News 2023

From 2016 to 2023. 8 years. So many things have happened. Turning 40 years old in the first major lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis in spring 2020, for instance.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes have unlocked groundbreaking potential for the production of ceramic components.

The YCN committee recently welcomed a new member, MSc Danica Piper.

The 15th ECerS Conference for Young Scientists in Ceramics was held on October 11-14, 2023 in Novi Sad, Serbia. This year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Conference, which began as a national event in 1998 and now brings together scientists from all over the world.

Dear Young Ceramists Network,

I want to wish you the very best end-of-the-year, to be spent with family, friends, and, of course, your YCN colleagues.

BioCeramic additive manufacturing is a revolution in the personalized treatment of various pathologies, particularly in the regeneration of various anatomical parts of the human body such as dental, maxilofacial, skeletal or cranioplastic.

You can now apply to the YCN Representative position here! Deadline for applications is October 31st 2023.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was, and remains to date, an ambitious plan of action to achieve a sustainable future that Heads of State committed to achieve over 15 years (2015-2030).

The processes involved in Portland cement (PC) production account for around 7% of global CO2 emissions.

Thermal debinding is the processing bottleneck of ceramic stereolithography based printing technologies.

Sintering is a key step in ceramic processing, which transforms a shaped powder compact into a structurally sound and dense part.

My name is Camila Ribeiro, and I'm a PhD candidate in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Aveiro in Portugal.

Approximately half of the global population over 60 is said to experience musculoskeletal diseases, significantly influencing their quality of life.

On Monday July 3, 2023, the first ECerS Career Fair was held in Lyon as part of the XVIIIth ECerS Conference and Exhibition.

In the frame of the 2024 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2024 IGNITE MSE and 48th ICACC conference that will be organised by the American Ceramic Society  from 28th January to 2nd February 2024 in Daytona Beach, USA.

The 2023 edition of the young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum (yCAM) was organized by ECerS at Montanuniversität in Leoben, Austria, from 30th August till 1st September 2023.

Don't miss the 17th YCN Webinar !!

It is with great sadness that we inform you that our dear friend and colleague Professor Paul Goursat died peacefully.

The 2023 ECerS Summer School “Advanced Characterization Techniques” took place from 29th to 30th June at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) in Lyon, France prior to the XVIII ECerS Conference.

Prof. K. Byrappa (Byron), the former Vice-Chancellor of the Mangalore University and a well-known ceramicist, passed away after he suffered a stroke at the Bangalore airport in India. He was an Academician of the World Academy of Science and an active volunteer of the global ceramic community.

The 2023 XVIIIth Conference and Exhibition of the European Ceramic Society – ECerS – ended already 2 weeks ago and we would like to express our most grateful thanks to all the people that contributed to organise or participated to the huge success of this event!

The Award Ceremony of the XVIIIth ECerS Conference took place on Wednesday 5th July 2023 in Lyon, France. 

During the Council meeting that was held in Lyon, France, on 2nd July 2023, the ECerS officers were renewed or changed.

Founder of MAF, a material analysis laboratory, is Daniela Gehrisch. She was born in Freiberg and grew up the Ore Mountains in Germany. Having been enthusiastic about maths and physics at school, she decided to look for a place to study in the silver city Freiberg. That's how she found the course in materials science and technology and graduated with a diploma.

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - Best online poster presentation

"Bioceramic bone cements modified with bioglass" by Kinga Kowalska

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - 3rd place of the Best poster presentation

"COx-free Hydrogen Production in Additively Manufactured Electrified Reactor through Catalytic Decomposition of Ammonia" by Milan Vukšić

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - 2nd place of the Best poster presentation

"Ultrafast high-temperature sintering for functional ceramics processing" by João L. Miranda

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - 1st place of the Best poster presentation

"MXenes as coatings on implant surfaces for improving of biological responses" by Nima Amousa

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - 3rd place of the Best oral presentation

"Enhancing Glass Surface Functionality for Water Purification and Bactericidal Applications with Thin-Layered Transparent Oxides" by Jaime González Cuadra

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - 2nd place of the Best oral presentation 

"Processing of new super-hard and ultra-hard ceramics for personnel protection and industrial applications requiring stringent working conditions" by Cristina Ojalvo Guiberteau

Research in Spot – 3rd YCN Workshop edition - 1st place of the Best oral presentation 

"Physics-based modeling of glass structural fluctuations" by Katelyn A. Kirchner

In April 2023, thanks to JECS Trust, I had the pleasure to attend the 3rd YCN Workshop organised in Aveiro, Portugal.

The 3rd YCN workshop (hybrid event) took place from April 19th to 21st, 2023 at the University of Aveiro in Portugal.

Monday 3rd July - Lyon Convention Centre

It is with great sadness that we inform you that our dear friend and colleague Professor Mike Pomeroy died peacefully on March 13th.   

Reduced Article Publishing Charges for ECerS members and no charges for publishing in the current Special Issues!

The JECS trust is funding an award for the best contribution to the Wiki on Ceramics Processing. 

The 2023 AIMed ECerS Winter School “Emerging antimicrobial biomaterials for orthopaedic applications” took place from 22nd to 23rd February 2023 at the Hotel Academia of Zagreb in Croatia.

In the coming years we will witness an ever-growing network of interconnected sensors embedded in our everyday objects and devices.

For several years, the European Union has been strongly encouraging the integration of renewable energies into the energy mix.

The JECS Trust offers annual financial support to young researchers, PhD and Masters students, enabling them to attend the highly-regarded Winter Workshop organized by the American Ceramic Society at Daytona Beach. We are thrilled to announce that Szymon was selected as one of the grant recipients for the Winter Workshop in 2023. As a member of our young ceramists community, Szymon is sharing his invaluable experience with us all.

The ECerS Summer School on Advanced Characterization Techniques will be organized at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon) in Lyon the week before the next ECerS conference, from Thursday 29 to Friday 30 June.

We are pleased to announce that the YCN and the organizers of the XVIIIth Conference of the European Ceramic Society in Lyon will be hosting a Career Fair with the support of Saint-Gobain!

We are thrilled to share with you that our Young Ceramists Network (YCN) community is expanding at an incredible rate. We are delighted to announce that our LinkedIn group now has over 1500 members, and we are constantly growing! 

We are delighted to announce that the Young Ceramists Network (YCN) will be holding its first quarterly meeting of 2023 on the 8th of March.

The young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum (yCAM) is a networking event for young researchers interested in Additive Manufacturing (AM) of ceramics.

Exciting news for everyone! After a challenging period of virtual interactions, we are thrilled to announce that the Young Chemists Network (YCN) is bringing back the thrill of in-person workshops!

In 2017 we started the young Ceramics Additive Manufacturing Forum with our first conference at Technical University Berlin.

It is our great pleasure to inform you that the call for Abstract, ending initially on 31st January, for the next ECerS conference in Lyon 2-6 July 2023 has already been a great success with about 1000 abstracts submitted!

Being member of the ECerS allows you advantages such as reduced prices to the events organised by ECerS. 

Check the recording of the last YCN Webinar to know how to apply to get JECS Trust funding for your ceramics research in Europe, presented by Jon Binner, Chair of the JECS Trust.