About the GT Materials Society

We aim to.... link students to the professional materials societies and raise awareness and involvement about opportunities open to students. The GT Materials Society typically meets several times a semester (dates are announced later) for FUN. Members should also join Materials Advantage. Your commitments are up to you. Feel free to comment, interact, and create, in digital space! Please visit our google calendar for the quickest notifications.

Thursday, April 9, 2009

MSE Ugrad Town Hall Meeting

MSE undergraduates are invited to the Student Advisory Board's town hall
meeting to be held this Friday, April 10th
in room 183 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm.

There will be free pizza provided. The entire MSE undergraduate program is under review. Please come help us discuss how to make improvments. All undergradutes are welcome and we especialy hope to see underclassmen because you will still be here as changes are being made.

Congratulations to the new GT Materials Society board!

Grad Chair, Material Advantage:
Kara Evanoff

Undergrad Chair, Material Advantage:
Alex Sharenko

MRS President
Adam Jakus

MRS Vice President
Celeste Mason

Material Advantage Co-Chair/Secretary
Didi Eze

Material Advantage/MRS Treasurer
Lindsey Goodman


Social Chairs:
Ricky Welchel
Sean Kelly
IM Sports: Ken Beyerlein, Kevin Chasse

ASM Outreach Chair
Maeling Tapp
Co-outreach: Adam Jakus, Celeste Mason

Thanks to all who came to elections!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

MSE Spring Picnic

You're Invited...

MSE Faculty, Staff, Students and Families are invited to the MSE Spring Picnic, Tuesday, April 21st at 1:00 am, Burdell Plaza (behind the Love building).

Please bring a side dish/dessert or $5.00 donation.
RSVP signup sheet is outside room 296 Love building.
Meat and beverages will be provided.
Special thanks to the MSE Umbrella Society for coordinating the MSE Spring picnic again this year!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Meeting Minutes

UMBRELLA SOCIETY MEETING UPDATES: Notes from the meeting on Feb 26

Student Poster Night, March 30th

-last year, set up by 3:30. Judging for 2 hours + FREE PIZZA

-Cash Awards for winner and runner-ups for Graduate and Undergraduate Posters

-Contact Dr. Garmestani (garm@gatech.edu) with your title by March 13

Umbrella Society won E-Week!
Graduating Students

Free membership in 2010 to each society + 1 free book from ASM!

REGISTER FOR THIS NEXT YEAR!!!! There are application forms... contact katie.Sassaman@gatech.edu for details

Scholarships

http://www.materialadvantage.com/financial/

Applications due as early as March!!!!!

Over $450,000 available from AIST alone!

ASM Trustee coming

-Attending ASM Meeting, discussing failure analysis

-April 29

MS& T

$500 travel grants

Abstracts due March 15

Grad school, networking, resume building, career forums

Mock Interviews

Next Year's Umbrella Society Executive Board Elections in April!

Run in Pi Mile Race with the rest of MSE!

Saturday, April 18, 7:00 AM

$15 registration for Tech Students

Register under Materials Science Engineering to help Umbrella Society win $500!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Pi Mile Race

Hi Everyone,

The annual Pi Mile road race will be held this year on April 18th. Register to participate at http://gtalumni.org/pages/pimile. Materials Science and Engineering has a team, so when you register, make sure to register under the Materials Science Engineering team!!

Also, register before April 8th, because prices will go up that day.