The European Ceramic Society
Lectures and Teachers
The ECerS Summer School in Krakow will consist of 10 modules given by internationally renowned teachers who are experts in the field:
Prof. Jon Binner
University of Birmingham - UK
“Microwave sintering; what can it and can’t it do?”
Dr Salvatore Grasso
Southwest Jiaotong University – China and Queen Mary university of London – UK
“Impact of high heating rates: from pit firing to ultrafast high-temperature sintering”
Prof. Stuart Hampshire
University of Limerick - Ireland
“Overview of the Fundamentals of Sintering”
Dr Mathias Herrmann
IKTS - Germany
“Fundamentals and technology of hot pressing and hot isostatic pressing”
Prof. Anne Leriche
Polytechnic University Hauts-de-France, Valenciennes - France
“Toolbox to control grain growth during densification of ceramics”
Prof. Gary Messing
Penn State University - USA
“Contrasting Microstructure and Densification Processes during Solid State and Liquid Phase Sintering of Al2O3”
Prof. Clive Randall
Penn State University - USA
“Utilizing Cold Sintering in the Design and Integration of New Functional Composite Materials”
Prof. Pavol Sajgalik
Academy of Sciences - Slovakia
“Miracle versatility of advanced Si3N4: from engineering to functional applications"
Dr David Salamon
CEITEC - Czech Republic
“Spark Plasma Sintering – design of experiments”
Prof. Richard Todd
University of Oxford - UK
“Flash Sintering – towards faster, cheaper, greener and better Ceramics”
The Summer School will end with a round table led by a few teachers and students around questions previously formulated by the students.
Latest news
Next JECS Trust Call for projects: IMPORTANT CHANGES
We draw your attention on the following decisions from the JECS Trust Board:
- The deadline for submission of Mobility only projects of 31st August 2026 is cancelled
- The deadline for submission of Mobility and General Activity projects of 31st May is postponed to 30th June 2026
- Only students members of ECerS can apply for Mobility projects
Result of the JECS Trust Call 02/2026
38 applications for Mobility projects were submitted to the JECS Trust by the deadline of 28th February 2026.
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