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."