<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" color="#c00000" face="Trebuchet MS" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" class="">Coffee and Conversation<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Hosted by MIT-PDA Human Affairs Committee</span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="79496527-BC98-4214-8D94-FCD8FDBCA110" height="112" width="206" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image029.png@01D3D402.6E1661A0" class=""><b class=""><font color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Date and Time:</span></font></b><b class=""><font size="2" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">19 April 2018, Thursday @ 4:00 - 5:00 PM</span></font><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Location: </span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">76-359 (Koch Institute, 3rd floor large conference room) <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="3" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Special Guest:</span></font></b><b class=""><font size="2" color="#212121" face="Arial" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></b><font face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Dr. Michele Ostraat<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Meet other postdocs and talk to our special guest;<b class=""> Dr. Michele Ostraat, Advanced Materials Leader from ARAMCO Research Center, Greater Boston</b>. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Ask questions about work-life balance and life beyond MIT or anything else. Get a different perspective on your life. Enjoy coffee and snacks.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" color="#c00000" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Guest Bio: </span></font></b><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Dr. Michele Ostraat, Advanced Materials Leader for the Aramco Research Center – Boston, serves in a leadership role directing a technical team in applied research in chemistry, materials science, and engineering. Her team translates materials discovery into commercial opportunities for diverse technologies, including membranes for gas separation, porous materials for catalysis, and advanced composites for corrosion resistance. </span></font><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Prior to joining Aramco, she held numerous technical positions with increased responsibilities spanning new product and process development, prototyping, research and development portfolio management, and technology transfer. Michele was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Labs and Agere Systems, examining the synthesis of rare-earth doped aerosol nanoparticles and investigating the behavior of chalcogenide phase change materials. At DuPont’s Experimental Station, she focused on aerosol synthesis and characterization of sub-micron and nanoparticles for advanced electronic application sand the occupational safety and health of nanomaterials. As Senior Director at RTI International, Michele led scientific teams developing products and applications for aerosols and nanomaterials for energy, defense,and health-related technologies.</span></font><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><font size="2" face="Corbel" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif;" class="">Michele earned her Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, CA. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. </span></font><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></font></b></div></body></html>