On February 17, 2014, at the 143rd conference of the American Minerals, Metals &Materials Society (TMS), held in San Diego, California, Dr. Li Bin from Mississippi State University, and Dr. Liu Boyu and Professor Shan Zhiwei from the Center for Advancing Materials Performance from the Nanoscale (CAMP-Nano) were awarded the 2013 basic research prize by the Light Metals Division of TMS. The purpose of the prize is to recognize excellent original research in the field of light metals.