RuhrFellowship Program June 5 - July 26, 2019 Bochum, Bermuda3eck Welcome RuhrFellows 2019,

It is a great honor and privilege to Congratulations on joining our choose the three universities of the internship at an innovative and welcome you to the Area! RuhrFellows community. You Ruhr as their gateway to Europe. worldwide operating company can call yourself one of the nine based in the region. Against this distinguished students carefully As a RuhrFellow, you will be background, you will get to know chosen as this year’s participants. participating in an outstanding the Ruhr Area as an excellent two-month program hosted by environment for studying, working, Since 2012, this program, which Ruhr University Bochum. In June, and living well. aims at fostering academic, you will improve your German cultural, and economic exchange language skills and learn more Such programs would not be between US and Ruhr universities, about the University Alliance possible without the support has brought more than 100 Ruhr and its partners. The Culture of outstanding people and students to the Ruhr Area. Located Series will provide you an insight institutions. With that said, in the heart of Europe, the Ruhr is into current issues, such as the we would like to thank our Germany’s largest metropolitan Energiewende, cyber security as wonderful sponsors, the Max Kade region with over 5 million well as migration, intercultural Foundation New York City, the inhabitants. Once one of Europe’s communication, and popular Wirtschaftsförderung largest coal and steel producing culture. Excursions to the State and the Regionalverband Ruhr hubs, the region has since made Parliament, the US Consulate, for their generous support tremendous transformations the RWE power plant, the of this year’s RuhrFellowship and is paving the way to a more Chemiepark Marl, and the Coal program. Without their trust and digital, more sustainable, and Mine Recklinghausen complement commitment, this program would greener future. It is therefore no the exciting summer school part of not have been possible and we truly coincidence that students from the program. In July, you will apply hope to continue this productive American universities increasingly your gained knowledge during an collaboration in the future.

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We thank our participating We are very much looking forward companies the - to taking you on an academic, genossenschaft, Evonik, cultural, and social journey innogy, ista, Klöckner, KPMG, through the region. We sincerely thyssenkrupp, Vaillant, and WILO hope that your experience will deeply for providing internship continue beyond this summer and placements and allowing you to that it may be the first step into learn more about their business lifelong intellectual, professional, and organizational practices. and personal bonds between you and the Ruhr Area. Our heartfelt thanks goes out to all of the professors, staff members, and students at the Jutta Schmid University Alliance Ruhr and Deputy Director beyond, who have helped to put International Office, Ruhr University Bochum this unique program together. Sina A. Nitzsche The RuhrFellowship 2019 and Lan Nhi Nguyen would not have been possible Organizing Team without their unlimited efforts, International Office, Ruhr University Bochum commitment, and enthusiasm!

4 5 University Alliance Ruhr The academic hub for research, teaching, studying, and networking in Germany’s vibrant Ruhr Area

The University Alliance Ruhr is universities in over 130 countries We invite you to learn more about an alliance between the Ruhr and a combined annual budget the UA Ruhr alliance and our University Bochum (RUB), TU of close to €1.2 billion – which universities, and we look forward Dortmund University (TUDO), provides our students and to welcoming you in the Ruhr Area and the University of Duisburg- researchers with virtually soon! Essen (UDE), the three largest unlimited possibilities for universities in Germany’s thriving exchange and resources for Ruhr Area. Each of our institutions development. To support our has a strong tradition of breaking already strong global network down walls between disciplines. of international exchange and We believe in the benefits of collaboration, the UA Ruhr has also collaboration on all levels of created academic liaison offices for scholarship and research, which North America, Latin America, and is one of the reasons we came Russia. together in this unique university The Ruhr Area is not only alliance. Germany’s largest academic hub, More than 120,000 students, of but also an epicenter of innovation which 20,400 are international, as that fosters close interaction well as over 1,300 professors and between academia and the private 9,300 researchers study and work sector – and our alliance provides within the UA Ruhr universities. students and researchers from Together, the three universities around the world with an open have 800 partnerships with gateway to our region.

