CCAC News
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...
CCAC Director Instructs ACerS Course
Dr. Geoff Brennecka, Director of the CCAC, has organized an online, ACerS ceramic additive manufacturing course on November 14 and 15, 2023. Dr. Brennecka will be co-instructing the class with Shawn Allen from Lithoz. The course is designed for individuals working in...
Dr. Geoff Brennecka Made Professional Member (Academician) of the World Academy of Ceramics
CCAC Director, Dr. Geoff Brennecka, has been made a Professional Member (Academician) of the Class “Science” in the World Academy of Ceramics. He will be officially awarded the Academy Diploma during the Plenary Session of CMCEE 14 in Budapest, Hungary, August 18-22,...
Dr. Brian Gorman Elected 2023-2025 EPDC CO-Chair
CCAC faculty member, Dr. Brian Gorman, was elected as the 2023-2025 The ACerS Education and Professional Development Council (EPDC) co-chair. Read letter to members below. Congratulations Dr. Gorman! Dear EPDC members, We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brian P....
Edwin Supple Receives Castaing Best Student Paper Award
CCAC graduate Student Edwin Supple, advised by Dr. Brian Gorman, has received the prestigious award for best student paper from the Microscopy and Microanalysis 2022 meeting and will be presented with the award at the plenary session of the annual 2023 Microscopy and...
Dr. Brian Gorman Selected ACerS Outstanding Educator Awardee for 2023!
Congratulations to CCAC's Dr. Brain Gorman for his EPDC Outstanding Educator Award! Read the letter from the EPDC Awards Committee Chair below. Dear Dr. Gorman, It is my pleasure to inform you that the EPDC Awards Committee selected you as the ACerS Outstanding...
CoorsTek Fellows Featured in Mines Winter 2023 Magazine
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS HELP MINES WIN TOP TALENT Gabriel Plummer PhD ’22 is a postdoc at the NASA Ames Research Center. His PhD at Mines was funded with a CoorsTek Fellowship in Advanced Ceramics, which not only paid his tuition, salary, health insurance and stipend,...
CCAC Initiates Visiting Scholar Program
CCAC Director, Geoff Brennecka, has launched an initiative to encourage both top senior and promising young researchers to visit and collaborate with the ceramics research community at the Colorado School of Mines. Visiting scholars are invited to stay for anywhere...
Colorado School of Mines to launch bachelor’s degree in ceramic engineering
A new bachelor’s degree launching at Colorado School of Mines next fall will prepare engineers for careers working with one of the world’s most versatile materials – ceramic and glass. “It’s more than just tiles and bricks,” said Brian Gorman, professor of...
CCAC Winter eNewsletter 2022
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CoorsTek Fellows Present
On November 15, 2022 the five current CoorsTek Fellows presented their research at the CoorsTek headquarters in Golden, CO. The fellows gave a short slide presentation and fielded questions from the audience, which was comprised of CoorsTek employees and Mines...
CCAC Students Charlie Meisel and Allison Perna Awarded the GAANN Fellowship
The MME Department was awarded a Department of Education Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) grant to support student research in areas critical to the nation’s future and renewing and enhancing U.S. infrastructure. Dr. Suveen Mathaudhu is the PI for...
Sarah Boardman Awarded 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 Faculty, Students and Collaborators Publish in Advanced Entergy Materials
Dr. Corinne Packard along with one current (Anna Braun) and two former (John Mangum & Jason Chenenko) CCAC graduate Students as well as NREL collaborators, recently published in the high impact journal, Advanced Energy Materials. High-Efficiency Solar Cells Grown...
DRURY SELECTED AS A DARPA RISER FOR 2022!
CCAC graduate student, Danny Drury, was selected as a DARPA Riser for 2022. The DARPA Risers are, “up-and-coming standouts in their fields, capable of discovering and leveraging innovative opportunities for technological surprise—the heart of DARPA’s national security...
