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an der TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Month: June 2020

11. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Dr. Moncef Bouaziz – Freiberg PhD Stories

  • Year of doctorate: 2012
  • Subject: Environmental Engineering
  • Current occupation: Assistant Professor
  • Current employer: University of Sfax, Tunisia

Doctoral Studies

  • In Freiberg I have learned for life:

No matter how much clouds darken the sky, the sun will shine again.

  • That has been my field of research:

Remote sensing and modelling for land degradation

  • This is put on my doctoral hat/mortarboard:

A satellite and the earth

  • If I were a Ph.D. student again, I would …

do my best to stay in Freiberg.

University

  • This is very special for me about the Bergakademie:

My friends (Dr. Adam Szulc, Remy Lefeuvre, Dr. Heni Ben Amor) and the “Länder-Stammtisch”

  • Whenever I think about Freiberg, I think of …

the nice-funny time in the Mensa and also of the Obermarkt and the Untermarkt.

And then …

  • For the future I wish:

TU Bergakademie Freiberg one the eleven elite “Universities of Excellence”. And I wish to come back to Freiberg.

11. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Dr. Sameh W. H. Al-Muqdadi – Freiberg PhD Stories

  • Year of doctorate: 2012
  • Subject: Hydrogeology
  • Current occupation: Managing Director
  • Current employer: Relief International Organization

Doctoral Studies

  • In Freiberg I have learned for life:

Socially: A new culture and the fascinating history of the city.

Scientifically: The practical approach of delivering the good practice of authentic scientific research.

Personally: Have friends and colleagues for a life time.

  • That has been my field of research:

Groundwater investigation and modeling for the western desert of Iraq. Highlighted three areas: Watershed assessment using remont sensing tools, field experiment of recognize geological setting by pumping test and delivering a numerical model.

  • This is put on my doctoral hat/mortarboard:

computer, wadi in the desert, field car 4X4, diver (refer to the Scientific Diving Center, which I was a team member in TU Bergakademie Freiberg), active volcan (refer to Italy field work of Scientific Diving work), fishes

  • If I were a Ph.D. student again, I would …

do almost everything the same way like I did before. 🙂 The only thing I would missed is to finalize the project of exchange materials between Iraq and the wonderful museum (terra mineralia).

University

  • This is very special for me about the Bergakademie:

The Bergakademie is an unconventional academic institution not limited for teaching special scientific methods, rather it gives you a system thinking that valid for any challenge in life. It also has the cultural spirit and finger print that hard to be forgotten.

  • My “Good Soul” (most important person) at the university:

The memories and experiences are teremendous to discribe in couple lines, however I always feel that part of me has been left there between the streets of and the rich history of the academic city. I believe I was a good bridge between two nations.

  • Whenever I think about Freiberg, I think of …

plenty of nice memories flashing, the journey there was a remarkable in my river of life. I remember my traditional mining uniform that I ware during my defense when I was surprised by the committee.

And then …

  • For the future I wish:

One of my remarkable achievement is the academic project GRI , for 7 years over 300 Iraqi and German academics have been benefited from the different projects. I wish to keep the relationship between TU Bergakademie Freiberg and academic institutions in Iraq active.

11. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Dr. Arief Wijaya – Freiberg PhD Stories

  • Year of doctorate: 2010
  • Subject: Geoinformatics/Remote Sensing
  • Current occupation: Senior Manager for Climate, Forest and the Ocean
  • Current employer: World Resources Institute (WRI Indonesia)

Doctoral Studies

  • In Freiberg I have learned for life:

It was really exciting, as I learnt a lot of new things, and be an independent scientist. Also, I enjoyed the city a lot, although small, but it is really nice. Therefore, my family and me lived in Freiberg until late 2019, before we decided to go home.

  • That has been my field of research:

On estimating forest carbon biomass in tropical forest of Indonesia using earth observation data and quantitative models.

