Overview of the opening weekend
After hearing some "hard facts" by our very own Dr Tobias Neckel, the newcomers of the Elite Graduate Program “Bavarian Graduate School of Computational Engineering (BGCE)“ broke the ice on Friday, led by the two coordinators Jan Seydel and Michael Wiedenmann in the softskill seminar ”When teamwork works”.
We enjoyed an in-depth exploration of high-performance circuit simulation with a talk by Dr Christoph Kowitz, representing Infineon at the traditional “Kaminabend”.
On Saturday, the juniors participated in a “contracting” session, negotiating the expectations and obligations. The seniors took part in the softskill seminar “Step Out”, which focused on team-building.
The final day of the Opening Weekend took place on Sunday, 16th April. There, the juniors and seniors worked through the “Group Challenge” activity, where they were to complete a complicated challenge together in a minimal stint of time. This culminated in the final “Consulting Circle”, where the seniors could share their gathered wisdom to the juniors in a guided, informal session.
As has so often been the case in recent years, we fully enjoyed the interaction with this group of motivated and committed students. We are very much looking forward to working with them for another eventful BGCE year.
Text: Huang Qunsheng