Meeting Events Schedule

This webinar specifically addressed the faculty application process and what makes for an outstanding package for the academic market in Europe. The webinar begins with a 20-25 minute talk from Eva Unger and included audience Q&A with the main speaker and panelists. This webinar was moderated by Katherine A. Mazzio of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.
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This webinar specifically addressed the faculty application process and what makes for an outstanding package for research-intensive academic positions in the United States. This webinar begins with a 20-25 minute talk from Peter Crozier and included audience Q&A with the main speaker and panelists. This webinar was moderated by Thomas Folland, University of Iowa.
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This webinar addressed the faculty application process and what makes for an outstanding package for academic positions at primarily undergraduate institutions. The webinar begins with a 20-25 minute talk from Jeffrey Christians and included audience Q&A with the main speaker and panelists. This webinar was moderated by Zachary Hood, Argonne National Laboratory.
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Anyone writing or editing abstracts knows that there is an art to conveying complex ideas and data in an approachable way. Whether it's for a scientific paper, an oral presentation, or the front page of your lab's website, the process of writing and rewriting an abstract and developing concise title takes experience and practice. Join MRS and a panel of editors from symposium organizers and scientific journals for a webinar on the abstract writing process.
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Crises can happen at any time to anyone, and can affect many aspects of your career advancement plans. To help mitigate how a crisis affects your professional goals, it’s a good idea to build and execute a strong, customized crisis management plan for your career. This plan can help you identify and potentially mitigate points of risk that could negatively impact your career in a crisis. In this webinar, we addressed how to develop this “insurance” plan, using fundamentals from the field of crisis management itself. You will emerge with tools, tactics, and the ability to construct, test, fine tune, and implement your own career crisis management plan.
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In this webinar, we discussed leveraging virtual platforms to execute an interviewing plan that will help you land that dream job. We looked at what you should be doing before, during, and after the interview, how to adjust different elements of a virtual experience (such as light and sound), and how to look professional on camera. We also went over how to deliver an oral presentation—such as a job talk or a colloquium—using virtual methods to indicate your knowledge, expertise, enthusiasm, and collaborative nature.
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I've done my research, now what? Whether you are a student preparing to publish your first paper, an early-career researcher hoping to polish your publishing skills, or if you just have questions about the publishing process, then this interactive "how to" session is for you. Learn the fundamentals of successful scientific publishing from MRS journal editors-in-chief and other respected scientific journal professionals. Not only are they leading researchers in their field, but they share a dedication to high-quality content, editorial integrity and scientific scholarship. Sponsored by Taiyo Nippon Sanso.
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Discover what a speech says about you, how to prepare for a speech, how to combat anxiety, and how to show confidence and poise. Speaking, articulation, and projection techniques, interaction with the audience, and specific presentation issues for scientists/engineers and for science-based conferences will be addressed. We delve into the logistics and considerations we can keep in mind as we speak via webcam and present via Zoom.
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This event, in honor of the 10th anniversary of MRS Communications, featured talks from Joseph M. DeSimone who holds a joint appointment in the Stanford Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Radiology in the Stanford School of Medicine, and Grace Gu, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Gu was selected to deliver the 2020 MRS Communications Lecture based on her work in artificial intelligence for materials design and additive manufacturing.
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Let’s face it—impostor syndrome is terrible. It makes us believe that we unworthy and frauds. It robs us of future prosperity as it convinces us we do not belong and should not pursue opportunities to advance our career, launch and facilitate exciting new collaborations, and be more innovative, inventive, agile, and novel in our problem-solving. In this webinar, you will learn strategies and tactics to rid this from your brilliant mind and how to navigate it and stamp it out if it creeps into every day scenarios. Sponsored by Taiyo Nippon Sanso.
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This webinar was presented as part of a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the MRS Communications journal. The webinar featured two talks: "Skin-inspired Sensors and Electronics" by Zhenan Bao of Stanford University, and "Autonomous Researchers for Hierarchical Materials" by Keith Brown of Boston University.
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The MRS Women in Materials Science and Engineering working group held this interactive panel discussion to explore real-life examples of bias and injustice against individuals from a diverse set of underrepresented groups. Our panelists shared their paths to their current careers, highlighting the ups and downs they have experienced, both pertaining to their membership in underrepresented groups as well as generally in the STEM fields. Sponsored by Taiyo Nippon Sanso and MilliporeSigma.
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This panel discussion was part of the 10th anniversary commemoration for MRS Communications.
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Are you interested in learning more about the why, how and what of publishing a materials science book? Publishing a book is a powerful tool, allowing you to communicate your ideas to a global audience, building your reputation in the field and accelerating your career. Join this webinar to hear from Springer Publishing Editors Charles Glaser, Christoph Baumann and Charlotte Hollingworth about the 5 easy stages in the publishing process and how they have helped many authors just like you publish a book.
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This event was presented by the MRS Focus on Sustainability Committee, MRS Energy & Sustainability and Symposium GI01 from the 2020 MRS Virtual Spring/Fall Meeting. Funding provided by the National Science Foundation.
Sponsored by Goodfellow.
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This event featured short talks by recipients of MRS Awards:

