Protecting elephants and trains through fiber-optic sensing
Death from train collisions is the second-highest cause of unnatural elephant deaths in India. Austria-based information provider Sensonic contracted with Indian Railways to deploy a fiber-optic-based elephant detection and alert system along the railway’s East Coast network.
Credit: Incredible Dooars, YouTube
These articles are available online now and will appear in the December 2024 issue of Journal of the American Ceramic Society, which focuses on computational studies in ceramics and glass.
Credit: S. Hossain et al., JACerS
- Exploring fracture anisotropy in tantalum carbide compounds: A density functional theory approach
By S. Hossain, G. B. Thompson, and C. R. Weinberger
Journal of the American Ceramic Society - Hysteresis constitutive model of C/SiC composites considering probabilistic matrix fragmentations
By L. Li
Journal of the American Ceramic Society - Applications of machine-learning interatomic potentials for modeling ceramics, glass, and electrolytes: A review
By S. Urata, M. Bertani, and A. Pedone
Journal of the American Ceramic Society - Characterizing medium-range order structure of binary silicate glasses using ring analysis and persistent homology
By A. F. Firooz, R. Christensen, C. A. N. Biscio, and M. M. Smedskjaer
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Check out these recent additions to the ACerS Webinar Archives:
Casting a new perspective, digital fabrication and craft
Original air date: Aug. 7, 2024
Hosted by: Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia Section
Featured speaker(s): Chaz Martinsen
View the full event calendar at this link.
Ceramic Tech Chat: Katrina Donovan
Hosted by ACerS Bulletin editors, Ceramic Tech Chat talks with ACerS members to learn about their unique and personal stories of how they found their way to careers in ceramics. New episodes publish the third Wednesday of each month.
In the July 2024 episode of Ceramic Tech Chat, Katrina Donovan, faculty member in the Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, discusses her expansive background across different materials, describes her current research on using local materials to create clays and ceramic glazes, and shares her numerous STEM outreach programs to help inspire and teach students and educators across the state.
Check out a preview from her episode, where she offers tips on how to conduct successful STEM outreach in rural areas.
“I think if you have a module or something you can share or an activity you like to do that is STEM focused, that is a powerful thing. You can plug it into different local events. For example, one of the groups I’ve been involved with every year is the Girl Scouts. They have what’s called the Big STEM Day. I’ve worked with hundreds and hundreds of kids through that. Another big thing that has started coming up is Knowledge Bowl. Even though we’re pretty rural, they’ll do travel competitions even at a middle-school level.”
Listen to Katrina Donovan’s whole interview—and all our other Ceramic Tech Chat episodes—at this link.
