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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222">Hi All,<br>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> The University of Houston Materials Research Society Chapter (UH-MRS) chapter is
proud to organize their <b><i>3<sup>rd</sup>annual UH-MRS Houston Chapter Poster Symposium</i></b><i> </i>on <b>October 14, 2019</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222">. We plan on hosting 35 posters from graduate
students and the top three posters, selected by different judges, will be awarded with <b>cash prizes</b>. We would also strongly encourage undergraduates to participate with their own posters. We plan on hosting 5 posters from undergraduate students, one
of them will be awarded with a <b>cash prize</b> as well. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> Since we have limited number of posters, priority is given on a first come first
serve basis. If you are interested, please submit one page abstract with an email subject line of ''3rd UH-MRS Student Symposium'' in .doc or .pdf file (less than 150 words) to the email address <a href="mailto:uhmrs1927@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">uhmrs1927@gmail.com</span></a>. <b>T</b></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">he
deadline for submit your abstract is 30th September.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222"> We will stop taking more abstracts a</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">fter
40 participants (35 graduate; 5 undergraduate) are reached</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222">. There will be notification for posters after we receive all abstracts. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> UH-MRS has successfully hosted two student symposiums-poster sessions in the engineering
building commons for the last two years. We <b>strongly encourage</b> presenters from different departments such as Mechanical Engineering, Material Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Physics.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Posters will be printed by UH-MRS chapter and refreshment will be served during presentation. Please let me know if
you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thank you, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sicong Sun</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#763E9B">UH MRS Chapter President</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#763E9B">Program of Material Science and Engineering</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#763E9B">University of Houston</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Here are the links of last two years poster session:</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050"><a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201704/uh-materials-research-society-student-chapter-hosts-campus-symposium" target="_blank"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201704/uh-materials-research-society-student-chapter-hosts-campus-symposium</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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