Lightning Research Group. LRG

1st SAINT Summer School

1st Science and Innovation with Thunderstorms (SAINT) Summer School

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech

July 2-13, 2018 

Barcelona, Spain

 
DatesVenueHow to arriveAccomodationRegistrationProgram

Information for presenters

(Science, Industry and ESR)

Contact

 

 

 

ASIM on the SpaceX Falcon 9 successful launch on April 2, 2018

 

After one year of the start of the SAINT action, the first summer school will be held at the UPC in Barcelona (Spain). The school has a two-week program that includes the ESR Workshop, participation of the 2018 campaign, invited scientific and industry lectures, meetings, tutorials, experiments and field activities. On behalf of the organizing committee we hope you will enjoy it.

 

The SAINT project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 722337.

Dates

The 1st SAINT summer school will be held in Barcelona from the 2nd to the 13th of July 2018. Please see the program for more details and note that for the night of the 12th till the 13th of July observations are scheduled in the Pyrenees. 

 

Venue

The venue of the summer school is at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) at the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB). The ETSEIB is located at Avinguda Diagonal 647.

The room is: Aula B.4 (that might change)

Morning sessions on 5 and 6 of July, 2018 will be in Aula Capella

See the program and the information of this document for the locations of the activities during the second week of the school.

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How to arrive

By Metro

   From downtown: Take the metro (L3 line, green) to "Zona Universitària"

   From the airport: Take the metro (L9 line, orange) to "Zona Universitària"

   Metro map:

         https://www.metrobarcelona.es/img_lineas/mapa_metro_barcelona.gif

 

 

You can plan your trip including metro and bus here:

          https://www.tmb.cat/en/barcelona/journey-planner/start

 

By taxi:

   Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de Barcelona

   Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC

   Avinguda Diagonal 647

   08028 Barcelona

 Sprites, Elves and Jets

Accomodation

July is a busy month in Barcelona, so please book your lodgment as soon as possible.

The UPC has agreements with two residences with available rooms (still) where you can book your lodgement:

Use the promotional code: UPC15

http://www.resainn.com/alojamiento/barcelona/residencia-torre-girona/

http://www.resainn.com/alojamiento/barcelona/residencia-investigadors/

 

Registration: Deadline 15stof June 2018

  • Registration for ESR: Please confirm your attendance to conf.atmos@event.upc.edu. You need to submit your ABSTRACT before June 15, 2018 (see details in the section:  Information for Presenters).
  • Registration for SAINT members: Please confirm your attendance to conf.atmos@event.upc.edu indicating the days that you will attend.
  • Registration for invited (industry and science): you don’t need to confirm your attendance since your host has already provided an invitation. You need to submit your ABSTRACT before June 15, 2018 (see details in the section:  Information for Presenters).
  • Regsitration for non SAINT members: Please request your admission at conf.atmos@event.upc.edu. Indicate the days and activities that you would like to attend. Possible payment of a fee (e.g. meals) might be requested.

 

Lightning

 

Program

Download the latest program and detailed information here: 1st SAINT Summer School Program (version 20180706)

Program at a glance:

TimeJuly 2July 3July 4July 5July 6

9h -10:30h

 

Opening

ESR Workshop IRP

(ESR 1,2,3)

 

 

 

ESR Workshop IRP

(ESR 8,9,10,11)

 

 

Tutorial on

ASIM MXGS

(Room: Aula Capella)

 

Industry Workshop

 

M. Seeger (ABB)

 

F. Thérond (Airbus)

(Room: Aula Capella)


Industry Workshop

 

D.  Mihailova

 (Plasma Matters)

 

X. Estaran

(UPC)

10:30h-11h

Break

Break

Break

Break

Break

11h-12:30h

ESR Workshop IRP

(ESR 4,5,6,7)

ESR Workshop IRP

(ESR 12,13,14,15)

ESR Workshop IRP

(Campaing)

Invited talks

F. Sao Sabas

J.-L. Pinçon

F. Rachidi

Invited talks

H. Pohjola

H. Huntrieser

H. Christian

12:30h-13:30h

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

LUNCH

13:30h-14:30h

Tutorial on ASIM MMIA

Tutorial of Lightning

Location Systems (I)

ESR meeting

(Room B.4)

ESR with Advisory

Board (poster)

(Room B.4)

Tutorial on Lightning

Location Systems (II)

14:30h-15h

Break

Break

Social activity

Break

Break

15h-16:30h

Tutorial on optical systems

for TLE observations

Tutorial on high speed video

for lightning and TLE observations

16:15h

         Visit BSC

 

18h-20 h

   Volleyball match

ESR with Advisory

Board (poster)

 

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18:15 Dinner

ESR Workshop IRP

(Small group workshops

on topics of campaing)

 

Supervisory Board meeting

(15:30 h-16:30 h)

 

TimeJuly 9July 10July 11July 12July 13

9h -10:30h

Introduction to

meteorological radar

 

Venue (all day):

Departament de Territori i

Sostenibilitat

ESR Group 1:

High Voltage

Experiments

 

Venue: DENA

(Terrassa)

 

 

ESR Group 2:

Intro. detection of

ionization

radiation

 

Venue: UPC 

ETSEIB Building C

Room: Master 31-07

(Barcelona)

 

 

ESR Group 2:

High Voltage 

Experiments

 

Venue: DENA

(Terrassa)

 

 

ESR Group 1:

Intro. detection of

ionization 

radiation

 

Venue: UPC

ETSEIB Building C

Room: Master 31-07

(Barcelona)

 

Departure to

Pyrenees Eagle Nest

Instrumented tower


Train RENFE line R3

 to La Molina departs

at 9:51 h from Plaça

de Catalunya.

