Above, Vanderbilt’s Catherine Gay presented the talk “Dispersion of CNFs in Cement Composites” at the recent 2nd Advances in Cement-based Materials meeting organized by ACerS Cements Division and ACBM. Credit:…
Read MoreAn aboriginal dance troupe teaching PACRIM9 attendees a few moves. Credit: ACerS Recently returned from Cairns, Australia, Charlie Spahr, ACerS executive director, reports that PACRIM9 was a successful, and distinctly…
Read MoreRelative job growth trends for engineers from Indeed.com. The Indeed.com search engine searches openings at thousands of job sites. Credit: Indeed.com The Society for Automotive Engineers just released a survey-based…
Read MoreCan you explain your research to a coworker? That’s probably fairly easy. How about your spouse? Or your parents? Get’s a little trickier, doesn’t it? But, of course, they know…
Read MoreCredit: CEM; OSU. Ohio State University has issued a request for proposals for its 2011-2012 Materials Research Seed Grant Program. The offering is open to the “OSU materials community.” According…
Read MoreDo you like this blog? Do you already write about science? If you are an experienced science writer or reporter (with a credentialed background in one of the physical sciences…
Read MoreMicromeritics, a manufacturer of particle and nanotechnology instruments and equipment, is offering a free materials characterization workshop and plant tour on March 15, 2011, at its headquarters located in Norcross, Ga.…
Read MoreLots of stuff the last few days: Salazar, Chu announce major offshore wind initiatives; Strategic plan, $50 million in R&D funding, identified Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of…
Read MoreThe University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab have teamed up to develop the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education which combines energy science and engineering. Students will…
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