News

 The 2024 edition of the young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum (yCAM) was organized by ECerS at Tampere University, Finland, from 6th to 8th of May 2024, with:

●     107 participants registered from 17 countries  (Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Poland, Republic of Armenia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, UK and USA)

●     111 abstracts submissions

●     44 oral presentations accepted

●     3 invited talks from Dr. Andrea Zocca (BAM, Germany), Dr. Andy Gleadall (Loughborough University, UK), and Dr. Uwe Scheithauer (Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany)

●     54 posters divided between two poster sessions

yCAM is a symposium and a forum on Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics dedicated to young scientists and it is an initiative of Europe Makes Ceramics (EMC), the Additive Manufacturing network of ECerS. yCAM is a place for open discussion, combining high-quality scientific presentations with fresh and informal discussion at all levels, from learning the basics of new technologies to sharing practical experiences.

yCAM focuses on contributions about AM of ceramics and all connected regions of research, in detail:

●     Material Jetting

●     Vat Photopolymerization

●     Material Extrusion

●     Emerging, hybrid, and multi-material technologies

●     Applications, comprehending dental and medical applications, energy storage and transformation, space

●     Analysis, as in research activity focused on mechanical testing, powder and slurry analysis

●     Technology, grouping pre- and post-processing techniques, toolpath optimization, online monitoring and digitalization

To facilitate the participation of young researchers, 20 travel grants of 500 € were sponsored by the JECS Trust. Priority was given to oral presentations and the abstract evaluation. The yCAM was supported by the University of Tampere and 5 industrial sponsors (3DCeram, American Elements, Hummink, Lithoz, Planmeca).

For the third consecutive year Lithoz sponsored the best presentation and poster award offering two slots at the AM Ceramics conference in 2024: traveling, accommodation and registration fees included:

Best Oral presentation was awarded to Maria Mykland, Fiven ASA, Norway:

Best Poster was awarded to Subhadip Bhandari, University of Padova, Italy:

The 2,5 days programme was extended by a focused session about rheology (RheoCAM), which was organized by Mathilde Maillard and Sylvain Fournier including 2 invited speakers.

yCAM 2024 was again a successful forum, thanks to the sponsor, all participants and especially the local committee with Erkka Frankenberg and Antonia Ressler!

Can’t wait to see you all in Toulouse, from the 23rd to 25th of April, for yCAM 2025!

Greetings

yCAM committee

Anna De Marzi, Sarah Diener and Johanna Sänger