Dr. Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics, has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the world's largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science. Dr. Lakhtakia receives his honor for distinguished contributions to optics in complex materials including chiral materials, and especially for the development of sculptured thin films as nanoengineered metamaterials.