Education

Ceramic materials shape a better world—PACRIM, day 2

By Ling Fei / June 5, 2013

Joe Ryan (right) talks about his career at the Pacific Northwest National Lab during Monday’s career roundtable event for students at PACRIM. Credit: Fei; ACerS. (Editor’s note: We ran into…

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Steel metallurgist and MS&T professor Kent Peaslee dies

By Eileen De Guire / June 3, 2013

Kent Peaslee, 1956–2013 The materials science community is interdependent, so the ceramics community shares the sorrow of the steel industry on hearing of the untimely death of Kent Peaslee, a…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / May 23, 2013

Somany Q4 net up nearly 20 percent Somany Ceramics Ltd. says improved sales resulted in net profit of Rs 10.14 crore ($1.88 million) for the quarter ended March 31, 2013,…

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Structural Clay Division and brick industry leaders meet in Salt Lake City

By Jim Destefani / May 23, 2013

A highlight of the meeting was a tour of Interstate Brick, a 122-year-old facility set against the Salt Lake City area’s mountain backdrop. Credit: ACerS The ACerS Structural Clay Products…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / May 14, 2013

How graphene and friends could harness the Sun’s energy University of Manchester and National University of Singapore researchers have shown how building multi-layered heterostructures in a three-dimensional stack can produce…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / May 10, 2013

Morgan Advanced Materials highlights fire protection, wear and chemical corrosion resistant materials for offshore oil & gas applications at OTC 2013 Morgan Advanced Materials announces that it will be showcasing…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / April 12, 2013

Interdisciplinary Department of Materials Science and Engineering established The formation of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University has been approved by the Texas Higher Education…

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Argentina sets ambitious science investment target, brain-drain reversal agenda

By Eileen De Guire / March 26, 2013

Official video (in Spanish only) on new “Innovative Argentina 2020. Credit: Ministry of Science. I am someone who thinks people in the United States pay far too little attention and…

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Materials Madness! NCAA men’s basketball tournament and materials science

By Eileen De Guire / March 22, 2013

CTT is tracking the NCAA “March Madness” men’s basketball tournament to see whether there is a correlation between strong materials science and engineering schools and basketball prowess. You’re welcome. Credit:…

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NSF opens new contest—’Innovation in Graduate Education Challenge’

By Eileen De Guire / March 15, 2013

I Graduate students talk. NSF wants to listen. Were these students at the recent ICACC student mixer discussing ways to improve their career preparation, or were they just making dinner…

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