Eileen De Guire

Future responsibilities and the road ahead for new graduates

By Eileen De Guire / June 4, 2017

[image above] Open-air networking between sessions at PACRIM12-GOMD. Credit: ACerS By Yin Liu Alfred University As a first-time PacRim attendee and second-time recipient of the NSF travel award, I feel…

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PacRim Young Investigator Forum explores big ideas in nano

By Eileen De Guire / June 4, 2017

[image above] These raft recliners were not PACRIM attendees! They are dummies used in a children’s game show that was being filmed onsite while the conference was underway. Credit: ACerS…

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PacRim forum takes mystery out of journal publishing

By Eileen De Guire / June 4, 2017

[image above] Lunch sponsored by Saint-Gobain made efficient use of the lunchtime publishing workshop. Credit: ACerS By Hui Li University of California, Davis Now in the third year of my…

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PACRIM12 with GOMD brings together 1,200 for ceramic and glass science conference

By Eileen De Guire / May 26, 2017

PACRIM12 drew a record number of attendees—nearly 1,200—to give 1,400 presentations and 250 posters. With attendees coming from 44 countries, the international character of the conference could be heard everywhere.

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Workshop tips for gaining the competitive edge in publishing

By Eileen De Guire / May 25, 2017

A workshop aimed at providing guidance to students and young professionals in writing good research papers was conducted at PACRIM12 on 22 May, sponsored by Saint Gobain.

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PacRim12 Publishing Workshop—A student’s perspective

By Eileen De Guire / May 25, 2017

During the Publishing Workshop at PACRIM12, editors Bill Farenholtz, Hua-Tay Lin, and Mario Affatigato offered tips to graduate students on effective publishing.

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MS&T17—Great options for ACerS Members!

By Eileen De Guire / April 13, 2017

Secure your spot for MS&T17 today — and cement your place in ACerS’s future at its 119th Annual Meeting.

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Video: Beer drinkers preserve sandy beaches 200 grams at a time

By Eileen De Guire / March 29, 2017

New Zealand’s DB Breweries has a clever machine that grinds empty beer bottles into fine-grained cullet suitable for replacing beautiful beach sand.

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FunGLASS research center in Slovakia established with €25M, including €15M from EU’s Horizon 2020

By Eileen De Guire / March 29, 2017

The global glass community received terrific news of a €25 million investment to establish the new Centre for Functional and Surface-Functionalized Glasses (FunGLASS) in Trenčín, Slovakia.

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Paul Holbrook, former executive director of ACerS, dies at 84 years

By Eileen De Guire / March 10, 2017

William “Paul” Holbrook, who served as Society executive director during 1985–2003, died March 6 at the age of 84.

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