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Refractories—Engineered, high-performance ‘silent partners’
LAEIS ALPHA 1500 press machine used in specialty kiln furniture process development and optimization.

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Case study—Applying lateral thinking to process development and optimization of specialty kiln furniture
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Current state and future opportunities for ceramic education in the United States

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Stuff Matters: Exploring the marvelous materials that shape our man-made world

Mark Miodownik has one sincere message: Stuff really matters. Miodownik, a science communicator and materials science and engineering professor at University College London, echoes that message through his passion for materials in the book Stuff Matters. The book is not an entirely technical nor comprehensive history, dissection, or explanation of…

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For science’s sake: My selfie with Bill Nye

Having an internship in the ceramics industry allowed me to see firsthand the importance, as well as the complexity, of the relationship between technology and policy—and it showed me that I wanted to learn more. This past summer, I had the opportunity to do just that as an intern with…