• Jinghua Guo—Innovation in Materials Characterization
• Xiangfeng Duan—Mid-Career Researcher
• Jonathan Rivnay—Outstanding Early-Career Investigator
• Tian Li and Xianwen Mao—Postdoctoral Awards
• Laura Na Liu - E-MRS EU-40 Materials Prize

This event was hosted by the MRS Awards Committee.
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In this webinar, we discussed strategies and tactics for finding new collaborators and building mutually-beneficial partnerships with professionals across the globe (and perhaps on some exoplanets too!). We utilized various methods to find and reach out to people, and start and nurture those critical conversations which can birth amazing collabs! Let’s network!

In this talk, invited guest speaker, Dr. David Morse discussed the state of industrial R&D at Corning in 2020 and shared some of the exciting new materials and process innovations that are enabling the company’s newest technologies – from air filtration technologies for pollution abatement to ubiquitous displays protected by new strengthened glass compositions; from pharmaceutical glass packaging that enhances the storage and delivery of drugs to glass and ceramic continuous flow reactors that enable inherently safer, efficient chemical manufacturing.
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Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

This interactive live performance showcased incredible magic, mentalism and mind-blowing feats of skill.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Instructor: R. Stanley Williams, Texas A&M University

Instructors: Matthias Wuttig, RWTH Aachen University; Wolfram Pernice, University of Münster; Riccardo Mazzarello, RWTH Aachen University; Fabio Pellizzer, Micron Technology, Inc.

Instructors: Jeehwan Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Abdallah Ougazzaden, Georgia Tech Lorraine; Kunook Chung, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology; Kyusang Lee, University of Virginia

Instructors: Massimo Ghidini, University of Parma, Diamond Light Source, University of Cambridge; Jiamian Hu, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Instructors: Bin Hu, University of Tennessee; Gabriele Raino, ETH Zürich

Instructors: ChunNing (Jeanie) Lau, The Ohio State University; Nai-Chang Yeh, California Institute of Technology; Anthony Richardella, The Pennsylvania State University

Instructors: Robert Hoye, Imperial College London; Sebstian Siol, Swiss Federal Institute of Materials Science and Technology; Thomas Kirchartz, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, IEK-5 Photovoltaics

Instructors: Matt Newville, The University of Chicago; Lue Lie, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Peter Crozier, Arizona State University; Chi Chen, University of California, San Diego

Instructors: Andrea Alù, City University of New York; Jennifer A. Dionne, Stanford University; Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania; Din Ping Tsai , The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Instructor: Guosong Hong, Stanford University

Instructor: Bryan Bryson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Instructors: Huolin Xin, University of California, Irvine; Chengjun Sun, Argonne National Laboratory; Hua Zhou, Argonne National Laboratory

Are you ready to publish your research? Do you have an idea for a journal article?  Meet with an editor one-on-one or in small groups to learn about MRS Advances publishing options. Editor-in-Chief David Bahr, MRS Advances editorial board members, and commissioning editors were available during the MRS meeting to answer your publishing questions and to guide you to present your work in the best way.

Instructors: Nitin P. Padture, Brown University; Matthew Beard, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Su-Huai Wei, Beijing Computation Science Research Center; Laura Schelhas, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Instructors: Yong Zhu, North Carolina State University; Jung-Fu Lin, The University of Texas at Austin; James Hone, Columbia University in the City of New York

Instructors: Mikhail Glazov, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, RAS; Michael Flatté, The University of Iowa; Bernhard Urbaszek, CNRS – Toulouse University; Anaïs Dreau, Laboratoire Charles Coulomb, University of Montpellier

Are you ready to publish a materials science book? Do you have questions on the why, how, and what of publishing a book? Meet in small groups or one-on-one with a publishing editor of the new co-branded MRS-Springer materials science book series to learn about proposing a book.

