CAMPS 2025
The 2025 Conference Across MRSEC-PREM Schools will take place at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX on May 23-24, 2025. This conference is a student-led initiative to bring MRSEC-PREM students, faculty, and industry together to help improve students’ research, academic, and professional skills. The conference was founded as a result of a growing need to network with students from other institutions and learn about their work. Given the collaborative spirit that MRSEC and PREM instills in us, we find it imperative to expand upon this spirit to encourage cross-institutional discussions and benefit from each other’s knowledge, network, and industry connections. This conference is made possible by the generous support of the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research.
Why attend?
Participating students will benefit from attending the conference through:
- Encouraging and fostering student networking amongst themselves and industry visitors
- Introducing different career paths through a panel encompassing people from industry, academia, and national labs
- Presenting senior students with job opportunities and postdoc positions (this conference will be a chance for career advertising either from industry or from interested research groups)
- Enriching students’ knowledge through a set of academic talks by respected faculty in the field
- Informing students of the various research capabilities and state-of-the-art instruments at the other MRSECs and PREMs, encouraging students to initiate research collaborations.
Who can apply?
All students (undergraduate, masters, and doctoral) from participating MRSECs and PREM institutes are welcome to attend this conference.
How much will it cost?
No registration fees are required to attend the conference. Travel and housing will be covered by the conference.
Friday, May 23, 2025
LBJ Student Center Grand Ballroom
Saturday, May 24, 2025
LBJ Student Center Grand Ballroom and Sewell Park
Lodging Information
For Student Participants
Rooms have been reserved at Chautauqua and Gaillardia Halls on campus at Texas State University.
For Invited Speakers, Faculty, & Staff
Recommended lodging at La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham San Marcos Outlet Mall.
Address: 111 Center Point Ct, San Marcos, TX 78666
Phone: (512) 667-6284
As our guest affiliated with Texas State University, you will receive a discount of 10% off of our standard daily rate. This discount can be honored by either calling us directly to place the reservation, or by using our booking site: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/ausfm-fairfield-inn-and-suites-austin-san-marcos/overview/
To use this discount online, enter the code: TU9 into Corp/Promo code under Special Rates.
List of Student Organizers
Jessica Peterson, Texas State University
Scott Barrett, Texas State University
Amelia Strait, Texas State University
Alan Martinez, Texas State University
Elina Ghimire, University of Chicago
Jay Bender, University of Texas at Austin
Johnny (Chien-Jung) Wu, University of Texas at Austin
Ahmed Emad Fahmy, Ohio State University
Smrutimedha Parida, Ohio State University
Christen Robinson, Jackson State University
Christine Rukeyser, Northwestern University
Ava Cabrera, University of Notre Dame
Sheilah Cherono, North Carolina A&T State University
Akande Wisdom, North Carolina A&T State University
Moses Ashie, North Carolina A&T State University
CAMPS 2024 at University of Chicago