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| Internships and External Academic Papers |
Would you like to inform others
about your experiences?
Just send your report and a photo to:
pmstudy@mb.tu-chemnitz.de |
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Maik Müller - Bachelor Media Production - 1.04.2009-30.09.2009 -
Xaar, Cambridge, UK and Järfälla, Sweden
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Between April and September 2009, I had the opportunity to do an internship with the
Advanced Application Technology group of the inkjet print head company Xaar in
Cambridge, UK, as well as XaarJet AB in Järfälla, Sweden. I spent the first
three months in Cambridge and worked on a project which dealt with the programming
of an image analysis software. The rest of the time was dedicated to studying the
completely different British culture. The second part of my internship was placed
in the surroundings of Stockholm, where I could work on various interesting tasks,
e.g. the inline coating of cans with several print heads, the control of an ink supply
system or investigations on a new print head. During the internship I witnessed a
very intensive guidance with
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short daily meetings and a comfortable working
environment of employees and other students. There was also a lot of
space for own ideas and problem solutions. After work, the lovely city of Stockholm
offers many opportunities to spent time, e.g. in a museum, in one of the many cafés, at
the waterside promenade, with a walk across Södermalm or sailing and
swimming respectively in one of the biggest lakes of Sweden, which was quite close
to my accommodation. I quickly found some friends to share these moments.
I recommend an internship to everybody who has such an opportunity.
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Sonja Grenz - Magister Print and Media Technology - 12.10.2007-26.11.2007 -
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, USA
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From October to November 2007, I have been working in a research project at the
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (USA). The research stay was realised in
the project "Charged OFET's" financed by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(German Research Foundation). The project deals with the improvement of the
electrical conductivity of printed organic field effect transistors by
electrostatic charging. Not only the interesting work in the research group of
Prof. Howard E. Katz but also the trips to the surroundings of Baltimore were a
real enrichment. Short city trips to Washington, Philadelphia and New York as
well as the weekend trip to the Niagara Falls were special highlights. The
Johns Hopkins University is a beautiful university with the typical American
flair and is indeed worth a visit.
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| Michael Müller - Micromechanics/Mechatronics - 03.09.2007-08.02.2008
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland |
I did my internship in winter 2007/2008 not far from the Arctic Circle
in Oulu, at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. There I worked in the
range of printed electronics and optoelectronics. My major tasks were the
planning, execution and evaluation of tests regarding the production,
characterization and improvement of polymer electronic layers in gravure
printing. This experimental work was multifaceted, challenging, and set mainly
in clean rooms. Besides, I could always produce new ideas, discuss them with
friendly and open colleagues and put them into practice.
I really enjoyed the relaxed working climate, the low average age among my
colleagues, flat hierarchies, creative coffee breaks and the very direct, but
amiable character of the Finns. My colleagues were almost solely Finns, but
they all spoke fluent English. They were eager to integrate me from the first
minute and were not at all uncommunicative.
The five months in Oulu were impressive, eventful, and, thanks to snow and
street lighting, surprisingly light. Oulu is located at the Gulf of Bothnia.
Like Chemnitz it is not really an urbanistic jewel but it has almost the same
number of inhabitants and students, including many international exchange
students.
Thus, I found many different opportunities to spend my spare time and I met
incredibly many people on the evenings and weekends. So, if you like sports,
skiing, ice-skating, sauna parties, speeding over frozen lakes at 120km/h on a
snowmobile, meeting Santa Claus in his office, or seeing polar lights you
should definitely go to Oulu (in the winter).
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| Jens Hammerschmidt - Magister Germanistik / Grafische Technik -
16.02.-21.03.07 Manipal Press Limited, Indien |
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From February to April, 2007 I spent four weeks abroad in the students' town Manipal, India,
doing an internship at the printing company Press Limited. Primarily, I occupied myself with the
programs InDesign and Photoshop CS2. Furthermore, I took the opportunity to attend an
international conference on print and media technology taking place in Manipal.
