The American Ceramic Society | If you work in ceramics or glass, ACerS is the society for you.

If you work in ceramics or glass, ACerS is the society for you.

Every day, materials professionals use ceramics to pioneer energy solutions, advance medicine, improve the environment, support manufacturing innovations, and make life better. Are you one of them?

Join more than 11,000 scientists, engineers, researchers, manufacturers, plant personnel, educators, students, marketing and sales professionals from more than 70 countries in The American Ceramic Society.

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News

The latest in ceramic and glass news from around the world.

Upcoming Meetings

We have a great lineup of ceramic and glass conferences.

Electronic Materials and Applications 2019 (EMA 2019)

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43rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC 2019)

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25th International Congress on Glass (ICG 2019)

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2nd Global Forum on Advanced Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Development (GFMAT-2) combined with 4th International Conference on Innovations in Biomaterials, Biomanufacturing, and Biotechnologies (Bio-4)

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Here's the latest from ACerS

Ceramic materials engineer a cleaner, safer world in Jan/Feb 2019 issue of ACerS Bulletin, now available online

The January/February 2019 issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring two articles looking at clean energy technologies, and the annual summary of National Science Foundation Ceramics Program awards—is now available online.

Video: Move over, polymers—3D-printed ceramic body armor has arrived

Phase diagram provides unified map of glass response to strain

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Lower SOFC operation temperatures by smoothing grain boundaries

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Member Highlights

The American Ceramic Society’s Navrotsky Award recognizes innovative thermodynamic research

ACerS newest award, The Navrotsky Award for Experimental Thermodynamics of Solids, established by Alexandra Navrotsky, recognizes innovative...

Glass scientist discovers his passion after visiting glass museum

ACerS Fellow John Mauro has traveled an interesting career path. He attributes his success to his education, mentors, and his involvement with ACerS and the Glass and Optical Materials Division. His Lifetime Membership reflects the value he places on the Society.

ACerS Lifetime Member gets considerable ROI from involvement in Society

ACerS Fellow S.K. Sundaram has accomplished a lot in his 20+ year career. In this recent interview, he reflects on his career, how being involved in ACerS resulted in recognition and several awards, and benefits of membership.

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Divisions

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U.S. Sections

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International Chapters

Live outside of the U.S.? Join other ACerS members to further promote the local and regional ceramics and glass community in your country.
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