ACerS corporate partner, Uncountable, is sponsoring the May webinar, “Digitalization and the future of formulating in modern R&D labs” on May 11, 2021. Scientists are the literal lifeblood of new product development and innovation, but they often spend much of their time simply pulling together data to conduct analysis in hopes of key learnings. The biggest lever that R&D leaders have today is to implement tools that make this learning process faster and easier, through better data tools. This Webinar will focus on the benefits of implementing a true data infrastructure, and the challenges that organizations will face along this journey.
Read MoreThe Engineering Ceramics Division is hosting the April webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “Understanding ideation and opportunity analysis for designing high performance materials via different case studies” on April 15, 2021.
Read MoreCareer Path: Prof. Jon Binner Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 11 am (Eastern US time) ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) is hosting the June webinar, Career Path: Prof. Jon Binner in the ACerS Professional Skills and Personal Development Webinar Series. WEBINAR DESCRIPTION This webinar will describe the career path that Jon Binner has taken,…
Read MoreThe Manufacturing Division is hosting the March webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “Raw material variability and manufacturing” on March 16, 2021.
Read MoreThe Engineering Ceramics Division has announced the Best Posters from the ICACC 2020 meeting held last January in Daytona Beach, Florida. The awards will be presented during the virtual plenary session at ICACC21. Congratulations to the authors of the award-winning posters!
Read MoreLeft to right: Pang, Hahn, Milisavljevic, and Porz ACerS Basic Science Division announces the GEMS Award Finalists for 2020. The division sponsors the Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) awards as part of the annual MS&T conference and ACerS Annual Meeting events each year. Congratulations to the 2020 GEMS Award Finalists! Diamond Ranking: Edward Lee Pang, Massachusetts…
Read MoreThe Washington DC/Northern VA/MD Section is hosting the second webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “High entropy environmental barrier coatings” on February 17, 2021.
Read MoreACerS PCSA announces the Humanitarian Pitch Competition 2020 winners. The Humanitarian Pitch Competition gives students the chance to solve real world issues with materials science. The PCSA hosted the competition at MS&T20 virtual, allowing teams to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges about how they could address a challenge that a community is…
Read MoreTips on making a strong award nomination package Wednesday, October 21, 2020, at 11 am (Eastern Time) Did you know that you can nominate yourself for awards? Often, people are not aware that self-nomination is acceptable in many circumstances. It is also true that people are often too busy to consider who to nominate for…
Read MoreCareer Path: 2 ways to build a career in academia Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at 11 am (Eastern Time) Two early career academics discuss the different paths that they have taken into permanent teaching positions in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Birmingham. LEARNING OUTCOME Understanding that there are multiple possible routes into…
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