Author: Marius Anger

Ferienakademie

For the second time, the BGCE contributed (12 students, 4 lecturers) to two simulation courses at the Sarntal Ferienakademie. This year’s, “BGCE courses” were

The students of the “Optimization and Form Finding” course also proved their practical skills during the seminar by designing, simulating, and putting up a party tent for the final session.

CSE/come.tum trip to Linderhof

The joint summer trip of BGCE’s two Munich programs, CSE and come.tum, has become a nice tradition. After trips to Herrenchiemsee (2003), Kaltenberg (2004), and Königsee (2005), this year’s summer excursion led us to Schloss Linderhof and Ettal.

The thorough inspection of Schloss Linderhof, including park and grotto, was followed by a visit of the cheese manufactoring centre and the monastery in Ettal (pictures of the event).

Opening Weekend in Westerham

The 2006 class of honours students will start the BGCE program with this opening weekend at the IHK Tagungszentrum in Westerham. Friday, 24th, will see the introduction of students and lecturers, and the presentation of activities in the following year.

Prof. Dr. Reinhard, head of Siemens Medical Solutions in Erlangen, will be our guest of honour for Friday evening.

On Saturday and Sunday, there will be a block seminar for the honours students.

Pictures of the opening weekend.

Opening Weekend in Westerham

On the first weekend of march 2005, the first group of honours students met at the IHK Tagungszentrum in Westerham. After the usual welcome and introduction ceremonies, details of the honours program’s curriculum were presented and discussed.

On Saturday evening, Prof. Dr. Klaus Wucherer, executive vice president of Siemens AG, was special guest for a fireside chat on the topic “High End Computing – the Future of Engineering”.