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</b><span style="font-family:Calibri;color:black">GEM Info <<a href="mailto:info@gemfellowship.org" target="_blank">info@gemfellowship.org</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 6:33 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>GEM Info <<a href="mailto:info@gemfellowship.org" target="_blank">info@gemfellowship.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Fwd: Announcement: GEM-ASEE Doctoral Engineering Research Showcase - January 22-23, 2018<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#2e75b6">ADVANCE YOUR CAREER</span><u></u><u></u></h2>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">GEM-ASEE Doctoral Engineering Research Showcase</span><u></u><u></u></h2>
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<b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#ff9900">APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 17</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">January 22-23, 2018</span><u></u><u></u></h3>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Mayflower Hotel</span><u></u><u></u></h4>
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<span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Washington, DC</span><u></u><u></u></h4>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Dear GEM PhD Fellows and GEN PhD Fellow Alumni:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Applications are now being accepted for a first-of-its-kind
</span><a href="https://drs.asee.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"> Doctoral Engineering Research Showcase</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"> sponsored by the National
 GEM Consortium and the American Society for Engineering Education. Doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and new faculty are invited to display their leading-edge technical research and connect with potential agency sponsors and academic employers. You
 will present your research—which may be interdisciplinary or a single engineering discipline—in poster format. This event will be held in conjunction with an Agency/University Fair that will feature representatives from government research agencies and universities
 seeking to hire faculty. The showcase also will feature interactive breakout sessions on (a) advancing a research program and managing the research enterprise; (b) innovations in teaching and the promotion of learning; (c) professional service opportunities;
 and (d) maintaining work-life balance.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#366896">Below are just a few of our confirmed Speakers:</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dr. James E. Hubbard, Jr., Langley Distinguished Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dr. Kimberly Jones, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Howard University</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dr. C. Dianne Martin, Retired Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Computer Science, George Washington University</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Dr. Emily Miller, Associate Vice President for Policy, Association of American Universities</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri">And more to be announced!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Registration fees are just $50 for doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, and $150 for new faculty members (within 14 months of their initial appointment). </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">The application deadline is
<b><u>Friday, November 17.</u></b>  Decisions will be announced by November 27.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Apply online at:
<i><a href="https://www.asee.org/public/events" target="_blank">https://www.asee.org/public/<wbr>events</a></i></span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Please view out short promotional</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#1f497d">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MNMRf4hDOE" target="_blank">video</a><span style="color:#1f497d">
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#c55a11">Exhibitor table and Sponsorship opportunities are also available at</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">:
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<b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">This event is partially underwritten by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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For more information please visit us at</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:#1f497d">
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Miriam Barlow</div><div dir="ltr">Founding Faculty and Associate Professor<div>Chair, Quantitative and Systems Biology</div><div>University of California, Merced</div><div><br></div><div>209.228.4174</div><div><a href="mailto:miriam.barlow@gmail.com" target="_blank">miriam.barlow@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div>
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