Eileen De Guire

Superior Graphite

By Eileen De Guire / December 13, 2016

Delivering unparalleled quality since 1917, Superior Graphite specializes in thermal purification, and advanced sizing, grinding, and blending technologies. We provide graphite and carbon-based solutions to a wide range of markets…

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William Fahrenholtz appointed editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society

By Eileen De Guire / December 5, 2016

ACerS president Bill Lee announced that William G. Fahrenholtz will succeed David Green as editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society (JACerS). Green will retire at the end…

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Hans Hausner, 1927–2016

By Eileen De Guire / November 30, 2016

Hans Hausner, 1927–2016 It is with great sadness that we share the news that Prof Dr Hans Hausner, a founder member of the European Ceramic Society, died last August 26th. He…

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Richard Alliegro

By Eileen De Guire / November 30, 2016

Richard Alliegro Note: This obituary was adapted from telegram.com Worcester, Massachusetts. Richard Alan Alliegro passed away on November 26, 2016. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. Dick had a long and esteemed…

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So long Salt Lake! MS&T16 wraps and looks ahead to Pittsburgh in 2017

By Eileen De Guire / October 28, 2016

MS&T16 ended yesterday, bringing to a close the annual flagship event in materials science and engineering.

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GOMD ‘dream team’ attends Society of Glass Technology centenary celebration in the UK

By Eileen De Guire / September 22, 2016

The Society of Glass Technology in the United Kingdom celebrated its 100th anniversary in September, and approximately 40 ACerS Glass and Optical Materials Division members were there to take part in the festivities.

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Ceramic and glass researchers seek ‘Big Ideas’ at NSF-funded workshop

By Eileen De Guire / September 20, 2016

Scientists at a recent NSF-funded workshop presented the latest work in the field and why it matters in the context of scientific trends and society’s compelling grand challenges.

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How does glass form? MDI research team set to get some answers on International Space Station

By Eileen De Guire / August 15, 2016

In a recent paper, Materials Development Inc. (Arlington Heights, Ill.) approached the problem of topological constraint theory from a different theoretical angle—the team wanted to see whether approaching structure from the theoretical perspective of the thermodynamic model of ideal associated solutions could describe temperature-dependent structure changes.

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Measuring up: Teslas, teslas, and Trump

By Eileen De Guire / July 19, 2016

Why should the presumptive republican presidential-nominee be concerned about teslas? Tech CEO Josh Tetrick “just bought two Teslas’ worth of full-page ads against Donald Trump,” according to a recent report.

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Hench Festschrift celebrates researcher and shows evolving impact of bioactive glasses

By Eileen De Guire / July 18, 2016

The June 2016 issue of The International Journal of Applied Glass Science Festschrift honors the memory of Larry L. Hench and celebrates the impact of his work.

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