Dear Colleagues and Sponsors,

The Notre Dame-Purdue Symposium on Soft Matter & Polymers and Poster Session will be held on Saturday, Sep, 16, 2017 at the Wilmeth Active Learning Center (RM3087) on Purdue Campus.  This one-day symposium addresses the general synthesis and characterization of synthetic soft materials and their broad application in biomedical fields.  In addition, the symposium will include a Science Forum and Tour targeting the participation of local high school and college students/teachers.

The day's schedule, including speakers and topics, is attached.

REGISTRATION
Symposium registration is now open at:

https://goo.gl/forms/KijeFxFzjWmYL79z2

or 

http://www.jianguomei.com/nd-2017.html

Please register by September 1, 2017.

CALL FOR POSTERS
In addition to the talks, graduate students and post doctoral fellows are invited to showcase their research results in an afternoon poster session, where prizes will be awarded for the best posters.  Please forward this call for posters to your graduate students and postdocs who may be interested in presenting a related poster.  (Students or faculty will need to cover the cost of poster printing.)

Poster presenters can use the link provided above to register their attendance and poster.  Please register posters by September 1, 2017.

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Saturday, Sep 16, 2017 • Wilmeth Active Learning Center (RM3087) 

9:00 am    Check-in
9:20 am    Technical Session 1 (see attached)
Noon        Lunch

1:30 pm  Technical Session 2 (see attached)
4:00 pm    Poster Session
                Science Forum & Tour
6:00 pm   Best posters announced

SPONSORS
The Symposium is co-sponsored by the Notre Dame College of Science, College of Engineering, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and Center for Nano Science & Technology (NDnano); Purdue College of Science and Birck Nanotechnology Center; and J & K Scientific, 

QUESTIONS
Please address any questions regarding registration and posters to Jianguo Mei
(jgmei@purdue.edu).

Or, contact event organizers Jianguo Mei (jgmei@purdue.edu) or Haifeng Gao (hgao@nd.edu) for more information on the topics and scope of this symposium. 

If I miss someone here, please kindly forward the announcement,

Jianguo

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Jianguo Mei, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Chemistry 
Purdue University 
Department of Chemistry 
560 Oval Drive 
West Lafayette, IN 
47907-2084 
Phone: 765-494-7156, Website: www.jianguomei.com  Publications: Google Scholar