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Friday, June 7, 2019 Thursday, June 13, 2019 6pm RuhrFellows Warming 9-11:30am German Language Course 1-10 pm Meeting of the Minds 12-1:30pm Official Welcome Lunch with Reception, Essen Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Prof. Dr. Kornelia Freitag, 9-12pm RuhrFellows Vice President of Friday, June 14, 2019 Welcome Brunch 2019 Ruhr University Bochum, 10am-12pm RuhrFellows Culture Series 2: 1-2pm Campus Tour Partners, and Sponsors Hip-Hop in the Ruhr Area: 2-4pm Faculty of Engineering: 2-3pm Climate Change and its Impact Histories, Identities, and Meet & Greet on Fauna and Flora: Tour of Communities 5pm Pub Crawl Botanical Garden Speakers: Hosted by Engineering Students Speaker: Dr. Wolfgang Stuppy Dr. Sina Nitzsche, Faculty of Philology, Thursday, June 6, 2019 Monday, June 10, 2019 Amandip Singh, Dancer 9-11:30am German Language Course Public Holiday 1-3 pm RuhrFellows Culture Series 3: 1-3pm RuhrFellows Culture Series 1: The Germans: Society, History, The Ruhr: How it all Started, Tuesday, June 11, 2019 and Culture How it Changed, and Why it is 9-11:30am German Language Course Speakers: Prof. Dr. Werner Voss, Important 3-5pm Surprise Event organized by Dr. Frank Hoffmann, Speaker: Dr. Lutz Budrass, Transatlantic RuhrFellows ‘19 Institute for German Faculty of Historical Sciences Cultural Studies Wednesday, June 12, 2019 9-11:30am German Language Course Monday, June 17, 2019 1-3 pm Company Visit 8am-5pm Field Trip: RWE Power Plant Proudly Presented by innogy

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019 Monday, June 24, 2019 Thursday, June 27, 2019 9-11:30am German Language Course 9-11:30am German Language Course 8:30-10am Breakfast Meeting at the NRW 1-3pm Horst Görtz Institute for 12:30-5pm Field Trip to Coal Mine Parliament, Düsseldorf IT Security Trainingsbergwerk Speaker: Angela Freimuth, Cyber Security in the Digital Age Recklinghausen Vice President of the NRW Speakers: Proudly Presented by RAG Parliament, President of Prof. Dr. M. Angela Sasse, the German American David Rupprecht, M.Sc., Tuesday, June 25, 2019 Parliamentary Group Lea Schönherr, 9-11:30am German Language Course 10-10:30am Tour of NRW Parliament, Faculty of Electrical Engineering 1-3pm Doing a PhD in the Ruhr Area: Düsseldorf and Information Technology How the RUB Research School & 11-12:30pm US Consulate Düsseldorf: 3-5 pm RuhrFellows Culture Series 4: Research Academy Ruhr Support Q&A with US Consul General Culture and Psychology Young Scholars Fiona Evans Speaker: Dr. Pradeep Chakkarath, Speaker: Dr. Nicole Sprafke, Faculty of Social Sciences Research Academy Ruhr Friday, June 28, 2019 9-1:30pm Field Trip Chemiepark Marl Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Proudly Presented by Evonik 9-5pm Field Trip to TU Dortmund 9-11:30am German Language Course University 2-7pm Field Trip to Thursday, July 4, 2019 University of Duisburg-Essen 6pm Fourth of July BBQ Thursday, June 20, 2019 Public Holiday Friday, July 26, 2019 6 pm RuhrFellows Farewell Party

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Sarah Bui Cassidy Crone Thomas Jankovic Sarah Bui is a rising junior at the Cassidy Crone is a rising junior at Thomas Jankovic is a rising senior University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University from Tucson, at Princeton University majoring in majoring in Environmental Science. Arizona, studying Mechanical German Politics and Culture and She is from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Aerospace Engineering with minoring in Environmental Studies and currently discovering solutions to a certificate in German Language Vocal Consort Performance. He studies environmental problems around the and Culture. Her interests include German culture as an intersectional world to bring back to Vietnam. She spacecraft and aircraft design and framework for his interests in classical currently works as a Waste Reduction aerodynamics. She is the vice president music and environmental policy. He is Coordinator for UC Berkeley residence of Princeton Club Fencing and enjoys currently researching the mechanisms halls and dining halls, conducting painting in her free time. Last summer linking the German energy transition weekly audits and training staffs to she participated in a one-month study to energy democratization. Last sort their waste. She is also involved abroad in Munich and is excited to summer he worked at the Hessisches in plant-microbe interactions research learn more about the Ruhr valley and Ministerium für Energie (Hessian Sarah Bui Cassidy Crone Thomas Jankovic in the USDA and has climbed a roof German language and culture and Ministry of Energy) within the to install solar panels with Grid improve her German-speaking abilities. Energiemonitoring department. On Alternatives. Besides academic and campus, he sings with the Nassoons professional work, she loves to cook, acapella group, the Decem consort go hiking, and travel. She is excited to choir, and the Glee Club, and he plays freshen up her German this summer. French horn in the orchestra. He grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, and also enjoys tutoring, long distance running, and Ultimate frisbee.

