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My name is Frank Simon. I studied technical chemistry. After that I worked for 3 years at a shipyard, 2 years in dairy research and 3 years in the plastics industry.
The following 32 years I was a scientific employee at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany): 14 years in the process engineering laboratory and 18 years in the ergonomics laboratory of the Department of Ecotrophology and Health Sciences. I taught the students how to do the laboratory experiments, always trying out new ideas in order to improve my teaching style. I supervised and evaluated bachelor’s and master’s theses and in the final years I also gave lectures such as lecture "Occupational Health Research" in the master's degree course "Health Sciences". Since August 2021 I am retired.

Through their studies and the execution of laboratory experiments, the students should ...

• gain practical skills,
• learn how to conduct occupational science experiments,
• learn to work scientifically,
• learn to write bachelor’s and master’s theses,
• being treated with respect.

When I wanted to optimize my teaching with regard to these goals, I realized that I first had to clarify fundamental questions. In 2008, I began publishing the answers to these fundamental questions on this website (the website was previously called www.stuwap.org). I (Frank simon) wrote all the texts on this website based on this many years of experience. There’s no need for me to praise myself - just check out the texts and see if you like them.

My goal is to improve people's education through clearly written texts and thereby contribute to achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal No. 4: 

"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all." (https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal4, 06/20/26)

"Inclusive" means that no one is excluded from learning. That is why I translated some texts - though the results were not always entirely successful.

Korrektorat und Lektorat:  Optimum Text

Büroreinigung in Hamburg:  Ma Conciergerie