Dear students and staff,

On Friday 23rd of May at 16:00 Sander Osinga, Senior Scientist Integrator at TNO will give a FEST about:
Applied Earth Sciences in practice: easier said than done?

Many, if not most, scientists and researchers aim for their work to have some practical, real-world application or impact. The sentence “Understanding process X will lead to valuable impact on Y” can be found in innumerable introductions to papers, theses and research proposals. Often however, the way in which this impact is affected remains vague at best. In this talk we go through (what I believe to be) some characteristics of what constitutes applied research, and discuss examples of applied earth sciences-based projects at TNO. We end with a “Quick start guide” to help those who are interested get started on their own journey of making sure their research can be applied by others. There is room for open discussion throughout the presentation as well as at the end.
You can join the talk on-campus in KBG-COSMOS or online through our FEST TEAMS channel: https://tinyurl.com/fest-2025-2ndsemester
Drinks will be provided afterwards in the canteen of the Vening Meinesz or, if the weather allows it, outside in front of the VMA.

Hope to see many of you at the FEST!
Best wishes,
The FEST committee