Outreach

Outreach activities 2024

Science Week

The Sound of Ice team in Seville is participating with students from the Gerena Institute in Science Week with experiments and explaining why they became scientists.

Materials Science Day at TAU

The Sound of Ice team in Finland is celebrating Materials Science Day by showcasing the work their research group is doing on the project.

11F: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Once again this year the NanoonSurf team (CSIC-ICMSE) has visited around six schools on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Almost 2,000 children have been able to enjoy the activities that this year have been based mainly on holding an interactive contest on women in science, plasma, the Sound of Ice project and other topics.

The power of the nanomaterials

Podscat organized by “Fundación Descubre”. Interview with Ana Borras, coordinator of the Sound of Ice project.

Outreach activities 2023

8M: International Women’s Day

The NanoOnSurf team from Seville was in several centers for International Women’s Day to make historical and contemporary women researchers visible and encourage scientific-technical vocations by showing the work we do at Sound of Ice.

After Lunch Talk #WomenInScience

Organized to celebrate the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, the event brought together female scientists and experienced professors for fireplace talks on their experiences in the field in Dresde The event provided a great sense of community and support, and It was a wonderful opportunity to network, exchange ideas, and learn from other like-minded women.

11F- International Day of Women and Girls in Science: almost 3000 children

NanoOnSurf team has visited a dozen schools and institutes in the city of Seville and the surrounding towns to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The objective of the activity is to encourage STEM disciplines among children, and especially girls from an early age. 

What is the EU doing for science? Nanotechnology workshops for clean energy

NanoOnSurf team have participated in the informative activity “What is the EU doing for science?” organized between the European Commission and the Higher Council for Scientific Research within the framework of the Spanish Presidency Council of the European Union with Nanotechnology workshops for clean energy for about 70 children

Outreach activities 2022

Sports & Science

The Nano on Surf team was on the volleyball court with Sports Club ‘Las Flores Sevilla’ to talk about the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and our science projects to improve the world around us through science and new technologies.

Long Night of Science

Sound of Ice project was introduced in the long night of science in IFW-Dresden on July 8th 2022. On the Long Night of Science, the local scientific institutions open their doors to the public in order to present themselves with insights into their research topics. Visitors can experience science, technology, research and innovation in a variety of lectures, experiments, and exhibitions. In this event, IFW Dresden members of SOI, held public lectures to introduce themselves and provide an overview of this project.

Little scientists, big experiments

Nano on Surf team gave a workshop on scientific experiments to preschool and primary school students from Las Salesianas School (Seville). They became explorers and scientists for a day and learned about science through food and other objects that we usually have at home.

Plasmania

The researcher of the Sound Of Ice project, Carmen Lopez Santos, gave various conferences in different institutes of Andalusia on the importance of working to make women in science visible and encourage #STEM among young women.

Outreach at Pablo Picasso school

The members of #NanoOnSurf were at CEIP Pablo Ruiz Picasso in Seville teaching future researchers what we do at the Institute of Materials Science in Seville (ICMS), particularly the challenges we are working on with the Sound of Ice project. Thanks to the school and teachers for this successful day.

Science in the villages

Nano On Surf team traveled to a small town in Seville called Constantina to take science to children and young people. With this objective, the researchers gave several workshops and conferences where they could present the importance and objectives of the Sound of Ice project.

IASP World Conference on Science Parks

The Sound of Ice project team in Seville presented our first patent at the 39th IASP World Conference on Science Parks whose theme this year has been Green and digital change powered by innovation. We shared our self-cleanable and superhydrophobic systems.

STEM Talent Girls

“¡Mom/dad I made a solar cell at school today, I want to become a scientist!” We have talked about  the situation of women and girls in science to students of the Adharaz school  (Seville) and making scientific experiments.

Outreach activities 2021

European Researchers' Night 2021

For the European Researchers’ Night, we designed a workshop called “Hydrophobicity, or how to prevent your glasses from fogging due to the mask” where we showed some experiments with hydrophobic and omniphobic surfaces, and explain their interest in technology.
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Profile of Laura Montes
Profile of Ana Borrás

Laura Montes also gave a “self interview” at the “Meet the Researcher” activity:
Meet the Researcher: Laura Montes

Women in Science Interviews

For the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in STEMs (11th February), we conducted a series of interviews of women working in science and engineering, where they share their vision and difficulties of a women in STEM careers.

Armaghan (Amy) Fakhfouri

Shilpi Pandei

Heli Koivuluoto

Alina Agüero

Isabel Montealegre

Raquel Alcalde

Mariona Coll

 

Outreach in schools

For the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in STEMs (11th February), we performed some live and online experiments and presentations for children of different ages.
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María Auxiliadora School (Salesianas San Vicente) Seville (Spain)
When I grow up, I want to be a scientist!
Infant courses, 3 to 5 years old (150 children)

María Auxiliadora School (Salesianas San Vicente) Seville (Spain)
What scientists do you know? What have scientists done for us? 3DScavengers and SOUNDofICE experiments
Primary courses, 6 to 12 years old (300 children)

Alfredo Cazaban School. Jaén (Spain)
What scientists do you know? What have scientists done for us? 3DScavengers and SOUNDofICE experiments
Primary courses, 6 to 12 years old (300 children)

María Auxiliadora School (Salesianas San Vicente) Seville (Spain)
What scientists do you know? What have scientists done for us? Personal experience of scientists and engineers
High school courses, 13 to 17 years old (300 children)

IES Sierra Mágina. Jaén (Spain)
What scientists do you know? What have scientists done for us? Personal experience of scientists and engineers
High school courses, 13 to 17 years old (300 children)