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Industrial Sight - Paul Scherrer Institute
September 4, 2009

PSI

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is the largest national research institute and is the only one of its kind in Switzerland. In 2008 it was celebrating its 20th birthday (after the fusion of the former Institutes of Nuclear Research and the Institute for Reactor Research). Since then it became a international importance leading in the fields of fundamental research through medical, energy or material research up to space technology in projects together with NASA or ESA.

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The PSI is situated in Villigen (canton of Aargau) less than an hour away from Zurich. It employes 1300 people and another few hundred temporary researchers from all over the world. It develops and operates complex research installations as for example several giant partical accelerators. The range of application is big why the PSI calls itselfs rightly a „multi-disciplinary research center“

IAESTE invites you for a tour through the „PSI forum“ which is the visitor center of the PSI. We will also get the possibility to step into the PSI's most popular accelerator - the Swiss Light Source (SLS).

If you need more information and details about the PSI you may find it on the PSI webpage or visit the webpage of the PSI Forum

This event is open for everyone. You don't need be settled in a specific study field. The Industrial Sight is made up in a way that it is intelligible to all (also non-science related people). It will be fun and exciting to see how research works in Switzerland.

Program

Friday, August 8

  • Inofficialy for those who want: We meet for lunch in front of the PSI Forum already at 12:30 (sharp). We will eat in the PSI canteen which is lead by a world champion of a cooking olympia.
  • Start at 13:30 in the PSI Forum
  • PSI Forum - discover all about PSI science fields by several interactive exhibits
  • short 3D movie
  • introduction to the populare accelerator SLS - Swiss Light Source
  • coffee break
  • guided tour through the SLS
  • End at about 16:30

Participation fees

This event is for free!

Not included

Train ticket from your place of departure to the PSI are not included.

If you join for the optional lunch this will also not be included (it costs an ordinary price of about 10-12 CHF).

Meeting point and train connections

  • 13:30 in front of the PSI Forum.
  • Remark: From Brugg take the bus 639 (in direction to "Döttingen") The PSI owns two bus stations. drop out at PSI Ost and walk the way back for about 300m. You will face the PSI Forum and the canteen, situated in the same building.

From Basel

Train connection from Basel

From Zurich

Train connection from Zurich

To Basel

Train connection to Basel

To Zurich

Train connection to Zurich

For further information on train connections, check the SBB website.

If you need further explenations how to get there visit How to get to PSI

Registration

The maximum number of participants allowed for this event is 25 (including organizers and helpers) and the registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. If your registration is not among the first 25, it will be put on the waiting list.

The online registration closed on Monday, 31 August 2009, at 18:00:00.

Check out the list of participants for this event.

Contact

If you have any questions, write to Show e-mail address.