Category: News

Commentary on Nature Materials

Nature Materials News & Views published a commentary by Prof. Paolo Colombo and Dr. Giorgia Franchin entitled “Printing glass in the nano”. The article briefly discusses the evolution of glass additive manufacturing and the recent use of a transparent colloidal silica suspension in a 2-photon polymerization approach to produce complex truss structures and photonic devices…
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yCAM2021 meet-up in Gather.town

The 2021 yCAM (young Ceramists Additive Manufacturing Forum) meet-up, co.organised by Dr Giorgia Franchin, will take place on gather.town on the 29th of October. This year virtual meeting is dedicated to the transition of ideas from research to industry. Take a look at the page event for more informations! The yCAM event will be held…
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ProDPM ’21 in Leiria

During the next days – from the 27th to the 29th of October – the 2nd International Conference on Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing (ProDPM’21) organized by the School of Technology and Management (ESTG) of the Polytechnic of Leiria (IPL), will take place online. Dr Giorgia Franchin will actively participate to the conference as…
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Webinar on Additive Manufacturing of ceramic components from liquid precursors

Next week, on the 4th of November 2021, the Società Ceramica Italiana (ICerS) will held a webinar on the Additive Manufacturing of ceramic components from liquid precursors presented by Dr Giorgia Franchin. The talk will highlight the research activities of the CerAMglass Research Group.  Take a look at this link to register!  

ceramitec 2021 in Munich

Our PhD student, Giulio Giometti, partecipated at the ceramitec conference 2021 hosted in Munich, Germany, from the 15th to the 16th of September 2021.  

CerAMGlass / FunGlass cooperation highlighted in International Journal of Applied Glass Science

The cooperation of CerAMGlass members (Enrico Bernardo and Hamada Elsayed) with FunGlass centre (Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Slovakia), mainly focused on additive manufacturing of glass-ceramics and reuse of inorganic waste in new glass-based materials, has been further evidenced by the publication of several papers in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Applied Glass…
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AIMAT2021 in Cagliari

During the following week – from the 15th to the 18th of September – the XVI National Convention of AIMAT (Associazione Nazionale Ingegneria dei Materiali) will take place at the Sa Manifattura (Cagliari, Italy). Dr Giorgia Franchin will actively participate to the conference as one of the speaker. Bonu viaggiu!  

Scuola di Reologia Industriale (XIII ed.)

Our PhD students, Anna De Marzi and Useche Dos Santos Inchauspe, participated at the 13th edition of the Scuola di Reologia Industriale held from the 5th to the 9th of September in Valeggio sul Mincio (VR).  Thanks to Dino Ferri, president of the Associazione Italiana di Reologia – SIR for the organisation of the school!…
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STEM project for Rai Scuola

Progetto Scienza – STEM is Rai Cultura‘s information and scientific program, exploring the world of research and innovation in various fields of scientific knowledge. In the curse of several episodes, the program shows what science and technology can do to change the life of each of us for the better and how they can also…
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New printer in the house!

In the past week, we were pleased to welcome in our laboratories a new printer, the Xube. This machine is one of a kind in the field of volumetric printing, made by Xolo, a Berlin-based startup. Thanks to Niklas, one of the co-founders, for the special delivery!

Webinar on 3D Printing of Ceramics

Next week, on the 22nd of June 2021, YXLON International will held a webinar on the 3D Printing of Ceramics with the active partecipation of Dr Giorgia Franchin and Sarah Diener (Kyocera Fine Ceramics, Germany), which collaborated for the fabrication of silicon nitride bars manufactured by DIW. The talk will demonstrate their findings and give…
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Featured in the Encyclopedia of Materials: Technical Ceramics and Glasses

Elsevier‘s Encyclopedia of Materials: Technical Ceramics and Glasses is the ultimate resource guide to these incredibly important and versatile materials. The book covers everything from the types, structures, mechanics and properties of ceramics and glasses, to the testing, characterization, modelling and applications of these materials.  Our fellow professors, Paolo Colombo and Enrico Bernardo, as well…
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On the cover of the Journal of Material Chemistry C

We are pleased to show to the latest inside front cover of Journal of Material Chemistry C, resulted from the collaboration between the authors of the featured review paper, Elena Colusso and Prof. Alessandro Martucci from the NanoEng Research Group, and our PhD student, Anna De Marzi! Many thanks also to Francesca De Marzi, FRAMAX…
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ICC8 online

During the following week – from the 25th to the 30th of April – the 8th International Congress on Ceramics (ICC8) will take place online. Our fellow Professor, Paolo Colombo, will participate as Organizer of the Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics and Associated Hybrid Printing Technologies Symposium, alongside with Dr Giorgia Franchin and Bai Yang, PhD…
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KERAMIK 2021 online

Next week – from the 19th to the 21st of April 2021 – KERAMIK 2021, the 96th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG / German Ceramic Society) will take place online. Dr Giorgia Franchin will actively participate as Invited Speaker of the Additive Manufacturing Session.  Dir viel Spass!  

