ACerS 127th Annual Meeting with Materials Science and Technology 2025

ACerS 127th annual meeting will take place at MS&T25, September 28 – October 1, 2025 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. The president reports on Society activities, and newly elected officers take their positions during the annual membership meeting. All ACerS members and guests are welcome. For complete details visit: MS&T25.

ACerS Schedule of Events

Sunday, September 28

ACerS Keramos Convocation & Business Meeting
9 – 11 a.m. Hyatt, Taft AB

ACerS Keramos Career Speaker
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Hyatt, Taft AB

ACerS Publications Committee Meeting
12 – 3 p.m. Hyatt, Harding

Monday, September 29

ACerS The Navrotsky Award for Experimental Thermodynamics of Solids
8 – 8:55 a.m.  GCCC, Room B142/143
Speaker: Konrad Burkmann, Arizona State University

ACerS Bioceramics Awardees
9 – 10 a.m.  GCCC, Room C171

ACerS Education and Professional Development Council (EPDC)
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.  GCCC, B144-145

Global Young Bioceramicist Award
Antonia Ressler, Tampere University
Bioceramics Young Scholar Award
Sayoni Sarkar, ETH Zurich
Larry L. Hench Lifetime Award
Aldo Boccaccini, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

ACerS 127th Annual Member Meeting
1 – 2 p.m. GCCC, B131

ACerS Richard M. Fulrath Award Session
2:20 – 4:40 p.m.  GCCC, Room B131
This session will feature the following presenters:
American Academic
Lane Martin, Rice University
Japanese Industrial
Shota Daiki, Tokuyama Corporation
American Industrial
Nathan Orloff, National Institute of Standards and
Technology
Japanese Industrial
Satoshi Mori, Niterra Co., Ltd.
Japanese Academic
Takashi Teranishi, Okayama University

ACerS Annual Honor and Awards Banquet
6:30 – 9 p.m. Hyatt, Regency Ballroom

Tuesday, September 30

ACerS GOMD Alfred R. Cooper Award Session
9:20 a.m. – 12 p.m.  GCCC, Room B132
Speaker: Morten Smedskjaer, Aalborg University

2025 Alfred R. Cooper Young Scholar Award Presentations
Jake Klucinec, University of Central Florida
Chris Martin, Iowa State University
Wuqian Zhang, Swarthmore College

ACerS Frontiers of Science andSociety – Rustum Roy Lecture
1 – 2 p.m. GCCC, Room B131
Speaker: Ungyu Paik, Hanyang University

Wednesday, October 1

ACerS Basic Science Division Robert B. Sosman Lecture
1 – 2 p.m.  GCCC, Room B131
Speaker: Sossina Haile, Northwestern University

Co-Located with The Advanced Materials Show USA