Ceramic Tech Today

Ceramic Leadership Summit 2014—Where business and manufacturing meet strategy

By Eileen De Guire / October 18, 2013

The Ceramic Leadership Summit is designed for ‘C-level’ executives, senior managers, and management-track young professionals involved in the ceramics and glass industries.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / October 18, 2013

Ceramics and glass business news of the week.

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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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Refractories and TCB: A GPC photo roundup

By Jim Destefani / October 17, 2013

More than 400 glass industry professionals attended this year’s Glass Problems Conference in Columbus, Ohio, including international visitors from 17 countries.

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Effect of volcano ash particle size on jet engines

By Eileen De Guire / October 15, 2013

A University of Cambridge (UK) team looked at factors that contribute to volcanic ash sticking to surfaces of a turbine of a small turbojet engine, focusing on tow key parameters—gas (and particle) temperature and turbine surface temperature.

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Video: ‘Dancing atoms’ in world’s thinnest glass

By Jim Destefani / October 15, 2013

Scientists at Cornell University have directly imaged atoms in molecule-thick glass in the seconds before it shatters–work that may eventually lead to first-principles design of glass materials for strength or other properties.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Jim Destefani / October 14, 2013

Other materials stories that may be of interest.

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics world

By P. Carlo Ratto / October 14, 2013

News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.

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Video: Machining cupcakes and the materials science of food

By Eileen De Guire / October 11, 2013

Pop quiz! Can you think of a materials science application for these terms: thermal processing, dielectric properties, electrostatic and nonelectrostatic coating, nanotechnology, nondestructive testing, minerals, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Jim Destefani / October 10, 2013

Ceramics and glass business news of the week.

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