kozielski
Wireless neuronal stimulation via injectable nanoelectrodesDr. K. Leistner
Strategies for the electrodeposition of ultrathin magnetic films and nanostructures
Dr. S. Ono
Development of iontronics
Dr. I. Soldatov
Kerr microscopy for domain imaging
Dr. M. Coisson
Nanomaterials characterisation through magnetic field dependent atomic force microscopy
Dr. K. Camsari
Nanoelectronics, spintronics, emerging technologies for computing, digital and mixed-signal VLSI, neuromorphic and probabilistic computing, quantum computing, hardware acceleration
Prof. J. Sort
Magnetoionics for neuromorphic computing
Dr. S. Stavic
The interlayer coupling of two-dimensional magnets
Dr. B. Yang
Moire magnetic exchange interactions in twisted magnetsSoft skills training (1 ECTS)
Contribution to the conference organization (e.g. website, symposium titles, programme and schedule, dissemination)
ECTS remote evaluation (by overseeing ESRs’ managerial activities in IOCMEM-1 and their performance during poster presentation).
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Final meeting & Exhibition: Project outreach, and sustainability (4 days)
Network activity:
- BeMAGIC Workshop & Exhibition open to all PhD students of the Doctorate Programme in Materials Science at UAB, to all neighboring Research Institutes and to relevant stakeholders (companies, delegates from the medical sector, government representatives, delegates from Academic Societies, potential ESRs’ employers, representatives from ‘Barcelona Activa’, etc.) (days 2, 3)
- Poster/oral presentations from young researchers from BeMAGIC and outside (days 2, 3)
- Demonstration of BeMAGIC prototypes by ESRs (days 3, 4)
- Visit to ALBA synchrotron (day 4)
- Open doors afternoon session to children: ‘Science is fun!’ (day 4)
Soft skills training (0.5 ECTS): (day 1)
C. Raga
Research valorisation and transfer
J. Palma
Blockchain and the Circular Economy. Merging technological progress with Sustainability
Management meeting (day 1); Future plans: looking for new joint ventures (day 1)Management meeting (day 1); Future plans: looking for new joint ventures (day 1)ECTS on-site evaluation (exhibition and technical presentations by the ESRs) (days 2, 3, 4)
Extensive training in soft skills will be mainly provided and overviewed by “ThePaperMill"
