Category: Education

CHEMISTRY ON THE ENTRANCE EXAM? SPRING PREPARATORY COURSE

In recent years, chemistry has been recognized as the basis of a large number of natural and technical sciences and a very important science in the DeepTech trend, which is why a growing number of faculties value chemistry knowledge on the entrance exam. Chemistry is especially important for achieving a high number of points on the entrance exams at medical and technological faculties, as well as in chemistry and biology study programs, in our country, the region or the European Union.

The NanoPoli Center is opening a call for preparatory classes within smaller, dynamic groups, which has proven to be a better way of learning and acquiring knowledge. As lecturers, we have gathered excellent chemists from Gen-Z. The classes will be divided into groups depending on the target faculty, will follow the defined literature, but will be extremely interactive.

The lecturers are young enough to be generation-vise close to the students preparing for the entrance exam, but they are chemists who graduated with a high average, won awards and participated in international projects in innovative chemistry.

When and where?

Dates: 01.03.-30.06.2025.

Time: every Saturday

Location: Multimedia Hall of the Innovation Center Banja Luka, Mladena Stojanovića 4 in Banja Luka.

How to apply? Send a short application to: info@npcentar.org

What’s next?

Formation of groups that meet the requirements of the entrance exams (certain groups have already started early preparations)

Price of preparation on a monthly basis (4 sessions of 2 hours + coffee break): 100 KM

With the desire to succeed in achieving your dreams, the NanoPoli Center invites you to prepare together!

School of Art through the Prism of Science

After the success of our winter art classroom and the interest shown by our young attendees in the concept where science “meets” art, we are pleased to announce a new beginning with workshops that will take place during the spring months.

Once again, through a memorandum of cooperation with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at the University of Banja Luka, the NanoPoli Center is organizing the school “Art through the Prism of Science.” Lecturer is our colleague Tatjana Ratković Bosnić, a master of arts in the field of graphics. As before, the uniqueness of our art classroom lies in the fact that participants will learn about scientific phenomena through creative visual work and cooperation with physicists and chemists, and create unique artworks.

The number of participants is limited to 10 per group, with the formation of appropriate age groups (ranging from 6-18 years).

Membership fee for 8 classes (4×2) on Saturdays is 70BAM per month.

 

Please send applications to: info@npcentar.org

 

Work schedule: 01.03.-30.06. 2025 in the modern classroom of the Center for Material Innovation (ground floor of PMF). Parking is provided for parents.

Welcome!

COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP: “GRAMMAR IS NO STATICS”

We are pleased to invite you to join our latest educational program: “Grammar is no statics”. Our target group is elementary school students aged 8 to 10, an age that scientific research shows is critical, but also the best period for acquiring basic language skills and creating friendships through language.

 

Children’s view of language and its structure is different from that of adults. That is why we often hear from children unusual thinking about the meanings of words or strange language forms. NanoPoli Center has recognized the importance of language as a universal tool for expressing both their own feelings and thoughts and understanding other disciplines and cultures.

 

Regardless of what professional direction your child will have, he needs a correct understanding of the world of science and the skills of condensing thoughts and ideas into proper structures. But that’s not all! Only when they master basic language skills, children understand that language is not STATIC but changes along with the development of civilization, and we, with our specific talents, imagination, skills and gifts, can really influence that flow.

 

The work will take place in groups of up to 10 participants. The promotional price will be 70 KM per month (8 sessions per month). The venue is the multimedia hall of the Innovation Center Banja Luka (Mladena Stojanovića 4, 78 000 Banja Luka).

 

During 2025, the program will be expanded to other age groups, which we will regularly publish announcements on our social networks and the NanoPoly Center website. The program will run from 1. 2. 2025 to 30. 6. 2025, after which we will offer schools for further development of skills with appropriate competitions and awards, which will be held during the summer holidays.

 

Please send your applications to: info@npcentar.org

Application deadline: 20. 1. 2025.

Module content:

  • Linguistics for children
  • Establishing grammar rules
  • Tricks for better language acquisition
  • Board games for brainstorming
  • Tongue twisters and tongue twisters
  • Spelling experiments
  • Help with school assignments

 

The classroom was designed and will be led by our expert associate Dr. Aleksandra Savić, a professor of Serbian language known for the extremely popular program “Jezikolovac“. By choosing the lecturers, we have ensured the top quality of this unique program in the Republika Srpska. Most importantly, the program is designed in such a way that children will receive additional support and assistance in solving current school tasks in the Serbian language through each workshop.

