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Cunningham Thanks for reading the final issue of 2017! I cannot be- University of Illinois Professor of Electrical and Computer Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor of Bioengineering lieve that this is my fifth issue! We have been striving Engineering Interim Director, Micro and to source material from our members and I encourage 208 North Wright Street Nanotechnology Laboratory Urbana, IL 61801 Director, Center for Innovative all members to think of content that they can add to the Tel: +1 217 265 0563 Instrumentation Technology (CiiT) newsletter and share with the Photonics Society. Email: [email protected] University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Our Society just wrapped up its annual conference Past President Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory Dalma Novak 208 North Wright Street in Orlando, Florida, USA. It was full of workshops, stu- Pharad, LLC Urbana, IL 61801 dent events and high-quality technical presentations. 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