Posts by Lisa McDonald
ACerS 2013—A photo album of the year that was
By our measure, 2013 was an incredible year for the Society and its members.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
New circuit design allows for elimination of laptop charger brick Power electronics maker FINsix Corporation announced the development of smallest…
Read MoreICACC’14 Student Activities
Are you a student attending ICACC’14? Check out these student activities during the conference, January 26-31, 2014, Daytona Beach, FL,…
Read MoreGE Aviation on hiring spree, but they’re not alone
GE Aviation posted eleven positions on the ACerS Career Center website this fall, and based on LinkedIn feeds I’ve…
Read MoreLike electrodes for chocolate? Taste simulator technology unwrapped
[Image above] Credit: New Scientist; YouTube. National University of Singapore researchers unveiled a taste simulation device at ACM Multimedia conference…
Read MoreTrends in innovation and regulation of ceramics for biomedical applications
[Image above] A tenacious wound healed with Mo-Sci’s DermaFuse bioglass. Credit: Mo-Sci. Most people think of “health care professionals” as…
Read MoreWhat is a ceramic engineer?
What makes someone a ceramic materials engineer or scientist? The Society was founded 115 years ago to meet the professional needs of those who worked on ceramic and glass materials, a mission that is still valid.
Read MoreVideo: Atoms make ‘the world’s smallest stop-motion film’
Last spring, scientists at IBM’s Research Laboratories in San Jose, Calif., used a scanning tunneling microscope to create what Guinness World Records has certified as “the world’s smallest stop-motion film.”
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest.
Read MorePing! Mary Barra named GM’s CEO-designate
Mary Barra will take over as CEO of General Motors in January. An electrical engineer, she began her career as a co-op student at GM.
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