WINTER ART CLASSROOM: WHERE SCIENCE MEETS CREATIVITY

In collaboration with the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Banja Luka, NanoPoly Center proudly presents a pilot art classroom – a place where imagination and science merge into a unique creation!


What awaits you? Through creative workshops with our talented colleague, Master of Arts in Graphic Design Tatjana Ratković Bosnić, participants will:
explore the magic of colors and shapes, learn unusual techniques and intertwine science with the cooperation of experts in physics and chemistry.

 

Thus, we will create works of art that bring imagination to life with science!
This is the perfect way for young people to fill the last days of winter break, entering the world of art, science and creative play.
When and where?
Dates: January 16, 17 and 18, 2025.
Time: from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
Location: modern classroom of the Center for Materials Innovation, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Mladena Stojanovića 2 in Banja Luka.
Parking is provided for parents.


Who is the workshop for? Participants aged 6 to 18, divided into age groups. The number of places is limited.
How to apply? Send a short application to: info@npcentar.org
What’s next? After the pilot classroom, we are organizing permanent classes for all art lovers from February to July 2025.
Workshop price: 50 KM.
Join us and experience a unique adventure of merging art and science!

INVITATION: LIFE CYCLE ASSESEMENT WORKSHOP

   

NanoPoli Centre is pleased to announce a fruitful collaboration with Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG). As the technical organizer, we cordially invite you to the workshop “Sustainability and environmental assessment – research, practice and education”, which will take place on 22nd of November 2024 at Inovacioni Centar Banja Luka in Banja Luka, Republika Srpska BiH.

Please register with your name and affiliation at: info@npcentar.org

About the educational content created by ZAG:

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a widely used method for the environmental assessment of products, processes and services. LCA reports can be of high complexity and the final readers often lack the necessary expertise to fully understand the results of an LCA study, which can lead to sub-optimal decision making or even erroneous conclusions. The workshop will provide an overview of common misconceptions and misunderstandings surrounding LCA, examine why LCA trainings are needed and explore how to improve the understanding of LCA results and reports. The workshop is organised within the EIT RawMaterials RIS HUB Adria, EPICENTRE and CO2TREAT projects.

The EIT RawMaterials Community is the world’s largest association in the raw materials sector, with a core mission to ensure a sustainable and stable supply of key raw materials to European industry, by supporting innovation along the entire value chain. EIT RawMaterials RIS HUB Adria is a regional centre covering Slovenia, Croatia and outreaching to the whole Western Balkans region.  Activities are focused on supporting innovation, education and networking of stakeholders in the raw materials sector, connecting all key links in the innovation ecosystem.

The EPICENTRE project aims to develop an innovative educational course in order to bridge the gap in comprehension and communication surrounding LCA and new business development. The EPICENTRE project implements the deployment of a comprehensive and dynamic educational platform that integrates e-learning, simulations and workshops, thus ensuring an innovative and engaging learning experience for participants from industry and academia.

The main aim of the CO2TREAT project is to design a new generation of resource-efficient products for civil engineering applications by substituting primary resources characterised with high embodied carbon with low-carbon alternatives made from CO2 treated secondary resources, such as steel slag and incineration ash. By forging new industrial symbiosis linkages between the steel, energy and cement industries, CO2TREAT project will enhance the circularity and the competitiveness of the energy intensive material production sectors.

The workshop welcomes architects, engineers, industrial experts, manufacturers, policy and decision makers, product designers, researchers, students and everybody else interested in sustainability, eco-design and environmental assessment.

Workshop programme

09:30 – 10:00Welcome coffee & registration
10:00 – 10:15Introduction by NanoPoli Centre
10:15 – 10:45EIT RawMaterials RIS HUB Adria: Speed up your sustainable innovation!
10:45 – 11:15Why we need LCA training and education
11:15 – 11:30Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00EPICENTRE – The educational platform for Life Cycle Assessment
12:00 – 12:30CO2TREAT – Mineral carbonation of coal ash – a CCU solution to bind CO2 and improve its environmental acceptability
12:30 – 13:00Discussion and conclusions
13:00 –  …Lunch on the location, informal meetings