2012 Materials Education Symposia
Call for Abstracts
Abstract Deadline for Posters: February 15, 2012
The 2012 Symposia will be two-day events, with speakers from leading universities talking about their approach to materials teaching and their use of teaching resources. The main Symposium sessions will include:
- Around 15-20 presentations from an international speaker panel selected by the Symposium Advisory Committee. Talks will cover teaching in the following topic areas: materials science, manufacturing and processes, mechanical engineering, industrial design, aerospace and nuclear engineering, bio engineering, plastics, and sustainable engineering
- Interactive discussion sessions
- Socializing and networking over lunches and the Symposium dinner
- Two days of Poster sessions, with 'Poster Teasers' sessions allowing presenters to briefly introduce their work in the main lecture theater
- Other actvities on the two preceeding days and Saturday, including a Presenter's dinner, short courses, networking, and the CES EduPack development meeting
The Advisory Committee received many excellent abstract submissions for presentations, focusing on this year's
themes. The agendas for the two events are now available:
Call for Poster Abstracts
DEADLINE: Feb 15, 2012
The advisory committee will be happy to consider your work for inclusion either as poster: you will have the opportunity to introduce your work through the 'Poster Teaser' sessions in the main lecture theater, as well displaying your poster in the accompanying poster sessions.
The advisory committee are looking for abstracts covering innovative and interesting teaching approaches and resources for Materials in their widest context, throughout all years of study and across different disciplines; Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Sustainable Engineering, Architecture, Aerospace, Biomedical and Nuclear Engineering as well as Mechanical Engineering and Material Science. Posters that fit into the four themes will be preferred.
- 'Innovation and change'
- 'Crossing disciplines'
- 'Materials, government, and industry'
- 'Architecture and design' (North America) or
'International Perspectives' (Cambridge)
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words and ideally contain the following:
- Background and motivation
- What was done? Methods used and why?
- Results, i.e., include some evidence and analysis. What was found?
- Conclusions and significance, including wider application
If you are interested in presenting your work as a poster at either Symposium,
please send the abstract to symposium@materialseducation.com
Recommended poster format: The maximum poster size is A0 (841mm x 1189 mm). You may use any size up to this maximum and may use landscape or portrait formats. If you have a choice of format we recommend portrait as this will be slightly easier to accommodate on the available poster boards.
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