Executive Committee

  • President:            Rajendra Bordia / Clemson University
  • President-elect:     Monica Ferraris / Politecnico di Torino
  • Past President:      Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne
  • Treasurer:              Dan Tipsord / Trans-Tech
  • Executive Director: Mark Mecklenborg  / ACerS

Board of Directors

  • Kristin Breder / Saint-Gobain Research North America
  • Joseph Cesarano / Robocasting Enterprises LLC
  • Olivia Graeve / University of California, San Diego
  • Shibin Jiang / AdValue Photonics Inc.
  • Alexandra Navrotsky / Arizona State University
  • Marissa Reigel / Saint-Gobain Ceramics & Plastics
  • Dileep Singh / Argonne National Laboratory
  • Todd Steyer / The Boeing Company
  • Winnie Wong-Ng / National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • Michael Thuis, Student Member / Northwestern University
  • Stephen Freiman, Parliamentarian / Freiman Consulting, Inc.

Finance Committee

  • Dan Tipsord / Trans-Tech
  • Rajendra Bordia / Clemson University
  • Monica Ferraris / Politecnico di Torino
  • Shibin Jiang / AdValue Photonics Inc.
  • Joseph Cesarano / Robocasting Enterprises LLC
  • Jim Marra
  • Klaus Markus-Peters / Fireline, Inc.

Past Presidents Council

  • 1988-89: William Rhodes
  • 1990-91: Robert Eagan
  • 1991-92: Dennis Readey
  • 1994-95: David Johnson
  • 1995-96: Delbert Day
  • 1996-97: Carol Jantzen
  • 1997-98: James McCauley
  • 1998-99: Steven Freiman
  • 1999-00: Paul Becher
  • 2000-01: Robert Oxnard
  • 2001-02: James Houseman
  • 2002-03: Gary Messing
  • 2003-04: Kathryn Logan
  • 2004-05: John Marra
  • 2006-07: Katherine Faber
  • 2007-08: L. David Pye
  • 2008-09: John Kaniuk
  • 2009-10: Edwin Fuller
  • 2010-11: Marina Pascucci
  • 2011-12: George Wicks
  • 2012-13: Richard Brow
  • 2013-14: David Green
  • 2014-15: Kathleen Richardson
  • 2015-16: Mrityunjay Singh
  • 2016-17: William Lee
  • 2017-18: Michael Alexander
  • 2018-19: Sylvia Johnson
  • 2019-20: Tatsuki Ohji
  • 2020-21: Dana Goski
  • 2021-22: Elizabeth Dickey
  • 2022-23: Sanjay Mathur

Nominating Committee

  • 2023-24: Sanjay Mathur, Chair / University of Cologne, Germany
  • 2021-24: Edgar Lara-Curzio / Oak Ridge National Lab
  • 2021-24: Clive Randall / The Pennsylvania State University
  • 2021-24: Jingyang Wang / Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science-IMR, China
  • 2022-25: John Kieffer / University of Michigan
  • 2022-25: Val Wiesner / NASA Langley Research Center
  • 2023-25: Steven Tidrow / Alfred University
  • 2023-26: Hui-suk Yun / Korea Institute of Materials Science
  • 2023-26: Csaba Balazsi / Centre for Energy Research, Hungary
  • 2023-26: Amitabha Kumar / Boral IP Holdings LLC

Publications Committee

  • 2016-24: David Poerschke, Chair 2018-24 / University of Minnesota
  • 2020-24: Jessica Krogstad / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2020-24: Charmayne Lonergan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 2021-25: Vania Regina Salvini / Federal University of São Carlos UFSCar, Brazil
  • 2021-25: Vincenzo Sglavo / University of Trento, Italy
  • 2022-26: Keith DeCarlo / Blasch Precision Ceramics
  • 2022-26: Jincheng Du / University of North Texas
  • 2023-27: Flavio de Sousa / Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
  • 2023-27: Samuel Bernard / CNRS, France

 

Bulletin Editorial Advisory Board

  • 2021-24: Yakup Gönüllü / Schott AG, Germany
  • 2021-24: Scott Cooper / Owens-Illinois, Inc
  • 2022-25: Krista Carlson / University of Nevada, Reno
  • 2022-25: Junichi Tatami / Yokohama National University, Japan
  • 2023-26: Scott McCormack / University of California, Davis
  • 2023-26: Henry Colorado / Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

