NPP Events
Company visits
The NIOK PhD Platform has been organizing a range of activities for the last 3 years, including social activities (drinks after CAIA exam, pubquizes at the NCCC), but also professional activities, like company visits. This summer, the last version of activities was taken to the next level: in 5 days we visited 4 chemical companies, 3 of which in Germany.
It turned out that there was a lot of interest, and on Monday August 8th a group of 20 PhDs set out towards Ludwigshafen. Within the next days we had a packed schedule, with visits to BASF, Bayer, Evonik (including a visit to a former coal-washing plant!) and Dow. We learned how the companies are structured, what kind of research is done, but most importantly: we got an idea what it was to start working at each company.
The group of PhDs was very enthusiastic, and although most people didn’t know each other at the start (as we represented 8 universities in total), there was much talk and laughter at dinners, during travel and any spare time. I believe that all of us will have new friends to catch up with at the next NCCC conference.
We would also like to thank NIOK and all the visited companies for giving us the opportunity to organize this trip, and of course to thank the participants for their enthusiasm.
NPP Newsletters
Please find listed the Newsletters that are released by the NIOK PhD Platform. These Newsletters inform the NIOK PhD students about all kind of events and activities of scientific or social means.
If you have an item that might be of interest to be included in one of the following issues, do not hesitate to contact one of the NIOK PhD Platform members.
NPP Newsletter, May 2011
NPP Newsletter, February 2011
Other kind of documentation material:
Results of NPP Questionnaire 2009
Interesting Links for the NPP Community
Netherlands Chemistry and Catalysis Conference
NIOK Society: Catalysis in The Netherlands
PhD Candidates Network of The Netherlands