Doctoral seminar 2021 at the professorship WOT

The doctoral seminar, which takes place once a year at the Chair of Materials and Surface Engineering, has been supporting young scientists on their path to a doctorate for several years now. On 12 and 13 July 2021, 14 doctoral students took the opportunity to present the progress of their dissertation topic and then answer questions from their supervisor Prof. Thomas Lampke, invited peer reviewers and the interested audience.

The decision was made in advance to hold the doctoral seminar for a limited number of participants as a face-to-face event at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) in the Erfenschlag part of the university, but at the same time to give other interested listeners the opportunity to follow the presentations online and take part in the subsequent discussion. This again made it easy to attend the seminar from a mobile workstation or to give the presentation online, which was taken up by an international doctoral student from Turkey.

A concept that had already proved successful at previous doctoral seminars was continued: Thus, in addition to the doctoral supervisor Prof Lampke and the experienced internal professorial peers, external „peer reviewers“ were again invited to the lectures at the IWW to ask critical questions and provide valuable advice for the further processing of the doctoral topic. In conjunction with Prof Lampke's assessment and suggestions, the peer review concept is perceived as very helpful not only by the internal professors, but also by the eight external doctoral students working in various companies and institutes. Focussing on the main points, dealing with important but still underrepresented aspects and also having the courage to leave topics that are not relevant are essential prerequisites for a high-quality dissertation. All candidates are now called upon to implement the knowledge gained in their work.

The close and collegial atmosphere during the seminar was underpinned by a successful evening event at the end of the first day of the seminar, which took place in a cosy restaurant in the heart of Chemnitz.

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Participants of this year's doctoral seminar in conversation during the evening event at the end of the first day of the seminar.

26.8.2021 – Events of the professorship ( rico.drehmann@mb… )