CONGRATULATIONS ! 1) Dr. Mohammad Mehrmohammadi for being the Conference Program Committee person in the SPIE Medical Imaging 2018 2) Samuel John for his oral presentation on the topic "Ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging for enhanced image-guided endovenous laser ablation procedures" in the SPIE Medical Imaging conference 2018 3) Adeel A. Siddiqu for his oral presentation on the topic "Ultrasound, elasticity, and photoacoustic imaging of cervix: towards a more accurate prediction of preterm delivery" in the SPIE Medical Imaging conference 2018 4) Maryam Basijfor her oral presentation on the topic "Miniaturized phased-array ultrasound and photoacoustic endoscope" in the SPIE Medical Imaging conference 2018 5) Alexander Pattyn and Yan Yanfor their oral presentation on the topic "Acoustic and optical compensated, full-ring photoacoustic tomography: a simulation study" in the SPIE Medical Imaging conference 2018 6) Suhail S. Alshahrani and Yan Yanfor their oral presentation on the topic "An advanced photoacoustic tomography system based on a ring geometry design" in the SPIE Medical Imaging conference 2018 7) Our SPIE chapter has been awarded the SPIE educational outreach kit. 8) The second guest lecture will be presented by Dr.Ehsan Afshari on the topic" Circuit Design at Extreme: Pushing the Limits of Silicon" on 04-10-2018 at Ford Activity Center (Engineering Room 1520)from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. 9) Our SPIE chapter celebrates world arduino day on May 12th.