Meet the Editor—Markus Buehler, MRS Bulletin Impact Section Editor
Receive guidance on original research article submissions and topics for this exciting new addition to MRS Bulletin.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
We discussed how the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) technology has emerged as a powerful multipurpose tool for life science research, enabling the comprehensive nanomechanical characterization of biological samples at the nanoscale.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
An engaging and comprehensive overview of all things bioinks!

Vijay Narayanan, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, presented The Golden Age of Materials Innovations—From High-κ/Metal Gate to AI Hardware.

Are you ready to publish your research? Do you have an idea for a journal article?  Meet with an editor one-on-one or in small groups to learn about JMR publishing options. Editor-in-Chief Gary Messing, JMR editorial board members, and commissioning editors were available to answer your publishing questions and to guide you to present your work in the best way.

This interactive live performance showcased incredible magic, mentalism and mind-blowing feats of skill.

This first workshop in the three-part series focused on coping with stress in academia and offer strategies to cope with the pandemic and create support structures. Watch a recording of the event on YouTube »

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
This presentation gave a brief overview of lithography systems for Micro- and Nanofabrication offered by Heidelberg Instruments and touched briefly on applications these systems are used for.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
This presentation introduced Thermo Fisher Scientific’s new Axia ChemiSEM and showed how users are getting more out of their SEM and EDS analysis than ever before.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
An introduction to the Hysitron PicoIndenter systems, and how they can help you in your in-situ SEM and TEM nanomechanical research.

Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS, presented Efficient Recycling and Regeneration of E-Mobility Components and Materials.

Are you ready to publish your research? Do you have an idea for a journal article?  Meet with an editor one-on-one or in small groups to learn about JMR publishing options. Editor-in-Chief Gary Messing, JMR editorial board members, and commissioning editors were available during the MRS meeting to answer your publishing questions and to guide you to present your work in the best way.

John A. Rogers, Northwestern University, presented Functional Materials for Bioelectronic Neural Interfaces.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
Gatan's latest spectrometer, the Continuum, enables a wide range of techniques for (S)TEM investigations. This workshop presentation described the numerous types of data that can be collected with the Continuum IS.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
Learn about the sciencesational new materials launched at MilliporeSigma to help advance your research, helping you save time while optimizing performance.

Are you ready to publish your research? Do you have an idea for a journal article?  Meet with an editor one-on-one or in small groups to learn about MRS Communications publishing options. Editor-in-Chief Rigoberto Advincula, MRS Communications editorial board members, and commissioning editors were available during the MRS meeting to answer your publishing questions and to guide you to present your work in the best way.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
ZEISS is pleased to introduce to the MRS community the market introduction of the new GeminiSEM family of sub-nanometer, low-kV field emission scanning electron microscopes.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
In this presentation, direct detection for EBSD was introduced, and applications in perovskite solar cells and additive manufacturing were discussed.

This second workshop in the three-part series focused on adapting to change, relocation and feeling like an “outsider” in academia. Watch a recording of the event on YouTube »

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Award-winning consultant Alaina Levine led the MRS Snack Chat Series—Facilitated Networking. During each session, attendees participated in an informal but focused conversation to address a specific career-related subject. Topic: Networking and Building Collaborations from Afar.

This interactive live performance showcased incredible magic, mentalism and mind-blowing feats of skill.

Learn everything you need to know to understand the U.S. immigration system and maximize your chances of winning a green card from Brian Getson of Getson & Schatz.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
An introduction to the Hysitron PicoIndenter systems, and how they can help you in your in-situ SEM and TEM nanomechanical research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
Learn how AFM-IR offers spectroscopy and imaging with direct correlation to FTIR at a 10 nm spatial resolution.

Christine Ortiz, Mssachusetts Institute of Technology and Station1, presented Socially-Directed Science and Technology — Opportunities and Challenges for the Field of Materials Science and Engineering.

Brief talks and a panel session featuring award recipients: MRS Medal, Materials Theory Award, The Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science, MRS Nelson “Buck” Robinson Science and Technology Award for Renewable Energy and MRS Postdoctoral Awards.

Award-winning consultant Alaina Levine led MRS’ Snack Chat series. During each session, attendees participated in an informal but focused conversation to address a specific career-related subject. Topic: Successfully Navigating the International Job Search.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
An introduction to the Hysitron TriboIndenter systems, and how they can help advance your materials research.

Reshma Shetty, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., presented Designing Biology.

