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ARPA-E announce summit program, keynote speakers

By / January 18, 2011

Speaking of energy innovators, ARPA-E today released more details about its Energy Innovation Summit scheduled for Feb. 28-March 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Besides those names that were a given…

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Competition announced for refractories-based Gustav Eirich Awards

By / January 18, 2011

Two Germany entities, the Maschinenfabrik Gustav Eirich Company of Hardheim and the European Center for Refractories (ECRef) of Hohr-Grenzhausen have announced the opening of a competition for the Gustav Eirich…

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Ultra Electronics acquires portable fuel cell manufacturer Adaptive Materials

By / January 5, 2011

U.K.-based Ultra Electronics Holdings has acquired Adaptive Materials, a Michigan-based solid oxide fuel cell developer for $23 million. According to an Adaptive Materials press release, the company will continue to…

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Refractories group offers outstanding scholarship opportunity

By / December 3, 2010

Looking for some major educational assistance in a field that is begging for engineers? Then you don’t want to miss this offering! The member companies of The Refractories Institute have…

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Goyal named R&D Mag’s ‘Innovator of the Year’

By / November 8, 2010

ACerS Fellow Amit Goyal of Oak Ridge National Lab was named Innovator of the Year by R&D Magazine. An ACerS member since 1998, Goyal’s work is focused on high-temperature superconductivity.…

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Video of the week: Ceramics and ceramic engineering at Missouri S&T

By / November 4, 2010

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/mizzou_st_ceramics.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/mizzou_st_ceramics.jpg}] Although this video is a little old, the age isn’t obvious (other than a few hints in some of the captions) and it remains a great…

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ACerS new Career Center jobsite launched

By / September 30, 2010

The American Ceramic Society has launched its new Career Center. Best of all, it’s free. Job seekers will find a broad range of opportunities spanning academia, government labs and private…

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Communications researchers looking at ‘science of team science’

By / September 21, 2010

I realize that teamwork analysis was a pretty hot topic in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, but a group of investigators say more work specifically needs to be…

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PowerPoint slides that deliver the juice to energy presentations

By / September 16, 2010

Credit: NRDC. A few weeks ago, GreenTechMedia put together a list (15 PowerPoint slides that shook the Earth) of what they thought were the most significant energy-related PowerPoint slides. They…

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Former ACerS president Delbert Day to receive Phoenix Award

By / September 15, 2010

Del Day is receiving the 2010 Phoenix Award Glass for hisdevelopment of radioactive glass microspheres. Delbert Day, a past president of ACerS, will be given the 2010 Phoenix Award as…

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