ACerS Spotlight

NTSB 787 battery

By / January 31, 2013

Do not know root cause of battery failures. Far more serious than people can appreciate. NTSB chair Deborah Hersman: “Fire was present. Signs of thermal runaway and short-circuiting. There are…

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PayPal now accepted for ACerS website orders

By Eileen De Guire / January 23, 2013

PayPal now accepted for ACerS website orders

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award Nominations

By Eileen De Guire / December 12, 2012

Nominate a colleague for the Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award by December 30, 2012.

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Only one month until award nomination deadline!

By Eileen De Guire / December 11, 2012

Jan. 15, 2013 is the date that nominations are due for awards.

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GOMD Awards: submit nominations now

By Eileen De Guire / December 11, 2012

The ACerS Glass & Optical Materials Division invites nominations for the Stookey, Morey, and Kreidl Awards.

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Submit your abstract for ICCPS-12 by February 6th

By / December 10, 2012

Submit your abstract to participate in the 12th International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science, the 27th anniversary of the ceramic processing science series.

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Order Phase Diagrams Version 3.4 CD

By Eileen De Guire / December 9, 2012

Order Phase Diagrams Version 3.4 CD to access more than 24,800 phase diagrams. The new release includes 892 new figures and 1400 new phase diagrams.

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Register for ICACC’13 by December 21st to save

By / December 8, 2012

ICACC’13 will showcase cutting-edge research and product developments in advanced ceramics, armor, SOFCs, ceramic coatings, bioceramics and more. Register now!

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Arun Varshneya recounts mentor’s influence in Cooper Lecture

By / November 12, 2012

Serendipity was smiling on Arun Varshneya when he met Al Cooper in 1965. As Varshneya recounts during the Cooper Distinguished Lecture he delivered at the MS&T’12 conference, the two met when Cooper was taking a sabbatical year at Sheffield University (United Kingdom) where Varshneya was nearing the end of his undergraduate studies.

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Pittsburgh Section Presents Bill Bates Award

By Eileen De Guire / November 8, 2012

Congratulations to Eric Young, the 2012 Bill Bates Award winner.

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