Mengqian Lu, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics under the advising of Professor Tony Huang, traveled to Japan in late October to attend and present at the 16th International Conference in Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (uTAS). uTAS is the premier forum for reporting and exchanging research results in microfluidics, microfabrication, nanotechnology, integration, materials and surfaces, analysis and synthesis, and detection technologies for the life sciences and chemistry. Mengqian will give a presentation entitled "Shape-Controllable Synthesis of Nanocomposites by Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Focusing."

Koray Sekeroglu, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will travel to Boston in late November to present his research at the Materials Research Society meeting. While on travel, Koray will make a presentation entitled "Bioinspired Directional Surfaces-From Natural to Engineered Textured Surfaces." To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.

Abdalla Nassar, graduate research assistant in Engineering Science and Mechanics, traveled to Pittsburgh in early October to attend the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2012 conference. While in attendance, he presented his research to an audience of fellow material scientists and attended meetings for the ASM International Volunteerism and Emerging Technologies Awareness committees.

Amber Black, graduate research assistant in Engineering Science and Mechanics, traveled to Pittsburgh in early October to attend the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2012 conference. While in attendance, she presented her research to an audience of fellow material scientists and attended meetings for the ASM International Volunteerism and Emerging Technologies Awareness committees.

Charles Smith, graduate student in Engineering Science, was announced recently by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that he has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship for 2012-13. The NSF program supports outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering, STEM education and learning research, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees. Congratulations Charles!

Xiaoyun Ding, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, under the advising of Professor Tony Huang, will travel to Germany in early October to present at the 2012 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium annual meeting. This meeting will bring together the community of ultrasonics around the world in the center of Europe for discussion and cooperation and to stimulate the research and development in the widespread field of ultrasonic theories and applications.