Highlights include an extensive collection of technical sessions, short courses, and a free to attend equipment exhibition. This year’s special Focus Topics include: Antinides & Rare Earths; Biofabrication & Novel Devices; Electron Transport in Low-Dimensional Materials; Ellipsometry; Energy Frontiers; Helium Ion Microscopy; Graphene & Related Materials; In Situ Spectroscopy & Microscopy; Marine Biofouling & the Gulf Coast Cleanup; Nanomaunfacturing Science & Technology; Neutron Scattering; Transparent Conductors & Printable Electronics; and Tribology.