The Engineering Ceramics Division of The American Ceramic Society is dedicated to the development of its members. If you would like to contact any of the ECD officers, visit the ACerS online Membership Directory for contact information. You must be a member to access the directory. Or, you may contact Karen McCurdy who will assist you.
Division Leadership
Contact our 2023–2024 Engineering Ceramics Division Officers
Chair: Young-Wook Kim | University of Seoul, South Korea
Chair-elect: Jie Zhang | Institute of Metal Research, China
Vice-chair/Treasurer: Amjad Almansour | NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
Secretary: Federico Smeacetto | Politecnico di Torina, Italy
Trustee: Michael C. Halbig | NASA Glenn Research Center, USA
Parliamentarian: Manabu Fukushima | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
Counselors: Palani Balaya | National University of Singapore; Hisayuki Suematsu | Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan
ACerS Board of Directors Division Liaison: Kristin Breder | Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics, USA
Young Professionals Network Division Liaison: Jackson Majher | Glass Coatings and Concepts, USA
President’s Council of Student Advisors Delegates: Christine Brockman | Oklahoma State University, USA
Milos Dujovic | Texas A & M University, USA
DEI Subcommittee representative: Federico Smeacetto (2022–2023) | Politecnico di Torino
Nominating Committee
Chair: Palani Balaya | National University of Singapore
Member: Jingyang Wang | IMR, China
Member: Meelad Ranaiefar| NASAGRC, USA