IFIMUP X'mas Dinner

POP QUIZ
It's time for part 3 of our FCT evaluation! Can you help IFIMUP get an excellent evaluation?

• YES, let's do it!

• I just want to eat.

Let’s start with something simple. What does IFIMUP stand for?

• Institute of Physics of Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics

• • Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials and Nanostructures of the

  • University of Porto

• • Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics

• • Innovation for Physics for Advanced Materials and Nanostructures and Photonics

When was it founded?

• 1987

• 1988

• The age of Enlightenment

• 1989

Who is the current director of IFIMUP?

• Schrödingers cat

• João Pedro Araújo

• No one knows - it’s always been like this

• The intern who fixed the cryostat connections

What inspired the founding of this institute?

• A deep love for science and nanotechnology

• A government grant and a dream

• It’s classified.

• • A dare between physicists over who could build the strongest magnet

• All of the above

When was the Micro and Nanofabrication Unit inaugurated?

• 2015

• 2013

• 2014

• During a particularly productive coffee break

• 2016

How many laboratories does IFIMUP currently have?

• 7

• 10

• 12

• 15

IFIMUP conducts a lot of research im cryogenic regimes. What is the operating temperature range for the PPMS?

• 1.5 K - 450 K

• 1.9 K - 400 C

• From “so cold your coffee freezes” to “hot enough to fry a pastel de nata”

• 1.9 - 400 K

During the FCT evaluation, how many labs at IFIMUP were “accidentally” hidden from the evaluators?

• One or two—it was a time issue!

• None, the rest are hmm storage rooms.

• None, because “out of sight, out of mind.”

• None, they saw everything.

How did IFIMUP “showcase” the XRD to evaluators during the FCT visit?

• By showing stock footage of an XRD from YouTube

• By claiming it was too advanced to be demonstrated live

• By explaining its theoretical principles in great detail

• By mirroring the PC screen and praying they didn’t ask questions