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Solid State Seminar: Interplay Between Intrinsic and Contact Phenomena in Carbon Nanotube Devices

When: 04-03-2015 16:00

Where: Beijing-1 auditorium, Moscow School of Management

Carbon Nanotubes. Image courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – PNNL, Flickr

We would like to invite you to the next Solid State Physics seminar.

When: 4 March, Wednesday at 16:00

Where: Beijing-1 auditorium, Moscow School of Management

Speaker: Dr. Georgy Fedorov, Kurchatov Institute.

Title: “Interplay between intrinsic and contact phenomena in carbon nanotube devices”.

Abstract:

The properties of nanoelectronic semiconductor devices are greatly affected by contact phenomena. Complete description of the phenomena taking place at the semiconductor-metal interface requires sophisticated calculations, especially in case of structures with reduced dimensionality. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) present a perfect model object to study the rich physics of nanoscale semiconductor devices.

One of the unique features of CNTs is the ability to tune its band structure in a controllable way with magnetic field. In the first part of my talk I will show how using this effect we made a simple and efficient model for simulating transport characteristics of CNT devices accounting for the contact phenomena at the CNT/metal interface. Next we use this to analyze the chemical sensitivity of CNT-based FET devices. Importantly in both cases the response of the device to the change in the external conditions is defined by both the changes in the intrinsic properties of the conduction channel and the properties of the CNT-electrode interface.

Finally I will show how band engineering via the contact configuration allowed for observation of a strong photo thermo-electric response in asymmetric carbon nanotube devices exposed to sub-terahertz radiation. Using the developed model of transport properties of the CNT devices the thermoelectric power (TEP) of a ballistic 1D conductor is calculated as a function of the gate voltage accounting for the Schottky barriers at the CNT/metal interface. The simulations results are compared to the response of our devices in order to highlight the thermal origin of some of its features.

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Book Presentation: Rethinking Engineering Education

03/02/2015

Skoltech president Edward Crawley presented his book “Rethinking Engineering Education, the CDIO Approach”. The event took place as part of the final stage of the CDIO Academy 2014/2015. This the second edition of the book outlining the international initiative, whose acronym name stands for Conceive — Design — Implement — Operate.

CDIO initiative is utilized worldwide by a 117 collaborating institutions, including MIT, Caltech, Stanford and others. The unique engineering education approach is also implemented in a number of Russian universities, including Tomsk Polytechnic University, Moscow Aviation Institute, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-electronics and others. Last year saw more universities joining the initiative.

President Crawley envisioned CDIO in the 1990s as a response to industry leaders’ repeated complaints about the quality of tech and engineering students. It provides an engineering context for educational institutions which send graduates out to the real world, where a young professional cannot settle for knowing the fundamentals but must also understand manufacturing, get design, possess a multidisciplinary perspective. Communication skills and ethical standards are also part of the package. Crawley said:

“This is the second edition of our book “Rethinking engineering education. The CDIO approach” and I am happy that the initiative that I personally regard as extremely effective has gained enthusiastic and knowledgeable audience in Russia. This book was issued by Higher School of Economics and published under the editorship of my colleague Alexander Chuchalin with whom we are putting the CDIO approach into practice. I hope that young generation of engineers will find this book interesting and useful!”

Skoltech is paving the way for cutting-edge and effective approaches to the engineering education. The school’s engineering educational programs are closely linked to the needs of modern industry – which is the essence of the CDIO approach – and in the long-term, support the Russian economy’s growth.

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Seminar: Space Vehicle Developments and Mission Challenges

When: 05-02-2015 13:30

Where: São Paulo Auditorium, Brazil cluster; Skolkovo School of Management

We are pleased to invite you to the Skoltech Seminar. And this week Prof. Constantinos Stavrinidis will speak about “Space Vehicle Developments and Mission Challenges“

When: February 05, 2015, 13.30 – 15.00

Where: São Paulo Auditorium, Brazil cluster; Skolkovo School of Management

Mars Express in Orbit. Image courtesy of ESA

Seminar Abstract:

The presentation by Prof. Dr. C. Stavrinidis will briefly outline satellite missions undertaken by the European Space Agency.

Activities are identified for the establishment of mission requirements. Technology development is presented for science, earth observation, and telecom missions. Micro vibration issues are addressed as they arise in scientific satellites with high pointing stability, and satellites using laser communication terminals. Analysis and test advancements are presented for evaluating the criticality of microvibrations, and measuring at micronewton level the effects that arise from satellite reaction wheels and propulsion system thrust perturbations. Optics and Optoelectronics developments are presented to progress in this rapidly evolving area.

Transferring technology from space to non-space applications (‘spin-off’) also through the creation of Space Incubators across Europe will also be addressed.

Finally verification activities, and related test facilities, are presented for mitigating in orbit failures.

Prof. Dr Constantinos Stavrinidis is a guest speaker at the Skoltech Seminar.

