Erica Zimmerman

2022 Call for Award Nominations

By Erica Zimmerman / September 3, 2021

Nominations 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,…

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MS&T21 Registrations: Distinguished Life, Emeritus and Senior Members

By Erica Zimmerman / June 29, 2021

ACerS 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!

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2021 Society Awardees Announced

By Erica Zimmerman / June 4, 2021

The 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.…

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ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series: “Years of Glass – How the chemical durability of glass is predicted over millennia and beyond”

By Erica Zimmerman / June 4, 2021

Hosted by the Glass & Optical Materials Division, this webinar will feature a presentation from Dr. Joseph Ryan (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) that will examine the state-of-the-art of glass corrosion science.

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Cooper, Henry and Hoffman awards: nomination deadlines extended

By Erica Zimmerman / May 20, 2021

Nomination 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…

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Four Bioceramics Division award nominations: July 1 deadline

By Erica Zimmerman / May 4, 2021

It’s time to begin preparing nominations for four Bioceramics Division awards with a July 1, 2021 deadline. Award eligibility for each can be found at ACerS Awards Page. Young Scholar…

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ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series: “Advanced ceramic manufacturing”

By Erica Zimmerman / April 26, 2021

Hosted 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.

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Uncountable sponsored webinar: “Digitalization and the future of formulating in modern R&D labs”

By Erica Zimmerman / March 29, 2021

ACerS 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.

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ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series: “Understanding ideation and opportunity analysis for designing high performance materials via different case studies”

By Erica Zimmerman / March 17, 2021

The 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.

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ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics & Glass Webinar Series: “Raw material variability and manufacturing”

By Erica Zimmerman / February 12, 2021

The 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.

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