Manitoba Materials Conference 2014

The Manitoba Institute for Materials will be holding its fourth annual Research Day on May 6, 2014.

The program will include:

Antoine Dibs, Manager, Research and Development, Winpak Ltd.
“Materials Science – the differentiating factor in the packaging industry”

Dr. Michael Freund, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Manitoba, Tier 1 CRC in Conducting Polymers and Electronic Materials
“Creating Active Materials for Applications in Electronics and Energy Storage/Conversion by Manipulating Conjugated Polymer Structure and Chemistry”

Dr. Iman Yahyaie, Business Development Specialist for Mitacs

Brandon Van Leer, Business Development & Product Marketing Engineer, FEI
“FEI Nova NanoSEM and Quanta – Use of low energy, low vacuum and SmartSCAN strategies to gain insight at the surface and below”

Steve Dalakoudis, Account Manager, SFR
“FEI Talos S/TEM – Analysis at High Resolutions with Less Confusion”

Once again, students and researchers will showcase posters of their work, covering the breadth of materials research. The poster competition finalists will be invited to give their 180 second presentations for a grand prize. The event will take place over the entire day in the EITC atrium as well as in adjacent rooms. Abstract submission forms and the schedule will be circulated shortly.

Volunteers to help with any aspect of the conference are welcome and encouraged to contact the organizers.

MIM facilitates and enhances basic and applied materials science at the university and across the Prairies. The institute encompasses a number of multidisciplinary research themes with professors from numerous departments across campus. They take images of many things, like silicon rods and this image below — salt on a poorly washed membrane.

Salt on a poorly washed membrane

Registration and Abstract deadline: April 25th, 2014

More details are available at the Manitoba Materials Conference 2014 Website.