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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / November 20, 2012

In the spirit of the Thankgiving Day feast, we offer a wide sampling of interesting and perhaps unexpected stories to fill your intellectual palate. Mo-Sci breaks ground for new industrial…

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UNITECR is when the world of refractories meets; call for papers deadline looms

By / October 3, 2012

Scientists, engineers and even business people in the field of ceramics like to describe ceramics as an “enabling” material. What we typically mean is that often ceramic materials serve as…

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Ohio college prepares technicians for the ceramics industry

By Eileen De Guire / September 27, 2012

Hocking College’s Industrial Ceramics Engineering Technology program is run by Gail Jordan (left). He is pictured with Mark Cousino, who is demonstrating the glass test furnace in the program’s new…

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‘Engineering Guy’s’ videos form nice resource for entry-level science, materials instruction

By / September 19, 2012

Fiber optic cables: How they work. Credit: EngineeringGuy.com. There apparently are a number of readers of this blog who are always on the search for videos to introduce basic materials…

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‘Print’ a house? Why not! Plus, ‘Rust Belt’ region awarded pilot institute for additive manufacturing

By Eileen De Guire / August 17, 2012

If you are thinking of building a new home for your family, you might want to watch this TEDx talk by a USC professor who has engineered a way to…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / July 23, 2012

Take a break and take a look: China cuts rare earth mining rights by half to aid consolidation (Bloomberg/Businessweek) – China, the supplier of 90 percent of the world’s rare…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / June 29, 2012

Here is what we are hearing: Korean conglomerate LG buys 51% of Rolls-Royce Fuel Cell Systems Inc. (Crain’s Cleveland Business) Northeast Ohio’s most prominent fuel cell company has a new…

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Recap and photos from Cements Division meeting in Austin, Texas

By Eileen De Guire / June 22, 2012

Last week’s Cements Division meeting and symposium focused on computational tools applied to cement research and development. Here, David Lange, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, asks Ed Garboczi a question at…

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The Bulletin, June-July issue now online: Students, cements and more

By Eileen De Guire / May 24, 2012

This double-issue highlights student-led Society activities and international issues of sustainability in concrete and cements. Catch the latest news and information in the June-July issue of the Bulletin, now available…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / May 18, 2012

Here’s what we are hearing: Welcome to The Cement Grinding Office, a new concept to support engineers and technicians working every day with a ball mill In the cement industry,…

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