SYMETA at The American Ceramic Society UK Chapter Meeting
On Tuesday 12th September 2017, SYMETA co-investigator Professor Ian Reaney will be hosting a meeting of the UK Chapter of The American Ceramic Society at the University of Sheffield. The theme of the meeting is Sustainable Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics. Alongside Ian, Professor Vaidhy Vaidhyanathan from Loughborough University will be representing the SYMETA project. Vaidhy will be speaking on Making materials with microwaves: The art of the possible. The event is free and open to everyone though booking is required (follow the link above).
The full programme is:
10:00 - 10:30 Arrival and reception coffee break
10.30 - 10.45 Welcome Prof. Ian Reaney, The University of Sheffield
and Dr. Eugenio Zapata-Solvas, Chair UK Chapter of ACerS
10:45 - 11:30 "Continuous hydrothermal synthesis of nanoceramics;
From materials discovery to pilot plant” Prof. Jawwad Darr, University College of London
11:30 - 12:15 "Rheology of complex fluids in colloidal processing”
Dr. Esther Garcia-Tunon, University of Liverpool
12:15 - 13:00 "3D printing additive manufacturing of advanced ceramics”
Prof. Brian Derby, University of Manchester
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 - 14:45 “Field assisted processing of functional ceramics - new opportunities”
Prof. Mike Reece, Queen Mary College
14:45 - 15:30 "Flash sintering: What it can do and how does it work?”
Prof. Richard Todd, University of Oxford
15:30 - 16:15 "Making materials with microwaves: The art of the possible”
Prof. Bala Vaidhyanthan, Loughborough University
16:15 - 17:00 “Cold sintering for sustainable ceramics”
Dr. Rebeca Boston, The University of Sheffield
17:00 - 17:05 Concluding remarks and departure
