Cernay, France and Maulburg, Germany

The last two days have been quite the whirlwind for the students on this side of the pond! 

On Tuesday, March 28th, the group traveled to Cernay, France to tour E+H Flow Cernay. They had a great time bonding with their tour guide. After their visit, they traveled to Baden-Baden, a hiking location in Switzerland. The students had the great fortune of experiencing European traffic firsthand as they sat at a standstill for an hour and a half. Thankfully, it provided an excellent opportunity to catch up on some much-needed sleep!

There is a replica scale model of the Statue of Liberty in the city in which the original architect was born!

It was a true joy to visit E+H Flow Cernay, and we were glad that the feeling was mutual!

Some students finished out the long day with Matt at a local sushi bar in Lörrach, Germany

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Wednesday, March 29th, took the group to E+H Level+Pressure in Maulburg, Germany. To say that the students learned a lot would be a sincere understatement! The day was packed with new information and many hands-on experiences that even allowed students to learn a useful new skill: soldering circuit boards!

Our hosts were incredibly generous the entire day! The students truly appreciated the food spread at various times throughout the day in addition to the wonderful lunch that E+H Level+Pressure provided. We could not ask for a better welcome! 

We divided into two groups. Each group intended to have the same experience, but time constraints made it so that we each did not see something that the other did. Ask your student about their hands-on experience in the apprentice area seen in the photos below! If your student isn't pictured below, ask them, instead, about how gamma rays are used to measure liquids like molten steel! They learned about Cesium-137 and Cobalt-90 and their respective half-lives and applications in measuring. They asked fantastic questions!

One of the bigger hands-on activities came after lunch. We had spent the day learning about a variety of different devices that E+H Level+Pressure use to gauge level and pressure for a variety of different industrial uses. For this hands-on activity, students soldered a circuit board to create an ultrasound distance-measuring device! Students were a bit hesitant initially, but they all dove in and learned on the fly. It was quite impressive! Ask your student to see the device when they return next week!

Even Dr. Worland participated in soldering a circuit board! 

Our hosts were fantastic and they continued their outstanding hospitality by inviting us to a restaurant in Lörrach to finish out the evening! 

The next two days are expected to be busy like the last two. Tomorrow, March 30th, the group will travel to Strasbourg, France to tour European Parliament and take a boat tour down the Ile river in the heart of the city. Friday, March 31st, the group will visit a local high school and spend the day with students learning about the differences in education and making new connections! Our time with Endress+Hauser will come to an end on Friday and then we are off to Neuschwanstein Castle and Munich.