Zeiss is one of the world's leading Microscopy companies, providing microscope solutions ranging from optical microscopes for schools to advanced Scanning Electron Microscopes (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopes (TEM) for universities, companies, and research institutions.
Our collaboration with Zeiss started before the pandemic when Dr Oliver Clarke (Head of Global Service and Customer Care at Zeiss), Dr Ben Britton (Associate Professor at UBC) and Dr Eleonora D’Elia met to discuss the creation of a fully-funded summer school.
The first summer school will be held at Imperial College London in August 2023. Twenty-four students will have the opportunity to experience materials science and microscopy in a fully packed week of workshops, lectures and activities. Students will also learn how to build and operate microscopes, how microscopy and materials science are tightly interlinked and how the in-depth characterisation of materials can lead to a more sustainable future for all of us. The summer school will also feature talks from guest speakers on the use of microscopy in sustainability.
This summer school is fully-funded and open to students around the world. It is a residential summer school that will last a full week, from 21 - 25 August 2023. Students will have the opportunity to visit Cambridge and the Zeiss UK site in Cambourne, carry out tests in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London and win a prize for a final presentation/poster competition on the final day.
Our application link will be added very soon.