Drew Pulsifer, graduate student in Engineering Science and Mechanics, under the advising of Professor Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, will travel in early March to San Diego, California. While on travel, Drew will attend the Bioinspiration, biomimetics, and Bioreplication III technical conference of the SPIE: Smart Structures/NDE Symposium. Drew’s attendance at the conference will allow him to present a paper entitled: Progress toward visual decoys to trap the male emerald ash borer. The paper and presentation describe the progress made by Penn State researchers to develop an artificial decoy to lure male emerald ash borers which can be used as a lure in a trap that could help limit the spread of this destructive invasive species. To learn more about the conference, please visit their website.