From September 9 to September 27, 2024, the International Practice took place at JINR University Centre, with 37 students from South Africa, Mexico, Serbia, Vietnam, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus participating. For three weeks, students worked on projects under the guidance of JINR scientists.
During the practice, participants visited the JINR Basic Facilities exhibition, the Laboratory of Information Technologies, and the MPD detector of the NICA accelerator complex. Students were able to share about the culture of their countries on the International Day. Participants also learned about Russian history by visiting its heart, Moscow.
The purpose of this practice was to provide students with the opportunity to learn about the activities of the institute, as well as gain valuable experience working in an international team. Within the project, each participant conducted research, analysed data, and developed new methods and approaches to solving current problems.
Inga Zinicovskaia (FLNP): We had wonderful participants in our project: Aleksa Lukovich from Serbia and Sang Thi Minh from Vietnam. Aleksa is also involved in our new materials science project, which we are developing together with Serbia. As it is important for us to determine the elemental composition of the samples, Sang agreed to take them and pass them on to colleagues at the nuclear center in Dalat, where they will be irradiated, and we will prepare a joint work with Vietnamese and Serbian colleagues.
Oksana Streltsova (MLIT): In the High-performance Computing for Scientific and Applied Problems project, Vigen Gareyan, a graduate student of the A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan), participated. He is a very talented young man. We are happy to collaborate with such students. They have a good mathematical background, excellent knowledge of physics, and they work on problems close to the topics of our laboratory.
Students noted that the practice helped them develop skills and competencies necessary for a successful career in science.
Luane Spamer (Stellenbosch University, South Africa): The practice was very useful for me, especially considering my engineering background. In the Modified Metal-Polymeric Track-Etched Membrane Surface Characterization project with A.N. Nechaev (FLNR), I learned a lot about material research and the intricacies of the technological process".
The International Student Practice contributes to the exchange of experience and knowledge, as well as strengthening international relations in the field of science and education.
