The Eastern Tennessee Section serves ACerS members in Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Cumberland, Fentress, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Washington and White counties.
Section Officers
Chair: Corson Cramer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Vice Chair: Beth Armstrong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Treasurer: Dustin Gilmer
Secretary: Steven Bullock
Advisor: Camden Hubbard, Applied Diffraction Services
If you would like to contact any of the Eastern Tennessee Section officers, log in and visit the ACerS online membership directory for contact details. You must be a member to access the directory. Or contact Vicki Evans at vevans@ceramics.org.
Upcoming Meetings and Events 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024 - 4-5 p.m.
Professor Lecture – Dr. Claudia Rawn from University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Monday, June 3 - Friday, June 7, 2024
Joint ACerS-ASM Student Materials Summer Camp. Visit this link for proposed schedule.
Contact Claudia Rawn and Mary Kocak for volunteering.
Friday, July 26, 2024 - 5-6 p.m.
Social event at Xul Beer Company - 10677 Hardin Valley Rd, Knoxville, TN 37932
Friday, January 19, 2024 - 5:00 p.m. *EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER - NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON*
Technical/Social Event with ZYP, including a technical talk, glass blowing and beer tasting!
Pretentious Beer Company in downtown Knoxville - address: 131 S Central St, Knoxville, TN 37902
5:00 p.m. – ZYP will give a technical talk
5:30 p.m. - Avi will chat about shop and technical info
5:45 p.m. - Glassblowing demonstration
6:15 p.m. - Start MYO! (Sign-up online - only 10 spots available)
7:15 p.m. - Beer tasting
News from the ACerS Eastern Tennessee Section
The Eastern Tennessee Section held a student poster session on Thursday, February 8, 2024. The event was held in conjunction with the ASM Oak Ridge Chapter at the UT Institute…
ACerS Eastern Tennessee Section hosted the June webinar, Opportunities for additive manufacturing of ceramic composites using material extrusion in the ACerS Frontiers of Ceramics and Glass Webinar Series. Material extrusion additive manufacturing…
The ACerS Eastern Tennessee Section was approved by the ACerS Board of Directors in May 2021. “The sentiment here in East Tennessee is this is a section that has long…