National Day of Glass

The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel 1177 15th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

  The North American International Year of Glass Steering Committee hosted the National Day of Glass event, April 5-7, 2022 at The Madison Washington DC. The event featured technical programming and talks from some of the largest companies and biggest minds in the North American glass industry, art community, government agencies, and educational systems who…

National Day of Glass ARCHIVE

The Madison Washington DC, a Hilton Hotel 1177 15th St. N.W., Washington, DC, United States

  The American Ceramic Society hosted the National Day of Glass Conference last week, April 5–7, 2022, in Washington, D.C., to kick off North American-based celebrations of the United Nations International Year of Glass. The opening ceremony for this international year was held in February at the United Nations Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.  Learn more about the…

ACerS 2022 Structural Clay Products Division & Southwest Section Meeting in conjunction with the National Brick Research Center Meeting-ARCHIVE

Omni Charlotte Hotel 132 E. Trade St., Charlotte, NC, United States

More than 100 attendees converged in downtown Charlotte, N.C., from May 9–11, 2022, to take part in the combined meeting of the ACerS Structural Clay Products Division (SCPD), ACerS Southwest (SW) Section, and Clemson University’s National Brick Research Center (NBRC). Organizers   Technical Session Schedule Photos CTT Wrap Up Article    

2022 Glass and Optical Materials Division Annual Meeting (GOMD 2022)-ARCHIVE

Hyatt Regency Baltimore 300 Light Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

ACerS Glass & Optical Materials Division held its 2022 annual meeting and conference in Baltimore, Md., May 22–26, 2022.  The conference, which is always excellent, gained added luster from the United Nations declaring 2022 the International Year of Glass (IYOG). About 215 people attended the conference in person, and 59 provided prerecorded presentations. Student participation was…