ACerS Learning Center Certificate Program
The American Ceramic Society is pleased to offer our ACerS Learning Center Certificate Program. This program is designed for those who wish to take multiple courses for career advancement.
The ACerS Learning Center Certificate Program puts you in the driver's seat.
Our four certificate tracks offer a selection of courses for you to customize your learning journey for the skills you need to advance in your job.
Each course is taught by a leading expert in the field. We have recruited leading experts in the ceramics and glass field to develop courses to share their vast experience and knowledge with you. You gain the benefit the decades experience in industry and academia that our instructors bring.
Advantages
For students completing the certificate program
- Learn new material and refresh your previous knowledge from leading experts
- Improve job skills and performance
- Improve chances for career advancement
For employers supporting their employees
- Motivate and show their employees they value their role in the organization
- Improve the performance of employees
- Enhance the company’s competitive position
- Improve your bottom line!
Four customizable programs
Choose from one of four certificate programs outlined below. A certificate will be awarded after the completion of three courses within a program. The registration rates for each course are listed on their respective webpages. Don't delay, jump-start your career today!
Ceramic Manufacturing Certificate
Complete three of the following courses:
- Introduction to Ceramic Science, Technology, and Manufacturing (live online or recorded)
- Ceramic Manufacturing Technology (live online or recorded)
- Drying of Ceramics (recorded)
- Firing of Ceramics (coming soon)
- Statistical Process Control in Ceramic Processing (live online or recorded)
- Using Phase Diagrams for Industry (coming soon)
- Glaze Manufacturing for Industry (live online)
- Additive Manufacturing of High-Technology Ceramics (live onsite)
- Dispersion and Rheology Control for Improved Ceramic Processing (recorded)
- Sintering of Ceramics (DVD)
Glass Manufacturing Certificate
Complete three of the following courses:
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- Introduction to Ceramic Science, Technology, and Manufacturing (live online or recorded)
- Ceramic Manufacturing Technology (live online or recorded)
- Introduction to Commercial Glasses: Properties, Manufacturing and Applications (coming soon)
- Statistical Process Control in Ceramic Processing (live online or recorded)
- Glaze Manufacturing for Industry (live online)
- Using Phase Diagrams for Industry (coming soon)
- Machine Learning for Glass (live online or recorded)
- Nucleation, Growth and Crystallization in Glasses (coming soon)
- Glass Corrosion (live onsite)
- Phil Ross DVD courses (Pick 1 of 3 available DVD courses)
Refractory Manufacturing Certificate
Complete three of the following courses:
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- Introduction to the Properties of Refractories (live online)
- Introduction to Refractories Compositions (live online)
- Advanced Mechanical Properties of Refractories (live online)
- Introduction to Ceramic Science, Technology, and Manufacturing (live online of recorded)
- Ceramic Manufacturing Technology (live online or recorded)
- Statistical Process Control in Ceramic Processing (live online or recorded)
- Drying of Ceramics (recorded)
- Firing of Ceramics (coming soon)
- Using Phase Diagrams for Industry (coming soon)
Advanced Ceramics Certificate
Complete three of the following courses:
- Introduction to Ceramic Science, Technology, and Manufacturing (live online or recorded)
- Ceramic Manufacturing Technology (live online or recorded)
- Statistical Process Control in Ceramic Processing (live online or recorded)
- Using Phase Diagrams for Industry (coming soon)
- Additive Manufacturing for High-Technology Ceramics (live onsite)
- Introduction to Machine Learning (live onsite)
- Drying of Ceramics (recorded)
- Firing of Ceramics (coming soon)
- Dispersion and Rheology Control for Improved Ceramic Processing (recorded)
- Understanding Why Ceramics Fail and Designing for Safety (DVD)
- Sintering of Ceramics (DVD)
Start your Certificate Program today!
For questions or to get started, please contact Greg Geiger at ggeiger@ceramics.org.