I went to India without the certainty of a definite agreement for my internship.
Nevertheless, I was received extraordinarily well by the department of printing and media
and the Indian students. They supported me to find an accommodation, to accomplish my
internship and do a number of trips.
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Because of this being such a long trip I was not willing to use it just as an educational training.
Therefore I visited various waterfalls and beaches together with students and some of my
colleagues. I was also invited to an Indian-Muslim wedding, could join the more or less legal
tradition of "chicken fights" and participated in a Hindu festival. Through these excursions I saw
the real Indian life and gained an extensive and fascinating insight into the profile of the local
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I could have done this internship in Germany as well. However, as there were no restrictions
connected to the internship from my home university, I was able to do it in my own way.
And secondly, the stay in such a great country is always a valuable enrichment. Anytime again!
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| Ulrike Geyer - Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen
Medientechnik - 16.10.2006 bis 16.02.2007 - Electronics Design
Division der Mid-Sweden University in Sundsvall |
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In 2006/2007 I did a four-month internship at Electronics Design Division at
the Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall. My tasks included the preparation,
conducting and subsequent analysis of experiments in the field of printed
electronics (e.g. with a flexographic printing press).
I really enjoyed the work, as I was able to produce ideas of my own and,
thus, work independently. There was a pleasant working atmosphere. I was
cordially received and quickly integrated into the team. Besides the
experience that I gained from the internship, I also had the chance to
attend a Swedish course, which was really nice and a good possibility to get
to know a lot of people. I liked Sundsvall, which is situated about 400 km
north of Stockholm directly at the ocean, a lot.
I highly recommend a stay abroad. It was very interesting to live in another
country for some time and to learn a lot of new things. I wouldn't want to
be without the experience I gained during my internship abroad.
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| Tilman Liebert - Magister Pädagogik / Grafische
Technik - 02.08.-10.10.2006 -
Print & Publishing Education Center, Mongolia |
From August 2nd to October 10th 2006 I had the chance to complete an internship in
Mongolia.
For a period of nine weeks I could experience the everyday life at the Print &
Publishing Education
Center in the middle of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. As a part of the Mongolia
State
University of Science and Technique and of a funded project of the GTZ and DED there were
a lot of interesting tasks to solve. Quality Management, internal education and new capital
investments formed the foundation pillars of the company development. Visiting different
print facilities I could get a broad picture of the Mongolian printing industry.
There is a significant different understanding of working conditions and quality
management,
as we know it in Germany.
The used printing machine Heidelberg GTO did not naturally mean German quality standards.
The more important is the role of a facility which runs qualification measurements in this
region to make the smaller companies more competitive.
All in all, I can look back on a challenging internship that broadened my mind and made me
acquainted with a culture so different from ours.
On October 10th, as I fell satisfied into the seat of an ancient Tupolev on my way to
Moscow
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| Markus Hösel - Micromechanics/Mechatronics
- 15.08.-18.11.2005 - M-real Technology Centre, Sweden |
From August, 15th to November 18th I completed an additional
internship in Sweden. There I worked for the M-real Technology Centre in
connection with the Digital Printing Center of Mid Sweden University in
Örnsköldsvik (my special thanks go to Dr. Engisch).
My task was amongst other things to plan and carry out various quality analyses
of different papers on a new inkjet test station. The work was a lot of fun and
the colleagues were all very likable and helpful. I was well accepted and
integrated very quickly, and language problems (everything is in English) did
not arise. The town of Örnsköldsvik is situated 600 km north of
Stockholm directly at the Baltic Sea and has approx. 55,000 inhabitants. Life
in Mid-Sweden is very enjoyable and I used my spare time to get to know the
country and its people. A short trip to Stockholm perfectly completed the
three-month stay.
During my time in Sweden I have gathered lots of positive experiences and
contacts. I can only recommend a stay abroad to all students. |
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