Course Schedule

Introductory online lectures will be held life in online-streaming. A recording of the lecture will be present on the online plattform.

Dates for the lectures are:

Friday March 20th at 14:00 - lecture 1

Tuesday March 24th at 14:00 - lecture 2

Tuesday March 31th at 14:00 - lecture 3  

The online plattform offers a variety of study material. It is important that students have a good understanding to be able to address the laboratory challenges. A self-evaluation test helps the student to assess their knowledge on AFM.

Students chose their preferences for the experimental challenges. Based on their choices we will compose mixed teams. The teams will meet online and prepare their challenges.

We will have a Kick-off Dinner with typical food from Bologna. The teams will meet in person and we give an introduction to the laboratory class.

We have different AFM setups and laboratory access for 5 days. Teams will work on their experimental challenges. 

9:00-13:00 Morning Session

14:00-18:00 Afternoon Session

On Wednesday we will have a "Scientific Aperitivo" at the DIFA department (18:00-20:00).

The teams prepare a concise report about how they solved the challenge. The report needs to provide instructions for future groups having to address similar challenges. The text will be uploaded on the online plattform and made available to all participants.

In the final meeting, teams will present how they addressed their challenges and will demonstrate their findings. Feedback is provided. All findings will be collected in the online plattform to be a future resource for AFM researchers.