  • This is put on my doctoral hat/mortarboard:

Keyboard, hard drive, satellite, maps

  • If I were a Ph.D. student again, I would …

go for environmental science or biology study, as these may give me more opportunities to live and research under forest canopy. I love being in the forests. 🙂

University

  • This is very special for me about the Bergakademie:

The university gives me not only a new perspective in live, but it gives me a chance to grow as an independent scientist, and on a top of that a lovely place to live for my family for more than a decade.

  • Whenever I think about Freiberg, I think of …

a second hometown after my home country….I will surely be back there one day.

And then …

  • For the future I wish:

That I will continue to visit Freiberg regularly, and see how the town is growing older with me. I will certainly keep the connection with TU Bergakademie Freiberg professors and friends.

11. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Prof. Myo Min – Freiberg PhD Stories

  • Year of doctorate: 2007
  • Subject: Fission-track Geothermochronology
  • Current occupation: Professor
  • Current employer: University of Mandalay, Myanmar

Doctoral Studies

  • In Freiberg I have learned for life:

Working together, playing together and problem-solving together.

  • That has been my field of research:

Thermochronology applied to strike-slip zones, Central America and Myanmar

  • This is put on my doctoral hat/mortarboard:

Fish, sample boxes, counter, strike-slip fault, timer …

  • If I were a Ph.D. student again, I would …

drink more and more Freiberger [beer], walk and visit at underground mining area, go and eat at Katoffelhaus.

University

  • This is very special for me about the Bergakademie:

PhD programme, library, canteen, Christmas Festival, Dom, Bernhard-von-Cotta-Strasse, Winklerstrasse 10B, Akademiestrasse 6

  • My “Good Soul” (most important person) at the university:

Glück auf!

  • Whenever I think about Freiberg, I think of …

beauty, quiet, peace, healthy city, wonder.

And then …

  • For the future I wish:

I would be a professor at TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

04. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Dr. Khalid Kheiralla – Freiberg PhD Stories

  • year of doctorate: 2007
  • subject: Mathematical geology and Geo-informatics science
  • current occupation: Associate professor, Head Department of Geophysics at Al Neelain University, Faculty of Petroleum and Minerals
  • current employer: Government worker, Ministry of High Education

Doctoral Studies

  • In Freiberg I have learned for life:

1. Walk your own path and don’t hesitate when you should act.
2. Good things don’t come easy, never fail to try more.
3. Do your best at whatever you do.

  • That was my research subject:

Remote sensing, Geophysical multi-source data and 3D Modelling methods for Basin Evaluation and Investigation sub-surface igneous flows in NW Muglad Basin, Sudan

  • This is on my mortarboard:

Thanks goes to staff of Institute of Geophysics and Geoinformatics in the Faculty of Geosciences, Geoengineering and Mining

  • If I were a PhD student again, I would …

I worked in PhD for a longer period of intonation and I will return back to Freiberg again and again.

University

  • This is very special for me about the Bergakademie:

Strong social ties between students and the Freiberg University family.

  • My „good soul“ at the university:

I can teach you to make something pretty.

  • Whenever I think of Freiberg, I think of …

old mines.

And then …

  • For the future I wish:

Success of TU Bergakademie Freiberg to be one of the top ten universities in the world.

04. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Prof. Syed Ali Rizwan – Freiberger Promoviertengeschichten

 

  • year of doctorate: 2006
  • subject: civil engineering
  • current occupation: Professor
  • current employer: NUCES Lahore (Pakistan)

Doctoral Studies

  • In Freiberg I have learned for life:

Is ideal for studies and research. All the people related with my work were very cooperative and encouraging – Freiberg forever!

  • This was my research subject:

High-performance mortars and concretes using secondary raw materials

  • If I were a doctoral student again, I would …

like to prefer Freiberg.

University

  • This is very speacial for me about the Bergakademie:

skilled faculty, good research opportunity

  • My „good soul“ at the university:

Prof. Thomas A. Bier

  • Whenever I think of Freiberg, I think of …

my institute and its faculty – marvellous!

