ACerS news

Ceradyne leader Joel Moskowitz opens up on acquisitions, ceramics business

By / August 8, 2011

Ceradyne head Joel Moskowitz uses a team approach to evaluating acquisitions for the company. Credit: Ceradyne. I first interviewed Ceradyne honcho Joel Moskowitz in 2009, and last week I ran…

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NSF to leverage Materials Genome to reduce lab-to-product timeline; announces AIR awards

By Eileen De Guire / August 1, 2011

NSF programs supporting translational research represented along the linear innovation continuum, prior to the introduction of the AIR and new I-Corps programs (circa August 2010). Credit: NSF. Serving as midwife…

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Scrivener describes CO2 and SCM challenges for cements research

By / July 29, 2011

Karen Scrivener, right, received the Della Roy Lecture Award from Maria Juenger at the Cements Division meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Credit: P. Wray, ACerS. At the recently concluded Advances in…

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Cements division announces officers, fellows, Brunauer Award and posters winner

By / July 26, 2011

Above, Vanderbilt’s Catherine Gay presented the talk “Dispersion of CNFs in Cement Composites” at the recent 2nd Advances in Cement-based Materials meeting organized by ACerS Cements Division and ACBM. Credit:…

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Live blogging from the Cements meeting in Nashville

By / July 25, 2011

Purdue University student Yiwen Bu discusses her poster “Nanoindentation in Cementitious Materials” with Vanderbilt’s Florence Sanchez. Sanchez is the program chair of the Cements Division meeting. Credit: P. Wray, ACerS.…

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ACerS journals strong and growing: 2010 impact factors and other metrics

By Eileen De Guire / July 21, 2011

2010 impact factor and other metrics demonstrate long term value of ACerS publications. Most participants in the scholarly publishing process take a keen interest in the journal impact factor, a…

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A vibrant PACRIM9 ‘down under’

By Eileen De Guire / July 20, 2011

An aboriginal dance troupe teaching PACRIM9 attendees a few moves. Credit: ACerS Recently returned from Cairns, Australia, Charlie Spahr, ACerS executive director, reports that PACRIM9 was a successful, and distinctly…

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NRC post-Fukushima task force issues recommendations for BWRs

By / July 19, 2011

I have a pretty lengthy interview with SRNL’s John Marra in the August issue of the Bulletin of the American Ceramic Society regarding materials implications of the nuclear situation in…

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J. Am. Ceram. Soc. special issue tribute to the work and legacy of Tony Evans

By Eileen De Guire / July 18, 2011

A Tribute to Anthony G. Evans, special issue: Journal of the American Ceramic Society, June 2011, Vol. 94, Issue Supplement s1 Big families have a hard time saying goodbye. There…

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New ACerS/Wiley Download Direct program for ACerS members

By Eileen De Guire / July 14, 2011

Articles from the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, and the International Journal of Applied Glass Science can be downloaded free by ACerS…

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