Eileen De Guire

Materials Football Game of the Week: Bye week, student research at MS&T

By Eileen De Guire / October 20, 2011

The football throw event at the MS&T Expo drew a large crowd of quarterbacks. Credit: ACerS MS&T has been keeping me pretty busy, so this is a bye week from…

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The Refractories Institute fires up scholarship program

By Eileen De Guire / October 20, 2011

In 1934, you could have carried this in your pocket. It was probably enough to pay for most of an undergraduate education. Credit: Wikepedia Do you know a student who…

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What Eileen saw at the ACerS annual meeting at MS&T’11

By Eileen De Guire / October 19, 2011

At the MS&T Welcome Reception … Between sessions… Before and after the banquet … … including the President’s Council of Student Advisors. The future of the Society is in good…

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The fuzzy line between biology and materials science: Using DNA to build new materials

By Eileen De Guire / October 18, 2011

NYU scientists have developed artificial structures consisting of triple helix molecules containing three DNA double helices that can self-replicate. In the above illustration, two BTX domains are paired by two…

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Materials Football Game of the Week: Virginia vs. Georgia Tech

By Eileen De Guire / October 14, 2011

The Game Georgia Institute of Technology at University of Virginia Oct. 15, 3:30 p.m., ET This week we return to Big School match-ups with this Atlantic Coast Conference game. The…

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FREE Student Registrations, Student Contests at MCARE 2012

By Eileen De Guire / October 13, 2011

Find out about two new student contests and how to get free registration for MCARE 2012.

 

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Does fast-firing of multilayer ceramic capacitors help or hinder?

By Eileen De Guire / October 13, 2011

3D microstructure of a typical MLCC slow-fired conditions (top) and fast-fired conditions. Credit: JACerS The Clive Randall group at Penn State has just published a paper, “Effect of Firing Rates…

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Art Friedberg and me

By Eileen De Guire / October 13, 2011

Art Friedberg. The Friedberg Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Clive Randall on Tuesday at MS&T. Credit: ACerS Much of the joy in my adult life can be traced back…

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Attend your division business meeting at MS&T’11

By Eileen De Guire / October 12, 2011

Six ACerS divisions are holding executive and general business meetings during MS&T’11 in Columbus, Ohio from Oct. 16-20, 2011.

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Letter from NICE president to members

By Eileen De Guire / October 12, 2011

Alex Cozzi, current president of the National Institute of Ceramic Engineers (ACerS/NICE) encourages all members to read his annual letter to membership.

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