CCAC News
Student Wins Artistic Category in Keramos Mug Drop Competition
This achievement showcases the creative talents of our students alongside their technical skills.Congratulations to Kaylyn Courtney, whose mug design claimed victory in the Artistic category of the Keramos mug drop competition and was deemed, “the most aesthetically...
Mines Keramos Chapter Receives Sapphire Award
The Mines Keramos Chapter has been honored with a Sapphire Award for their exceptional activities over the past year. This award recognizes the chapter's commitment to excellence and their active engagement in the field of ceramic engineering.
CCAC Director Appointed as ACerS Global Ambassador
We're proud to announce that our own Dr. Geoff Brennecka has been named an ACerS Global Ambassador. This appointment recognizes Dr. Brennecka's significant contributions to the American Ceramic Society, its members and his role in fostering international collaboration...
Undergraduate Wins Prestigious Scholarship
Jack Dorsey, an undergraduate student in the Ceramic Engineering degree program at Mines, has been awarded the Lewis C. Hoffman Scholarship from the ACerS Electronics Division. This recognition highlights Jack's outstanding achievements in the field of...
Dr. Keisuke Yazawa Receives ACerS Edward C Henry Outstanding Paper Award
The Edward C. Henry Award is given annually to an outstanding paper reporting original work in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society or the Bulletin during the previous calendar year on a subject related to electronic ceramics. Keisuke Yazawa (see NREL and...
Pandora Picariello Awarded with the ASTM International Graduate Scholarship
The ASTM International Graduate Scholarship is presented each year to as many as four high-potential graduate students, contingent upon merit and available funds. The Scholarship rewards graduate students who have demonstrated high levels of interest or involvement...
CCAC Summer 2024 Newsletter
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Wayne Yeo Featured by ACerS
CGIF Friday Focus Magnifying the latest trailblazers in the world of materials science This week’s CGIF Friday Focus guest is Wayne Yeo, graduate research assistant at Colorado School of Mines - Brennecka Labs. Learn about Wayne’s work with CGIF at this link....
Sierra Astle Featured by ACerS
CGIF Friday Focus Magnifying the latest trailblazers in the world of materials science This week’s CGIF Friday Focus guest is Sierra Astle, graduate research assistant at Colorado School of Mines. Learn about Sierra’s work with CGIF at this link....
CCAC Students Spread Passion for Materials Science at NSTA Conference
A team of five talented CCAC graduate students - Amanda Bellafatto, Wayne Yeo, Pandora Picariello, Shannon Rogers, and Sierra Astle - took their passion for materials science on the road. They volunteered to represent the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and the...
Shannon Rogers Featured by ACerS
CGIF Friday Focus Magnifying the latest trailblazers in the world of materials science This week’s CGIF Friday Focus guest is Shannon Rogers, graduate research assistant at Colorado School of Mines - Brennecka Labs. Learn about Shannon’s work with CGIF at this link....
CCAC Graduate Returns with Colleagues – Lecture Announcement
Dr. Dylan Jennings & Dr. Wolfgang Rheinheimer from Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany will be visiting Mines with a few PhD students (Julian Ebert and Pascal Zahler) on Monday, February 12th. They will be giving a seminar on 2/12 in Hill Hall 202 at 4 pm....
Dr. Brennecka Appears on ACerS Podcast
Dr. Geoff Brennecka was featured on the ACerS Ceramics Tech Chat. In this episode Dr. Brennecka discusses the importance of having degree programs that focus specifically on ceramics, recalls the history and evolution of ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors,...
CCAC Autumn 2023 Newsletter
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Mines@ MS&T 2023
Fall wouldn’t be complete without the Orediggers heading to the Materials Science & Technology conference. This year’s addition was held in Columbus, OH from Oct 1st-4th. While several faculty members from MME attended or gave talks, the undergraduates in CSMMAC...
