Researchers´ Friday at University of Gävle

On Friday 27 September, the University and WP 5 within EU GREEN will organize this year's Researchers´ Friday. This year, students from grade 6 will come to us to experiment and be active together with some of our researchers and PhD students.

Date: 27 september
Time: 09:30­­-12:30
Location: Högskolan

Some of the activities that students will try:

• “Dance to negative numbers” - the starting point is a classroom where rhythm, dance and movement will contribute to a better understanding of a mathematical concept, namely negative numbers.
  Maria Cortas Nordlander, researcher in mathematics

• “Fictitious Pancakes” - students will try to make fictitious pancakes to simulate logistic flows and efficiency thinking.
  Julian Strömberg, Assistant Professor and PhD student in Industrial Economics

• “Energy experiments” - students get to measure the temperature of the sky and clouds, among other things.
  Björn O Karlsson, researcher in energy systems

• “What does it mean to do research & what is research for you?"- students will share their thoughts and take part in a survey.
  Maria Fregidou-Malama, researcher in business administration

• “AI and robots” - students learn about the industry of the future and program their own robots.
  Oscar Bautista Gonzales, PhD student in electrical engineering

The University's Researchers´ Friday is part of the European Researcher's Night External link..