Dr Suwan Jayasinghe, Dr Hongbo Zhang, Mr Zeeshan Ahmed and Mr Dongyang Sun will be presenting their research at the Gordon Research Conference being held in New Hampshire, USA from July 17-22, 2005. The conference, sponsored by several organisations including EPSRC, will discuss ceramic challenges in MEMS, Nanotechnology and Biomaterials. Their attendance has been made possible by the kind invitation and support given by Professor Brian Derby (University of Manchester) who is the chair of this conference.