ICerS Student Speech Contest 2021

The Student Speech Contest of ECerS (European Ceramic Society) has become a very successful and participated event among students and young researchers.  Kai Huang, our fellow PhD student, has been selected to represent ICerS (Italian Ceramic Society) to the contest of 2021. All the selected presentations will be live on 13th April 2021, previous registration…
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45th ICACC online

In just a couple of weeks – starting from the 8th to the 12th of February – the 45th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) will take place online. The online schedule of the conference is available here. The CerAMglass research group will be represented at the conference by its following…
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Ranked in 2020 Stanford study of the world’s top 2% of scientists

A study conducted by Stanford University recognized Prof. Paolo Colombo and Prof. Enrico Bernardo as two of the world’s most-cited researchers in the field Materials. Looking at several indicators, this study analyzed data from 1996 through 2019, covering ~7 million scientists in 22 major fields ranging from chemistry to engineering to economics and business. You…
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Awarded at the MS&T20 Poster Contest

The Materials Science & Technology 2020 Technical Meeting & Exhibition (MS&T20) was held virtually from 2-6 November 2020. Registrants watched live plenary and award sessions, visited the virtual exhibit hall, participated in multiple student events and contests, and had access to hundreds of on-demand technical presentations and posters. Congratulations to our PhD student Anna De…
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yCAM2020 in Gather.town

The CerAMglass delegation is actively participating at the yCAM2020 Online Forum which is taking place from 28th to 30th of October in the gather.town world! Don’t know if it’s just the conference atmosphere, but this virtual interaction did not affect our enthusiasm at all!

ABM of ACerS President’s Council of Student Advisors

During the following weekend – 2nd to 4th of October – the Annual Business Meeting of the President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) of ACerS will take place on-line. Our fellow PhD Student, Anna De Marzi, will participate through the event as a newly added delegate! That Zoom call looks like they had an amazing…
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Seminar on Shaping of alumina composites by SLM and Laminated object manufacturing

Today, 1st October 2020, we had the pleasure to have among us Stefan Pfeiffer, PhD student at EMPA – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology – who hosted a seminar with the title: “Shaping of Alumina Ceramics and Alumina-based Composites by Selective Laser Melting/Sintering and Laminated Object Manufacturing”. Take a look at the poster of the…
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On-line Summer School on Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics

Join us on September 28-30 for the Summer School of the Horizon 2020 AMITIE project (http://www.rise-amitie.eu) – free of charge! It will be a good occasion to meet experts and young researchers and to foster collaborations inside and outside the project. Register via email to stephanie.de-nexon@unilim.fr to receive the Zoom link and instructions. Take a…
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Special Issue on “Advances in Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics”

Open Ceramics, the official, peer-reviewed, Open Access journal of the European Ceramic Society, published by Elsevier, invites research and review articles to be published in a Special Issue “Advances in Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics”, thus inviting you to submit your work to contribute to it. With this feature issue, the editors aim at gathering contributions…
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Material Ecology retrospective at MoMA

Dr. Giorgia Franchin and our group are proud to have been a part of Neri Oxman’s projects in digital glass: Glass I and Glass II. The projects are currently showcased as part of Neri Oxman: Material Ecology retrospective at MoMA Museum of Modern Art in New York until May 25. Professor of Media Arts and Sciences…
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44th ICACC in Daytona Beach

During the following week – from the 24th to the 31st of January – the 44th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC) will take place at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort (Daytona Beach, Florida, USA). Our fellow Professors, Paolo Colombo and Enrico Bernardo, will participate, as well as Dr Giorgia…
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VicenzaORO 2020 x UniSmart Padova

Our team, composed by Dr. Giorgia Franchin, PhD students Giulio Giometti and Anna De Marzi, and Prof.ssa Lisa Biasetto (from the Department of Management and Engineering of Vicenza), gathered up with UniSmart Padova at the VicenzaORO 2020 exhibition in order to present part of our work to the jewellery market. We shine bright like..glass! 

“Frequentazioni – mostra fotografica collettiva”

“Frequenze Visive” is an association that works in order to put together as many photo-lovers and different minds as possible.  In the past months, we were able to give access to our laboratories and researchers to one of our fellow colleagues, Sujatha Giacomazzo, who successfully doctorated in 2017. This come-back produced the amazing work that…
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Open Ceramics journal

We’re proud to announce the launch of the new Open Access journal – Open Ceramics – published by Elsevier. Congrats to Prof. Paolo Colombo for the Editor-in-Chief position!   Check out all about it => https://www.journals.elsevier.com/open-ceramics/

New freshly graduated Doctors!

Congratulations to our fellow Dr. Alberto Conte and Dr. Renata Botti who successfully graduated as XXXI Cohort’s PhDs on the 30th of October! Bravi tosi!

PACRIM13 in Okinawa

Prof. Paolo Colombo participated actively – as Organizer of the Polymer Derived Ceramics (PDCs) and Composites Symposium – at the 13th Pacific Rim Conference of Ceramic Societies, hosted in Okinawa (Japan) from 27th of October to 1st of November 2019.. yoku yatta (よくやった)!

Published in the latest Ceramic International

We are present in the latest Ceramic International Journal – take a look at the work done by our fellow colleagues  => https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272884219329207#ack0010

10th International Conference on HT-CMC in Bordeaux

Dr.  Giorgia Franchin participated actively – as Keynote Speaker on Additive Manufacturing – at the last International Conference on High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites hosted in Bordeaux from 22nd to 26th of September 2019. She’s in the picture below..can you spot her?  

Our People page has been updated!

Take a look at our fellow colleagues present at the Department of Industrial Engineering..some new faces and old ones! ⇒ https://research.dii.unipd.it/ceramglass/people/

ECerS 2019 in Turin

Our group, headed by Prof. Paolo Colombo – the General Chair of the Committee – participated at the XVI ECerS Conference hosted in Turin from 16th to 20th of June 2019. Thanks to our group for the great time spent together!

The new website is born!

We finally uploaded our new website. Stay tuned for more!