Prima Primissima Award: Härtlein's nomination

For his teaching and outreach activities, our colleague Károly Härtlein is nominated for the Prima Primissima 2022 Award in the category "Education in Hungary". Congratulations for the nomination!

 

Károly Härtlein obtained his degrees in engineering and teaching between 1980 and 1990, and has been leading the demo lab of the BME Institute of Physics since 1990. He is passionate for experimental demonstrations in physics education, and has delivered hundeds of experiment-focused lectures for students and teachers, within and outside Hungary. He is also a leading figure in Hungary's sceptical movement. In 2005, he initiated the first Researchers' Night event in Hungary, which took place at BME. He has appeared in numerous physics outreach TV shows, the most popular being "Brutal Physics". 

 

News item on the Award's page (in Hungarian): https://www.primaprimissima.hu/a-prima-primissima-dij-2022-es-jeloltjei/

 

News item on bme.hu (in Hungarian): https://www.bme.hu/hirek/20221005/Prima_Primissima_jeloltek_a_Muegyetemrol