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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#333333" vlink="#333333"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Folks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I thought this may be of interest for LA-SiGMA to have a presence in. It was brought to my attention by one of our ME master’s students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dimitris<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=550 style='width:412.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:110%'><strong><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2012 Materials Education Symposia</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Call for Abstracts</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:110%'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Deadline: September 15, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><a href="http://lnk.ie/4QY4/e=meniki@me.lsu.edu/http:/www.materialseducation.com">View event details and call for abstracts in your web browser</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Share in key events for material educators,</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> joining two days of talks, discussions, a social program, and poster sessions. Two Materials Education Symposia, held next Spring, will focus exclusively on undergraduate materials education across engineering, design, and science.<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=552 style='width:5.75in;background:white'><tr><td width=550 valign=top style='width:412.5pt;padding:3.75pt 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=251 valign=top style='width:188.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3rd North American </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials Education Symposium</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>March 29-30, 2012 <br>CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, US <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4th International </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials Education Symposium</span></strong><br></span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>April 12-13, 2012<br>Cambridge University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The advisory committee have just announced this year's <a href="#themes">themes</a> (below), and are making a Call for Abstracts. These will be reviewed for inclusion as either posters or presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=20 valign=top style='width:15.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=279 valign=top style='width:209.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'><img border=0 width=250 height=169 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.grantadesign.com/images/symposium/2011/3rdMES_250.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 alt="Over 150 educators took part int the two Materials Education Symposia in 2011, which were coordinated by Granta Design, and supported by FEMS, ASM International, the ASEE Materials Division, SEFI, TMS, University of Cambridge, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute."><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=230 style='width:172.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Photo:</span></strong><em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'> Prof. Mike Ashby thanks participants from 26 countries for their contributions to the 3rd International Materials Education Symposium earlier this year. </span></em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan=3 valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=10 cellpadding=0 width=444 style='width:333.0pt'><tr><td style='background:#F3F3F3;padding:3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt 3.75pt'><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The academic advisory committee are now accepting abstracts for both posters and presentations</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Learn more at <a href="http://lnk.ie/4QY4/e=meniki@me.lsu.edu/http:/www.materialseducation.com">www.materialseducation.com » </a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>These events for materials educators follow on from the success of the 2011 Symposia: over 150 educators from 28 countries took part in the two 2011 events coordinated by Granta Design and supported by FEMS, ASM International, the ASEE Materials Division, SEFI, TMS, University of Cambridge, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Delegates praised the extended opportunities for discussion, the exchange of ideas, and for sharing experiences related to materials teaching. Many left with a renewed enthusiasm and plenty of practical tips to support their teaching. <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Read the reports <a href="http://lnk.ie/4QY5/e=meniki@me.lsu.edu/http:/www.grantadesign.com/news/news/symposia2011reports.htm">here</a>.</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'><img border=0 width=250 height=150 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.grantadesign.com/images/symposium/2011/USroom_250.jpg" hspace=5 vspace=5 alt="Educators from across North America joined two days of presentation and discussions at the 2nd North American Material Education Symposia at Worcester Polytechnic Institute earlier this year."><o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=230 style='width:172.5pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:110%'><strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Photo: </span></strong><em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'>Educators from across North America joined two days of presentation and discussions at the 2nd North American Material Education Symposia at Worcester Polytechnic Institute earlier this year.</span></em><span style='font-size:8.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:110%'><a name=themes></a><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Themes for 2012</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The advisory committee have now put together the four themes for each two-day event. Abstracts are invited on any of these topics. Presentations should cover innovative and interesting teaching approaches or resources for teaching materials in its widest context—throughout all years of study and across different disciplines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=10 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="48%" valign=top style='width:48.0%;background:#F3F3F3;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Innovation and change </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Innovation in materials teaching <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Innovation in material development <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Innovation in material use <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Inspiring 1st year students<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td width="52%" valign=top style='width:52.0%;background:#F3F3F3;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Materials, government, and industry</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>National materials policy <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Matching teaching to the needs of industry<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><h3 style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></h3></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:#F3F3F3;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Crossing disciplines—</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>education for interface sciences</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and energy <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and micro-mechanics: designing hybrid materials <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and the bio-sciences <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and nano-science <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and architecture <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and (industrial) design <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Materials and society: responsible material sourcing, manufacture, use, and disposal <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Teaching triple bottom line design: technical, social (sustainable), and economic <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td><td valign=top style='background:#F3F3F3;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:13.5pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Emerging challenges </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and opportunities in materials</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Critical materials, supply-chain constraints, security of supply, and geopolitical factors <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:13.5pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regulations that impinge on material use: REACH, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal 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