Education

Glass commission to hold ‘summer school’ for new researchers

By / February 24, 2011

Mathematical simulation of silicate glass. The International Commission on Glass has announced it is holding its third annual summer school event for new researchers in glass science and technology in…

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DOE: $5 million available for GATE centers, student graduate fellowships in automotive materials, engineering

By / February 17, 2011

Are you someone at (or near) the start of your graduate studies in engineering, and do you have an interest in advanced energy storage, propulsion systems and lightweight automotive materials?…

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Micromeritics offers free materials characterization workshop

By / February 15, 2011

Micromeritics, a manufacturer of particle and nanotechnology instruments and equipment, is offering a free materials characterization workshop and plant tour on March 15, 2011, at its headquarters located in Norcross, Ga.…

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University of Tennessee and ORNL develop energy science program

By / January 25, 2011

The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab have teamed up to develop the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education which combines energy science and engineering. Students will…

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First episode of PBS/NOVA ‘Making Stuff: Stronger’ now available

By / January 20, 2011

Watch the full episode. See more NOVA. NOVA/PBS now has the first episode of the Making Stuff series online (please note that the folks at NOVA/PBS seem to still be…

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PBS, NSF to launch four-part materials science extravaganza Jan. 19

By / January 14, 2011

Like materials science? I am assuming you do if you read this blog. So, believe me when I say you should plan on tuning into your local PBS station and…

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Carbon cycle? Yeah, I’ve seen some of those in the Tour de France

By / January 7, 2011

I think it’s unfair and wrong to use this study as a generational critique of teenage/young adult knowledge. Indeed, I am pretty sure that this is also the same knowledge…

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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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Missouri S&T geothermal energy system to replace power plant

By / November 22, 2010

Missouri University of Science and Technology plans to install a new geothermal energy system. The project is expected to reduce energy costs, as well as cut the campus’s carbon dioxide…

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Georgia Tech t-shirt contest to mark merger of materials science and PTFE engineering school

By / November 19, 2010

In late June, Georgia Tech officials announced that they would begin to merge its materials science and engineering school with another engineering program covering polymer, textile and fibers. Because I…

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