ACerS PCSA organized a new virtual student contest this spring called ACerS Next Top Demo Competition. The competition focuses on ceramic and/or glass outreach demonstration skills and was a way to educate the public while promoting the community outreach students already perform at university. Congratulations to this year’s winners:
1st Place:
Laura Aalto-Setälä and team; Åbo Akademi University; Turku, Finland
Crystallization of bioactive glasses, demonstrating bioactive glass crystallization and glassblowing techniques
2nd Place:
Arjak Bhattacharjee and team; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur); Kanpur, India
Oneness with the Infinite, demonstrating a wide variety of ceramic industries and applications and how integral ceramics are to today’s society