ACerS In Focus

Students will have the opportunity to visit the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington, USA, on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, during MS&T19. The ACerS Student Tour to PNNL will be an all-day event and is open to all MS&T19 student registrants. PNNL is a US Department of Energy National Laboratory with over 4400…

The ACerS Cements Division presented several awards at their June 16-18 meeting  in Urbana, Illinois.  Congratulations to these deserving awardees! 2018 Stephen Brunauer Award Paper Title: “Molecular and submolecular scale effects of comb‐copolymers on tri‐calcium silicate reactivity: Toward molecular design” Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 100(3), 817-841. (2017) By: Delphine Marchon ¹, Patrick Juilland², Emmanuel…

If you will be 65 years old (or older) by December 31, 2019 and will have 35 years of continuous membership in ACerS, you are eligible for Emeritus status. Note that both criteria must be met. Emeritus members enjoy waived membership dues and reduced meeting registration rates. To verify your eligibility, contact Erica Zimmerman at…

The ECD Nominating Committee invites nominations for the incoming 2019–2020 division secretary candidate. Nominees will be presented for approval at the ECD Annual Business meeting at MS&T19 and included on the ACerS spring 2020 division officer ballot. Nominations and a short description of the candidate’s qualifications, should be submitted by August 15, 2019 to: Chair:…

Keys to Successful Project Leadership Friday, April 19, 2019, at 11 am (EST) WEBINAR DESCRIPTION In this webinar we will explore and discuss Keys to Successful Project Leadership. It will focus on stakeholder analysis, project planning, managing expectations, focusing on delivery, asking for help and the future of team collaboration. Project leadership requires the use…

The Engineering Ceramics Division invites nominations for the 2020 James I. Mueller, Bridge Building and Global Young Investigator awards. The deadline for submitting nominations for all three awards is July 1, 2019. The James I. Mueller Lecture recognizes the enormous contributions of James I. Mueller to the Engineering Ceramics Division and to the field of…

The ACerS Electronics Division presented awards for exceptional student work during the January 2019 Conference on Electronic Materials and Applications in Orlando, Fla. Congratulations to these outstanding students: Poster competition First Place: Shuhei Nakayama; Sophia University Poster title: “Ferroelectric HfO2 thin films with abundant dopants” Second Place: Kevin Ferri; The Pennsylvania State University Poster title: “Investigating the Roles…

While January 15th was the deadline for most award nominations to be submitted, there are three prestigious Society and Division awards that have a May 15, 2019 deadline.  Award eligibility for each can be found at ACerS Awards Page.   Glass & Optical Materials:  Alfred R. Cooper Scholars Award This award recognizes undergraduate students who…

The Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Awards recognize the outstanding achievements of up to 10 graduate students in materials science and engineering. The award is open to all graduate students who are making an oral presentation in any symposium or session at MS&T19. All papers must be submitted by March 15, 2019. The awards…