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Kaila Pfrang Malini Rao Agasha Ratam Kaila is a rising junior studying to better the community. In general, Malini Rao is a junior studying Agasha Ratam is a rising junior at Yale Aeronautics and Astronautics at the she enjoys traveling, exploring new Mechanical Engineering and University, where he studies Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology. cultures and languages, hiking, and Applied Mechanics at the University as well as Electrical Engineering and She is particularly interested in the biking. She is very excited to continue of Pennsylvania. She grew up in Computer Science. In the summer, intersection of chemical engineering learning German and expanding her Bangalore, India, and moved to Agasha developed an FPGA-based with the aerospace industry in areas world knowledge. Philadelphia for university. She is simulation software for asynchronous such as habitation, propulsion, and interested in pursuing product design chips. His favorite courses he has taken human spaceflight. Additionally, she and manufacturing. She works as in college include Data Visualization is passionate about understanding a teaching aide for the Mechanical and American Economic History. In the way in which people interact Engineering department and has his free time, he enjoys discovering leading to her studies in public policy experience, as well as enjoys tutoring new music, playing chess, and reading as it pertains to urban studies and in physics and math. She can often be comics. Agasha grew up in Jakarta, planning. She is very excited to spend a found working on projects in her lab, Indonesia and dreams of visiting all Kaila Pfrang Malini Rao Agasha Ratam summer in one of the most innovative swimming at the university pool, or seven continents one day. countries and leaders in the chemical exploring new coffee shops in Philly. industry especially after spending last She loves the outdoors and likes to go summer with NASA Langley Research hiking or bicycling during weekends Center looking into Mars spaceflight and school breaks. She enjoys learning trajectories. Kaila is very involved as about German culture as well as an MIT Varsity Sailor and a leader with learning the language itself. the student government committee on innovation working on exciting projects

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Eric Rizzi Kent Toshima Christopher Valencia Eric Rizzi is a rising senior at Lehigh He enjoys meeting new people Kento (Kent) Toshima is a rising junior Christopher Valencia is a rising junior University, studying Chemical & and traveling, as just last summer at Harvard majoring in Computer at the University of Pennsylvania Biomolecular Engineering. Born and he interned in Sydney, Australia, at Science and minoring in Energy & majoring in Mechanical Engineering raised in a small town (Cold Spring, EnergyLab for 8 weeks. He is excited for Environment. He is interested in with an interest in Computer Science. New York) he is incredibly excited the endless opportunities a summer interdisciplinary projects of computer He is half Peruvian and half Colombian, to be in Germany this summer. He in Germany has to hold and is looking science and environmental science; and grew up mostly in the New is passionate about renewables, forward to traveling and experiencing he is currently in a research project York and New Jersey area. While at sustainability, and the overall well- Europe for the first time. at Harvard SEAS to study the effect Penn, he spent his past summer as a being of the environment. He intends of aerosols in atmosphere on climate Residential Advisor for SMASH, a STEM- to peruse a career that is focused on change using statistical models. He is advocacy program that provides higher improving the conditions our natural half Japanese and half American, born education resources to underprivileged, environment. On Lehigh’s campus he and grew up in Tokyo until he came to yet motivated high school students is an involved student, serving as an United States two years ago. He values across the country. In addition to being Eric Rizzi Kent Toshima Christopher Valencia Orientation Coordinator, an Admissions learning about different cultures and a lifelong mentor for these students, Tour Guide, co-hosting a radio show, is very much looking forward to the he also enjoys boxing, being in the being a member of a fraternity, and RuhrFellowship. In his free time, he machine shop, and performing as a playing drums in a few bands. His likes to run in nature. member of Penn’s Onda Latina latin hobbies include hiking, playing music, dance group. His future endeavors playing sports, and going to concerts. include working in the field of energy or a field that combines his interest of mechanical design with computer science.

