On June 12, 2025, the ACerS International United Kingdom Chapter co-chair, Dong (Lilly) Liu, along with Roger Morrell, a ceramics specialist with the National Physical Laboratory, led a one-day course on fractography for ceramics.
The course was aimed at materials science students, early career researchers and engineers wishing to gain an understanding of how to use fractography to explore the limitations of brittle materials and to solve problems. The course combined lectures and practical demonstrations while covering fundamental principles of brittle fracture, practical aspects for studying cracks and fracture origins, practical sessions on flexureal strength and participant components, and case studies dealing with component failures.
