Reminder: Nominations for the 2008 CoMSEF Graduate Student Awards are due by October 1, 2008, to Randy Snurr (snurr@northwestern.edu) (click the ... and fill in the captcha to access the address).

AIChE's Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum (CoMSEF) is soliciting nominations for its 2008 graduate student awards recognizing excellence in research by graduate students. The intent of the awards is to reward significant contributions to research in computational molecular science and engineering by students. The award consists of a plaque and an honorarium.  Two awards are given annually. The 2008 awards will be presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

Nominations should consist of a nominating letter from the student's research advisor and the curriculum vitae of the nominee.  These should be sent by the advisor via e-mail in pdf format to the CoMSEF Chair, Randy Snurr (snurr@northwestern.edu), by October 1, 2008. Note that the nomination letter and CV are required and are important parts of the nomination; this is not just a poster competition.

In addition, nominees must present a poster at the CoMSEF Poster session.  The nominee must be a graduate student at the time of the poster presentation, and the faculty nominator must be a member of CoMSEF.

Nominations will be selected by a committee composed of CoMSEF officers based on the student's CV, the nomination letter from the advisor, and the quality of the poster presentation.