The incredibly accomplished membership of The American Ceramic Society is how the society has grown and been around since 1898. Check out some of our remarkable members below and truly find out what The American Ceramic Society means to them.
Bonnie J. Dunbar
I have been a member of the ACerS for more than 50 years, beginning as a student at the University of Washington in 1968 when, as a sophomore, I joined the Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Ceramic Engineering. I studied under Dr. James I Mueller, a past President and am a current Fellow. During my career, I worked as an engineer for the Rockwell International Space Division, developing the ceramic thermal protection system for the Space Shuttle, and then later became an astronaut for NASA (nearly 30 years). I am currently on the faculty of Texas A&M University.
John Mauro
I have been a member of the ACerS for more than 25 years, and am currently a Professor and Associate Head for Graduate Education, Materials Science and Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University. ACerS greatest benefits to me, personally are meeting other professionals with common interests, promoting glass and ceramics to the broader community and the outstanding conferences, which represent the best in the world in glass and ceramic sciences. The accomplishments I cherish the most thus far are seeing my students so successful in their learning and contributions to the community, invented new glass compositions with improved properties, including Corning Gorilla Glass compositions and developing new models and computational tools for the design and understanding of glass properties.
Clive Randall
I have been a member of the ACerS for more than 30 years, and am currently a Director of Materials Research at The Pennsylvania State University. ACerS provides many benefits but the two that have been most important to me have been networking and attending and presenting at conferences. Professional accomplishments that I am most proud of include working closely with industry, graduating high quality students and contributing to state of the art issues in electroceramics.
William E. Lee
I have been a member of the ACerS for more than 25 years, and am currently Ser Cymru Professor of Materials in Extreme Environments, Bangor University, Wales. I am proud to have served as ACerS president in 2016 and having some ability to steer the society direction. ACerS has been a phenomenal society for networking, learning technical topics that could be applied in real world application and having access to the expansive journals. I have supervised 67 PhD students from all over the planet to their successful completion. Additionally, I have advised the UK government on various topics.
Young-Wook Kim
I have been a member of the ACerS for more than 29 years, and am currently working as a Professor at University of Seoul, Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology. I am proud to have become a fellow of ACerS and serve as EIC of one of the society journals. Being an ACerS member was the best choice in my academic life. I grew up with ACerS academically. ACerS is the most successful, diverse and international society for researchers in the field of ceramics science and engineering. The diverse perspectives that ACerS combines apply to me personally, throughout my 30+ year career I have developed capacities as a researcher, professor, department chair, consultant, and later years being focused on volunteering work for ACerS.
