ACerS news

DOE’s recent energy materials meeting underlines importance of MCARE conference

By / February 24, 2012

The MCARE meeting, Feb. 26-March 1, will bring private sector, government and academic stakeholders together to discuss materials challenges in energy. Credit: ACerS. Next week I will be attending the…

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Ceramitec 2012 says, ‘Turn innovative momentum into your success’

By Eileen De Guire / February 24, 2012

Three years ago, Ceramitec 2009 attracted about 15,000 visitors connected with all aspects of industries that use or manufacture ceramic materials. Three years later, Ceramitec 2012 organizers are planning for…

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Entrepreneurship and technology transfer focus of ICC4 and 3rd Ceramic Leadership Summit track

By Eileen De Guire / February 23, 2012

Rod Lanthorne, Kyocera, Joel Moskowitz, Ceradyne, and David Morse, Corning address “Emerging Business and Technology Opportunities” at the 1st Ceramic Leadership Summit in 2010. Credit: ACerS. Most of the meetings…

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ICC4 Plenary & keynote speakers (part 1): Interest in energy topics abound

By / February 20, 2012

From left, David Bem, Athanasios Konstandopoulos and Gary Calabrese. As ICC4 president Katherine Faber noted last week in her video invitation to the July 15-19 event in Chicago, the congress is designed…

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‘Shaping the Future of Ceramics’ is theme of international congress in Chicago this July

By Eileen De Guire / February 10, 2012

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/faberfinal.flv w=480 h=208 preview=force mode=1 f={image=https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/poster-image.jpg}] Katherine Faber, president of the 4th International Congress on Ceramics, on “Shaping the Future of Ceramics.” Credit: ACerS. I really enjoy going to…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / January 28, 2012

Computer simulations show that metal oxides in water go through many short-lived shapes and structures (see story below). Credit: William Casey, UC Davis. Check ’em out: Scorpions inspire scientists in…

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Photoblogging from ICACC (Daytona Beach): Expo, Shot Glass Drop, posters and more

By Eileen De Guire / January 27, 2012

The Shot Glass Drop competition gave students and young professionals a chance to put their on-the-spot design talents to the test. This clip shows a “victory drop” of the winning…

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Photoblogging from ICACC in Daytona Beach, Fla.

By Eileen De Guire / January 24, 2012

Some of the German delegation of participants in the first Global Young Investigators Forum at ICACC. Thomas Fisher (third from left) was the principle organizer of the forum. The 36th…

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Photoblog from final day of EMA 2012

By Eileen De Guire / January 21, 2012

Nanshun Lu, an assistant professor at the Univ. of Texas at Austin and a researcher in bio-integrated electronics, in a relaxing moment before her talk. The 2012 Electronic Materials and…

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Photoblog from the Electronic Materials & Applications meeting in Orlando

By Eileen De Guire / January 19, 2012

Beautiful weather in Orlando, Fla. beckoned these attendees at the Electronic Materials and Applications meeting. The 2012 Electronic Materials and Applications meeting opened yesterday in Orlando, Fla. This is the…

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