At the end of August/beginning of September, two successful international conferences on the subject of ceramic materials took place in Leoben, supported by the European Ceramic Society ECerS and organized by a team from the Chair of Structural and Functional Ceramics at the Department of Materials Science at the Montanuniversität Leoben.
During the 7th “young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing” (yCAM) Forum from August 30th to September 1st, the focus was on contributions from young scientists on the topic of additive manufacturing of ceramics. 84 participants from 15 countries were offered 56 contributions, including 4 invited presentations from Austria, Italy, France and Japan and 3 keynote contributions from industry from Lithoz, 3DCeram Sinto and QEP3D.
This conference was special because it was the first edition organized by the new committee consisting of Anna De Marzi (University of Padua, Italy), Sarah Diener (Kyocera) and Johanna Singer (Chair of Structural and Functional Ceramics, MUL, Leoben, Austria), who had only taken over the positions of Giorgia Franchin (University of Padua), Andrea Zocca (BAM Berlin) and David Karl (TU Berlin) in January. Special thanks go to the local organizers, especially Tanja Lube and Raúl Bermejo, and the support from the Montanuniversität Leoben, the AuCers and the JECS Trust.
The 7th International Conference “Fracture of Advanced Ceramics and Glasses - Fractography, Facture Mechanics and Fracture Testing” followed from September 3rd to 5th.
The chairpersons of the program committee, Ass. Prof. Dr. Tanja Lube (Department of Materials Science, Chair of Structural and Functional Ceramics, MUL, Leoben, Austria) and Prof. Dr. Jan Dusza (Institute of Materials Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice) welcomed participants from various academic institutions in Europe and the international ceramic industry to this conference. The lecture program on the topics of fracture analysis, materials testing and material characterization of ceramics and glasses showed the current scientific developments on these topics and their applications in the industrial environment.