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We would like to thank our partner companies and organizations for their support in providing the RuhrFellows with the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience in a range of industries in Ruhr Area. We would also like to acknowledge the generous support of the Max Kade ista is one of the leading companies in innogy SE is a leading German energy and South Eastern Europe, especially the The Industrial Solutions business area KPMG is a network of professional firms We have established teams of WILO SE, with headquarters in Dortmund, Foundation, the Wirtschaftsförderung improving energy efficiency in the building company, with revenue of around €43 Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. In of thyssenkrupp is a leading partner for with around 207,000 employees in 152 interdisciplinary specialists for key is one of the leading manufacturers of Dortmund and the Regionalverband sector. With our products and services, we billion (2017), more than 42,000 employees renewable power generation, the company the engineering, construction and service countries and territories. In Germany too, industries of the economy. These pool the pumps and pump systems for heating, Ruhr. help to sustainably save energy, CO2 and and activities in 16 countries across is also active in other regions, e.g. Spain, of industrial plants and systems. Based KPMG is one of the leading auditing and experience of our experts around the world cooling and air-conditioning technology, costs. ista has specialized in sub-metering, Europe. With our three business segments Italy and the USA, with a total capacity of on more than 200 years of experience advisory firms and has around 11,700 and further enhance the quality of our for water supply and drainage and sewage. which is the individual metering, billing and Renewables, Grid & Infrastructure and 3.9 gigawatts. As a leader of innovation in we supply tailored, turnkey plants employees at 25 locations. Our services are advisory services. As a global player, Wilo is always striving to transparent visualization of consumption Retail, innogy addresses the requirements of future-oriented fields like eMobility, we are and components for customers in the divided into the following functions: Audit, place the requirements of the customersat Our ambition is to explore new and data for multi-family buildings and a modern, decarbonised, decentralized and represented in the international hot-spots chemical, fertilizer, cement, mining and Tax, Consulting and Deal Advisory. Our the heart of what it does and to find tailor- innovative paths together with our clients. commercial properties. The company digital energy world. Our activities focus of the technology industry such as Silicon steel industries. As a system partner to Audit services are focused on the auditing made solutions for our customers and Our objective is to make valuable solutions employs more than 5,500 people in 24 on our more than 22 million customers, Valley, Tel Aviv and Berlin. We combine the automotive sector we develop highly of consolidated and annual financial partner companies. Making. Life. Easy. We for tomorrow available today. Our approach countries worldwide and helps roughly and on offering them innovative and the extensive expertise of our energy specialized solutions to meet the individual statements. The Tax function incorporates use this triumvirate as a basis fordeveloping is driven, passionate and totally committed. twelve million apartments and commercial sustainable products and services which technicians and engineers with digital requirements of our customers. Around the tax advisory services provided by KPMG. products and solutions which make people’s properties to save important resources. The enable them to use energy more efficiently technology partners, from start-ups to 16,000 employees form a global network Our high level of specialist know-how on lives more comfortable inmany ways. The ista Group recorded sales of €881.1 million and improve their quality of life. The key major corporates. with a technology portfolio that guarantees business, regulatory and transaction-related company employs about 7,800 people in 2017. markets are Germany, the United Kingdom, maximum productivity and cost-efficiency. issues is brought together within our worldwide. In 2018 turnover amounted to the Netherlands and Belgium, as well Consulting and Deal Advisory functions. €1.46 billion. as several countries in Central Eastern

