WEP 2019
The Winter Enrichment Program (WEP), a hallmark event of KAUST, returned on Sunday, January 13 to Thursday, January 24, 2019. Chaired by Professor Valerio Orlando, Head of Environmental Epigenetic Program. #WEP2019 featured 12 days of keynotes, lectures, discussions, master classes, exhibits, and cultural events all relating to the theme of TIME.
Innovating for Tomorrow’s Technology 3/3
Location: Innovation Cluster
Innovating in today’s world is becoming an essential trait for tomorrow’s jobs. This 3-day course will help students understand the fundamentals of Innovation & Entrepreneurship to bui ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming for Beginners Group A 2/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
Flicker Fusion: Measuring Your Perception of Time 2/3
Location: Bldg. 9 Computer Lab # 2223
How fast can you see? The human eye is limited in its ability to observe the separation between subsequent flashes when they reach a critical threshold -- a phenomena known as Flicker Fusion. Intere ... more
CERN Virtual Visit Course
Location: Library, Computer Lab
The first part of the three-hours course, will serve as a brief introduction to the basic principles and tools required for experimental analysis of CERN collider data. Students will interact with a ... more
Posters submitted by KAUST graduate students and postdocs will be displayed using the University Library ePoster platform during the first week of the Winter Enrichment Program. Poster ... more
Creative Tactics for Communicating Science 3/3
Location: Spine auditorium between buildings 2 & 3
Communicating science has become an integral part of a scientist’s research cycle. According to UNESCO, there are more than 7 million scientists and researchers working in labs today -- ... more
Escape Room - Tuesday- Register your Team
Location: Times Square, Multipurpose Room
We bring to KAUST the most exciting room escape experience! Open to KAUST Community Members only Escape Hunt noun, Def: The name given to 20 minutes of pure, unadulterated excit ... more
KAUST Live Interview with Priyamvada Natarajan
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his top ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming for Beginners Group B 2/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibr ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Chasing After The First Black Holes
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
We now know that black holes are ubiquitous in the universe, in fact, every galaxy including our own harbors a supermassive black hole in its center. Less than 40 years ago, black holes were consi ... more
Opening of the CERN LHC Tunnel Exhibit
Location: University Library, Level 2, Lobby
Join us for the official opening of the LHC CERN Interactive Tunnel with CERN Professor John Ellis and Yale Professor Priyamvada Natarajan. What is the universe made of? How did it sta ... more
LabVIEW Workshop B
Location: Library - Computer Room
LabVIEW is a comprehensive development environment that contains all the tools engineers and scientists need to design and deploy measurement and control systems. About this Workshop In this 1-day ... more
Display and present your best research during this year’s WEP-Library ePoster Competition. *This event is open to graduate students and postdocs only. Interested in sharing you ... more
Take a guided tour of the Museum of Science and Technology in Islam with Ana Catarina D. Matias, acting manager, Public Relations at KAUST. The Museum celebrates the contributions of Mus ... more
KAUST Live Interview with John Ellis
Location: Lobby, Building 20
KAUST Live consists of a 20 minute live interview and a 10 minute Q&A with the audience livestreamed at KAUST's Facebook page. The speaker will have a chance to talk about his topic ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
What are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?
Location: Bldg 20 Auditorium
What are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? These are fundamental questions about the Universe and our place within it that particle physicists address by studying the fundamental const ... more
Film Screening and Discussion: A Brief History of Time (1991)
Location: Cinema
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
Time is Rhythm: Traditional West African Drumming Advanced Group 2/4
Location: Harbor Walk
The best way to keep time is through rhythm; the best way to learn rhythm is by playing traditional West African drums. This traditional West African music course will introduce students to the vibran ... more
We are excited to host the 2019 WEP Film Festival, where renowned scientists will introduce and lead discussions for a range of educational documentaries and fictional film screenings related to thi ... more
