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
- Creativity Competition
- ACerS Student Mentor Program
- Shot Glass Competition at ICACC
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 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