{"594776":{"#nid":"594776","#data":{"type":"event","title":"WST Learning Community Lunch, 10\/24\/2017","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoin Materials Science and Engineering professor Meisha Shofner at Ferst Place for a complimentary lunch and enriching discussion addressing your professional and academic questions. Attendance is limited.\u0026nbsp;If interested, please RSVP to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wst.lrn.c@gmail.com\u0022\u003Ewst.lrn.c@gmail.com\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Meisha L. Shofner is an Associate Professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, joining the faculty following post-doctoral training at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.\u0026nbsp; She received her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and her Ph.D. in Materials Science from Rice University.\u0026nbsp; Prior to beginning graduate school, she was employed as a design engineer at FMC in the Subsea Engineering Division, working at two plant locations (Houston, Texas and the Republic of Singapore), and she is a registered Professional Engineer in Georgia.\u0026nbsp; At Georgia Tech, Dr. Shofner\u0026rsquo;s research group is concerned with structure-property relationships in polymer nanocomposite materials and with producing structural hierarchy in these materials for structural and functional applications.\u0026nbsp; This research has been recognized by the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associate Universities and the Solvay Advanced Polymers Young Faculty Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Shofner is a member of the APS, TMS, and ASME.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJoin Materials Science and Engineering professor Meisha Shofner at Ferst Place for a complimentary lunch and enriching discussion addressing your professional and academic questions.\u0026nbsp;Attendance is limited.\u0026nbsp;If interested, please RSVP to\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wst.lrn.c@gmail.com\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ewst.lrn.c@gmail.com\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"WST Learning Community lunch with Materials Science and Engineering professor Meisha Shofner for complimentary lunch and discussion."}],"uid":"33898","created_gmt":"2017-08-22 15:50:46","changed_gmt":"2017-08-31 17:28:38","author":"Christina Lucas","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-10-24T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-10-24T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-10-24T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-10-24 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-10-24 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-10-24 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"132371","name":"The Center for the Study of Women, Science, and Technology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13752","name":"Materials Science \u0026 Engineering"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"93791","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERSVP to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:wst.lrn.c@gmail.com\u0022\u003Ewst.lrn.c@gmail.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}