Ceramic Tech Today

Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / April 19, 2013

Onyx: A brand new colorful source of energy Onyx Solar has rolled out a complete new full range of colored photovoltaic glass. The new product, which allows any sustainable project…

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Ceram building first commercial-scale flash sintering kiln?

By Eileen De Guire / April 18, 2013

Credit: Marco Cologna & Rishi Raj, Univ. of Colorado. Words such as “novel” and “revolutionary” get thrown around fairly frequently in science and engineering circles, but the still-young technique of…

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Energy, environment, and functional ceramics are theme of PACRIM 10; early bird registration ends next week!

By Eileen De Guire / April 18, 2013

The PACRIM 10 and GOMD annual meeting offer an unparalleled opportunity to network with like-minded researchers from around the globe. Here, PACRIM 8 attendee, John Mauro, from the United States,…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / April 16, 2013

Roll-to-roll coating of electrodes at Fraunhofer IWS: The scientists now have optimized the design of anode and cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries. Credit: Jürgen Leibmann. A longer life for lithium-sulfur batteries…

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E-glass fiberglass flywheels for low cost energy storage

By Eileen De Guire / April 15, 2013

E-glass—already a workhorse reinforcement for fiberglass composites used for everything from shower doors to printed circuit board platforms to boats to storage tanks, and more—may turn out to be the…

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Students visit Washington, D.C., for Congressional Visits Day

By Eileen De Guire / April 15, 2013

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Erin Donohue at MA’s “Congressional Visits Day” last week. Donohue is a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara in Carlos Levis‘s group studying thermal…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / April 15, 2013

• Aruvian Research presents analysis of Asahi Glass Co. A complete and comprehensive analysis of Asahi Glass Company includes an overview of the industry the company operates in, and then…

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Friday funny—A mixed up miller and a bawling employer?

By Eileen De Guire / April 12, 2013

I found this cartoon while poking through our archives, and it made me chuckle. Perhaps you will, too! It was published in the August 1954 ACerS Bulletin.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / April 12, 2013

Interdisciplinary Department of Materials Science and Engineering established The formation of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University has been approved by the Texas Higher Education…

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Lessons from the ancients—engineered ceramic materials and climate change

By Eileen De Guire / April 12, 2013

Ancient cultures used innovative ceramic pots as part of their adaption to severe climate change. What role will engineered ceramic materials have in addressing today’s climate and pollution challenges? Credit:…

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