Session: NSF Mrsec Innovative Materials Science and 21st Century Skills through Team-Based Interdisciplinary Research (2014 SACNAS National Conference)

Thursday, October 16, 2014: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM

LACC 407 (Los Angeles Convention Center)

Chair:

Rolando Valdes Aguilar, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University

Description: Materials Research Science & Engineering Centers (MRSECs) allow large multidisciplinary teams of university-based researchers to undertake cutting-edge materials research. This symposium will illustrate the value-added of interdisciplinary researchers for students and researchers, and highlight opportunities for REU, MS and PhD study as well as postdoctoral and faculty appointments.

10:15 AM

Introductory Remarks

10:20 AM

CRISP MRSEC: Achievement of 21st Century Skills via Team-Based Interdisciplinary Research in Materials Science
Christine Broadbridge, PhD , Professor , Southern Connecticut State University

10:40 AM

Exciting Undergraduate Research Experiences at UCSB MRSEC
Javier Read de Alaniz, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of California, Santa Barbara

11:00 AM

Navigating Mentor-Student Dynamics and the Importance of Good Dialog
Melissa Kosinski-Collins, PhD , Associate Professor of Biology , Brandeis University

11:20 AM

Programmable Drops for Hierarchical Microstructures
Nick J. Carroll, PhD , Assistant Professor , Duke University

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