The President’s Council of Student Advisors

The ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) is the student-led committee of ACerS responsible for representing student interests to ACerS and its subsidiary committees, divisions, sections, and classes. The PCSA is the primary face of ACerS to ceramics and materials science students. The role of the PCSA delegate is to represent their collegiate institution to PCSA, as well as representing the PCSA and ACerS to their academic department.

PCSA Mission

The mission of PCSA is to engage students as active and long-term leaders in the ceramics community and to increase participation in ACerS at the local, national, and international levels.

PCSA Goals

  • To coordinate student-focused ceramic programming at technical meetings.
  • To develop and implement ceramics-focused outreach activities.
  • To facilitate industry-student relations.
  • To promote ceramic science and engineering at the university and local levels.
  • To provide a way for students and young professionals to become and remain actively engaged as leaders in the ceramic materials community.

PCSA Programs

PCSA Committees

The PCSA also has five committees:

Conference Programming and Competitions
Organize official PCSA sponsored conference programs and competitions

Communications
Coordinate advertisement and social media managing for the PCSA

Recruitment and Retention
Inspire and assist young researchers to become part of the PCSA

Education
Facilitate STEM outreach for the next generation of materials scientists and engineers, with a focus on ceramics

Professional Development
Professional development and community engagement group within the PCSA

 

2024–25 PCSA Officers

PCSA Chair
Nathan McIlwaine, The Pennsylvania State University

Conference Programming and Competitions Committee Chair
Milos Dujovic, Texas A&M University

Communications Committee Chair
Randi Swanson, UC Davis

Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair
Anna Asghar, National University of Science and Technology (NUST)

PCSA Vice Chair
Pattiya Pibulchinda, Northwestern University

Education Committee Chair
Emilee Fortier, The Pennsylvania State University

Professional Development Committee Chair
Jack Hoffler, Clemson University

PCSA Mentor-at-large
Victoria Blair, US Army Research Laboratory

Scott McCormack, University of California, Davis

 

Meet the 2024–25 Class of PCSA Delegates

2024-25 PCSA Delegation

2024–25 PCSA delegates represent the following universities:

  • Alfred University
  • Anna University
  • Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (Cinvestav) Unidad Saltillo
  • Clemson University
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Faculty of Science Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco
  • Instituto Tecnológico De Saltillo
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia
  • Lehigh University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines
  • National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India
  • National University of Science and Technology (NUST)
  • Northwestern University
  • Oklahoma State University
  • Penn State University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Texas A & M University
  • The Ohio State University
  • The Pennsylvania State University
  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • The University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of California, Davis
  • University Cadi Ayyad
  • University of Chemistry and Technology Prague
  • University of Cologne
  • University M’hamed BOUGARA
  • University of Nottingham
  • University of Virginia
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
  • Washington State University

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