{"71567":{"#nid":"71567","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Chemistry Woven Through Our Lives Poster Session","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChemistry, as a scientific discipline, makes vast contributions to sustainability and the well-being of human kind.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn honor of the International Year of Chemistry, the Georgia Tech Library will give 10 graduate students the opportunity to present chemistry as a ubiquitous element of research in a juried poster session Thursday, Oct. 27. \n\n\u201cChemistry Woven Through Our Lives: Celebrating the International Year of Chemistry\u201d is the first poster session of the Blended Research @The Library series. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis series provides a forum for interaction between researchers from different disciplines who may be doing research in complementary areas,\u201d said Lori Critz, head of the Library\u2019s Faculty Engagement Department.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe poster session will take place Thursday, October 27 in the Library on the 2nd Floor West. Judging begins at 11 a.m. Winners will be announced at approximately 12:30 p.m. Posters will be available for public viewing from 11 a.m. \u2013 1 p.m. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe poster session is sponsored by the American Chemical Society, Institute of Physics, Knovel, CRC Press, and MathWorks. The year 2011 was officially established as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC 2011) in December 2008 at the 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\nGeorgia Tech joins chemical societies, academics, and institutions across the globe in this worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry. Participants from the departments\/schools of Biomedical Engineering, Biology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will compete for cash prizes of $750 for 1st place, $500 for 2nd place, and $250 for 3rd place. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis affords graduate students opportunities to present in \u2018real world\u2019 situations and also gives them presentation credit,\u201d Critz added. \n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThere will be two free raffles for Exhibition attendees  - for MATLAB \u0026amp; Simulink Student Version software.  Attendees must be present to win!\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the poster session or the Blended Research @ the Library series, contact Lori Critz at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:Lori.Critz@library.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELori.Critz@library.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or 404.385.4392.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChemistry,\nas a scientific discipline, makes vast contributions to sustainability and the\nwell-being of human kind.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn\nhonor of the International Year of Chemistry, the Georgia Tech Library will\ngive 10 graduate students the opportunity to present chemistry as a ubiquitous\nelement of research in a juried poster session Thursday, Oct. 27. \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"In honor of the International Year of Chemistry, the Georgia Tech Library will give 10 graduate students the opportunity to present chemistry as a ubiquitous element of research in a juried poster session Thursday, Oct. 27."}],"uid":"27508","created_gmt":"2011-10-19 13:01:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:56:24","author":"Tearanny Street","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2011-10-27T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2011-10-27T14:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2011-10-27T14:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2011-10-27 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2011-10-27 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2011-10-27 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47240","name":"Georgia Tech Library"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1791","name":"Student sponsored"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}