Members of the Chawla Research Group traveled to San Diego, California for the 2023 meeting of the Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society. Ted Huang, Daniel Sinclair, John Wu, Rahul Franklin, Amey Luktuke, Swapnil Morankar, Eshan Ganju, and Dr. Chawla presented talks on research in a range of topics. Congratulations, as well, to Ankit Kumar for giving his first conference talk!