Thanks to all of our wonderful speakers, conference attendees and adsponsor, Materials Science-2013 Conference was our best ever!

The 2^nd International Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science & Engineering, hosted by the OMICS Group was held during October 07-09, 2013 at Hampton Inn Tropicana, Las Vegas, USA with the theme “Emphasis on Interdisciplinary Science & Technological Shift, Contributing to the Development of New Materials". Benevolent response and active participation was received from the Editorial Board Members of OMICS Group Journals as well as from the scientists, engineers, researchers, students and leaders from the fields of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, who made this event successful.

The meeting was carried out through various sessions, in which the discussions were held on the following major scientific tracks:

• Materials Science and Engineering
• Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites
• Energy Materials
• Mining and Metallurgy
• Surface Science and Engineering
• Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
• Materials Chemistry (Organic and Inorganic) and Sustainable Chemistry
• Biophysics and Systems Biology
• Optics and Laser Technology
• Advances in Instrumentation Technology
• Emerging Areas of Materials Science

The conference was initiated with a series of lectures delivered by both Honorable Guests and members of the Keynote forum. The list included:

Dr. Isaac C. Sanchez, University of Texas, USA
Dr. Aris Christou, University of Maryland, USA
Dr. Ramesh K. Agarwal, Washington University, USA
Dr. Manthiram Arumugam, Texas Materials Institute at UT-Austin
Dr. Anil Kumar, IIT Roorkee, India
Dr. Dongyang Li, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Zhifeng Ren, University of Houston, USA
Dr. Federico Rosei University of Quebec, Canada

OMICS Group International offers its heartfelt appreciation to organizations such as American elements, Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA), Semiconductors Society of India (SSI), and Nanopro.biz, and obliged to the Organizing Committee Members, adepts of field, various outside experts, company representatives and other eminent personalities who supported the conference by facilitating the discussion forums. OMICS Group also took privilege to felicitate the Organizing Committee Members and Editorial Board Members who supported this event.

With the grand success of Materials Science-2013, OMICS Group is proud to announce the "3^rd International Conference and Exhibition on Materials Science & Engineering" to be held during October 06-08, 2014 at San Antonio, USA.