The New York–New Jersey Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) is inviting students, spectroscopists, and their colleagues to attend the NY–NJ SAS Annual Student Award Celebration Banquet on July 21, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Doubletree Hotel & Banquet Center, located at 180 Route 17, South Mahwah, NJ.
The New York–New Jersey Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) is inviting students, spectroscopists, and their colleagues to attend the NY–NJ SAS Annual Student Award Celebration Banquet on July 21, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Doubletree Hotel & Banquet Center, located at 180 Route 17, South Mahwah, NJ.
Graduate award winners Sunil Badal of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Jiahui Xu of Rutgers University will each present an overview of their research. The Special Graduate Speaker will be Jing Li of Binghamton University. Celebration events include a welcome and introduction of the NY–NJ SAS officers for 2018 and 2019, a buffet dinner, and networking opportunities.
The cost to attend is $35.00 per person. Please RSVP by July 15. For further details, please email Debbie Peru at debperu@outlook.com.
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