MATERIALS SCIENCE GRADUATE

STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

The University of Alabama System’s Tri-campus Materials Science Program is pleased to host a student symposium on Materials Science. Oral and poster presentations are welcomed. Cash awards for winners!

Awards for both oral and poster presentations

1^st place – $350; 2^nd place -$250; 3^rd place – $150

When: Thursday, January 24^th 2019

Where: The Ferguson Student Center Ballroom (2^nd Floor) on the campus of the University of Alabama

Ferguson Center

751 Campus Dr. W, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487.

https://ferguson.sa.ua.edu/

https://ferguson.sa.ua.edu/about-us/maps-directions/

Note a visitor paid parking deck is next to the Ferguson Center (http://bamaparking.ua.edu/visitor-information/)

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How to participate: Interested students should submit their abstract by midnight on December 15^th, 2018 to gthompson@eng.ua.edu (one abstract per student, please)

Submission details:

Submissions are to be in M.S. Word and include (1) Title (2) Author list with affiliation, with the presenter underlined and a contact email of the student and advisor (3) 200 word or less abstract (4) optional single figure if desired with caption (must be on the same page as text), and (5) at the bottom of the page in all capital letters a preference for POSTER or ORAL PRESENTATION. Depending on the number of submission, requested oral presentations may be assigned poster.

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Abstracts will be organized and a final symposium program which will uploaded to the materialsscience.ua.edu/symposium as well as emailed to the participants by January 14^th 2019.

Lunch options: Housing the symposium in the Ferguson Center offers easy access to on-campus eating options

https://ferguson.sa.ua.edu/food/

Symposium flyer – share with your peers!

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Any questions, please email Professor Gregory B. Thompson (gthompson@eng.ua.edu)