In December we ran a Skype exchange with students at Madrid Technical University (UPM); here are the practical guides that we created for students in English & Spanish:
The technical scientific world is the starting point for development and improvement in any field nowadays. Several centres and universities all over the world are focused on this type of research. We will concentrate on two academic centres located in London and in Madrid.
Firstly, Imperial College is one the most prestigious universities all over Europe whose research is divided in many departments. However, we will just address here the Physics Department. One of the most eye-catching topics is the search for the origin of mass, in which fundamental particles and the forces between them are studied. For this task, an accelerator R&D is used. Apart from this, astrophysics, photonics or plasma physics are some other remarkable research-groups.
Furthermore, next to London we can find another important centre: Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. It is considered as one of the most important centers in the UK, it is at the forefront of international science. One of its current goals in particle physics is to complete the 'Standard Model'. For this aim, particle physics experiments can be massive, some of them using high energy particle accelerators of many kilometres in diameter.
Moving forward to Madrid, Technical University of Madrid (UPM) also has a significant research plan. Just to mention a few: Material Science Department (ETSICCP), Solar Energy Institute (ETSIT) or Industrial Electronics Center (ETSII). For instance, the Materials Science Department’s main research is on concrete, rocks and quasi-brittle materials in its thermo-mechanical behaviour side.
Finally, without having mentioned even the slightest part of universities research, we easily realize the impact in our lives of the above mentioned progress. For this reason, it is extremely important to keep the financing of the research programs in universities and to urge young students to participate in them, as they may become the future researchers.
Juan Elizaga López-Jurado
Marta Bartolomé-Herrero
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