Modeling & Simulation

New Critical Materials Hub to take broad approach to rare earths, other strategic materials

By / January 17, 2013

The launch of the DOE’s $120 million Critical Materials Institute (nee “Hub”), the fifth energy innovation-oriented “integrated research center” initiated by the Obama administration, strikes me as mainly a balanced…

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Self-oscillating gels, DARPA worms and spontaneous self-aggregation

By / January 15, 2013

This has little to do with ceramics or glass—but everything to do with the biggest “What in the world…” moment I have had in a long, long time.” I will…

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Access open to JACerS’ article on ceramic grand challenges; new workshop will explore multidisciplinary aspects of ‘materials by design’

By Eileen De Guire / January 8, 2013

Ceramic researchers at a workshop last March to identify the grand challenges of ceramic science. Their findings were published in an open access article in the December 2012 JACerS. Credit:…

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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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Eileen’s five fave CTT posts in 2012 (and her liberal interpretation of the number five)

By Eileen De Guire / December 31, 2012

Background image: Molten glass. Credit: Michael Germann; Dreamstime.com. Peter and I thought it would be fun to share our five favorite posts from 2012. Finding that choosing only five was…

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Is artificial emotional intelligence possible? It depends on whom you ask

By Eileen De Guire / December 26, 2012

Kismet, a 1990s-era robot made at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has auditory, visual, and facial systems to demonstrate simulated human emotion and appearance. Credit: Jared C. Benedict; Wikimedia. The holiday season…

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Extreme testing: Mechanical testing of UHTCs at ultrahigh temperatures

By Eileen De Guire / December 11, 2012

These CT scans showing the formation of microcracks in ceramic composites under applied tensile loads at 1,750 degrees Celsius were obtained at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source using a unique…

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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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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / December 6, 2012

Here is what we are hearing: APC publishes free piezo calculator iPhone, iPad app APC International Inc. has announced the release of its APCPiezoCalc iPhone and iPad app. The app…

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New ‘New Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future’ solicitation from NSF

By / December 4, 2012

We have written numerous time in the past about the Materials Genome Initiative, which was launched in June 2011. Just to review, the MGI sets the goal of cutting in…

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