ASM International - Detroit Chapter Meetings
ASM - Detroit Chapter offers a dinner meeting once every month.  This is an excellent opportunity to do professional networking and get your name well known in the materials science industry.  Carpools are available.

March 9, 2009

• What: ASM - AFS Joint Dinner Meeting
• Speaker:  Professor Bruce Dale, Associate Director, Office of Biobased Technology, Michigan State University.
• Topic: Bio-Technology - Materials Challenges
  
• When:  Monday, March 9th; Cocktail hour 5:30pm; Dinner served 6:30pm
• Where: TBD

April 13, 2009

• What: ASM - Sustaining Members' Night
• Topic: Table Top Displays and Poster exhibits, highlighting small, entrepreneurial companies in Southeast Michigan. Students and Professionals will circulate among the displays before dinner as in the classic "job fair". Students will be encouraged to attend. Brief after-dinner talks will highlight the invited companies.
  Focus on the Entrepreneur
  
• When:  Monday, April 13:
• Where: Vladimir's Banquet Hall, Farmington Hills

EAC Clearing the Fog Event
The EAC is hosting its annual "clearing the fog" event at Pizza House this year.  Undeclared undergraduate engineers are invited to come to pizza house and learn about the different engineering disciplines.  Representatives from each engineering department will be available to answer questions.  Alpha Sigma Mu will be sending volunteers from the Materials Science and Engineering department to help out.

• What: EAC Clearing the Fog Dinner
• Details: Wondering how to declare your Engineering major? Wondering how to CHOOSE your Engineering major? Want some free dinner at Pizza House? Come meet declared students from each department! Explore various Majors! Learn the Requirements!!
  Seating is Limited, so please RSVP by March 9th: contact: dmeldrum@umich.edu
• When: Wednesday, March 11; 4:30-7:30 PM
• Where:  Pizza House

MSE Student-Faculty Mixer
This year, the student-faculty mixer will take place at Buffalo Wild Wings.  This is a chance for students to get to know their professors on a more personal level, and vice versa.  

• What: MSE Student-Faculty Mixer
• Where: Buffalo Wild Wings
• When: Friday, March 13;

NanoCamp 2009
Each year, the College of Engineering puts on a NanoCamp for middle school and high school students to learn about science to inspire them to pursue a science-related field in the future.  This year, they will be learning about nanotechnology, microelectronics, and more.  Alpha Sigma Mu will be sending volunteers to help out.

• What: NanoCamp 
• Who: Middle school and High school students
• When: TBD
• Where: TBD

Annual MSE Banquet
The MSE department will be hosting their annual banquet for students and faculty in early April.  The banquet will take the place of the weekly MMS luncheon.  Free buffet food will be provided.  At the banquet, the winners of the Anvil Award and Worth Prize will be announced.  New Alpha Sigma Mu members and officers will be recognized.  If you would like to join us, please sign up in the MSE lounge.

• What: MSE Banquet
• When: Friday, April 10th, 12:30-1:30
• Where: Pierpont East Room

MSE Spring Picnic 2009
Every Spring and Fall, Professor Hosford of the MSE department, is kind enough to host a departmental picnic at his home.  Come celebrate the warmer weather while we eat free hot dogs and burgers, play volleyball, play botchyball, and more.  Bring your significant others and dogs are welcome.  If you would like to attend, please sign up in the MSE lounge.

• What: MSE Spring Picnic 2009
• Where: Professor Hosford's house.  Check your emails for driving directions.
• When: TBD