A University of Utah team has developed a biodegradable sanitary pad that breaks down in less than 6 months and is comfortable to wear. Made of locally-sourced materials, the pad could provide a revenue stream for developing countries.
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Lego Ideas, the toy company’s platform for crowd-sourced ideas for new Lego sets, has ventured into the materials science and engineering world.
Read MoreGet Involved in the Engineering Ceramics Division The purpose of the Engineering Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society is to stimulate interest in the development and utilization…
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Students from Ohio State’s Materials Science and Engineering program and ACerS PCSA demonstrate how well space shuttle tiles (don’t) conduct heat at the Ohio State Fair. The award-winning booth highlighted…
Read MoreWatch the full episode. See more NOVA. NOVA/PBS now has the first episode of the Making Stuff series online (please note that the folks at NOVA/PBS seem to still be…
Read MoreGEMS Awards are specifically for graduate students presenting an oral talk at MS&T’10 in Houston, TX! Read more about them!
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MS&T’09’s Opening Session featured a panel of speakers actively working in renewable energy.
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MS&T’09’s Opening Session featured a panel of speakers actively working in renewable energy. The panelists – who included MIT professor and A123 Systems cofounder Yet-Ming Chiang, past ACerS president and…
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This is look at Victor Li’s latest innovation: self-healing concrete. This is a form of concrete that forms many tiny cracks when overloaded instead of a few large ones, leading to a process in which the concrete effectively “heals” itself.
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This is a good example of a student-made film about a materials program. This one is about the Industrial Ceramics Engineering Technology program at the college located in southern Ohio.
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