Dr. Naoki Ohashi, MANA Principal Investigator, received the Richard M. Fulrath Award afrom the American Ceramics Society (ACerS) for his contribution to thin film synthesis and properties of functional ceramics. The award was given to him at the ACerS 111th Annual Meeting held in onjunction with Materials Science & Technology 2009 Conference & Exhibition (MS&T’09) on October 26, 2009.