And then …

  • For the future I wish:

of all those who would opt for this university

03. June 2020 – Franziska Boy

Freiberg Future Forum on October 30, 2020

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. Thanks to science and its worldwide cooperation, we are also able to develop solutions across disciplines in order to transform societies and economies within a historically short period of just 30 years in such a way that we can operate in a completely climate-neutral manner. In its Green Deal, the European Union set the political goal that the European Union should become completely climate-neutral by 2050.

At first, we present three keynote speeches on climatic changes all over the world. The keynote speakers are three alumni with a doctorate of our university who now work at the United Nations and at universities in Sudan and Brazil. After that, we invite you to join our workshops where we can discuss solutions for different societal challenges facing the European Green Deal for the creation of a climate-neutral economy by 2050. In the final part of the Freiberg Future Forum, we will discuss about the requirements of this paradigmatic changes for the education of students and doctoral students at our university.

The Freiberg Future Forum will be chaired by Dr. Kristina Wopat, director of the Graduate and Research Academy of TU Bergakademie Freiberg, and takes place as an online event via Big Blue Button.

Program

9.00-9.30 am – Welcome

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht, Rector of TU Bergakademie Freiberg and Dr. Kristina Wopat, Director of the Graduate and Research Academy of
TU Bergakademie Freiberg

9.30-11.30 am – Keynote Speeches
  • Climate change: to monitor the impact and prepare climate change adaption plans on the example of Sudan Wetland Inventory – Dr. Khalid Kheiralla, Al Neelain University Khartoum, Sudan
  • Climate change: Using Remote Sensing Applications for monitoring of climate changes, including the impacts of bush fires in the rain forests and smoke in Brazil. What does this mean to the climate change research? – Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg, Universidade do Estado de Santa Katharina Lages, Brazil
  • International cooperation towards curbing illicit financial flows: The extractive sector through a South–South cooperation lens – Dr. Anida Yupari, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva

  • The European Green Deal – some insights into the work at the European Commission – Dirk Peters von Rosenstiel, Policy Officer – Seconded National Expert European Commission – Directorate-General for Energy, Interview with Dr. Kristina Wopat

11.30 – 12.30 am – Lunch Break

You are invited to join our break-out rooms during lunch break. Members of the Graduate and Research Academy of TU Bergakademie Freiberg will be available and are open for questions, discussions and small talk.

12.30-2.00 pm – Workshop Slot 1
  • Sustainable agriculture – Melvice Epede, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • The EU biodiversity strategy and mining – implications and perspectives – Dr. Roland Achtziger, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • Good Governance – Dr. Anida Yupari, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Geneva
  • Climate Action – Dr. Umer Shafique, Government College University (GCU) Lahore, Pakistan
  • Open discussion with keynote speaker Dr. Khalid Kheiralla, Al Neelain University, Karthoum, Republic of the Sudan
2.15-3.45 pm – Workshop Slot 2
  • Besides Going Green – Going Smart with innovative IS-Technologies in SMEs – Marlen Rimbeck and Justus Emanuel Wähling, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • Technology for Sustainable Development – an NGO-based approach – Robert de Payrebrune, Ingenieure ohne Grenzen e.V.
  • Sustainability reporting, the Non-Financial Reporting Directive and the European Green Deal – increasing requirements for EU companies in order to inform stakeholder about the sustainability of their investments – Prof. Karina Sopp, TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • Sustainable Mobility (working title) – Dr. Andrea Hanebuth, AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, Germany
  • Open discussion with keynote speaker Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg, Universidade do Estado de Santa Katharina Lages, Brazil
4.00-4.30 pm – Summary and conclusion

Studies and doctorates put to the test – do we need changes and an extended competence profile for the challenges of the future?
Round table discussion with the moderators Dr. Kristina Wopat, Director of the Graduate and Research Academy of TU Bergakademie Freiberg