Speaker Introduction:

Prof. Dr Stavrinidis graduated in Aeronautical Engineering (Bachelor and Master of Science) from Imperial College, University of London and obtained Doctorates in Structural Dynamics from University of Stuttgart (Dr Ing.), Germany, and Imperial College University of London (PhD), England. Prof. Dr Stavrinidis received in 2011 an Honorary Doctorate from the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI). Prof. Dr Stavrinidis was awarded in 2012 the Eugen-Sänger medal.

Prof. Dr Stavrinidis is Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department which covers the major space disciplines Structures, Mechanisms, Optics, Optoelectronics, Life and Physical Sciences, Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLSS), Automation and Robotics, Thermal Control, Propulsion and Aerothermodynamics, and Test facilities for verification of space vehicles systems and subsystems. The Department is responsible for the developments that are being performed in these areas in Agency technology, and Satellite Programmes.

Prof. Dr Stavrinidis is a Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Member of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), Member of Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace (AAE), Space Branch Chairman of the Council of European Aerospace Societies (CEAS). Prof. Dr Stavrinidis is member of the Technology Advisory Board (TAB) of the Imperial College Aeronautics Department. He is member of the Advisory Board of the Governing Body of the University of Delft, The Netherlands.

* The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) is a private graduate research university in Skolkovo, Russia, a suburb of Moscow. Established in 2011 in collaboration with MIT, Skoltech educates global leaders in innovation, advances scientific knowledge, and fosters new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

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Opportunities: New Language Technology Courses Open to Outside Participants

26/01/2015

Language technologies have been around for a long time, but have gone through a revolution in recent years. Photo: The Royal broadcast, Christmas 1934, courtesy of Wikipedia

Skoltech is proud to announce a unique opportunity for students with a background in Information Technology to join a newly developed graduate level 8-week Language Technologies courses offered, alongside with Skoltech students.

The courses on offer (see below) are available this upcoming Term 3 of the spring semester.

Please note that course participation will be offered free of charge and participants will be selected on a competitive basis and that language of instruction will be English only.

INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES

Term 3 Spring semester 2015

Study period: February 2, 2015 – March 27, 2015

Where: Skolkovo Innovation Center, Hypercube

Contact and info: Yana Kraskovskaya

Tel. +7 (495) 280 14 81 ext.34-04

Course Description

The course will give students a practical sense of current capabilities of Language Technologies, their underlying principles and business applications. It will cover 6 major components of Language Technologies: Information Retrieval, Information Extraction, Machine Translation, Speech Recognition, Text and Speech Generation, and Communication with Devices. Each area will be covered with an overview lecture, practical exercises and a discussion of trends and applications. Last 2 weeks will be dedicated to short projects by groups of students. Utilization of the state-of-the-art Open Source and commercial tools will be emphasized.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Articulate the key principles and methods underlying Language Technologies
Assess applicability of Language Technologies for solving business problems
Select appropriate tools
Build simple applications

Course instructors: Anatole Gershman

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~anatoleg/

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Independent Studies Period – When Students Teach and Learn from Each Other

16/01/2015

When Steve Jobs delivered a commencement address to Stanford graduates in 2005 the great guru of innovation explained why taking calligraphy classes as a young student had changed his life. It made the Macintosh computer’s beautiful typography possible. It made Apple possible. Jobs implored his listeners to follow their inner passions. “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards’, he said. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

It seems that this message resonates well with Skoltech students, even if they have not heard the famous speech.

The most creative period of the academic year at Skoltech kicked off on January 12, as students ditched the textbooks (but not their laptops) to teach and learn from each other everything from Skateboarding through Brain-Computer Interface Design to Stock Trading.

A Skoltech student instructor at a Cooking and Science class during ISP (independent Studies Period)

Dubbed Independent Studies Period (or ISP), it is a unique Skoltech term running through most of January. It is designed to add an extra dimension to the curriculum, a time when students gain new skills, tackle novel ideas and build their own community. To this end ISP activities are distinguished by their range and innovative spirit.

Students take part in a series of courses that range from the career-boosting – “Elevator pitches in extreme conditions” and “Real entrepreneurship and smart investing” – to simple hobbies – cooking and science, theater, dance and debate.

Students are also invited to dive into Lego robotics, video production, volleyball, 3D printing, C++ programming, or even fly a Cessna 172 plane.

Skoltech is a private graduate research institution that is a central component of the Skolkovo innovations ecosystem. It educates global leaders in innovation, advances scientific knowledge, and fosters new technologies to address critical issues facing Russia and the world. Applying international research and educational models, the university integrates the best Russian scientific traditions with twenty-first century entrepreneurship and innovation.

The university’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) estimates that 60 percent of all graduate students are actively involved in startup projects or have established their own company.

Skoltech students attending a workshop during ISP (independent Studies Period).

At the FPGA programming class, taught by students.

