The European Ceramic Society

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Italy

Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche

Sezione Mineralogia applicata

Director : Prof. Alessandro F. Gualtieri

Email : alessandro.gualtieri@unimore.it

Phone : Tel. +39 059 2058480

Address : Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche Via G. Campi 103 41125 Modena

Research topics :

  • Characterization of traditional ceramics: characterization of raw materials, secondary raw materials, and products such as stoneware tiles using the quantitative mineralogical analysis and laboratory technological tests.

Contact information:

Prof. Alessandro F. Gualtieri

Tel. +39 059 2058480

alessandro.gualtieri@unimore.it

  • Glazes and pigments for the decoration of traditional ceramics: development of glazes and  pigments for the surface decoration of single firing and stoneware tiles and their structural and microstructural characterization.

Contact information:

Prof. Alessandro F. Gualtieri

Tel. +39 059 2058480

alessandro.gualtieri@unimore.it

Financial support programmes :

Contracts with private companies (e.g. BAAN, Modena; Italgraniti Group SPA, S.Martino in Rio, Modena; ESMALGLASS, Sassuolo Modena; Zetadi srl, Ferno Varese)

 

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.

Dec 1, 2025
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.

Oct 28, 2025

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