The senior members in CitBIO participate in many different education activities at various DTU departments, which include courses within health technology, microscopy, chemistry, nanotechnology, and data analysis on bachelor, master, and PhD levels. The courses attract students from all over Denmark as well as from abroad.
Visualisation of micro and nano structures
In this course, optical microscopy is introduced and compared to other visualization methods such as electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy. This enables the student to choose between imaging methods and to further develop these methods. A large part of the course is dedicated to hands–on experience using state-of-the-art equipment.
The course is a BSc course (DTU course 33257, Physics and Nanotechnology). Detailed information about the course is available here.
Materials characterization and testing
In this course, optical microscopy is introduced as a material characterization method along with X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy. The goal of the course is to equip the student with knowledge about methods that facilitate answers to questions about material properties.
The course is a BSc course (DTU course 41685, General Engineering). Detailed information about the course is available here.
Computer-based Introduction to Data Analysis for Physics and Nanotechnology
The goal of this course is to enable the student to identify which elementary kinds of random behavior are likely to be encountered in a given situation and know how to decide if it is the case and to use it in data analysis and modeling of stochastic processes. Such skills are highly relevant for the scientific work performed in CitBIO and well beyond. It is a hands-on course, in the sense that computer simulations and analysis of experimental data motivates the need for the appropriate mathematical descriptions required for the analysis and modeling of data.
The course is an MSc/PhD course (DTU course 33647, Physics and Nanotechnology). Detailed information about the course can be found here.
Biomedical Prototyping
The development of biomedical instrumentation requires expertise in a range of scientific disciplines, including: Biology, medicine, electronics, mechanics, software, and (increasingly) optics. In this hands-on course, the participants combine knowledge and practical skills from each of these fields to design, construct and test a confocal laser-scanning microscope. Through hands-on work with this instrument, and a hackathon about a real-world biomedical problem, the participants learn to use the workshops and resources at DTU Skylab (our innovation incubator), thus acquiring know-how and confidence; strengthening the participants’ basis for pursuing their own tech-ideas at their own initiative during their studies at DTU and beyond.
The course is a BSc course (DTU course 31515, Bioengineering). Detailed information about the course can be found here.