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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.
A panel of materials scientists and researchers share career tips with attendees at the recent CAMPS 2026 event. Image courtesy of Texas State University.
CAMPS 2026 Connects Materials Researchers Across Institutions

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 — co-founder of Material Hybrid Manufacturing — mentors a high school student on battery production. Image courtesy of Texas State University.
PREM Comes Full Circle at Texas State

Two researchers. One PREM network. Chris Reyes and Scott Barrett followed different paths through Texas State, but mentorship, collaboration and a shared interest in battery research ultimately brought them together at Material Hybrid Manufacturing.

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.

Looking for an internship or perhaps a research opportunity? Check out the PREM opportunities page, where you can find research positions, fellowships, and career opportunities. Search by position, location, center or lab, and more. Don’t miss it!

In a recently published paper, North Carolina Central University PREM researchers used controlled polymer synthesis and grafting onto graphene to create materials with tunable properties. They found that the thermoresponsive behavior of PNIPAM — poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) — depends strongly on chain length.