Ilona Stengel: The role of human emotions in science and research
للونا ستينجل: دور العواطف البشرية في العلم والأبحاث
Ilona Stengel focuses her work on the synthesis of new organic molecules, stemming from her passion for organic chemistry. Full bio
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he's the first [officer]
of the Enterprise crew,
of Mr. Spock's emotions.
and suppress their feelings
in between logic and emotions,
في صراع بين المنطق والعواطف،
watch with amusement
and movies from the '60s until today.
منذ السيتينيات إلى الآن.
what I want to talk about today:
في التحدث عنه اليوم:
is all about facts and logic
يدور حول العلم والمنطق
or considered an obstacle to get rid of.
واعتبارها عائق يجب إزالته.
are as important in science
لا تقل أهمية في العلم
of our lives.
we cannot get rid of our emotions.
حتى لو حاولنا بجهد،
we should make use of our feelings,
علينا الإستفادة من مشاعرنا،
as facts and logic.
on the role of emotions and science,
عن دور العواطف في العلم،
kept me thinking about it
on organic light-emitting diodes,
الثنائية العضوية التي تنتج الضوء،
in smartphone displays and TV screens.
في شاشات الهواتف الذكية والتلفاز.
truly colorful and bendable.
وملونة حقاً وقابلة للطيّ.
of my physicist colleagues.
I started to work on it.
أن بدأت بالعمل عليها.
to stop OLED research.
البحث الخاص بـOLED.
had reasons for this decision,
أسبابها لهذا القرار،
very well, actually.
for their performed work.
with my scientist colleagues and me
the announcement
on emotions in science.
عن العواطف في العلم.
had grown to more than 80 people,
لأكثر من ثمانين شخصاً،
that our project was discontinued,
from one day to another.
to bring all activities to a sound end
كل الأنشطة على نهاية راسخة
within the company for everyone.
that we were working on a project
نعمل على مشروع
our output hit the roof.
خرقت نتائجنا سقف التوقعات.
on two different OLED projects:
for blue-shining OLEDs,
في الإضاءة الزرقاء لـOLED،
which had started in 2014.
والتي قد بدأنا فيها عام 2014.
concern the green OLED project.
تخص مشروع OLED الأخضر.
how the lifetime,
كيف أن العمر الإفتراضي،
for the durability of our devices,
into the project,
نصف عام على المشروع،
as soon as possible
colleagues started leaving the team,
بدأ الزملاء بترك الفريق،
the same attitude of,
leaving the ship."
working on the project was decreasing,
grew dramatically.
team spirit formed.
passion for our work,
لأنه أوشك على الإنتهاء،
that we could turn our ideas into reality.
أنه بامكاننا تحويل أفكارنا إلى واقع.
to something bigger.
in the focus of the management,
عند الإدارة شيئا فشيئاُ،
to think about new projects,
a few things into our own hands.
also means more responsibility,
تعني المزيد من المسئولية،
because we believed in our work.
of self-reinforcing cycle,
with such personal engagement
to something meaningful.
and sometimes frustrating time,
ومحبطاً في بعض الأحيان،
about the end of our project
and mesmerizingly exciting time.
وقتًا شديدًا ومثيرًا للغاية.
for our materials
commercialized materials
مع المنتجات التجارية
and a slightly different operation.
who haven't seen the movies,
to save the starship Enterprise
لإنقاذ المركبة الفضائية
through the universe to search for Spock,
only very little chance
did not give them permission
into their own hands
على مسئوليتهم الخاصة
they eventually found Spock,
وجدوا سبوك بالفعل،
joined the team again.
بالإنضمام إليهم مرة أخرى.
and the connection of his team
والتواصل مع فريقه
which was to save him
over the episodes of the saga,
الحلقات الخاصة بالملحمة،
of both logic and emotions
and exploring new worlds,
واكتشاف عوالم جديدة،
for both our OLED story and Star Trek
for a lot of breakthrough stories,
للكثير من القصص الخرقاء،
are all part of a great team.
towards reaching their goal.
تفانِ كبير تجاه هدفهم.
all the freedom they can get,
التي يمكنهم الحصول عليها،
they need to take.
التي يحتاجون إلى اتخاذها.
was nearing the end,
فيه على نهايته،
several times.
several depressed evenings
in personal development and happiness.
من التطور الشخصي والسعادة.
for my colleagues and our whole project,
should be based on facts and logic.
أن يعتمد على الحقائق والمنطق؟
our emotions in science,
عواطفنا في العلم،
feelings instead of facts.
المشاعر بدلاً من الحقائق.
of using our feelings
أن نخاف من استخدام مشاعرنا
fact-based science and innovation.
على الحقائق والإبتكار.
do not oppose each other.
to something meaningful,
as much as you like.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ilona Stengel - Material researcherIlona Stengel focuses her work on the synthesis of new organic molecules, stemming from her passion for organic chemistry.
Why you should listen
As Lab Head for Research and Development of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLED), Ilona Stengel designs specific molecules which transport electrical charges or emit light for display applications. She studied chemistry at the University of Konstanz and graduated with her diploma thesis about natural product synthesis in 2007, and she received her PhD at the University of Ulm in organic electronics. Over the past ten years, she's been part of several international academic and industrial research groups, which has given her insights into people's motivation in a scientific and research context.
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