ACerS is pleased to announce the 2024 slate for the president-elect and Board of Directors positions as proposed by the Nominating Committee.
Read MoreThe American Ceramic Society’s 2023 awardees have been selected. Most awards will be presented at ACerS Annual Meeting at MS&T23, Oct. 1–4, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Congratulations to the 2023…
Read MoreACerS is pleased to announce the 2023 slate for the president-elect and Board of Directors positions as proposed by the Nominating Committee.
Read MoreReversible Electrochemical Cells for Interconversion between Fuel and Electricity Hosted by: ACerS Energy Materials & Systems Division Monday, October 3, 2022; 2 -3 p.m. Eastern US time The ACerS EMSD…
Read MoreThe American Ceramic Society’s 2022 awardees have been selected. Awards will be presented at ACerS Annual Meeting in conjunction with MS&T22 October 9-12, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pa., USA. Congratulations to…
Read MoreThe Engineering Ceramics Division invites nominations for the 2023 James I. Mueller, Bridge Building, Jubilee Global Diversity, and Global Young Investigator awards. The deadline for submitting nominations for all four…
Read MoreThe ECD Nominating Committee invites nominations for the incoming 2023–2024 division secretary candidate. This nomination will be presented at the ECD Annual Business meeting during the ACerS annual meeting in…
Read MoreThe Energy Materials and Systems Division recently held a division logo creation contest. Out of the seven thoughtful and creative entries, the winning logo was created by Anushka Pandey (National…
Read MoreNo-cost Technical Assistance Resources Offered by the U.S. Department of Energy Thursday, April 7, 2022; 12 -1 p.m. Eastern US time The US Department of Energy | Energy Efficiency &…
Read MoreBiomaterials and Implants: Unmet clinical needs, Current Status and Recommendations Friday, March 25, 2022; 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Eastern US time The ACerS Bioceramics Division is hosting the webinar Biomaterials…
Read MoreCeramic additive manufacturing for aerospace Thursday, February 24, 2022; 1- 2 p.m. Eastern US Time The ACerS Dayton/Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Section is hosting the webinar, Ceramic additive manufacturing for aerospace presented…
Read MoreThe Ceramographic Exhibit & Competition, is an annual poster exhibit to promote the use of microscopy and microanalysis as tools in the scientific investigation of ceramic materials. This year’s competition was held during the ACerS Annual Meeting in October in Columbus, Oh., in the Columbus Convention Center.
Read MoreLeft to right: Dahl, Carlos, and Godbole ACerS Basic Science Division announces the GEMS Awardees for 2021. The division sponsors the Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) awards as part of the…
Read MoreNominations for Society awards that will be presented at the annual awards banquet in October 2022 are now open. Additional information on each award, plus many Division and Class awards,…
Read MoreACerS 123rd Annual Meeting takes place Oct. 17–21, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio, during MS&T. MS&T affords you an opportunity like no other. You have the chance to hear the latest technical advances and cutting-edge developments in the materials science community, connect with friends, and network with your peers. Make your plans to attend today!
Read MoreThe American Ceramic Society’s 2021 awardees have been selected. Awards will be presented at ACerS Annual Meeting in conjunction with MS&T21 October 17 – 21, 2021 in Columbus, Oh., USA.…
Read MoreNomination deadlines for three ACerS division awards have been extended to June. Award eligibility for each can be found at ACerS Awards Page. Glass & Optical Materials: Alfred R. Cooper…
Read MoreHosted by the Northern California Section, this webinar will feature presentations from Professor Jian Luo (University of California, San Diego) and Professor Katherine T. Faber (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena). Their presentations will discuss recent studies from flash sintering to ultrafast sintering without an electric field and field effects on grain growth and the fundamentals of pore network design.
Read MoreACerS corporate partner, Uncountable, is sponsoring the May webinar, “Digitalization and the future of formulating in modern R&D labs” on May 11, 2021. Scientists are the literal lifeblood of new product development and innovation, but they often spend much of their time simply pulling together data to conduct analysis in hopes of key learnings. The biggest lever that R&D leaders have today is to implement tools that make this learning process faster and easier, through better data tools. This Webinar will focus on the benefits of implementing a true data infrastructure, and the challenges that organizations will face along this journey.
Read MoreThe Engineering Ceramics Division is hosting the April webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “Understanding ideation and opportunity analysis for designing high performance materials via different case studies” on April 15, 2021.
Read MoreThe Manufacturing Division is hosting the March webinar of the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series, “Raw material variability and manufacturing” on March 16, 2021.
Read MoreACerS is pleased to announce the 2021 slate for the President-elect and Board of Directors positions as proposed by the Nominating Committee and approved by the Board of Directors. ACerS…
Read MoreThe Electronics Division presented awards for outstanding student work during the January 2021 Virtual Conference on Electronic Materials and Applications. Congratulations to these poster and presentation awardees.
Read MoreThe Global Young Bioceramicist Award is presented by The American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award recognizes the outstanding young ceramic engineer and material scientist, who has made significant contributions…
Read MoreThe Larry L. Hench Lifetime Achievement Award for innovation and translation is presented by The American Ceramic Society’s Bioceramics Division. The award honors a deserving individual(s) in recognition of lifetime…
Read MoreWhen I was planning for my upcoming sabbatical leave last year, I thought of my trip to Brazil about two years ago, when I co-organized the ICG funded international workshop…
Read MoreIt’s time to start working on your entry for the 2019 Ceramographic Exhibit & Competition, organized by the ACerS Basic Science Division. This unique competition, to be held at MS&T19…
Read MoreThe new slate of 2019-2020 ACerS Officers Slate has been determined. There were no contested offices and no write-in candidates, automatically making all nominees “elected.” The new term begins at…
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ACerS is pleased to announce Christina Rost has been selected for Volunteer Spotlight, a program that recognizes a member who demonstrates outstanding service to The American Ceramic Society through volunteerism.…
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On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the first legally enforceable national drinking water standards for several common types of PFAS chemicals. Learn what the new standards mean for U.S. drinking water and how ceramics may play a role in the cleanup efforts.
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Magnetic nanographene butterfly, resistance-free electron channels, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 17, 2024.
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Though the tradition of creating grand stained-glass windows is less common than it was before, the artform remains an important part of our culture today. In April 2024, CTT is running a special three-part series on stained glass. Part 2 provides an overview of the early history of colored glass and details the rise and fall of stained-glass windows between the 11th and 16th centuries.
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EU establishes strategic partnership with Uzbekistan on critical raw materials, U.S. glass manufacturers invited to decarbonization workshop, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for April 15, 2024.
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The choice of starting material for refractory ceramics can greatly affect the product’s final properties. Researchers from Wuhan University of Science and Technology in China investigated the effects of different corundum aggregates on Al2O3-SiC-C bricks.
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To celebrate this year’s National Robotics Week, we have curated some of our past CTTs featuring fun innovations in robot technology.
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Subterranean storage of hydrogen, 3D print unknown materials, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 10, 2024.
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ACerS Greater Missouri Section and Refractory Ceramics Division held the 59th Annual Symposium on Refractories in St. Louis, Mo., March 26–28, 2024. Almost 240 members of the refractory ceramics community attended the meeting, which focused on unleashing refractory potential through root cause analysis.
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Elastic strain engineering has potential to improve processing performance in the semiconductor industry. Researchers led by Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Massachusetts Institute of Technology used machine learning to create a map that shows how to tune the thermal and electronic properties of crystalline materials via strain engineering.
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