April 1999 - Volume 78, No. 4
Manufacturing/Engineering Features

Scholarship Influences Career Choice
ACerS member Michael Fuller decided to pursue a degree in ceramic engineering after receiving the Hughes Scholarship and beginning ceramic engineering courses at The Ohio State University. He has been involved with ACerS Precollege Education Program since his junior year in college.
Kathy Martin

Profiles in Ceramics: Kazuo Inamori
In April, we meet Kazuo Inamori, founder and chair emeritus of Kyocera Corp. In this profile, we take a closer look at Inamori's unusual life and the remarkable career achievements that have made Kyocera a global leader in the advanced ceramics industry.
Kathy L. Woodard

Conference Overview-The Nano Explosion
Nanostructured materials have seen quite an explosion of scientific and industrial interest over the last few decades. This is a brief overview of Fine, Ultrafine & Nano Powders '98, which was held last November in New York.
Greg Geiger

Noncontact Ultrasonic Characterization of Green Bodies
Green density determination as a means of quality control is of particular interest to the ceramics industries. This paper gives a first-known effort to obtain quantitative information on the relationship between longitudinal ultrasonic velocity and green density.
T.J. Carneim, D.J. Green and M.C. Bhardway

Applied Technology Harnesses Adverse Atmospheric Temperatures
A modified drying chamber harnessed adverse atmospheric conditions in Palakkad, India, to solve a long-term, seasonal tile-drying problem.
P.S. Menon and M.I. Matthews