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Welcome to this year\u2019s virtual GCI Showcase!
\nProjects will be online for viewing and judging all week, with live Q&A with student teams on Friday, May 15, beginning at 1:00 p.m. To join students for conversation, please consult the following schedule:<\/p>\n

GCI Showcase Schedule <\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, we invite everyone to join us at 2:45 p.m. as we provide awards for the best poster presentations, honor MatterHackers<\/a><\/i>\u00a0<\/i>with our annual Golden 3D Printed Crescent Wrench Award, present a postdoctoral fellow with our first outstanding research publication award, and give thanks to postdoctoral fellows that are finishing their time with the program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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