The official date for the Graduate Engineering Annual Research Symposium (GEARS) has been set. The University of Colorado at Boulder Department of Mechanical Engineering announced that the Sixth Annual GEARS will be held on Thursday March 12, 2009. GEARS is planned and organized by graduate students in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The symposium provides a platform for students to present and discuss research conducted at the University of Colorado Mechanical Engineering Department while also uniting both the graduate and undergraduate programs in the Mechanical Engineering Department. GEARS fosters the partnership between the university and industry allowing students and industry members to share their work.