Skoltech students attending a Video Production and Visual Storytelling ISP class, taught by volunteer media professionals.

Space student Veronika Shteyngardt takes her fellow students on a journey through astronomy.
Image courtesy of So Punyapat.

Is lemonade supposed to bubble like this? Independent Studies Period at Skoltech continues until the end of January.

Is lemonade supposed to bubble that much? Independent Studies Period at Skoltech continues until the end of January.

Russian and American students work together on robotics’ projects in Moscow. In this case – a collaboration between students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MISIS and Skoltech.

Some ISP activities involve experts and professionals from outside of Skoltech. In this photo, a National Instruments engineer teaches at a masterclass on “Prototyping of Software Defined Radio Systems”.

Snowboarding course at Moscow's Nagornaya Ski Club

Snowboarding course taught by students at Moscow’s Nagornaya Ski Club

Skoltech students and brothers Bogdan and Artur Uzbekov demonstrate sound recording as part of the Music Production course. Photos courtesy of course instructor Brendan Smith

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CSR (Center for Space Research) Scientific Symposium

When: 30-01-2015 09:00

Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, Moscow School of Management

We are pleased to invite you the first CSR (Center for Space Research) Scientific Symposium.

When: 30 January 2015, 9.00 a.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, Moscow School of Management

Skoltech Space Center Prof. Alessandto Golkar

Skoltech Space Center Prof. Alessandro Golkar

This event aims at creating an opportunity for faculty and researchers to know more of the research activities held within the Center.

We aim to accomplish the following:

Reach a better understanding of research activities, carrying out by members of Space Center;
Outline possible interaction between different research groups and/or involvement in joint research projects;
Present existing and planned research projects with other CREIs.

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Seminar: The DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine – Ready for the Future

When: 29-01-2015 14:30

Where: Beijing-2 Auditorium, China cluster; Skolkovo School of Management

We are pleased to invite you to the Skoltech Seminar.

And this week: “The DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine – Ready for the Future”.

Who: Prof. Rupert Gerzer

When: January 29, 2015; 14.30 – 16.00

Where: Beijing-2 Auditorium, China cluster; Skolkovo School of Management

Research facility at the DLR Insititute of Space Medicine

Research facility at the DLR Institute of Aerospace Medicine

Seminar Abstract:

To prepare for future challenges of human spaceflight and to better link space and terrestrial medicine, the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center has recently opened a novel research facility termed :envihab (www.dlr.de/me/envihab). This facility contains a worldwide unique combination of laboratories for studies on humans and can serve as a terrestrial analog facility to space stations. In addition, a local, regional, and global network of collaborations as well as a special Ph.D. program (www.dlr.de/me/spacelife), in which students from several countries as well as a variety of universities participate, are strengthening the ties between the Institute and its partners. All these activities have led to a strong increase in scientific output of the Institute during recent years (www.dlr.de/me/en).

Some of these successes include the participation in the radiation dosimetry on Mars through participation in the NASA Curiosity program, the participation in the MARS 500 study of IMBP in Moscow, direct collaborations with international partners on the topic of intracranial pressure and vision problems of astronauts, or the international collaborations with the DLR-coordinated facility MATROSHKA for radiation dosimetry in space. With :envihab it was recently also possible for the first time to host a Western European Astronaut in Western Europe for rehabilitation after his return from the International Space Station.

It is assumed that this way to concentrate on important challenges of the future, to link up with leading local and global institutions and especially to invest in educating highly-motivated talented young professionals, is an approach that can also be applied to other fields

Prof. Rupert Gerzer

Speaker Introduction:

Rupert Gerzer is Director of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Professor and Chairman of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Aachen, Germany, since 1992. He is also Head of the University Council of the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhine-Sieg, Germany (www.h-brs.de/en), and is on the Board of Directors of the Scientific Council of the City of Cologne, Germany (www.koelner-wissenschaftsrunde.de/cologne-city-of-science/?lang=en). He is Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA; www.iaaweb.org), Member of the Medical Advisory Board to the German Minister of Defense and is Co-Editor of Acta Astronautica.

He received the Life Sciences Award of IAA in 2003, the Leonov Medal of the Association of Space Explorers in 2013, and the Gagarin Medal from the Russian Federation of Cosmonautics in 2014.

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Open Doors Event in Kazan

When: 22-01-2015 17:00

Where: Courtyard Marriott Kremlin Hotel, Kazan

We’re opening our doors – to you.

On January 22^nd, in Kazan, Skoltech holds an Open Doors event for prospective masters and doctoral students.

When: Thursday, January 22^nd, 5-8pm

Where: Courtyard Marriott Kremlin Hotel. For registration and info: http://skoltech.timepad.ru/event/172596/

On the agenda: short talks by Skoltech faculty and staff, opportunities to meet with current students, full details about our fellowship programs, info on research centers, project presentations, and an answer to a very important question: how to start a startup?

Skoltech Space program students

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