The European Ceramic Society
YCN representative - Portugal
Camila Ribeiro
YCN representative for the Portuguese Ceramic Society
CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials
I am currently a PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering at CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Portugal, working on alternative sintering processes for electroceramics. I hold a MSc degree in Materials Engineering from the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil, where my research also focused on ceramics processing.
More specifically, my current research involves investigating the effect of sintering processes on microstructure development. This, in turn, strongly influences the properties of electroceramics. The material under study is Barium Strontium Titanate, a well-known dielectric ceramic widely applied in microwave devices. The primary sintering processes employed include Flash Sintering, Cold Sintering, and Spark Plasma Sintering. This journey is not easy; however, being alongside other motivated PhD students experiencing similar challenges is both rewarding and encouraging.
My first contact with YCN was in 2020, during the winter school in Daytona Beach, where I had the opportunity to meet people involved in this initiative. I was highly motivated by the enthusiasm and dedication of YCN members, as well as their work.
Due to this motivation, I applied to become representative of Portugal on the YCN committee. I hope to convey the same feelings I received from others and to expand the Portuguese network, ensuring that everyone working in ceramics is aware of YCN.
Last news
ACerS is offering travelling grants of 1.500 $ to attend the two 2024 ECerS Summer Schools
The grants can be allowed to undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students from non-European based universities. The 2024 ECerS Summer Schools will be held prior to Electroceramics XIX (Vilnius, Lithuania - School: 17-18 August 2024) and Shaping 9 (Warsaw, Poland - School: 24-25 September 2024)!
2024 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!
In the frame of the 2024 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a third call, this time to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2024 Fall meeting of Korean Ceramic Society (COEX) that will be organised by the Korean Ceramic Society in Seoul, Korea, from 16th to 18th October 2024.
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