Corning held its second Glass Research Summit at company headquarters in Corning, N.Y., June 1–3, where ACerS reported on progress to establish the Functional Glass Manufacturing Innovation Consortium.
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More than 360 glass scientists, engineers, and students attended ACerS Glass and Optical Materials Division technical conference and annual business meeting in Madison, Wis., the week of May 22.
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The global ceramic science community lost a beloved member last week. José Arana Varela, professor of physics at University of São Paulo State and CEO of the São Paulo State Research Funding Agency (FAPESP), both in São Paulo, Brazil, died May 17 after battling liver cancer.
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More than 80 people—mostly brick manufacturers and industry suppliers—attended the May 2016 ACerS Structural Clay Products Division meeting and tour of The Belden Brick Company.
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Driven by Ceramics Expo, our industry seized the opportunity to build this into a “power week.”
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The 52nd Annual Symposium on Refractories—Refractories for the Ferrous Industry: A Historical Perspective, Present, and Future Directions—produced by the ACerS St. Louis Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division took place March 30–31 in St. Louis.
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A two-day Asia Pacific Ceramic Cooperation Summit gave invited researchers from Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia the opportunity to present updates on their work as well as to network in their broad geographic regions.
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ACerS is pleased to announce the 2016 slate for the President-elect and Board of Directors positions for the coming year as proposed by the 2015–2016 Nominating Committee. ACerS Rules provide…
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Neil Ault, ACerS Fellow and Distinguished Life Member died in his sleep on Feb. 11, 2016 at the age of 93. He served as an advisor to the Wachusetts Regional HS Science Seminar for 57 years and was a stalwart member of ACerS New England Section.
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The 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites opened with a reception last Sunday, and nearly all conversations began with a version of “Did the storm affect your travels to Daytona Beach?”
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