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News 2024

New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:

Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.

Nov 5, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini

We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite." 

Oct 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Event reflection - Electroceramics conference, Organizer's reflection by Andrius Pakalniškis

The 19th Electroceramics Conference and summer school were recently held in Vilnius, Lithuania for the first time. The events were organized together by the faculties of Physics and Chemistry and Geosciences of Vilnius University and the and the European Ceramic Society. 

Oct 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Industry in spot by Sarah Diener

When I started my professional career – more than seven years ago - printing of ceramics was a new hyped topic. 

Oct 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Research in Spot by Swen Subotić

Determination of the Curie temperature by temperature-dependent X-ray diffraction of barium bismuth potassium titanate

Oct 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Event reflection - Electroceramics conference, Participant's reflection by Francesco Bertolini

I am Francesco Bertolini, a PhD student from Politecnico di Milano, specializing in the 3D printing of piezoceramic materials using binder jetting technology, with a focus on Potassium Sodium Niobate (KNN). I recently attended the Electroceramics XIX conference, held from August 19th to 22nd, 2024, at Vilnius University in Lithuania.

Oct 16, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Shaping 9 Conference - Short Report from Joanna Tanska

The 9th Shaping Conference, organized jointly by the European Ceramic Society, the Polish Ceramic Society, and the Warsaw University of Technology, took place from September 25th to 27th, 2024, in Warsaw, Poland. It was a great honour and privilege to host such a distinguished group of professionals, researchers, and students from 27 countries, all passionate about shaping ceramic materials.

 

Oct 16, 2024
2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program - 1st call!

In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 49th International Conference and Expo on Advance Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) in Daytona Beach, FL or the Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA) conference in Denver, Colorado, organised respectively in January and February 2025.

Oct 3, 2024
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 30th November 2024!

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of February 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 30th November 2024 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before mid-March 2025.

Sep 1, 2024
2024 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!

In the frame of the 2024 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a 4th call, this time to allow grants to European Students to attend the 88th Annual Session of the Indian Ceramics Society and International Conference in Advanced Ceramics for Sustainability which will be organised by the Indian Ceramic Society in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (located in Chennai, India), from 28th to 30th November 2024.  

Aug 7, 2024
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)!

Jul 4, 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.

Jun 27, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - Open call for a new YCN Committee Member

Letter from Nicolas Somers, YCN Committee Member

Jun 26, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - YCN Workshop 2024 short report from Marija Kovač

YCN Workshop 2024 short report from Marija Kovač from the participant's point of view

Jun 26, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - yCAM 2024 short report from the yCAM Committee

yCAM 2024 short report from the yCAM Committee from the organizer's point of view

Jun 26, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - yCAM 2024 short report from Sarah Nistler

yCAM 2024 - Short report from Sarah Nistler from the participant's point of view

Jun 26, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - yCAM 2024 short report from Valeria Diamanti

yCAM 2024 - Short report from Valeria Diamanti from the participant's point of view

Jun 26, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - yCAM 2024 short report from Nonna Nurmi

yCAM in the land of thousands of lakes - Short report from Nonna Nurmi from the local organizer's point of view

Jun 26, 2024
YCN Newsletter 22 - Research in Spot

Rapid debinding and sintering of additively manufactured components by Subhadip Bhandari

Jun 25, 2024
Results of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest

The ECerS Bioceramics Network is delighted to announce the winners of the 1st Bioceramics Student Speech Contest, which took place online from 17 to 18 April 2024!

May 6, 2024
2024 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 2nd call!

In the frame of the 2024 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a second call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 1st Brazilian Meeting on Ceramic Additive Manufacturing (CeramicAM Brasil) that will be organised by the University of São Paulo in collaboration with the Brazilian Ceramic Society from 19th to 20th September 2024.

Apr 25, 2024
YCN Newsletter 21 - Interview of Dr. Stefan Pfeiffer

Interview of Dr. Stefan Pfeiffer Managing Director of the Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG) and former YCN representative

Apr 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 21 - Research in Spot by Adrian Graboś

Metal Matrix Composites and Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics obtained by Spark Plasma Sintering

Apr 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 21 - Research in Spot by Chien-Hua (Jeffery) Chen

3D Printing Technology for Process Intensification in Chemical Engineering

Apr 17, 2024
YCN Newsletter 21 - Research in Spot by Jenna Metera

Bismuth ferrite purity and morphology control through a highly reproduceable process

Apr 17, 2024
Bioceramics Network Student Speech Contest - 18 participants selected!

The ECerS secretariat received 42 applications on the deadline of 26th February 2024 and after analyse of the Jury, 18 candidates were selected instead of the 15 initially announced!

Mar 20, 2024
New Editor in chief for the Journal of ECerS!

Since first January 2024, the Editor in Chief of the Journal of the European Ceramic Society, JECS, is Prof. Jérôme Chevalier, from INSA Lyon, France.

Feb 28, 2024
YCN Newsletter 20 - Letter by Muthusundar Kumar, new YCN representative

My Clay Path: A Journey as a YCN Representative for India

Feb 28, 2024
YCN Newsletter 20 - Research in Spot by Joanna Tanska

Colloidal processing as a tool to obtain ceramic-metal nanocomposites

Feb 28, 2024
YCN Newsletter 20 - Research in Spot by Emilija Nidžović

Synthesis, processing and characterization of high-entropy spinel oxides

Feb 28, 2024
Obituary Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Günter Petzow

Sadly, The European Ceramic Society has lost an esteemed member – Prof. Günter Petzow died on February 4, 2024, at the age of 97. He was an emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Metals Research (now MPI for Intelligent Systems) and a professor at the University of Stuttgart and the Technical University Berlin.

Feb 13, 2024

Latest news

New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:

Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.

Nov 5, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini

We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite." 

Oct 17, 2024

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