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Events (archive)

Events (archive)

We believe in our duty to share knowledge through weekly seminars, regularly workshops and other events. on this page you'll find events organized in the past. If you're interested in upcoming events visit the Events page. Our weekly seminars at DIFFER cover a wide range of topics and are open to everybody. Please, read more on our dedicated Seminars page. You can find specific information for external visitors and subscribe to our seminar mailinglist on this page.

DIFFER Seminar: Making multi-physics a piece of PIE

Seminar, to
Amritam Das
Abstract: Multi-physics processes - such as heat flow, fluid dynamics, and electrical systems - are naturally described by Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). These mathematical models capture how physical quantities change over both space and time.
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DIFFER Seminar: The (Unconventional) Physics of Steady States in Instability-Driven Turbulence

Seminar, to
Paul Terry
Abstract: Instability driven turbulence is fed by inherently virulent sources: instabilities typically grow exponentially and would diverge to infinity were there no nonlinearity. In turbulence the key nonlinear process is spectral transfer, i.e., energy transfer between scales.
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PhD defense Jos Scholte: The viability of liquid metals as a plasma-facing material in nuclear fusion devices

PhD defense, to
Jos Scholte
Jos Scholte will defend his PhD thesis titled: 'The viability of liquid metals as a plasma-facing material in nuclear fusion devices'.
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PhD defense Xingyu Chen: The Plasma–Solid Oxide Interface: An experimental study of plasma-enhanced surface processes

PhD defense, to
Xingyu Chen
On 27 May 2025 Xingyu Chen will defend her thesis called 'The Plasma–Solid Oxide Interface: An experimental study of plasma-enhanced surface processes'.
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DIFFER Seminar: Terahertz Integrated Photonics with Nonlinear Materials

Seminar, to
Shima Rajabali
Abstract: In the domain of terahertz communications and broadband terahertz spectroscopy, practical applications require the development of miniaturized devices that are high-speed, power-efficient, and sensitive. I will highlight latest innovations, present obstacles, and future possibilities concerning integrated nonlinear photonic devices for optical-terahertz applications.
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