CGIF News
The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) is pleased to announce that Lori Houghton, MA, has joined CGIF staff as program manager. Houghton brings a background in education, business, organizational management, and program management from her past career experiences to the team. She lives in Blacklick, Ohio, with her family and her foster failure dog,…
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The students pour through the door at The Works in Newark, Ohio, fresh off the buses and curious about the field trip ahead. Even though many students from Granville Middle School have been to The Works interactive science, history, and technology center before, they did not know that they were about to experience a Glass…
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Growing up, Fernanda Garcia was either expected to get married at a young age in Mexico, where she primarily grew up, or move back to the United States to earn a higher education. Knowing that Garcia is an American citizen, her mother then encouraged her to move back to the U.S. to pursue an education…
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It took three years working as a medical assistant before Alejandra Almaraz realized that she did not want to work in the healthcare field for the rest of her life. But after discovering materials science and engineering, Almaraz found a way to incorporate her passion for biomedical research into tangible, impactful applications with materials science.…
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The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) hosted its first Crystal Clear Science Video Competition this fall, with the goal of encouraging undergraduate and graduate students get creative with their delivery of scientific concepts geared toward the general population. Applicants created a short two to three minute video that showcases a fun or interesting scientific…
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Megan Bynoe had no idea where she wanted to go to college or what she wanted to study, but she knew that engineering would provide a variety of paths for her to pursue. She also knew that she wanted to make a real-life impact in her chosen field; she chose materials science and engineering. Bynoe…
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Columbus, Ohio; November 3, 2023 The Air Products Foundation recently announced that it will donate up to $15,000 to The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) and The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC), both located in Columbus, Ohio. The grants will foster innovation by the next generation of ceramic and glass professionals and provide support…
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The teachers pause to don a pair of paper solar glasses and file outside just in time to see the 2023 annular solar eclipse, visible in parts of North America on Saturday, October 14. Slices of the sun can be seen in the shadows as the teachers gaze up at the rare sighting. The event…
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The sound of breaking glass fills the parking lot at Glass Axis as the high school students watch behind safety goggles, jostling each other for the best view. A graduate student volunteer then pulls the group back into focus and begins explaining the scientific principles behind the demonstration they just watched. The high school students…
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As one of the most widely known forms of ceramics, pottery provides art and culture to the world while also displaying one of the world’s most vital materials in plain sight. For Grant Wallace, Ph.D., bringing awareness to the technical applications of ceramics takes the form of slip casting: a process that uses liquified clay,…
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