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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><div style="font-size: medium; ">UH-MRS Chapter is delighted to announce the 1st UH-MRS Student Symposium which will be held on April 5th 2017 (2-5 p.m, Engineering Bldg. 1).</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">All students who are working on different aspects of materials science and engineering (such as superconductors, semiconductors, materials energy fabrication, batteries, photovoltaics, biomaterials, nanomaterials, polymers, so on) from diverse research groups across the UH campus are invited to participate at the event.</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">The symposium focuses on poster presentation. Refreshment will be served and poster printing costs will be covered by the chapter.</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Awards:</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">* <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>1st Prize: Certificate and cash prize of $300.</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>2nd Prize: Certificate and cash prize of $200.</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>3rd Prize: Certificate and cash prize of $100.</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Important dates and deadlines: All abstract submissions must be received by 24 March 2017.</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Please submit your abstract by the deadline to the president of UH-MRS Chapter (<a href="mailto:Mheydari@Central.uh.edu">Mheydari@Central.uh.edu</a>) with the subject of “1st UH-MRS Student Symposium-abstract”</div><div style="font-size: medium; ">Please provide full name of the co-authors, advisors name and department information.</div><div style="font-size: medium; "><br></div><div style="font-size: medium; ">The UH-MRS Chapter was established in April 2016 at the University of Houston by the approval of the Materials Research Society (MRS) Board of Directors. <a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201604/materials-research-society-establishes-uh-chapter">https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201604/materials-research-society-establishes-uh-chapter</a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><br></div></body></html>