The MRS Entrepreneurship Challenge is an international competition pairing materials scientists and engineers with business school students to develop concepts for materials-based start-up companies.

The grand prize is $3000—and the top three teams will each additionally receive travel funding of up to $3500 so that they can present their entries at the 2008 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco. The deadline to register teams for the MRS Entrepreneurship Challenge is December 15, 2007.

SCMJ is pleased to announce its November Entrepreneur Workshop titled "How to Pick a Billion Dollars Opportunity?"

Three prominent panelists will share their insights with you from both investor and entrepreneur perspectives: What to look for? Who will be the next Yahoo and Google? What is the next star industry? How important is the management team and credential? A panel discussion will be held after presentation for Q&As.

We're set to have our first monthly E-Club meeting this Thrusday 10/18 at 6:30 in the Rathskeller. We should use the time to get caught up on some of the plans laid down at our last meeting like the pre-interhouse party as well as discuss any new ideas anyone may have.

I hope everyone had a great summer. The Eclub executive board has been busy planning for the new school year. We have lots of great events in the works for the coming semester and year, so stay tuned.

To start things off, there will be a Tech Coast Angels screening on October 5th. If you've never been to a screening, it's a great opportunity to see what goes on behind closed doors after a company pitches, and how investors decide whether or not to invest.

There are only a limited number of spots available so please let me know if you are interested in attending.