Fundamentals of chemical sensors and electronic noses

Bressanone, Italy
24 Feb – 1 Mar 2002

Local organiser

Prof. G. Sberveglieri, INFM - Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per l'Ingegneria e per i Materiali, Universita' di Brescia

Introduction

Activity Report by Matteo Pardo 

The 1st NOSE II Short Course was held in Bressanone (province of Bolzano in Northern Italy) from February 24th to March 1st 2002 as the first public event of the NOSE II network. The short course was entitled “Fundamentals of Sensors and Sensor systems”. The five days in Italy were accordingly filled with lectures on topics related to sensors and e-noses as well as the basics of related sciences. However, the agenda left enough time for informal meetings and intense discussion among the participants.

As many as 65 participants registered for the event in the short time after the announcement. As the event was planned for about 50 participants (excluding lecturers) nearly all available places were occupied. This shows clearly the need for this kind of educational events in the e-nose and sensor community. The students with a background of mainly engineering, physics, chemistry, and computer science came from almost all European countries.

Eighteen lecturers, known as experts in their field, were invited by the organisers to give a total of 25 lectures. Apart from the lectures a “Round Table” for discussion and two poster sessions were scheduled.