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 Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 28th February 2026!
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before mid-April 2026. Activities submitted for the deadline of 28th February 2026 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before Mid-May 2026.
Obituary - Professor Athena Tsetsekou
The Greek Scientific Community mourns the loss of our dear colleague Professor Athena Tsetsekou (64), Professor at the National Technical University of Athens, at the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, and President of the Hellenic Ceramic Society.
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