ACerS Awards and Honors

David J. Green

By Deidre Haignere / May 15, 2015

David J. Green is Emeritus Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University in University Park, PA. He has over 40 years of experience in ceramic research. …

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Katherine T. Faber

By Deidre Haignere / May 15, 2015

Katherine T. Faber currently holds the positions of Simon Ramo Professor of Materials Science at the California Institute of Technology and Co-Director of the Northwestern University-Art Institute of Chicago Center…

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Sylvia M. Johnson

By Deidre Haignere / May 15, 2015

Sylvia Johnson is retired chief materials technologist in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. She received her BSc. in ceramic engineering from…

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Gary L. Messing

By Deidre Haignere / May 15, 2015

Gary L. Messing is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ceramic Science and Engineering and former Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and co-Director of the Center for Innovative…

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Steven Jung

By Deidre Haignere / February 25, 2015

Steven Jung Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer of the specialty glass and ceramics company Mo-Sci Corporation, Rolla, MO. Steven has earned a B.S., and M.S. in Ceramic Engineering, and Ph.D. in…

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Sabyasachi Sen

By Deidre Haignere / February 25, 2015

Title: Structural Aspects of Relaxational Dynamics in Glasses and Supercooled Liquids Abstract: The structure of a liquid in equilibrium undergoes rapid rearrangement with time. The structural rearrangement processes, however, drastically…

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Somany Ceramics Ltd., India

By Deidre Haignere / May 13, 2014

Somany Ceramics Limited wins the ACerS 2014 Corporate Technical Achievement for their development of Somany Veil Craft (VC) Shield Floor Tiles.  VC shield tiles are high abrasion resistant floor tiles…

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Yasushi Enokido

By Deidre Haignere / May 13, 2014

Yasushi Enokido is a section chief in the Magnet Materials Development Section in the Advanced Technology Development Center of TDK Corporation, Chiba, Japan. He graduated from the Department of Applied…

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Takanori Nakamura

By Deidre Haignere / May 13, 2014

Takanori Nakamura is Chief researcher at Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Yasu, Shiga, Japan. He graduated from Graduated Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Electro-Communication University in 1992, then joined Murata. He holds…

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Ken-ichi Kakimoto

By Deidre Haignere / May 13, 2014

Ken-ichi Kakimoto earned his Bachelor (1992), Master (1994) and Dr. (1996) of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering from Osaka Prefecture University in Osaka, Japan. He has worked as a guest scientist…

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