Meetings Committee

  • 2019-24: Jessica Rimsza, Chair 2022-24 / Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2020-24: Surojit Gupta / University of North Dakota
  • 2020-24: Nobuhito Imanaka / Osaka University, Japan
  • 2020-24: Doris Möncke / Alfred University
  • 2021-25: B. Reeja Jayan / Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2021-25: Yiquan Wu / Alfred University
  • 2021-26: Matthew Dickerson / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2022-26: Roger Narayan / North Carolina State University
  • 2023-27: Shiv Prakash Singh / ARCI, India
  • 2023-27: Perena Gouma / The Ohio State University
  • 2023-27: Caio Bragatto / Coe College

Member Services Committee

  • 2020-24: Lisa Rueschhoff, Chair 2020-24 / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2020-24: Kevin Fox
  • 2020-24: Scott McCormack / University of California, Davis
  • 2021-25: Lavina Backman / U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
  • 2021-25: Corinne Packard / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2022-26: Sandrine Ricote / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2022-26: Federico Smeacetto / Politecnico do Torino, Italy
  • 2022-24: Theresa Davey / Bangor University, UK Chair, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Subcommittee
  • 2023-27: Kyle Brinkman / Clemson University
  • 2023-27: Sudipta Seal / University of Central Florida

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Subcommittee

  • 2021-24: Theresa Davey, Chair 2022-24 / Bangor University, UK
  • 2020-25: Margeaux Wallace / GE Research
  • 2021-24: Kaline Furlan / Technische Universitaet Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
  • 2022-25: Amitabha Kumar / Solidia Technologies
  • 2023-26: Diletta Giuntini / Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherlands
  • 2023-26: Charmayne Lonergan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 2023-24: Fox Thorpe, PCSA Rep / University of California, Davis
  • 2023-24: John Bussey, PCSA Rep / Washington State University
  • 2022-24: Lavina Backman, YPN Member / Naval Research Laboratory
  • 2021-24: Lisa Rueschhoff, Member Services Comm Chair / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2023-24: Gurpreet Singh, Awards Comm Chair / Kansas State University
  • 2023-25: Beth Opila, Awards Comm / University of Virginia
  • 2023-24: Mario Affatigato, ACerS BOD / Coe College
  • 2022-24: Kristin Breder, Multi-Society Diversity Council / Saint-Gobain Research North America

Society Awards Committee

  • 2022-24: Gurpreet Singh, Chair 2023-24 / Kansas State University
  • 2023-25: Beth Opila / University of Virginia

Distinguished Life Members Subcommittee

  • 2019-24: Amar Bhalla, Chair 23-24/ University of Texas at San Antonio
  • 2020-25 Katherine Faber / Cal Tech
  • 2021-26: Dawn Bonnell / University of Pennsylvania
  • 2022-27: Mrityunjay Singh / OAI, NASA
  • 2023-28: Tatsuki Ohji / AIST, Japan

Panel of Fellows Subcommittee

  • 2021-24: Bikramjit Basu, Chair 23-24/ Bioceramics Division / IISc Bangalore, India
  • 2022-25: Martha Mecartney / Art, Archaeology & Conservation Science Division / University of California, Irvine
  • 2017-23: Karren More / Basic Science Division / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 2021-24: Bikramjit Basu / Bioceramics Division / IISc Bangalore, India
  • 2018-23: Jeffrey Bullard / Cements Division / University of Illinois
  • 2021-24: Paul Clem / Electronics Division / Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2021-24: Scott Misture / Energy Materials and Systems Division / Alfred University
  • 2015-24: Dileep Singh / Engineering Ceramics Division / Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2022-25:  Minoru Tomozawa / Glass & Optical Materials Division / RPI
  • 2015-24: Bill Carty / Manufacturing Division / Alfred University
  • 2022-25: Jeff Smith /Refractory Ceramics Division / Missouri University of Science & Technology
  • 2022-25:                  / Structural Clay Products /
  • 2023-26: James Hemrick / Education and Professional Development Council

Orton Memorial Lecture Subcommittee

  • 2020-24: Yoon-Bong Hahn, Chair 23-24 / Chonbuk National University, South Korea
  • 2020-25: Palani Balaya / National University of Singapore
  • 2021-26: Juan Nino / University of Florida
  • 2022-27: Reginaldo Muccillo / IPEN, Brazil
  • 2023-28: Sylvia Johnson / NASA (retired)

Ross Coffin Purdy Award Subcommittee

  • 2019-24: Lisa Klein, Chair 23-24 / Rutgers University
  • 2020-25: Xingbo Liu / West Virginia University
  • 2021-26: Brady Gibbons / Oregon State University
  • 2022-27: Tatsuki Ohji / AIST
  • 2023-28: Richard Todd / University of Oxford, UK

