Outreach Activities
University Gabrielle d'Annunzio (UdA) - European Researchers Night
30 September 2022
On September 30th, 2022, the Researchers’ Night event took place in the campus of the University “G. d’Annunzio” in Chieti (Italy). On that occasion, Mr. De Fano, a staff member of partner UdA, presented a poster describing the EMBRACE project. A huge amount of public attended the poster, asking questions and explanations. The attendees more interested in neuroscience and its application in EMBRACE were students from the primary and secondary schools (about 50), students from high schools (about 150), university students (about 100) and about 50 adult citizens.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
June 2022
Prof. Haueisen gave a talk for Master and PhD students (30 participants) at the School of Biomedical Engineering and Health Sciences, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 15.06.2022, entitled “Electric and magnetic measurements and stimulation of the human brain.”
Università Gabrielle d'Annunzio (UdA) - talk at World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
12-17 June 2022
Prof. Comani gave a talk at the IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering from 12 – 17 June 2022 in Singapore. Authors: Silvia Comani. Title: Artefact rejection for dry electrode recordings in sport science. 45 participants were attending the hybrid session.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Talk at World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
12-17 June 2022
Prof. Haueisen gave a talk at the IUPESM World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering from 12 – 17 June 2022 in Singapore. Authors: Thomas Fröhlich, Johannes Sindram, Jens Haueisen, Alexander Hunold. Title: Force measurement of electrodes on a human head model. 45 participants were attending the hybrid session.
Technishce Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Discussion of project with political stakeholders
20 May 2022
On the occasion of the visit of the State Secretary of Thuringia on 20.05.2022 in Ilmenau, Prof. Haueisen and co-workers gave a laboratory demonstration and discussed with political stakeholders and journalists on novel approaches to brain measurements using EEG.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Mention of the project during an interview
21 March 2022
Prof. Patrique Fiedler presented the EMBRACE project in an Interview Freies Wort (Thuringian newspaper).
Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) – project representation at Science Fair
3 March 2022
The UCM team participated in the XI Madrid Es Ciencia fair for students of all ages (mostly primary and secondary education) within an MSCA Ambassador space granted by and within the stand by the Region of Madrid’s Knowledge Foundation (Madrid Fundación para el Conocimiento). The venue was IFEMA. The UCM team explained the ourpose of the EMBRACE project, distributing flyers, discussing science & innovation with about 40 students, and informing about the MSCA program.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – lecture at UdA seminars
3 March 2022
Prof. Jens Haueisen gave a series of four lectures (7 participants) in a PhD course organized by the Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara, entitled “Dry electrodes for Electroencephalography”. On that occasion, Prof. Haueisen presented the EMBRACE project.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Talk at TUIL Science Day
9 February 2022
Prof. Jens Haueisen gave an online lecture “Bioelektrische und biomagnetische Signale des Gehirns” for pupils in the framework of the Science day at TU Ilmenau (15 participants), during which he presented the EMBRACE project.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Talk at TUIL Science Forum
12 January 2022
Prof. Patrique Fiedler gave an invited talk on “Body-Sensor-Netzwerke und der Trend des omnipräsenten medizinischen Monitorings” at the Science Forum of the Technische Universität Ilmenau. On that occasion, Prof. Fiedler presented the EMBRACE project to about 25 local and 40 online participants.
Università Gabriele d'Annunzio (UdA) - Talk at the Bachelor Degree in Human Motor Sciences
15 December 2021
Prof. Silvia Comani presented the EMBRACE project to the Bachelor students of Human Motor Sciences of the Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” di Chieti-Pescara at the end of her course on Biomechanics. The presentation was given to a class of about 200 students. Prof. Comani described the purpose of the project, the study paradigm and multimodal approach, and the impacts and benefits that could derive from the implementation of the EMBRACE for the general population.
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – General public talk
26 November 2021
Dr.-Ing. Eva-Maria Dölker and MS Milana Komosar (TUIL) gave a talk entitled “Medizintechnik unter Spannung” for pupils in the framework of Kinder- und Jugenduni, TU Ilmenau, Germany (100 participants).
Technische Universität Ilmenau (TUIL) – Online lecture
4-6 November 2021
Prof. Haueisen gave an online lecture on EEG in the framework of “Virtuelle Infotage Studieren in Thüringen“ (12 participants), during which he presented the EMBRACE project.
Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) – Internal seminar
26 February 2021
During the seminar held at the premises of the Laboratory for Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, the staff members of partner UCM introduced the basic concepts and tasks of the EMBRACE project, the timeline of secondments and of host secondments / validation / summer school at their lab, as well as the characteristics of an MSCA-RISE action. The seminar attracted twenty-two attendees: 1 full professor, 2 associate professors, 5 postdoctoral researchers, 12 PhD candidates, and 2 undergraduate students.
