Posts by Lisa McDonald
ACerS 2011 slate for president-elect, board announced
ACerS is pleased to announce the 2011 slate for President-elect and for Board of Directors. The election will be held…
Read MoreDOE: $5 million available for GATE centers, student graduate fellowships in automotive materials, engineering
Are you someone at (or near) the start of your graduate studies in engineering, and do you have an interest…
Read MoreDOE gives loan guarantee to southwestern transmission project
The DOE announced it is using Recovery Act monies to provide a loan guarantee for $343 million to assist a consortium building…
Read MoreNot yet in home LED heaven – but maybe next year
Because several ACerS members are directly or indirectly involved with LED research and development, and because I am doing some…
Read MoreJapanese group ‘prints’ amorphous silicon photovoltaic cell created using silicon inks
JAIST researchers have developed three types of silicon ink: aB-doped p-type, an i-type (intrinsic) and a P-doped type. Typically, photovoltaic…
Read MoreVideo of the week: Z.L. Wang on piezoeletronics and piezophotoeletronics
[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/zl_wang.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/zl_wang.jpg}] Georgia Tech’s Zhong-Lin Wang was a plenary speaker at the recent 35th International Conference on Advanced…
Read MoreLarger grains at lower temperatures: Possible poly-silicon production cost breakthrough?
A new process creates poly-silicon with crystal grains up to 150 micrometers, roughly 30 times larger than grains currently produced…
Read MoreMicromeritics offers free materials characterization workshop
Micromeritics, a manufacturer of particle and nanotechnology instruments and equipment, is offering a free materials characterization workshop and plant tour…
Read MoreRecap of 1st New England Section Meeting of 2011
Despite the snowy conditions, many members attended the New England Section’s meeting on Jan. 24.
Read MoreCure for the winter blues: SEM images of snowflakes
We’ve reported in the past on the incredible magnification powers of scanning electron microscopes. An SEM is a type of…
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