John Jeppson Award Subcommittee

  • 2019-24: Katalin Balazsi, Chair 23-24 / Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2021-25: Lane Martin / University of California at Berkeley
  • 2021-26: Carolina Tallon / Virginia Tech
  • 2022-27: Amjad Almansour / NASA-John Glenn Research Center
  • 2023-28: Susan Trolier-McKinstry / The Pennsylvania State University

Coble Award Subcommittee

  • 2019-24: Elizabeth Hoffman, Chair 23-24 / Savannah River National Laboratory
  • 2020-25: Matthew Creedon / Washington Mills North Grafton, Inc.
  • 2021-26: Javier Garay / University of California, San Diego
  • 2022-27: Emanuel Ionescu / TU Darmstadt, Germany
  • 2023-28: Edwin Garcia / Purdue University

Frontiers of Science & Society Rustum Roy Lecture Subcommittee

  • 2020-24: Young-Wook Kim, Chair 23-24 / University of Seoul, Korea
  • 2020-25: Olivia Graeve / University of California, San Diego
  • 2021-26: Susan Trolier-McKinstry / Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-27: Subhash Risbud / University of California, Davis
  • 2023-28: Yury Gogotsi / Drexel University

W. David Kingery Award Subcommittee

  • 2020-25: Ryan O’Hayre, Chair 23-24 / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2021-25: Jon Ihlefeld / University of Virginia
  • 2021-26: Hui (Claire) Xiong / Boise State University
  • 2022-27: Zhengyi Fu / Wuhan University of Technology
  • 2023-28: Marina Pascucci / Ceranova (retired)

Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award Subcommittee

  • 2021-25: Igor Levin, Chair 23-24 / NIST
  • 2020-25: James Bennett / National Energy Technology Lab
  • 2021-26: Christina Rost / James Madison University
  • 2022-27: Ravi Kumar / Indian Institute of Technology Madras
  • 2023-28: Subhash Risbud / University of California, Davis

Richard M. Fulrath Awards Subcommittee

  • 2019-24: Michael Halbig, Chair 2022-24 / NASA Glenn Research Center
  • 2020-25: Junichi Tatami / Yokohama National University, Japan
  • 2021-26: Jon-Paul Maria / Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-27: Gregory Morscher / University of Akron
  • 2023-28: Yuji Iwamoto / Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Corporate Environmental Achievement Award Subcommittee

  • 2020-24: Dawn Mandich, Chair 23-24 / Superior Technical Ceramics
  • 2020-25: Keith DeCarlo / Blasch Precision Ceramics
  • 2021-26: Lalit Sharma / Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
  • 2022-27: Csaba Balazsi / Centre for Energy Research, ELKH, Hungary
  • 2023-28: Mike Hill / Skyworks Solutions

Corporate Technical Achievement Award Subcommittee

  • 2020-24: Jenny Wang, Chair 23-24 / AdValue Technology LLC
  • 2020-25: Mark Snyder / Almatis, Inc
  • 2021-26: Geoff Brennecka / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2022-27: Dana Goski / Allied Mineral Products
  • 2023-28: Kristen Brosnan / Collins Aerospace

Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures Committee

  • 2020-24: Zhengyi Fu, Chair 23-24 / Wuhan University of Technology, China
  • 2020-25: Manoj Mahapatra / University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • 2021-26: Charmayne Lonergan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 2022-27: Aldo Boccaccini / Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg Inst. of Biomtrls, Germany
  • 2023-28: Sabyasachi Sen / University of California, Davis

Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award Committee

  • 2023-24: Christopher Kassner, Chair 23-24 / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2022-24: Lisa Rueschhoff / Air Force Research Laboratory

Medal for Advancement in Ceramic Technology Award Committee

  • 2019-24: Sudipta Seal, Chair 23-24 / University of Central Florida
  • 2020-25: B. Reeja Jayan / Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2021-26: Christine Heckle / Corning, Inc
  • 2022-27: Makio Naito / Osaka University, Japan
  • 2023-28: Alexander Michaelis / Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies & Systems, Germany

Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award Committee

  • 2019-23: Mrityunjay Singh / OAI, NASA
  • 2019-23: Sungwook Mhin / KCerS, Korea
  • 2019-23: Soshu Kirihara, CerSJ, Japan
  • 2021-25: Tatsuki Ohji / AIST, Japan
  • 2023: Yu Zhou / Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee

  • 2023-24: Mario Affatigato, Chair 23-24 / Coe College
  • 2020-24: Matthew Lambert / Allied Mineral Products, LLC
  • 2021-25: Nicola Perry / University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • 2022-26: Bikramjit Basu /  IISc Bangalore, India
  • 2023-27: Greg Rohrer / Carnegie Mellon University

