The Institute for Materials' Student Advisory Council invites you to attend this half-day symposium that explores collaborative materials research in core areas of the national Materials Genome Initiative (MGI), including computing and electronics, transportation, mobility, and infrastructure; medicine and health; energy generation, storage, and sustainability.

Researchers will present on collaborations in the above mentioned categories, and will facilitate panel discussions on the same topics. The symposium will conclude with a graduate student poster session and networking mixer from 5:00-7:30 pm. Graduate students involved in collaborative materials research efforts are encouraged to submit posters for consideration. Each submission should be no more than 250 words and include the names of at least two principal investigators, at least one of whom must be affiliated with Georgia Tech. Abstracts in core areas must be submitted no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Jan 24, 2014. Please submit your abstract through the link provided below.

Sessions and Panels: 12:30-5:00 pm

Networking and Poster Session: 5:30-7:30 pm

Abstracts Due: 5 pm Friday, Jan 24, 2014

For Abstracts:   https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ubIBBlEZCpXikeCekg5NZLBifhGSxA2aKnn8ic8Cqts/viewform

For more information or to register for the event:     http://materials.gatech.edu/webform/collaborative-approach-meeting-materials-genome-initiative