Education

IBM’s Watson, unchained for materials discovery

By Jim Destefani / October 18, 2013

IBM is working hard to harness the firepower of its Watson computer system to solve real-world problems, including materials discovery.

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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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Cheesy project teaches kids the scientific method, but do we need more scientists?

By Eileen De Guire / September 3, 2013

The Royal Society of Chemistry and the British Cheese Board applied the scientific method to determine optimum “process parameters” for making cheese on toast, a favorite snack of UK children and inspire school-age children to consider STEM careers. A deeper question, though, how urgent is the need for new STEM-trained graduates?

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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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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / July 2, 2013

Sound waves precisely position nanowires Researchers at Penn State University are using sound waves to position nanowires in repeatable patterns for potential use in a variety of sensors, optoelectronics and…

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Coming in August—NSF career development workshop for young academics

By Eileen De Guire / June 18, 2013

  Lane Martin will be one of the speakers at a NSF-sponsored workshop for young faculty in August. Credit: ACerS.   In a few weeks—August 13–14— the National Science Foundation’s…

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How does Superman shave?

By Jim Destefani / June 11, 2013

If you’ve been living under a rock, you may not be aware there’s a new “Superman” movie due out June 14. A trailer for Man of Steel shows a bearded…

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Ceramic materials shape a better world—PACRIM, day 2

By Ling Fei / June 5, 2013

Joe Ryan (right) talks about his career at the Pacific Northwest National Lab during Monday’s career roundtable event for students at PACRIM. Credit: Fei; ACerS. (Editor’s note: We ran into…

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Steel metallurgist and MS&T professor Kent Peaslee dies

By Eileen De Guire / June 3, 2013

Kent Peaslee, 1956–2013 The materials science community is interdependent, so the ceramics community shares the sorrow of the steel industry on hearing of the untimely death of Kent Peaslee, a…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / May 23, 2013

Somany Q4 net up nearly 20 percent Somany Ceramics Ltd. says improved sales resulted in net profit of Rs 10.14 crore ($1.88 million) for the quarter ended March 31, 2013,…

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