This invitation certainly is an honor for which I thank the organizers and my fellow MPS members. Furthermore, I welcome a ride on this rail because it is a great opportunity to tell our story to our guests -- And our story is ripe for the telling.

You will notice that many of my examples are from the aerospace industry, as will be the case in my research talk later today. I spent last year at Boeing Research and Technology, and I owe a great deal to my Boeing colleagues for helping to crystallize these ideas.