Our group was represented in the AIChE 2014 conference (Atlanta GA, Nov 16-21, 2014) by the following contributions: Talk: Adsorption on Metal Nanoparticles: Size and Shape Matters (Presenter: Natalie Austin) Talk: Structure-Activity Relationships for the Conversion of Biomass Derived Alcohols to Chemicals (presenter: Pavlo Kostetskyy) Poster: “Understanding the Early Stages of Metal Nanoparticle Growth Using Density Functional Theory Calculations (Presenter: Olabobola Shobayo (UMBC)) Session Chair: Computational Catalysis IV (Chair: Giannis Mpourmpakis) Congratulations to all of you for the very nice presentations!