CEM to Host “Keys to Success in Recruiting & Retaining Women in STEM” workshop led by The Women’s Place

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The Center for Emergent Materials is teaming with The Women’s Place to host a workshop for CEM faculty and post doctoral fellows on Thursday, November 18 from 2-4PM in 400 Stillman Hall.

This workshop will emphasize mentoring issues in academia including the following: Issues faced by women and underrepresented groups while progressing through the graduate and faculty ranks; hard data about existing barriers; and concrete actions that individuals or centers can take for addressing these barriers.

Please RSVP to Michelle McCombs at mccombs.75@osu.edu.

CEM to Host Post Doctoral Career Panel

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The Center for Emergent Materials is hosting a panel for the OSU STEM Post Doctoral Fellows on Tuesday, November 16 from 3-4PM in E100 Scott Laboratory.  Please see the flyer for additional details.

The panel will consist of two faculty members at the Ohio State University, as well as two local industry representatives.  Topics to be discussed include: strategies for obtaining positions in academia and industry; challenges and expectations of each career path; job opportunities in emerging fields.

Please RSVP to Michelle McCombs at mccombs.75@osu.edu

CEM Awards Two Proto-IRG Seed Grants

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Two new research projects were awarded CEM Proto-IRG Seed Funding with a total investment of $200,000 in direct costs over twelve months. Please join us in congratulating the research teams.

“Thermal Spintronics: Engineering Spin Currents and Dissipation”
PI: Roberto Myers, Dept. of MS&E
Co-PI: Jos Heremans, Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Co-PI: Zeke Johnston-Halperin, Dept of Physics

“Magnetic Resonance Studies of Chromatin Structure and Dynamics”
PI: Michael Poirier, Dept. of Physics
Co-PI: Christopher Jaroniec, Dept of Chemistry
Co-PI: P. Christopher Hammel, Dept. of Physics

CEM to Host Informational Panel for NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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The Center for Emergent Materials is hosting a panel for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program on Tuesday, October 12 from 2-3PM in 1080 Physics Research Building.  Please see the flyer for additional details.

The panel will consist of three current NSF Graduate Fellows and one faculty member who has reviewed applications.

Additional information for other upcoming Graduate Fellowships will also be provided.
Please RSVP to mccombs.75@osu.edu.

If you have any additional questions, please contact Michelle McCombs at mccombs.75@osu.edu.

Applications now open for the 2010-2011 Academic Year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program

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The OSU Center for Emergent Materials (CEM) will support 9 undergraduates to do CEM related research during the academic year starting November 1, 2010 and continuing through Spring quarter 2011. Students will be expected to work 8 to 10 hours per week during regular class weeks at $10/hour and to present a poster describing their research at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum toward the end of Spring quarter, 2011. For additional information, please see http://cem.osu.edu/education-and-outreach/reu/