ACerS In Focus

ACerS Professional Skills and Personal Development Webinar Series: “Getting Hired: Tips and Tricks”

By Yolanda Natividad / June 8, 2021

Getting Hired: Tips and Tricks Tuesday, July 20, 2021, at 3 pm (Eastern US time) ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) is hosting the July webinar, Getting Hired: Tips…

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Meet up at the ACerS YPN Coffee

By Yolanda Natividad / June 4, 2021

Mark your calendars and register for the ACerS YPN Coffee. Join us on Friday, June 18, 2021 at 11am Pacific / 2pm Eastern to gather with your fellow ACerS Young Professionals Network (YPN) members to chat…

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ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series: “Years of Glass – How the chemical durability of glass is predicted over millennia and beyond”

By Erica Zimmerman / June 4, 2021

Hosted by the Glass & Optical Materials Division, this webinar will feature a presentation from Dr. Joseph Ryan (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) that will examine the state-of-the-art of glass corrosion science.

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ACerS PCSA 2021 Humanitarian Pitch Competition at MS&T21

By Yolanda Natividad / June 3, 2021

The ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) is hosting the 2021 Humanitarian Pitch Competition for you to pitch your ideas to a panel of judges about solutions to a…

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Cooper, Henry and Hoffman awards: nomination deadlines extended

By Erica Zimmerman / May 20, 2021

Nomination deadlines for three ACerS division awards have been extended to June.  Award eligibility for each can be found at ACerS Awards Page. Glass & Optical Materials:  Alfred R. Cooper…

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Four Bioceramics Division award nominations: July 1 deadline

By Erica Zimmerman / May 4, 2021

It’s time to begin preparing nominations for four Bioceramics Division awards with a July 1, 2021 deadline. Award eligibility for each can be found at ACerS Awards Page. Young Scholar…

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ACerS Professional Skills and Personal Development Webinar Series: “Career Path: Dr. Valerie Wiesner”

By Yolanda Natividad / April 13, 2021

Career Path: Dr. Valerie Wiesner Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 11 am (Eastern US time) ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) is hosting the June webinar, Career Path: Dr.…

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ACerS PCSA #MaterialsLife Challenge

By Yolanda Natividad / April 7, 2021

ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) is kicking off the #MaterialsLife Challenge in April 2021. The aim is to celebrate the diverse experiences of life as a student, scientist,…

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2021 GEMS Award Call for Papers

By Yolanda Natividad / April 6, 2021

The Basic Science Division organizes the annual Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) awards to recognize the outstanding achievements of graduate students in materials science and engineering. The award is…

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Uncountable sponsored webinar: “Digitalization and the future of formulating in modern R&D labs”

By Erica Zimmerman / March 29, 2021

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.

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