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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">FYI, in case some students are interested in this event.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 15, 2021 2:37 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Please pass along- Invitation to a Michigan State University Zoom Open House 1-2pm EST THIS THURSDAY (11/19)<br>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Past PhD Applicant Recommenders,<br>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Thank you for the helpful, thoughtful recommendations that you've provided to Michigan State University about your interactions with a student, or students, that we've accepted into
the Michigan State University (MSU) Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) PhD program within the past 3 years. Your honest assessments have helped strengthen our admission pool and the state of science, so thank you! </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Since you've helped send such good students our way in the past, I'm writing you today to encourage you to forward this invitation to anyone you think might be a good candidate for pursuing
a PhD in Materials Science & Engineering. Specifically, <b><span style="margin:0px; color:red">anyone interested is invited to participate in the “MSE at MSU” Zoom Open House, 1-2pm Eastern Time THIS THURSDAY November 18, 2021</span></b><span style="margin:0px; color:red">: </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__msu.zoom.us_s_92648925920&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=xbIaloNA0Hkv6WDfGRN6LS3xegCSFba4Zkd2vsl-MqY&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; color:blue">https://msu.zoom.us/s/92648925920</span></a> (Passcode
= 854446) to learn about the MSU MSE PhD Program.</span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The MSE program at MSU has:</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The benefits of
a 50,000+ student university, with cozy MSE graduate classes 4 to 22 people in size.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A battery/solar/fuel
cell/thermoelectric/wind/catalysis energy-materials faculty cluster comprised of six NSF CAREER-Award Winners (Scott Calabrese-Barton, John Dorgan, Wei Lai, Richard Lunt, Jason Nicholas, and Alexandra Zevalkink), an APS Fellow (Donald Morelli), and a new 2020
Faculty Hire (Chengcheng Fang).</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cutting edge simulation
researchers (Phllip Eisenlohr, Jose Mendoza and Hui-Chia Yu) and a </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__cmse.msu.edu_news-2Devents_news_&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=Sd0-0tanB5gmaD7DER9c9hZbs1adE3Qi3ZnM6mACL-U&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">New
Computational Mathematics Science and Engineering Department</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> aimed at applying specialized mathematical approaches to engineering problems.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">One of the nation’s
most highly <span style="margin:0px; color:black">decorated centers for </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__iacmi.org_2016_05_25_dr-2Dlawrence-2Dt-2Ddrzal-2Dannounced-2Dcomposite-2Dmedal-2Daward-2Dwinner_&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=WwElvR-roNX88GmxVUB9qYDTNiNyQqNuot4EuyC2Sc8&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">Polymers
and Polymer Composites</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">(with researchers Larry Drzal, Ramani Narayan, Shiwang
Cheng, David Hickey, Andre Lee, etc).</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The only one-stop </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.cmw.fraunhofer.org_&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=Dma0MB5o2U4soGWHUFayLkrv1lcG7J44cXWPuSXNTbs&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">Diamond
Microelectronics Foundry</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> in the U.S.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Management by a
combined </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.chems.msu.edu_&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=UjR788mBhD5XNNwOmUx3DEyQk1HRanzXul_mZ3aImyI&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science (CHEMS) Department</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> that (compared to solo MSE departments) expands your network of contacts, exposes you to new ideas, and helps you
pursue inter-disciplinary research.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">An </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__msutoday.msu.edu_news_2019_thomas-2Dbieler-2Delected-2Da-2Dfellow-2Dof-2Dthe-2Dminerals-2Dmetals-2Dand-2Dmaterials-2Dsociety&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=K6rhenAmvWpyClogdDU7sDyjeL1xbI-ZIrf9mgavFdI&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">Award-Winning</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> cluster
of metallurgy faculty (Tom Bieler, Phillip Eisenlohr, Marty Crimp, Carl Bohlert, Andre Lee, Jason Nicholas etc.).</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The ability of
new Graduate Students to shop around for a PhD advisor/PhD research project from August 15 to September 15 of their first semester (instead of having to decide upon an advisor when applying to the program).</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A low cost of living
which means that </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__money.cnn.com_calculator_pf_cost-2Dof-2Dliving_index.html&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=fv8y43cHFCbwZ8ug4w5cMD1LmjI4T-uSKMMinmPEd5Y&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">a
$25,000 Salary from Michigan State is Roughly Equivalent to a $45,000 Salary from MIT or a $60,000 Salary from Stanford</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A guarantee that
MSU MSE PhD Students maintaining an average 3.0/4.0 GPA and passing their Qualifying Exam, Comprehensive Exam, and Defense on time (as defined in the </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.chems.msu.edu_graduatehandbook&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=vX3GbulhH_bP43kk5Y5-Pgvzd6Ea_W3IJsEFqEey8pY&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">CHEMS
Graduate Student Handbook</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">) will be financially supported for at least 5 years (salary + tuition + benefits) or until they graduate, whichever comes first.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">A new <span style="margin:0px; color:black">$70
Million </span></span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__msutoday.msu.edu_news_2016_msu-2Dbio-2Dengineering-2Dfacility-2Dpromotes-2Dcross-2Dcampus-2Dresearch_&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=2D8GugDAl6FRnJN8enTgAgp6ko4d_l5FVI2dTC-6GLA&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">Bioengineering
building</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> housing some of the new MSU CHEMS faculty (Caroline Szczepanski, Robert Ferrier, Daniel Woldring, etc).</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">·</span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:7pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">An active, vibrant,
and welcoming </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.egr.msu.edu_chemsgsa_&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=9_i-wGytzbSVznMSQCdqbmY5b-78A52QTtpWd5wtlfc&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">CHEMS
Graduate Student Association</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> that facilitates graduate student fellowship, professional development, and community service.</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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ranked in the Top 75 places to live in the U.S. by </span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__realestate.usnews.com_places_michigan_lansing&d=DwMF-g&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=45ucIEKyq0pHGO-wQTsdbRghpM6p6HwwJJKBjgpK5ZU&m=d78_jydD9QkLBbsvqzE_3vKIbzGg40qMRVPHFmsIicE&s=LOfjUegNTlPSEoSFs1Cr_IFnf9dY1s92TLZ5pf9Brzc&e=" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; color:blue">USNWR</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> and
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Prof. Jason Nicholas</span><span style="margin:0px; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<i><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">"Let us not talk falsely now. The hour's getting late" - Jimi Hendrix</span></i><span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dr. Jason D. Nicholas<br>
<span style="margin:0px; color:rgb(34,34,34)">Associate Professor and Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Coordinator<br>
</span>Michigan State University<br>
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Dept.<br>
2100 Engineering Building<br>
East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1226<br>
<a href="mailto:JDNicholas@gmail.com" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; color:blue">JDNicholas@gmail.com</span></a>, <a href="mailto:jdn@msu.edu" style="margin:0px" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="margin:0px; color:blue">jdn@msu.edu</span></a><br>
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