 

Train arrives at La

Molina at 12:39 h

Transfer to the

gondola lift

 

Walk 30 minutes to

the Eagle Nest tower

or shelter 

 

 

Setup of

instruments

 

 

Night observations

 

Visit instrumented

tower.

 

Round table 

 

 

 

Return

 

12:00 depart from

the Eagle Nest

tower or shelter.

 

Train RENFE line

R3 departs from

La Molina at 13:59 h

Train arrives in

Barcelona at 16:38 h 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:30h-11h

Break

11h-12:30h

Introduction to 

meteorological satellite data

 

 

12:30h-13:30h

LUNCH

13:30h-14:30h

Workshop on GIS

14:30h-15h

Break

15h-16:30h

Workshop on GIS (cont.)

Program, abstracts and tutorials can be downloaded here (password protected)

                                 https://nuvol.terrassa.upc.edu/owncloud/index.php/s/S7hizgctsDJMSrW

 

Information for presenters

All presenters (ESR Workshop IRP, invited talks and industry workshop) must submit and abstract. 

You can download the ABSTRACT TEMPLATE here:  Abstract Template (MsWord format)

E-mail your abstract to: conf.atmos@event.upc.edu before 15 June 2018.

 

Guidelines for invited presentations (science and industry)

Science speakers: Your presentation needs to provide an introduction and overview of your research field. Include the fundamental references.

You have a total time of 30 minutes. Allocate 10 minutes for discussion and questions with the ESRs.

 

Industry speakers: We are not looking for talks about only your products, projects or entire organization, but primarily about the way of working within a company, answering questions like:

 

  • What is the work on a typical day of an engineer/scientist in your company?
  • What are the main differences between academia and industry?
  • How important is the focus on the bottom-line in your daily work?
  • How is the company organized on a small scale (project based, matrix structure,…)?
  • How do ideas get to the market within your company?
  • What is expected of an employee in general? What do you value when you look for an employee?
  • If you founded your company (e.g. start-up), provide some advice about entrepreneurship.

 

The above list is just a suggestion and not all questions need to be answered. Preferably, your presentation should be mostly based on personal experience.

 

Your allocated time is 45 minutes. Organize your time allocating and promoting discussion with the ESRs.

 

Guidelines for ESR

Abstracts and presentation for ESR Workshop IRP: 2-3 July, 2018

During the first two days, during the ESR Workshop IRP sessions you will give a presentation about your project. Please provide a short abstract (deadline June 15, 2018).

You can download the ABSTRACT TEMPLATE here:  Abstract Template (MsWord format)

E-mail your abstract to: conf.atmos@event.upc.edu before June 15, 2018.

Presentation guidelines:

  • Your presentation must not exceed 12 minutes.
  • That will allow 8 minutes for discussions.
  • Supported formats: PowerPoint and pdf
  • You will need to upload your presentation onto the computer available in the room.
  • If you use animations, videos or any other multimedia support, be sure that they are integrated in your presentation and works just coping your presentation onto the room’s computer.

Basic guidelines for the contents of your presentation:

  • First slide: Name, organization, date and title
  • Index, outline or contents of your presentation.
  • Enumerate the objectives of your project.
  • Introduce the background of your subject.
  • .....
  • You should not require more than 10 to 12 slides. Many slides in a short presentation generally distract the audience. Allocate between 1 to 2 minutes per slide.
  • Do not include too much text on each slide.

 

Poster session with the External Advisory Board: July 5, 2018 

On July, 5th, you will have the possibility to meet the External Advisory Board and discuss your projects with it. This will be combined with a poster session (eventually, the posters might hang during the whole summer school).

Prepare a poster about your work and bring it to Barcelona.

The format should be A1 (both landscape or portrait are available). 

 

Short report ESR Supervision Committee: July 6, 2018

According to the project proposal, you need to prepare a short report (max. 10 pages) about your project. It should contain: 

 "(1) A review of the literature in sufficient depth and breadth to enable a general reader to understand the basis for their project. 

  (2) A summary of the objectives of the project. 

  (3) An initial plan for reaching the objectives that includes an indication of how results/data will be analyzed and any additional training to be    acquired. 

  (4) A summary of concerns/challenges with the project and with the supervision."

Please bring this report to the summer school. There you will be able to discuss the reports with the ESR Supervision Committee. Also, you can see this as a chance to gain experience in writing and to reflect about your research projects.

 Submit your  reports to: conf.atmos@event.upc.edu before June 24,  2018.

 

Contact

 

Joan Montanyà

 

montanya@ee.upc.edu 

Phone: +34 937 398 071 (Office)

             +34 669 793 316 (Cell)

Oscar van der Velde

oscar.van.der.velde@upc.edu

Phone: +34 937 389 071 (Office)

            +34 644 478 797 (Cell)

 

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The SAINT project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 722337.

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