Outreach Activities

in 2023


In 2021 IFAE organized a number of outreach activities:

1. BOJOS PER LA FÍSICA

One-year educational program targeted for high- school students. 150 students applied. Activity Coordinated in collaboration with ICN2 and Funded by Fundació Catalunya-La Pedrera. https://bojos-ciencia.fundaciocatalunya-lapedrera.com/cursos/fisica

  • Aurelio Juste: La física de partícules al detector ATLAS de l’LHC - January 2019
  • Giulia Giannini, Umut Demirbozan, César Ramírez: Cosmologia Observacional - April 2019
  • Abelardo Moralejo: Astrofísica amb dades dels telescopis MAGIC de la Palma - March 2019
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2. SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS AT IFAE

Educational activity for undergraduate students that offer a 1-month stay at IFAE in July. 60 applications in 2021. Activity funded by the Severo Ochoa program. https://summerfellowships.ifae.es/

  • Sebastián Grinstein: “Characterization of Pixel Detectors”
  • Martin Eriksen“Determining galaxy properties with PAUS using machine learning”
  • Martine Bosman: “Simulation of COVID-19 propagation group”
  • Malgorzata Siduek: “The effect of the environment on the stellar mass-size relation in VIPERS galaxies”
  • Imma Riu:“Particle Physics with the ATLAS Experiment @ the LHC”
  • Pol Forn-Díaz: “Superconducting quantum computers”
  • Mario Martínez“Gravitational Waves detection with the Virgo Interferometer”
  • Abelardo Moralejo: “Early observations with the CTA_LST-1 gamma-ray telescope”
  • Pere Masjuan“Particle physics for the early universe and beyond”
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3. ACTIVITIES at IES ANGELETA FERRER

The Angeleta Ferrer Institute is Catalonia’s first STEAM centre for secondary and baccalaureate students, focusing on science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM). The barcelona Institute for Science & Technology (BIST) collaborates with the Generalitat’s Department of Education on this project, with the participation of the Barcelona Education Consortium.

IFAE designed and executed several educational activities in the center in 2021.

4. BIYSC - Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge

Two-week international excellence program for high-school students: https://biysc.org/. IFAE collaborated with the program developing an activity focused on designin and build a cosmic ray detector based on SiPm.

Activity cancelled in 2021 because of the COVID pandemic.

5. CAZADORES DE RAYOS GAMMA

Web Application for High Energy Astrophysics outreach targeted for high-school students. Activity Funded by FECYT. https://www.cazadoresderayosgamma.com/

  • Òscar Blanch, Sebastián Grinschpun
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6. BUILD THE UNIVERSE BRICK BY BRICK

The outreach team in collaboration with Pere Masjuan at IFAE developed a Lego activity targeted for different audiences to explain particle physcis processes.
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7. TALKS BY IFAE RESEARCHERS

