Innovation Infrastructure Workshop

The Institute for Materials invites you to attend an Innovation Infrastructure Workshop organized by Ken Gall, Professor for the School of Materials Science and Engineering. Ken will share his experiences in forming two start-up companies based on materials technologies and his expertise in utilizing campus resources for entrepreneurs. This is an interactive event! It will be a great opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of transitioning research into the market so students are encouraged to attend, at no cost.

The workshop will be held Tuesday, December 2 at 9 a.m. at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, Room 235. We will adjourn at 12:30 p.m. for lunch in the GLC Atrium. Breakfast, coffee, and refreshments will be served during the workshop. 

Please RSVP by December 1 at http://www.materials.gatech.edu/workshops

We look forward to seeing you there.


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David L. McDowell,
Regents' Professor and Executive Director
Institute for Materials
Paper Tricentennial Bldg.
500 Tenth Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0620
Website: www.materials.gatech.edu

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Cecelia Jones
Center Manager
Institute for Materials
Georgia Institute of Technology
500 Tenth Street, NW, IPST Bldg, Room 414
Atlanta, GA 30332-0620
Phone:  404-894-7769 / Fax: 404-894-0186
Email: cecelia.jones@imat.gatech.edu
Website: www.materials.gatech.edu

“Magnetic Resonance at Georgia Tech” December 16, 2014

Seminar: "Intro to Coca-Cola Company's Plantbottle Project" from 11:00am to 12:00pm on Nov 18th in MRDC 4404.

Georgia Tech Student Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers has invited Dr. Robert M. Kriegel from The Coca-Cola Company to give an industrial seminar titled as "Intro to Coca-Cola Company's Plantbottle Project" from 11:00am to 12:00pm on Nov 18th in MRDC 4404.

Can you help to spread this information to the students who might be interested in School of Chemistry and Biochemistry?

The abstract of seminar and biography of Dr. Robert M. Kriegel are provided below:

SPE Invited Industrial Seminar Announcement

Title: 

Intro to Coca-Cola Company's Plantbottle Project

Abstract:

The Coca-Cola Company’s Plantbottle project is an ambitious effort to move an entire industry from fossil based feedstocks to renewable feedstocks. The discussion will provide a background on the program and we will be discussing some of the technical background and information that influenced the choice to go into this direction, the choices we have made with respect to new materials in development, the challenges and the opportunities, especially as it relates to polymer and materials science. Intern/co-op opportunities in Global Packaging Group of The Coca-Cola Company will also be discussed.

Biography: 

Rob Kriegel has been a researcher at The Coca-Cola Company for 10 years in the Global Packaging group focusing on materials and polymer science innovation for the company.  In those 10 years, he has co-authors 13 publications with university partners, been granted 9 patents, and provided innovation solutions that combined have saved the Company and Coca-Cola System over $200 million dollars.  Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company, Rob worked at Halliburton Energy Services developing production enhancement fluids for the oil industry.  Rob has two of his three degrees from Georgia Tech and tries to maintain strong ties to the University.

Time:

11:00 am to noon, Nov 18th (Tuesday) 2014 

Location:

RM#4404, MRDC-1 Building (801 Ferst Drive)

Free food will be provided.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Yifeng Hong

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President

The Georgia Institute of Technology Student Chapter of the Society of Plastics Engineers (Georgia Tech Student Chapter of SPE)

Graduate Research Assistant & Doctorate Student

School of Materials Science and Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology

Room 3405, MRDC I, 801 Ferst Drive, 

Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332

Paid Summer Internship Opportunities in Taipei, Taiwan (2015)

The Taiwan International Graduate Program is pleased to invite applications to the International Internship Program (TIGP-IIP). The TIGP-internship programme in collaboration with 10 top-ranking local research universities. The TIGP office would like to invite young talents from around the globe to experience Taiwan's top-notch scientific research facilities and to jointly build up an intellectual network for people with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The attached file is the TIGP-Summer internship poster. I really hope that you could help me to pass this Summer internship programme to students in your faculty or school.

The online application starts from 1^st January 2015 to 28^th February 2015. For more information and online application, please kindly refer to the following website.

https://db1x.sinica.edu.tw/tigpSummer/

 There are 12 programmes offered by 2015 TIGP Summer Internship Programme:

1. Chemical Biology and Molecular Biophysics
2. Molecular Science and Technology
3. Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences
4. Bioinformatics
5. Molecular and Cell Biology
6. Nano Science and Technology
7. Molecular Medicine
8. Earth System Science
9. Biodiversity
10. Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

11. Sustainable Chemical Science and Technology

12. Social Networks and Human-Centered Computing

Once again, we do very appreciate if you could help us to pass TIGP-IIP internship information to students in your faculty or school .

If you have any other question about the summer internship programme, please kindly inform me.

Thank you

Kind regards,

Nicole Chen

International Affairs Office(IAO)

TIGP-IIP Administrative Team

Academia Sinica, Taiwan,

Tel: 886-2-2787-1405

GTPN-SA Poster Session-Abstracts Due Nov. 7th

Job Posting: Jacksonville University

Dear Dr. Finn:

My name is Jack Huang and I am working for Jacksonville University. Currently we are searching for a visiting assistant professor to teach chemistry. This appointment is renewable for up to three years.  There is a possibility that a tenure track position could be approved in the future and someone hired as a visiting would be eligible to apply for the tenure track position.

The official ad can be found at http://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=175969687&Title=Visiting%20Assistant%20Professor%20of%20Chemistry.

Would you mind to forward this to the graduate students and postdocs who might be interested in?

You have a  nice day!

Jack

Sutton All Fair Judges Needed-Nov. 19th

Sutton All Fair Judges Needed

The Sutton All Fair (Science and Social Studies) will be held on Wednesday, November 19th from 9:30am-3:30pm. We need 20 or so judges (warm bodies with sharp brains) to interview students about their projects. Just a 2-hr commitment is needed. Please click here to register as a judge. 

Science Questions: Science Contact: Julie Corey - jcorey@atlanta.k12.ga.us; 

Social Studies Contact: Robert Weatherly - rweatherly@atlanta.k12.ga.us

Merck Darmstadt Germany Innovation Cup 2015

Tutors Needed

High school math, science, and math SAT tutors needed for boutique tutoring business. Please be able to tutor AP-level high school chemistry, biology, and physics if you are science-oriented; and AP-level high school algebra I and II, geometry, pre-calculus, and calculus if you are math-oriented. Great if you can tutor in both areas! Preference given to those who have coursework/experience teaching writing to students with learning disabilities.

Pay: $25-30 per hour

Travel requirements: Tutors travel to clients’ homes in the metro Atlanta area and thus must possess reliable transportation.

Please contact me at LQuigless@gmail.com with an email that includes the following information, and thanks very much!

1) Your educational background and any relevant certifications
2) Your teaching experience
3) Your travel boundaries
4) Your hours of availability
5) Factors that make you an outstanding tutor

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Leslie Quigless

Writer: Novelist, Essayist, Short Story Writer

Check out Leslie's work!

Founder and Primary Tutor, Now I Get It! Tutoring Services
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Director, Atlanta Young Writers Institute
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