The Pittsburgh Section is the oldest ACerS section. Our geographical area encompasses western Pennsylvania and small portions of Ohio and West Virginia.

Officers

Membership

Dues of $15 per year can be paid on your annual ACerS membership renewal form.

Meetings & Events

Pittsburgh Section Annual Golf Tournament

Date: Monday September 13, 2010
Time: 12 noon - First Tee Time
Where: Lindenwood Golf Course

           Cannonsburg, PA

Join the Pittsburgh Section of ACerS at Lindenwood GC on Monday, Sept. 13 for a chance to win this team scramble event, with hole prizes and door prizes, a hot dog lunch at the turn, and dinner buffet. This year, the Section will make the tee time assignments prior to the tournament, and email out everyone’s times, to minimize the wait time for those with later tee times.

Set up your own foursomes, or simply sign up and we’ll organize your group. Members and non-members are welcome to play. The cost is $75 per player, same as last year, and holes sponsorships are still available for $75.

Contact Eric Young to reserve a space and/or sponsor a hole in this year’s tournament.  Eric can also be reached at 412-616-9718.

Cutoff date for registering: Friday, September 3

Technical Meeting
We are evaluating having a local technical meeting in the winter, with short talks showcasing the technical work done by some local ceramic or material science companies. While no firm date is set we are looking at some time in October. If you are interested in presenting, please contact Dan Swiler.

Future City Competition
www.futurecitypittsburgh.org 

The National Engineers Week Future City Competition offers 7th and 8th grade students a resourceful way to learn about engineering. The Pittsburgh Section presents students with a cash award for “The best use of ceramics” in their displays. The judging is based on the specific inclusion of ceramic materials in the model (and the ability to identify them) and the knowledge of the group (or spokes member) of how ceramics/materials would be used in their city of the future.

Congratulations to 2009 winner, St. Bedes in Pittsburgh, PA.

All ACerS Meetings

Scholarship

The J. Earl Frazier Memorial Scholarship is awarded annually to a member of a junior class at one of the colleges providing an accredited undergraduate ceramic science and/or engineering curriculum and whose home residence is within the geographical confines of the Pittsburgh Section.

Scholarship Requirements | Scholarship Application Form

Contact:

Curt Zimmer

302 Mattier Dr.

Pittsburgh, PA 15238

P:  (412) 828-1081

F:  (412) 469-3889

Email:  c/o  gmcintyre@anhrefractories.com

Congratulations to Beth Miller of North Wales, PA, a junior at Penn State University in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences!  She is the 2009 J. Earl Frazier Memorial Scholarship recipient.  The award was presented at MS&T’09 in Pittsburgh.

The award is being presented to Ms. Miller by James Gilson, Section Chairman (left) and Curt Zimmer, Counselor and Scholarship Chairman (right).

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