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| Andy Wereszczak
2008 ICACC Program Chair |
It all started mid-January 1977. On the waterfront by Frank
Wolfe's Beach Side Hotel in Cocoa Beach, the 89 attendees of the
first American Ceramic Society's (ACerS's) Ceramic-Metal Systems
Division conference on “Composites and Advanced Materials” watched
the first Titan missile launch.
They could not fathom that by 2007 this very same conference would become
the preeminent international conference on advanced ceramics and composites
having more than 1250 attendees. Though much has changed since 1977,
the many visionaries responsible for that first “Cocoa Beach Meeting” planted
robust seeds whose vibrant growth continues to benefit both the
advanced ceramics and composites communities. More importantly,
these benefits enrich the lives of those outside our communities and
throughout the general populace.
The 32nd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites
(ICACC) in 2008 marks the second consecutive year it will be held in
Daytona Beach, Florida. The venue change from Cocoa Beach to Daytona
Beach in 2007 brought new successes as evidenced by 35% growth in attendance
and 65% growth in exhibitors. We, as Engineering Ceramics Divisions (ECD)
Officers and organizers of the ICACC, will continue to work hard and
strive to make the Conference even more successful in 2008 and beyond.
The 32nd ICACC consists of eleven Symposia and two Focused Sessions.
We are honored and excited to co-organize two of the program's
symposia with ACerS Basic Science Division (BSD). There are many common
interests and complementary R&D programs in our two ACerS Divisions
and believe this joint programming will produce synergism.
Our cornerstone symposium, the Mechanical Behavior and Structural Design
of Monolithic and Composite Ceramics annually enjoys the greatest participation.
Engineers and scientists continue to persevere to understand the relationship
between mechanical performance and material microstructure and this symposium
is perfectly suited for that dialog.
Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional
Applications will inform and update the coatings community on new advances
in its field. Advances toward the future hydrogen economy will be explored
in the Fifth International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs):
Materials, Science, and Technology.
Critical developments in armor protection and performance will
be discussed in the Ceramic Armor symposium. The Next Generation Bioceramics
symposium will attract scientists and engineers working on their
advanced processing and characterization. Emerging thermoelectric materials
will be discussed in the 2nd International Symposium on Thermoelectric
Materials for Power Generation.
A forum to discuss the advancement of engineered systems that are 1-100
nm in size will be provided in the 2nd International Symposium on
Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology: Development and Applications.
Applications enabled by engineered porous materials will be discussed
in the symposium on Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications.
Two symposia have common themes involving multifunctionality; however,
they are indeed differentiated by their respective primary focus.
Processing and manufacturing of multifunctional systems will be the core
of the symposium on Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies
for Structural and Multifunctional Materials and Systems (APMT): An International
Symposium in Honor of Professor Yoshinari Miyamoto. Fundamental science
of multifunctionality will be the focus of the symposium on Basic Science
of Multifunctional Ceramics, and is organized by the BSD. Prospective
participants for either of these two symposia are encouraged to study
the descriptions of both and choose the appropriate one based on either
processing and manufacturing or basic science.
The Science of Ceramic Interfaces: An International Symposium Memorializing
Dr. Rowland M. Cannon is organized by the BSD, and its content will
be devoted to the fundamental aspects of interfaces and how they control
properties and behavior in ceramics. Dr. Cannon passed away in 2006 and
was incredibly well respected by his peers and was a recognized international
leader in interface science.
Two exciting focused sessions will be part of the 2008 ICACC. One will
be devoted to the growing field of Geopolymers. Participation in this
session has grown the last two years, and we anticipate further growth
in 2008. We are also very enthusiastic about the focused session on Materials
for Solid State Lighting, appearing in the ICACC for the first time in
2008. The interest in this rapidly growing sector is extraordinary and
materials issues are critical for their advancement and performance.
The ECD Executive Committee and volunteer organizers hope you will join
us at the 2008 ICACC in Daytona Beach, Florida. We assure you that we
will work hard to ensure that our conference will be both beneficial
and enjoyable.
Andy Wereszczak
2008 ICACC Program Chair
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Email: wereszczakaa@ornl.gov |