ista.com innogy.com thyssenkrupp.com kpmg.de wilo.com

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Klöckner & Co is one of the largest producer- business clients. XOM Materials, an The (Emscher As a public corporation, the We may not manufacture tires, mattresses, Evonik stands for attractive business and Vaillant offers its customers worldwide independent distributors of steel and independent venture launched by the Water Management Association) was Emschergenossenschaft is supported by its medications, or animal feeds, but Evonik innovative prowess. Our corporate culture eco-friendly, energy-saving heating and metal products and one of the leading Klöckner & Co Group, is geared to develop founded on December 14, 1899, and members: cities, municipalities and mining is part of all of those products – and many is geared toward results, profitable growth, ventilation systems that make increasing steel service companies worldwide. Based into the leading industry platform for was the first German water board. It and business partners. more. While we often contribute only small and increasing the value of the company. use of renewable energies. Our product on our distribution and service network steel, metal and related products. later inspired the foundation of several amounts of material, those contributions Operating in over 100 countries, we benefit portfolio encompasses solar-thermal of around 160 locations in 13 countries, other water boards, among them the are precisely what make the difference. from close customer relationships and and photovoltaic systems, heat pumps, Klöckner & Co supplies more than 100,000 Lippeverband, which was founded on That’s because Evonik products make tires leading market positions. Over 36,000 ventilation systems for low-energy customers. Currently, the Group has around January 18, 1926. fuel-efficient, mattresses more elastic, employees are united by the understanding buildings, high-efficiency heating systems 8,600 employees. Klöckner & Co had sales of medications more effective, and animal that no product is so perfect that you can’t using fossil fuels, and intelligent controls. Our activities in the Emscher region can some €6.8 billion in fiscal 2018. As a pioneer feeds healthier. That’s what specialty make it better. In financial year 2017 the company, which be traced back over 100 years. Drawing of change in the steel industry, Klöckner chemicals are all about. And when it comes has been family-owned since its foundation on the vast experience gained during this & Co is in the process of digitalizing its to specialty chemicals, we’re among the in 1874, achieved with more than 13,000 time, we are able to offer services tailored entire supply and value chain. In addition, best in the world. employees sales of about €2.36 billion. to the specific needs of people and the our digital unit, kloeckner.i., is increasingly commercial development of the Emscher providing consulting services for external river catchment area.

kloeckner.com eglv.de evonik.com vaillant-group.com

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The Max Kade Foundation, Inc. takes pride The Metropolis Ruhr, which is home to more Welcome to Dortmund! RUB Research School is the campus-wide Research Academy Ruhr (RAR) is the cross- in participating and sponsoring various than five million people, is repositioning graduate school for all doctoral researchers university platform within UA Ruhr for Picture Credits Like almost no other German city, Dortmund programs which encourage the exchange its location marketing with its “City of and postdocs at RUB. students’ careers in research, business, and has seen enormous change in recent years. of academic ideas among universities and Cities” campaign and self-confidently It offers advanced qualifications in an society. The three UA Ruhr universities have The former “steel city” developed into a colleges both in the United States and in communicating the strength of its location- international environment, supports a joined forces in the RAR to offer a strong Cover: © Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord/ modern and cosmopolitan metropolis, German-speaking countries. In this ever- related factors. The location marketing seamless transition into the job market network for early career researchers. Thomas Berns acquiring reputation all across Europe as changing global society the fostering of campaign of the Regional Association Ruhr and advises everyone starting or planning a Page 2: © Bilddatenbank der Stadt Bochum an innovative location for technological cross-cultural understanding has become (RVR) is a long-term strategy. It is intended doctorate at RUB. Page 4: © Takashi Images/Shutterstock development. more important than ever before. to present the business location of the Ruhr Page 6: © Ruhr-Universität Bochum Metropolis as a strong location for industry Start-ups, spin-offs and technology © TU Dortmund The Foundation supports initiatives which that offers an attractive environment in companies in close proximity of TU © Universität Duisburg-Essen promote international understanding by which to live and diverse business and Dortmund University grow in one of Page 8: © Bochumer Veranstaltungs-GmbH sponsoring exchange programs between education opportunities. The “City of Cities” Europe’s largest technology parks with more Page 10: © Marvin Ronsdorf on Unsplash Germany, Austria and the United States wants to attract new people from outside: than 10,000 employees, more than 300 Page 12: private such as post-doctoral research exchange investors, visitors, businesspeople, skilled companies at the location Dortmund. Page 14: private programs, visiting faculty exchange workers and students. Page 16: private programs, and exchange programs of But the biggest city in the Ruhr Area also undergraduate and graduate students both scores with a wide range of possibilities here and abroad. in the cultural and sporting sectors, with extensive greens and a high quality of life. maxkadefoundation.org metropole.ruhr wirtschaftsfoerderung-dortmund.de research-school.rub.de research-academy-ruhr.de

22 23 University Alliance Ruhr Universitätsallianz Ruhr www.uaruhr.org