Kate, Cheng, and honorary lab member Ling Li will be giving talks, and Vickie and Xin will be presenting posters at the 2012 MRS Spring Meeting. Congratulations to our summer 2010 high school student, Fay Lin, on becoming a regional Semi-finalist in the Siemens Science Competition [10/21/11]. Welcome to our 2011-2012 CME 410/420 students - Marie Guevarra, Zhenghao Li, Byoungsu Kim, and Sung Hoon Kim. Welcome to our summer students - Rajan Kumar (REU), Zhenghao Li (URECA), Byoungsu Kim, and Marie Guevarra [6/1/11]. Chi receives an Honorable Mention for his poster presentation at the Northeast Regional Sigma Xi Research Symposium [4/9/11]. Kate receives another Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research award [4/7/11]. Kate successfully passes her prelim examination and advances to Ph.D. candicacy [9/8/10]. Congratulations to Kate Dorst, winner of the poster session at the 2010 NSLS/CFN Users' Meeting [5/25/10]! Kate receives a Sigma Xi travel award [4/26/10]. Kate receives a Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research [1/18/10].