Study of physics

1. Global Marathon March, 2007 Global Marathon 2007“How a female physicist ends up as a production engineer” I’m a young professional and I want to give you my motivation to choose a technical or natural scientific job, my experiences during my study and my first experiences in the job in a short slide show. I’m now the only physicist in my working group and the only woman in this working group. It’s an anomaly in two ways… Agilent''s Life Science/ Chemical Analysis Group (LSCA) is a leading provider of analytical instrument systems that enable customers to identify, quantify, analyze and test (the molecular, physical and biological) properties of thousands of substances and products. I’m a young professional and I want to give you my motivation to choose a technical or natural scientific job, my experiences during my study and my first experiences in the job in a short slide show. I’m now the only physicist in my working group and the only woman in this working group. It’s an anomaly in two ways… Agilent''s Life Science/ Chemical Analysis Group (LSCA) is a leading provider of analytical instrument systems that enable customers to identify, quantify, analyze and test (the molecular, physical and biological) properties of thousands of substances and products.

2. Global Marathon March, 2007 Study of physics The studies: Basic studies: hard to get used to the new learning conditions. Learning every day including the weekends; fed up with physics Main studies: get more and more used to the conditions. Increasing awareness to pass the study; Diploma thesis: All exams are done, interesting theme, nice team, was fun to work for the thesis Basic studies: hard to get used to the new learning conditions. Learning every day including the weekends; fed up with physics Main studies: get more and more used to the conditions. Increasing awareness to pass the study; Diploma thesis: All exams are done, interesting theme, nice team, was fun to work for the thesis

3. Global Marathon March, 2007 Universalism of physics Physics is very basic A lot of possibilities to learn something about other branches Not even about the natural sciences (for example philosophy or economic science were also a option for the minor subject in my study) My minor subjects were computer science and environmental physics In my diploma thesis I analyzed if in small glaciers potentially climatic information is stored possibly from the last few thousand years. Therefore it is important to know the age of the ice, first of all and find an structure in age or better a structure at all!! Therefore I was on a expedition in the swiss alps, on such a “small” promising glacier to get icesamples.Physics is very basic A lot of possibilities to learn something about other branches Not even about the natural sciences (for example philosophy or economic science were also a option for the minor subject in my study) My minor subjects were computer science and environmental physics In my diploma thesis I analyzed if in small glaciers potentially climatic information is stored possibly from the last few thousand years. Therefore it is important to know the age of the ice, first of all and find an structure in age or better a structure at all!! Therefore I was on a expedition in the swiss alps, on such a “small” promising glacier to get icesamples.

4. Global Marathon March, 2007 Working as a production engineer Advance the quality of the manufactured assemblies Qualify changes in parts or processes This all results in series of measurements and possibly small redesigns In some cases I do the measurements by myself (sometimes the workers in the production line) but deciding which measurements, result summarizing, result interpretation and conclusions are always my part, or part of the engineering team. Transferring new products from R&D into production while using DFx methods Designing production equipment Continuous improvement programs Training of direct labor workforce on new products and technologiesAdvance the quality of the manufactured assemblies Qualify changes in parts or processes This all results in series of measurements and possibly small redesigns In some cases I do the measurements by myself (sometimes the workers in the production line) but deciding which measurements, result summarizing, result interpretation and conclusions are always my part, or part of the engineering team. Transferring new products from R&D into production while using DFx methods Designing production equipment Continuous improvement programs Training of direct labor workforce on new products and technologies

5. Global Marathon March, 2007 Team: Engineers with one physicist Together with the feedback from my colleagues in my team I found these points as an advantage for a functional mixed team. Need a bit more time to get in the jobTogether with the feedback from my colleagues in my team I found these points as an advantage for a functional mixed team. Need a bit more time to get in the job

6. Global Marathon March, 2007 Team: men with one woman Fact: the only one woman of more than 100 engineers or scientists at my working site. Don’t feel special or different. Percentage of women at the university: about 15%Fact: the only one woman of more than 100 engineers or scientists at my working site. Don’t feel special or different. Percentage of women at the university: about 15%