Are you ready to publish a materials science book? Do you have questions on the why, how, and what of publishing a book? Meet in small groups or one-on-one with a publishing editor of the new co-branded MRS-Springer materials science book series to learn about proposing a book.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
We presented the latest advancements in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) for nanoscale functional properties characterization of materials as well as dedicated solutions for electrical studies in fluid environments.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
This presentation explored Malvern Panalytical’s range of technologies for characterizing nano-carriers, such as liposomes, and how to leverage characterization insights for formulation development, optimization, and quality control.

The Materials Research Society's Women in Materials Science and Engineering Working Group was pleased to offer this keynote virtual presentation featuring long-time MRS Member and former MRS President, Susan Trolier-McKinstry, The Pennsylvania State University.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Award-winning consultant Alaina Levine led the MRS Snack Chat Series—Facilitated Networking. During each session, attendees participated in an informal but focused conversation to address a specific career-related subject. Topic: Virtual Interviewing

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
Join us for a guided tour of our 3D XRM products and capabilities.

Meet the Editor—Markus Buehler, MRS Bulletin Impact Section Editor
Receive guidance on original research article submissions and topics for this exciting new addition to MRS Bulletin.

Daniel G. Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, presented Biomaterials for the Therapeutic Delivery of Nucleic Acids, Genome Editing Tools, and Cells.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

This interactive live performance showcased incredible magic, mentalism and mind-blowing feats of skill.

The Von Hippel Award presentation and live discussion featured 2020 recipient, Cato Laurencin, University Professor and Albert and Wilda Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor at the University of Connecticut.

Award-winning consultant Alaina Levine led the MRS Snack Chat Series—Facilitated Networking. During each session, attendees participated in an informal but focused conversation to address a specific career-related subject. Topic: Being Persistent and Managing Rejection

Are you ready to publish your research? Do you have an idea for a journal article?  Meet with an editor one-on-one or in small groups to learn about MRS Advances publishing options. Editor-in-Chief David Bahr, MRS Advances editorial board members, and commissioning editors were available during the MRS meeting to answer your publishing questions and to guide you to present your work in the best way.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
Join us for a quick discussion around XRD solutions including Operando Analysis.

Darío Gil, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, presented Scaling the Scientific Method to Enter the Era of Accelerated Materials Discovery.

This third workshop in the three-part series focused on mental health literacy and creating community culture change in STEM. Watch a recording of the event on YouTube »

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

Award-winning consultant Alaina Levine led the MRS Snack Chat Series—Facilitated Networking. During each session, attendees participated in an informal but focused conversation to address a specific career-related subject. Topic: Transitioning Your Career Beyond Academia

Virtual Exhibitor Workshop
Get a first look at an entirely new modular, multi-channel DC to 100 kHz source and measure system that provides tightly synchronized signal coordination with up to 6 channels covering a wide range of material characterization applications.

Frederick Mau, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., presented Intellectual Property Filing Strategy, Portfolio Management and Licensing of Material-RelatedTechnologies.

Featuring five days to chat with exhibitors and explore innovative products and services that could accelerate your research.

This interactive live performance showcased incredible magic, mentalism and mind-blowing feats of skill.

The David Turnbull Lectureship presentation featured Sossina M. Haile, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University.

Award-winning consultant Alaina Levine led the MRS Snack Chat Series—Facilitated Networking. During each session, attendees participated in an informal but focused conversation to address a specific career-related subject. Topic: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Are you ready to publish your research? Do you have an idea for a journal article?  Meet with an editor one-on-one or in small groups to learn about MRS Communications publishing options. Editor-in-Chief Rigoberto Advincula, MRS Communications editorial board members, and commissioning editors were available during the MRS meeting to answer your publishing questions and to guide you to present your work in the best way.

This interactive live performance showcased incredible magic, mentalism and mind-blowing feats of skill.

Andrea Alù, The City University of New York, presented Extreme Wave Interactions in Metamaterials with Broken Symmetries.

Learn about the MRS/OSA Congressional Science and Engineering Fellowship, get tips on applying, and hear from current and former Fellows about their experiences as scientists in the Senate and House of Representatives.
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The Research Funding Opportunities sessions provide interaction between government agency presenters and MRS Membership. Invited talks were followed by roundtable Q&A sessions with the individual program managers.
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The Research Funding Opportunities sessions provide interaction between government agency presenters and MRS Membership. Invited talks will be followed by roundtable Q&A sessions with the individual program managers.
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The Research Funding Opportunities sessions provide interaction between government agency presenters and MRS Membership. Invited talks will be followed by roundtable Q&A sessions with the individual program managers.
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