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ICACC’13 Photoblog #1 from Daytona Beach

By / January 28, 2013

At the 37th International Conference and Exposition on Applied Ceramics and Composites, Sunday was a big day for arrivals, registration plus a pleasant ocean-side atmosphere for meeting old and new friends…

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Quick peek at two big ceramics meetings this month in Florida—EMA and ICACC

By Eileen De Guire / January 3, 2013

EMA 2012: Beautiful weather beckoned conferees outdoors during the break. Credit: ACerS. 2013 will be a big year for big meetings, and January starts of with two of ACerS’ biggest:…

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NIST issues report on MGI workshop addressing data and standards

By Eileen De Guire / December 7, 2012

NIST released its report from May’s MGI workshop, “Building the Materials Innovation Infrastructure: Data and Standards.” Credit: OSTP. The stated goal of the Materials Genome Initiative (pdf) is “to double the…

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WISE: GE Global Research holds Women in Science and Engineering symposium

By Eileen De Guire / December 4, 2012

Michelle Janas is a lead scientist with GE Healthcare Life Sciences. GE Global Research is looking at ways to increase the recruitment—and retention—of women researchers like her. Credit: GE. We…

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Refractories Institute video, plus scholarships for undergrads, grads

By Eileen De Guire / November 2, 2012

  Did you know that the word “refractory” means “durable, stubborn?” I learned that from the outstanding video “Taming the Flame” produced by The Refractories Institute. The eight-minute video provides…

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Vesuvius Research Center in Pittsburgh hosts student tour during the MS&T’12

By Eileen De Guire / October 23, 2012

Duane DeBastiani gave a presentation about Vesuvius and its technologies. Credit: Zhu; Vesuvius. Editor’s note: The student tour to a local ceramics business has become a favorite tradition at MS&T.…

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Manage your career with ‘content assets,’ but don’t ‘swear’ by them

By Eileen De Guire / September 12, 2012

Publish or perish is not just for academics, it turns out. Your content strategy represents your net worth to employers, according to a marketer who coaches professionals on the importance…

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MS&T Plenary Session to offer insights into materials strategies of 3M, Ford and GE

By / September 5, 2012

MS&T’11 Plenary Session: Credit: ACerS A couple of weeks ago, Eileen described how the materials field is in something of a bind because of the economic slowdown and the potential…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / August 21, 2012

Check ’em out: September California workshop to explore plans for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office, in partnership with state and national organizations, is inviting…

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Update, event rescheduled—MaterialsViews offers free webinar on scientific figure design

By / August 17, 2012

UPDATE: We just got word that the July 16 webinar has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 21 at 9:00 a.m. PDT. So, it’s not too late if you were on…

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