ACerS news

Still time to submit MCARE abstracts

By Jim Destefani / October 4, 2013

ACerS is gearing up for several conferences early in 2014, including Materials Challenges In Alternative & Renewable Energy (MCARE 2014), and there’s still time to submit abstracts for the event.

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October/November ACerS Bulletin: Ceramics in Canada and Mexico, 2014 meetings, and more

By Jim Destefani / September 26, 2013

The October/November issue of the ACerS Bulletin will be in subscribers’ mailboxes soon, and it’s loaded with exclusive content you just won’t find anywhere else.

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ACerS short courses bookend MS&T’13—Glass, sintering, electroceramics

By Jim Destefani / September 25, 2013

ACerS short courses aim to provide a basic foundation of knowledge to attendees who may not be experts in the subject area, and three courses will be offered in conjunction with MS&T’13.

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Scenes from Unitecr 2013 in Victoria, BC

By Eileen De Guire / September 13, 2013

UNITECR 2013—the 13th meeting of The Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories–is being held this week in Victoria, BC.

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September ACerS Bulletin: Innovation, refractories, and meetings galore

By Jim Destefani / August 19, 2013

  The September issue of the ACerS Bulletin should be in subscribers’ mailboxes soon, and it’s chock full of content sure to be of interest for readers.   Our cover…

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ACerS PCSA, Ohio State team up for award-winning fair exhibit

By Jim Destefani / August 1, 2013

Students from Ohio State’s Materials Science and Engineering program and ACerS PCSA demonstrate how well space shuttle tiles (don’t) conduct heat at the Ohio State Fair. The award-winning booth highlighted…

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Building the hydrogen economy—MCARE 2013 conference underway in China

By Eileen De Guire / July 30, 2013

  George Wicks chats with China’s rising energy scientists at the MCARE 2013 opening reception. Credit: ACerS.   This year’s Materials Challenges in Alternative and Renewable Energy 2013 conference is underway…

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The American Ceramic Society announces selection of Faber, Gauckler, and Messing as 2013 Distinguished Life Members

By Eileen De Guire / July 22, 2013

2013 Distinguished Life Members. Credit: ACerS.   The American Ceramic Society is pleased to announce the selection of its three newest Distinguished Life Members. Katherine T. Faber, Ludwig J. Gauckler,…

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Friday funny from the past

By Jim Destefani / July 19, 2013

Concurrent engineering, collaborative engineering, simultaneous engineering—whatever they may have been called, many approaches have been tried to bridge the gap between product designers and the folks whose job it is…

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ACerS leaders expand intersociety collaborations at International Congress on Glass

By Eileen De Guire / July 2, 2013

L. David Pye (standing) delivered the keynote address at the opening of the 23rd International Congress on Glass. This picture is from the recent PACRIM–GOMD meeting in San Diego, Calif.…

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