PACC12: Special Symposium: Ceramics and Materials Education in the Americas (Speakers by invitation only)

Education in materials science and engineering and especially in ceramics is critical to the continuation of the field and ensures that students are properly prepared. It is important to understand how education approaches differ throughout the region. Students and educators need to understand approaches and differences so they can move throughout the region, potentially attending or working at a university in another area.

This symposium will invite speakers to present overviews of the materials education process in their country or region. This can include university, college, technical or community college, and K-12 education. The speakers will identify strengths and any issues in their regions. Sharing approaches and solutions will benefit educators, students, and employers. Speakers will be given a set of general guidelines for their talks. There will also be a panel discussion at the end where the audience and speakers can discuss selected topics.

This symposium will be only one session. The topics in that session will include:

• University/college materials education
• Technician training
• High school/middle school education in materials
• Needs for specific training/topics in the region
• Industry participation in education
• Education activities for divers
• Education for diversity and inclusion, humanitarian principles, etc.
• Training ceramic scientists and engineers with materials informatics, machine learnings, AI, and IoT

Each country chair will provide content for this symposium.

Lead Organizers:

• Sylvia M. Johnson, Johnson consulting, NASA (retired), USA, sylviamjohnson@hotmail.com
• Tatsuki Ohji, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan, t-ohji@aist.go.jp