Physics and Optics Naples

Young Student
Chapter Activities
Presented by
Daniele Cozzolino: daniele.cz@icloud.com

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Our Societies and Supporters

European Physics Society
Young Minds project

Optical Society of America

Society of Photographic
Instrumentation Engineers
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The Neapolitan Chapter

Who?

Bachelor students
Master students
PhD students
Researchers
About 35 Members

Why?

But, above all, were friends!!!

Outreach activities
Professional Development
Networking
...and a lot of fun!
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Outreach Activities (1)

Outreach is an activity of providing services to populations who might not otherwise have
access to those services
(Boring stuff Wikipedia)

Our services?

Every spring at Citt della Scienza!!!

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Outreach Activities (2)

Physics got Talent

Blackout

Video contest for high school students

More than 100 students involved

Winner and runner up awarded
with physical instruments

Self producted short movie celebrating the

International Year of Light

in the best cinemas!!!

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Outreach Activities (3)

Futuro Remoto
Science Festival at Piazza del Plebiscito

A four days event with more than 120 000 visitor

A huge collaboration with:

Work and passion of 140 volounteers

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Outreach Activities (4)

Futuro Remoto
Science Festival at Piazza del Plebiscito

In 10 minutes, people could ask scientists

whatever they wanted
16 Scientists and more than 50 People
made the connection

We asked to 4 Scientists to take the stage at

Futuro Remoto and talk about the most interesting
topics in physics in an easy and friendly way
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Professional Development (1)

Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities
including credentials such as academic degrees and conferences.
(Other boring stuff on Wikipedia)

Conferences
Picque Scientific School in integrated
quantum photonics applications
(6- 10 July 2015)
SPIE Optics and Photonics
(9-13 August 2015)
101 Congresso della SIF Sezione Giovani
(25 September 2015)

Frontiers in Optics
(17- 22 October 2015)
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Professional Development (2)

Coffee & Lab

Lets talk about future studies with some biscuits

and a cup of coffee!!!

Visit to LNGS

The Gran Sasso National Laboratory (LNGS) is the largest

underground laboratory in the world
40 Students, bachelor and master, were allowed
to partecipate
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Professional Development (3)

Dr. Rachel Won Seminar

Nature Photonics editor, Rachel Won,

Disclosed the key to get our papers published

Dr. R. De Asmundis Seminar

A transistors army to produce music.

Do you belive it?

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Networking(1)
The International OSA Network of Students (IONS) is a program that encourages
student chapter members to organize and manager Regional and online meetings
that focus on technical and professional development content and networking.

In Naples :

All over the world:

Valencia 2015, 24-26 September

Tunis 2015, 2-5 September

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Networking(2)
Naples for Nepal

A fund raising lunch held in the

Physics Department
of the University Federico II of Naples.
Each one gave his own contribution:
cooking, preparing eating!

Rooftop Rock Concert

A fun time in a great location!

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Coming Soon
Next Activities:
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Physics is Back
(next months)
Passione Fisica
(24 April 2016)
Gran Sasso Open Day
(29 May 2016)
...Hoping for IONS 2016

Contact us at:
Young Minds Naples (public group)
http://www.fisica.unina.it/ponys/
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Thank you for

your attention!