PREM PIs gather during a PREM meeting held in conjunction with the 2026 MRS Spring Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. From left: Cheng-Yu Lai, Daniela Radu, Alan Mejia (rear), JiYeong Gu (rear), Thiagarajan Soundappan, Michele Feder, Victoria Padilla, and Dhananjay Kumar. Photo courtesy of Thiagarajan Soundappan.
Students, faculty, and PIs from across the PREM network shared research, strengthened collaborations, and laid the groundwork for an expanded student presence at the MRS Fall Meeting.
Students from across the MRSEC and PREM communities came together at the University of Michigan for CAMPS 2026, a student-led conference featuring research presentations, poster sessions, career conversations, lab tours and opportunities to build connections across institutions.
Chris Reyes turned mentorship and connections at Texas State into a career and a company. Now, PREM graduate Scott Barrett is following a path through the network Reyes helped build.
PREM Day brought students and faculty from Texas State, UT Austin, NAU, and Pasadena City College together for lab tours, research exchange, career conversations, and connections across the PREM community.