The Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics at Colorado School of Mines is a focal point for exciting technological developments in advanced ceramics.
Welcome from our director
Welcome to the Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics (CCAC) website!
The CCAC was created in 1989 with help from CoorsTek to serve as a focal point within the State of Colorado for interdisciplinary research and education on ceramics and related
materials, including their synthesis, processing, manufacturing, properties and performance.
Today our center advances research in a large variety of materials of interest to industry and government. We work with about $4M in research funding per year from federal, state and industrial sources. Since its inception, the CCAC has maintained a strong connection to industry partners who make, use and/or measure ceramics of all types.
While the CCAC maintains and operates a plethora of equipment and facilities, its strength is in the students, postdocs, staff and faculty. If you are interested in more information, please feel free to contact us.
Contact Us
Ivar Reimanis
Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Director, Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics
(303)384-2238
ireimani@mines.edu
Kelly Ragland
Center Manager
303-273-3559
ragland@mines.edu
Colorado School of Mines Joins USACA Delegation in Washington D.C. to Support Increased Training of Ceramic Engineers
On March 11th, 2026, Colorado School of Mines was part of a delegation within the United States Advanced Ceramics Association (USACA) that visited the United States Senate offices of four states to support appropriations for workforce development in Ceramic Engineering. Along with Mines, Alfred University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, and Weber State University participated, along with industrial partners Boeing and Lucideon. Ivar Reimanis represented Mines. USACA has supported efforts to increase training of ceramic engineers for emerging technologies, especially in the military sector where ceramics are enabling materials.
CCAC Alumnus Co-Authors Paper Featured in Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights
We're proud to announce that Colorado Center for Advanced Ceramics (CCAC) Director Dr. Ivar Reimanis and former graduate student Dr. Dylan Jennings have co-authored a research paper that has been selected as one of the best recent publications in inorganic and...
CCAC Student Awarded Prestigious ASTM International Scholarship
Pandora Picariello receives $10,000 award for second consecutive year in recognition of academic excellence and technical expertise Colorado School of Mines graduate student Pandora Picariello has been selected to receive the ASTM International Graduate Scholarship...