Navrotsky Award for Experimental Thermodynamics of Solids Subcommittee

  • 2019-24: Gustavo Costa, Chair 23-24 / Vantage Parnters, LLC, NASA
  • 2020-25: Pavel Mogilevsky / UES, Inc.
  • 2021-26: Scott Misture / Alfred University
  • 2022-27: Girish Kale / University of Leeds, UK
  • 2023-28: Xiaofeng Guo / Washington State University

Rishi Raj Medal for Innovation and Commercialization in Ceramics Subcommittee

  • 2020-24: Hidehiro Yoshida, Chair 23-24 / University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 2020-25: Federico Rosei / INRS, Canada
  • 2021-26: John Ballato / Clemson University
  • 2022-27: Cristina Balagna / Politecnico di Torino, Italy
  • 2023-28: David Marshall / University of Colorado, Boulder

ECerS-ACerS Joint Award

  • 2019-23: Dana Goski / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
  • 2019-23: Helen Chan / Lehigh University
  • 2019-23: Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne
  • 2023-26: Anne Leriche / Polytechnic University Hauts-de-France
  • 2019-23: Richard Todd / University of Oxford
  • 2023-26: Stuart Hampshire / University of Limerick

Strategic Planning & Emerging Opportunities Committee

  • 2023-24: Monica Ferraris, Chair 23-24 and President-elect / Politecnico Di Torino, Italy
  • 2023-24:  Mario Affatigato / President-elect nominee / Coe College
  • 2018-24: David Poerschke, Publications Committee Chair / University of Minnesota
  • 2022-24: Jessica Rimsza, Meetings Committee Chair / Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2020-24: Lisa Rueschhoff, Member Services Committee Chair / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2021-24: Clive Randall / Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-25: Claire Xiong / Boise State University
  • 2022-25: Surojit Gupta / University of North Dakota
  • 2023-24: Theresa Davey, DE&I Subcommittee Chair / Bangor University
  • 2023-24: Michael Thuis, PCSA Chair / Northwestern University
  • 2023-26: Olivier Guillon / Forschungszentrum  Jülich GmbH, Germany

Material Advantage Committee

  • Edmund Moore / United States Air Force
  • Marissa Reigel / Saint-Gobain
  • R. Allen Kimel / The Pennsylvania State University
  • Amanda Krause / University of Florida

ABET Representatives

  • Grant Norton, Chair / Washington State University
  • Janet Callahan / Michigan Technological University
  • Harrie Stevens / Alfred University (retired)
  • Bill Mullins / U.S. Navy
  • William Hammetter / retired
  • Darryl Butt / University of Utah

Young Professionals Network

  • 2022-24: Christopher Kassner, Co-chair / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2023-25: Alessandro De Zanet, Co-chair / Leonardo Labs, Italy

ACerS International

  • 2023-24: Rajendra Bordia, ACerS President / Clemson University
  • 2023-26: HT Lin / Guangdong University of Technology, China
  • 2023-26: Steven Tidrow / Alfred University
  • 2023-26: Suk-Joong Kang / Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
  • 2022-24: Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne, Germany
  • 2022-24: Elizabeth Dickey / Carnegie Mellon University

Education and Professional Development Council

  • 2022-24: Steven Naleway, Co-chair / The University of Utah
  • 2023-25: Brian Gorman, Co-chair / Colorado School of Mines

Humanitarian Activities Network

  • Ian Nettleship, Co-chair / University of Pittsburgh
  • Victoria Christensen, Co-chair / University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Clive Randall / Pennsylvania State University
  • Amanda Krause / Carnegie Mellon University
  • Geoff Brennecka / Colorado School of Mines
  • Kathleen Richardson / University of Central Florida
  • Jon Binner / University of Birmingham
  • Michael Spencer / North Carolina State University

Presidents Council of Student Advisors

  • 2023-24: Michael Thuis / Council Chair / Northwestern University
  • 2023-24: John Bussey / Vice Council Chair / Washington State University
  • 2023-24: Brittney Hauke / Communications Committee Chair / Penn State University
  • 2023-24: Hugh Smith / Education Committee Chair / Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2023-24: Kavan Joshi / Conference Programming and Competitions Committee Chair / Lehigh University
  • 2023-24: Ruth Adam / Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair / University of Cologne
  • 2023-24: Pattiya Pibulchinda / Professional Development Committee Chair / Northwestern University
  • Victoria Blair / Mentor-at-Large / US Army Research Laboratory
  • Scott McCormack / Mentor-at-Large / University of California, Davis