ACerS is pleased to announce the 2024 slate for the president-elect and Board of Directors positions as proposed by the Nominating Committee.
Read MoreThe American Ceramic Society’s 2023 awardees have been selected. Most awards will be presented at ACerS Annual Meeting at MS&T23, Oct. 1–4, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Congratulations to the 2023…
Read MoreACerS is pleased to announce the 2023 slate for the president-elect and Board of Directors positions as proposed by the Nominating Committee.
Read MoreReversible Electrochemical Cells for Interconversion between Fuel and Electricity Hosted by: ACerS Energy Materials & Systems Division Monday, October 3, 2022; 2 -3 p.m. Eastern US time The ACerS EMSD…
Read MoreThe American Ceramic Society’s 2022 awardees have been selected. Awards will be presented at ACerS Annual Meeting in conjunction with MS&T22 October 9-12, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pa., USA. Congratulations to…
Read MoreThe Engineering Ceramics Division invites nominations for the 2023 James I. Mueller, Bridge Building, Jubilee Global Diversity, and Global Young Investigator awards. The deadline for submitting nominations for all four…
Read MoreThe ECD Nominating Committee invites nominations for the incoming 2023–2024 division secretary candidate. This nomination will be presented at the ECD Annual Business meeting during the ACerS annual meeting in…
Read MoreThe Energy Materials and Systems Division recently held a division logo creation contest. Out of the seven thoughtful and creative entries, the winning logo was created by Anushka Pandey (National…
Read MoreNo-cost Technical Assistance Resources Offered by the U.S. Department of Energy Thursday, April 7, 2022; 12 -1 p.m. Eastern US time The US Department of Energy | Energy Efficiency &…
Read MoreBiomaterials and Implants: Unmet clinical needs, Current Status and Recommendations Friday, March 25, 2022; 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Eastern US time The ACerS Bioceramics Division is hosting the webinar Biomaterials…
Read MoreCeramic additive manufacturing for aerospace Thursday, February 24, 2022; 1- 2 p.m. Eastern US Time The ACerS Dayton/Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Section is hosting the webinar, Ceramic additive manufacturing for aerospace presented…
Read MoreThe Ceramographic Exhibit & Competition, is an annual poster exhibit to promote the use of microscopy and microanalysis as tools in the scientific investigation of ceramic materials. This year’s competition was held during the ACerS Annual Meeting in October in Columbus, Oh., in the Columbus Convention Center.
Read MoreLeft to right: Dahl, Carlos, and Godbole ACerS Basic Science Division announces the GEMS Awardees for 2021. The division sponsors the Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) awards as part of the…
Read MoreNominations for Society awards that will be presented at the annual awards banquet in October 2022 are now open. Additional information on each award, plus many Division and Class awards,…
Read MoreACerS 123rd Annual Meeting takes place Oct. 17–21, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio, during MS&T. MS&T affords you an opportunity like no other. You have the chance to hear the latest technical advances and cutting-edge developments in the materials science community, connect with friends, and network with your peers. Make your plans to attend today!
Read MoreThe American Ceramic Society’s 2021 awardees have been selected. Awards will be presented at ACerS Annual Meeting in conjunction with MS&T21 October 17 – 21, 2021 in Columbus, Oh., USA.…
Read MoreNomination deadlines for three ACerS division awards have been extended to June. Award eligibility for each can be found at ACerS Awards Page. Glass & Optical Materials: Alfred R. Cooper…
Read MoreHosted by the Northern California Section, this webinar will feature presentations from Professor Jian Luo (University of California, San Diego) and Professor Katherine T. Faber (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena). Their presentations will discuss recent studies from flash sintering to ultrafast sintering without an electric field and field effects on grain growth and the fundamentals of pore network design.
Read MoreACerS corporate partner, Uncountable, is sponsoring the May webinar, “Digitalization and the future of formulating in modern R&D labs” on May 11, 2021. Scientists are the literal lifeblood of new product development and innovation, but they often spend much of their time simply pulling together data to conduct analysis in hopes of key learnings. The biggest lever that R&D leaders have today is to implement tools that make this learning process faster and easier, through better data tools. This Webinar will focus on the benefits of implementing a true data infrastructure, and the challenges that organizations will face along this journey.
Read MoreThe Engineering Ceramics Division is hosting the April webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “Understanding ideation and opportunity analysis for designing high performance materials via different case studies” on April 15, 2021.
Read MoreThe Manufacturing Division is hosting the March webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “Raw material variability and manufacturing” on March 16, 2021.
Read MoreACerS is pleased to announce the 2021 slate for the President-elect and Board of Directors positions as proposed by the Nominating Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. ACerS…
Read MoreThe Electronics Division presented awards for outstanding student work during the January 2021 Virtual Conference on Electronic Materials and Applications. Congratulations to these poster and presentation awardees.
Read MoreThe Global Young Bioceramicist Award is presented by The American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award recognizes the outstanding young ceramic engineer and material scientist, who has made significant contributions…
Read MoreThe Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement Award for innovation and translation is presented by The American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award honors a deserving individual(s) in recognition of lifetime…
Read MoreWhen I was planning for my upcoming sabbatical leave last year, I thought of my trip to Brazil about two years ago, when I co-organized the ICG funded international workshop…
Read MoreIt’s time to start working on your entry for the 2019 Ceramographic Exhibit & Competition, organized by the ACerS Basic Science Division. This unique competition, to be held at MS&T19…
Read MoreThe new slate of 2019-2020 ACerS Officers Slate has been determined. There were no contested offices and no write-in candidates, automatically making all nominees “elected.” The new term begins at…
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Plastic deformation of polycrystalline ceramics at room temperature is hindered by the lack of sufficient independent slip systems within the material’s structure. Researchers in Germany circumvented this limitation by focusing on deformation in the near-surface region, which demonstrates several useful dislocation mechanisms not available in the bulk region.
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Ohio-based artist and businesswoman Fran Taylor played a major role in midcentury barware culture, and the recent revival of her business by a Lancaster-based couple aims to honor and promote her trailblazing legacy.
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Largest nonlinear photonic crystal, high-entropy tungsten capacitors, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 26, 2024.
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Glass recycling rates have stagnated at approximately 30% in the United States. This CTT discusses some steps that can be taken to help keep glass from going to waste.
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Silica Networks acquires InterNexa’s telecom assets to feed network expansion, Vietnam and Russia discuss nuclear energy collaboration, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for June 24, 2024.
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The ongoing war in Ukraine is driving tile manufacturers to look for alternative sources of clay for tile manufacturing. In a recent open-access paper, researchers from Spain and Türkiye investigated the potential of clay sourced from the Afyon region of Türkiye as a possible alternative to Ukrainian clay for white tile manufacturing.
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Death from train collisions is the second-highest cause of unnatural elephant deaths in India. Austria-based information provider Sensonic contracted with Indian Railways to deploy a fiber-optic-based elephant detection and alert system along the railway’s East Coast network.
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Shark-inspired nozzle design, self-assembling glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for June 19, 2024.
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The shape of a solar cell can greatly affect its light absorption efficiency. Abdullah Gül University assistant professor Dooyoung Hah recently investigated the potential of hemispherical, or “dome,” shaped cells to improve the performance of organic photovoltaics.
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Norway announces Europe’s largest rare earth deposit, Sibelco completes acquisition of Strategic Materials, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for June 17, 2024.
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