I attended two demonstration sessions: electromagnetism, in which we watched lightning being created artificially, and \”Galileo\’s Merry-go-round\”, in which some of us sat on a carousel and felt and saw the effects of forces acting on us as we spun round. In the morning we also had a lecture from a representative of the European Patent Office.Ĭourtney_cspark I didn\’t get judged today, but demonstrations at the Palais were great! (it is the oldest interactive museum in the world!) –5:45 PM Sep 12th from txt \”Judging sessions\” refers to \”jury visits\” – there were seventeen jury members altogether from a range of different fields – coincidentally the head of the jury teaches at the university I\’ll be going to soon, in the same department! (He didn\’t judge Hannah, Robert or me for obvious reasons, but he did come round to say \”hi\” and ask about our projects informally).
Unlike the Big Bang Fair, all the EUCYS projects were organised by field – this was advantageous for me because it gave me a fighting chance of understanding a few of the projects around me! I still have no clue how the jury picked winning projects, considering how high quality all the stands I saw were (and how many I couldn\’t even begin to understand).Ĭourtney_spark Three hour long judging session starts soon! –1:15 PM Sep 12th from txt
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We also got bright red bags full of stuff, including bright yellow visibility jackets (though thankfully didn\’t have to use them at all).Ĭourtney_spark Setting up stands now – I am surrounded by physics projects (plus a couple of social sciences ones) that all look fantastic! –9:45 AM Sep 12th from txt
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The contest was held at the Palais de la découverte – the UK team (Hannah Stuart, Robert Tann and me, plus Ellie Chambers, our \”escort\”) arrived too late for the scheduled set-up time (and most of the opening ceremony), but we arrived safely after getting better acquainted on the train and got to see a bit of Paris after dark. Whether the above promise was fulfilled is left to the reader\’s discretion…Ĭourtney_spark Arrived here okay! Dinner at the Palais de la découverte, plus several taxi and coach rides through Paris (it\’s esp nice after dark!) –9:43 PM Sep 11th from txt (I promise these tweets will get interesting soon.) –10:24 AM Sep 11th from Echofon
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The night before getting the Eurostar to Paris I only got about three hours sleep – as well as the poster anxiety, there was the fact the presentation I wanted to have on loop on my stand refused to save on my netbook, and of course the general I DON\’T DESERVE TO BE GOING ON A FREE HOLIDAY WITH LOTS OF SMART PEOPLE angst.Ĭourtney_spark On the Newark to London train. The design was fine when I used it before! 🙁 –11:55 PM Sep 10th from Echofon
I was one of three UK representatives selected at the Big Bang Fair in March.Ĭourtney_spark Have just realised that the blue background on part of my EUCYS posters is a tad too dark. This post will elaborate on tweets I posted while at EUCYS (from in case you\’re not already following). As you can see from the title it was, y\’know, okay. So, I recently attended the EU Contest for Young Scientists in Paris.
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