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REGISTRATION CLOSES 4/15! All Registered attendees will have the chance to win an iPad mini! The Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (ChEMS) at Michigan State University would like to invite you to join us at the annual ChEMS Research Forum on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Forum will be held at the Spartan Club on the Campus of Michigan State University. The 10th Annual ChEMS Research Forum will showcase Departmental research advances in the areas of: * Energy and Sustainability * Nanotechnology and Materials * Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering The one-day program will feature plenary speakers, posters and oral presentations describing the latest Department research. Registration, lunch, and refreshments are complimentary. Visit: http://www.chems.msu.edu/forum2013 for more details. Please register at http://www.chems.msu.edu/forum2013/registration Questions: Contact Nicole Shook at 517-355-5135 or by replying to this email. Confirmed speakers: Randy Cortright, CTO and Founder, Virent Corporation "Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Conventional Liquid Fuels and Chemicals" Vidvud Ozolins, Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA "Computational Design of Energy Materials" R. Mark Worden, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU "Process Development Challenges for Electrofuels Fermentations" David B. Hodge, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU "Understanding and Improving the Fractionation and Deconstruction of Plant Cell Wall Biopolymers for the Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals" Donald T. Morelli, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU "The Circle Unbroken: High Performance Thermoelectrics Based On Natural Mineral Tetrahedrites" Richard R. Lunt, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, MSU "See-Through Solar Power" Thank you to Dow Chemical for their generous support of the Forum. Please "Like" the Department Facebook page (http://facebook.com/ChEMS.MSU) for additional updates on the Forum and other Department activities.