  • S. Epari, Collaboration with Arts@CERN: Conversations with artists in residence at CERN (Rohini Devasher and Elisa Storelli, 10/07/2023)
  • A. Juste, “Una década de descubrimientos en el LHC del CERN”, Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual, October 4, 2023.
  • A. Berrocal, guided 8 visitor groups at CERN.
  • A. Juste, “Una década de descubrimientos en el LHC del CERN”, UAB Pizza Seminar, November 15, 2023.
  • M. Bosman, “Los aceleradores de partículas para el estudio de la física de partículas y aplicaciones en la sociedad”, IES Castellar del Vallès, Castellar del Valles, Spain, November 15, 2023.
  • G. Correa, ATLAS Master Class in particle physics within the “Bojos per la Física” (Mad About Physics) educational program, IFAE, Bellaterra, Spain, January 28, 2023.
  • S. Epari, spokesperson for one session of the CERN-ESADE masterclasses organised by CERN in collaboration with the ESADE School of Business (07/02/2023 at CERN).
  • A. Juste, outreach talk to high-school students within the “Bojos per la Física” (Mad About Physics) educational program: “El universo cuántico a tu alcance”, IFAE, Bellaterra, Spain, January 28, 2023.
  • Ll.-M. Mir, “Què és ser científica: el descobriment del bosó de Higgs” within the program #100tífiques, Escola Regina Carmeli, Rubí, Spain, February 10, 2023.
  • A. Font-Ribera, Participated in the DESI documentary for planetarium shows: 5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI
  • A. Font-Ribera, Ran 3 sessions of Q&A at the CosmoCaixa Planetarium after passing the documentary
  • A. Font-Ribera, Coordinated the Spanish version of a press release of DESI with results from the Early Data Release
  • A. Font-Ribera,Interviewed in the outreach podcast “La Veu Cosmica”
  • M. Manera, Coordinated the Catalan version of the DESI documentary
  • S. Ávila, Part of the Spanish translation team of the DESI documentary
  • J. Chaves-Montero, Recorded interview by school students, Institut Angeleta Ferrer (Barcelona).
  • J. Chaves-Montero, “What time is it on the Moon?”, EL PAÍS
  • J. Chaves-Montero, “Perseid meteor shower”, COPE radio interview.
  • L. Cabayol, 100tífiques 2023. February 2023. ‘L’univers i l’energia fosca". Institut Escola Oriol Martorell.
  • L. Cabayol, Xerrada a l’Institut Molí de la Vila. “Dones i ciència”, Octubre 2023
  • L. Cabayol, Xerrada a l’Institut Molí de la Vila. “L’univers i l’energia fosca”, Octubre 2023
  • C. Gordon, Bojos per la fisica, 18th February 23
  • L. Castillo García, Outreach Talk for #100tífiques BIST event, Escola Salvador Espriu (Sant Feliu de Llobregat), 10/02/2023, Dia De la Dona i la nena en la Ciencia 2023
  • S. Grinstein, El CERN y Las Preguntas Fundamentales de la Ciencia, Institut Arnau Cadell, 17/11/2023, Semana de la Ciencia 2023
  • O. Blanch, D. Kerszberg, J. Jimenez “Cosmic rays’ detection: astrophysics at your fingertips” the project offered by IFAE to the BIYSC 2023.
  • M. Seglar-Arroyo. Scientific audiovisual project with high-school students of 1ESO Isabeleta Ferrer, Barcelona. Winter 2023.
  • M. Seglar-Arroyo. Woman of Virgo. Interview to Elena Cuoco and preparation of video/text for social media (Summer 2023)
  • A. Moralejo, O. Blanch, L. Castillo, “Bojos per la Física, gamma-ray session” (activity for high school students), October 2023
  • Jorge Casaus, David Gascón and Javier Rico, “La misión espacial HERD”, article in “Boletín de la SEA”, issue of Winter 2023.
  • Abelardo Moralejo, Rubén López Coto and Daniel Morcuende, “Primeros resultados del LST-1 de CTA”, article in “Boletín de ls SEA”, issue 48, Summer 2023 .
  • P. Masjuan, Dissabtes de la Física (2 talks), February 2023, UAB.
  • P. Masjuan, Interview about the research project Simulation the expansion of the COVID-19 outbreak: a risk forecast tool considering socioeconomic and gender inequalities in Barcelona. February 2023, Jardins de la Fundació Julio Muñoz i Ramonet, Barcelona.
  • P. Masjuan, Bojos per la Física, May 2023, UAB.
  • P. Masjuan, “Trobada d’Estudiants Gitanes Drom Kotar Mestipen”, May 2023, UAB
  • P. Masjuan, Participation in the Argó Project supervising a “Treball de Recerca”, 2023, UAB
  • P. Masjuan, Joves i Ciència, July 2023, Planes de Son.
  • P. Masjuan, Summer Lecture program Argó for high school students. Two weeks. July 2023, UAB
  • P. Masjuan, 3 Awards on Innovative Education Programs from the Science Faculty
  • R. Escribano, L’ALBA i l’LHC, dues eines útils per a la ciència i la tecnologia, Setmana de la Ciència 2023, Grup de Física Teòrica & IFAE (UAB), 15/11/2023, Institut Manuel Raspall, Cardedeu
  • D. Blas & R. Escribano, De petit a gran: La física de totes les mides, Grup de Física Teòrica & IFAE (UAB), 4/3/2023, Facultat de Ciències UAB, Bellaterra