Eileen De Guire

First call for award nominations: due Jan. 15, 2012

By Eileen De Guire / October 12, 2011

This is your first call for nominations for the 2012 Society awards.  Now is the time to line up sponsors, draft a nomination and submit it for consideration for awards that will be presented at the Annual Meeting in Oct. 2012.

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Ceradyne is one of top 5 companies in aerospace & defense industry

By Eileen De Guire / October 11, 2011

I Joel Moskowitz, president and CEO of Ceradyne. Analysts expect Ceradyne footprint in the aerospace and defense to grow significantly. Credit: Ceradyne. A SmarTrend press release lists Ceradyne as the…

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Publish or perish, plus mark-up

By Eileen De Guire / October 10, 2011

Credit: “Piled Higher and Deeper” by Jorge Cham, www.phdcomics.com Like most professional societies of our ilk, ACerS is in the publishing business. The Society is a necessary—and willing—partner in the…

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Materials Genome Special Session talks at MS&T

By Eileen De Guire / October 10, 2011

The full program of speakers for the Materials Genome Initiative Special at MS&T Session is now known. The session will be Monday, Oct. 17 from 2-3:30 pm. Joining the previously…

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Materials Football Game of the Week: Missouri S&T vs. South Dakota School of Mines

By Eileen De Guire / October 7, 2011

The GameSouth Dakota School of Mines & Technology at Missouri University of Science & TechnologyOct. 7, 1:00 p.m., CT Coaches from peewee leagues through the NFL harp all the time…

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NSF’s first Innovation Corps awards announced

By Eileen De Guire / October 6, 2011

Credit: NSF We first told you about the NSF Innovation Corps initiative when it was unveiled by NSF director, Subra Suresh, in late July. The NSF has delivered on its…

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Simple nanoscale processes improve electrode performance in Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors

By Eileen De Guire / October 6, 2011

Scanning electron microscope photo of hollow carbon nanofiber-encapsulated sulfur tubes, at the heart of a new battery design. Credit: Wesley Guangyuan Zheng; Stanford Stanford University associate professor of materials science…

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ARPA-E awards $31.6 million to rare-earth substitute projects

By Eileen De Guire / October 5, 2011

ARPA-E announced $31.6 million in awards to develop new, rare-earth-free permanent magnet materials. Credit: ARPA-E Rare earth permanent magnets are key components in electric vehicle motors and in wind turbine…

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Forgot your microscope? Use your tricked-out iPhone instead

By Eileen De Guire / October 3, 2011

Stained samples of pollen (leftmost) and plant stems Top row: commercial microscope. Bottom row: cell phone microscope. Credit: Z. J. Smith, K. Chu, A. R. Espenson, M. Rahimzadeh, A. Gryshuk,…

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Feds fund six clean energy ‘proof of concept’ centers

By Eileen De Guire / October 3, 2011

The national i6 Green initiative leverages resources of five federal agencies to advance clean technology commercialization, focusing on promoting Proof of Concept Centers methodologies. Credit: Economic Development Administration, Department of…

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