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ACerS announces 2023 Distinguished Life Members

By Eileen De Guire / August 7, 2023

The American Ceramic Society will award the honor of Distinguished Life Member to Edwin R. Fuller, Jr. and Curtis A. Johnson. The awards will be presented at the Society’s Annual Honor and Awards banquet at MS&T23 in Columbus, Ohio.

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ACerS announces 2023 Class of Fellows

By Eileen De Guire / August 7, 2023

The American Ceramic Society will elevate 20 members to Fellow Status this year. The awards will be presented at the Society’s Annual Honor and Awards banquet at MS&T23 in Columbus, Ohio.

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European Ceramic Society Conference attracts 1,300 to Lyon, the City of Lights

By Eileen De Guire / July 11, 2023

The European Ceramic Society held its biennial conference on July 2–6, 2023, in Lyon, France. About 1,300 people attended the conference, which featured 16 symposia, an exposition hall, and a gala dinner.

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Glass & Optical Materials Division meets in the Crescent City

By Eileen De Guire / June 13, 2023

The Glass & Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting took place June 4–8, 2023, in New Orleans. Organized by Walter Kob (University of Montpellier) and Qiang Fu (Corning Inc.), the conference welcomed just over 300 people, with about 40% of the attendees from outside the U.S.

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Refractories Symposium resumes in St. Louis with sustainability theme

By Eileen De Guire / April 5, 2023

ACerS St. Louis Section and Refractory Ceramics Division held the 58th Annual Symposium on Refractories in St. Louis, Mo., March 28–30, 2023. About 220 members of the refractory ceramics community attended the meeting, which focused on the theme of sustainability.

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A homage to IYOG: A review of photonic glasses and heralding the Age of Glass

By Eileen De Guire / February 17, 2023

The International Year of Glass may be over, but the Age of Glass is just beginning. In homage to IYOG, an international group of researchers published an open-access review paper describing the past, present, and future of glass in the exciting field of photonics.

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A big ‘Hello, again!’ at ICACC in Daytona Beach

By Eileen De Guire / February 7, 2023

The 47th International Conference on Applied Ceramics and Composites took place in person in Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 22–27, 2023. The conference included a special symposium in honor of Tatsuki Ohji, 19 symposia, and four focused sessions.

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Together again for Electronic Materials and Applications 2023 in Orlando

By Eileen De Guire / February 1, 2023

For the first time since 2020, the Electronic Materials and Applications Conference met in person in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 17–20, 2023. Close to 270 attendees from 20 countries attended the three-day conference.

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Close of International Year of Glass heralds start of the Age of Glass

By Eileen De Guire / January 4, 2023

About 120 people gathered in New York City for a debriefing of the International Year of Glass at the United Nations Headquarters in December 2022. This CTT summarizes what took place at the event, as well as highlights the “Seven Glass Wonders of the World” that were revealed at the IYOG Closing Ceremony in Japan.

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Baseball physics: ‘Seams’ like an increase in homeruns

By Eileen De Guire / July 29, 2022

When watching the Major League Baseball All-Star game last Tuesday, did you wonder what influenced the ball’s flight path after being hit? In a recent open-access paper, two professors from Washington State University and Delft University of Technology looked closer at the role of materials design in baseball aerodynamics.

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