Ceramic Tech Today

ICC4 Day 2

By Lee Leonard / July 17, 2012

A large crowd listened to three presentations on Monday morning’s ICC4 Plenary Session I. Credit: Russell Lee Leonard, ACerS. Monday was the second day of the 4th International Congress on…

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ICC4: Packed with the future

By Bobby Harl / July 17, 2012

Edgar Lara-Curzio questions John Tracy after his lenary talk Monday. Credit: Bobby Harl, ACerS. Welcome to the second installment of this student’s perspective on the ICC4 conference. Today was the first full…

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Student bloggers report on ICC4-CLS from Chicago this week!

By Eileen De Guire / July 17, 2012

Bobby Harl and Lee Leonard are ICC4-CLS student bloggers sponsored by scholarships from Wiley. Credit: ACerS. You may have noticed that there are new posts by unfamiliar names—Bobby Harl and…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / July 16, 2012

Check ’em out: GE tests flight theory; ceramics are fragile, new to production and the future of an $18B unit (Wall Street Journal) Employees at the General Electric Co. plant…

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News from the glass and refractory worlds

By P. Carlo Ratto / July 16, 2012

• After a period of extensive modernization, Interglass (the largest industrial glass producer in Kyrgyz Republic) is restarting the operation of its float glass plant in Tokmok. The European Bank…

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ICC4: The beginning through a student’s eyes

By Bobby Harl / July 16, 2012

Registration desk at ICC4. Credit: Bobby Harl; ACerS. Hello readers! First, I must say it is a great pleasure to be writing to you from ICC4. I would quickly like…

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ICC4 Day 1

By Lee Leonard / July 16, 2012

Maxine Savitz addresses the ICC4 audience. Credit: Russell Lee Leonard, ACerS. The 4th International Conference on Ceramics (ICC4) began on Sunday at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers in Chicago,…

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Faster simulation, award for new method

By / July 15, 2012

This is a simulation model of a automobile wheel, generated with Dominik Schillinger’s new method. Credit: TUM. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress…

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World record: The lightest material in the world comes from Northern Germany

By / July 14, 2012

Credit: TUHH, Karl Schulte. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our normal writing on…

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UMD creates new tech for complex microstructures for use in sensors and other applications

By / July 14, 2012

Credit: John Fourkas; Univ. of Maryland. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our…

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