CGIF News

  The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) and The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC), both located in Columbus, Ohio, are pleased to announce receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Owens-Illinois (O-I) Charities Foundation of Perrysburg, Ohio, to support CGIF outreach programs and provide travel grants to college-age students. The CGIF will use $10,000 of the grant…

  For the second year in a row, The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) won Best Technology Exhibit at the 2017 Ohio State Fair.  The exhibit, which featured several materials science demonstrations, was staffed by graduate students from The Ohio State University. The popular demos are included in the CGIF’s Materials Science Classroom Kit, which contains nine interactive…

  As part of its commitment to student exchanges and travel grants, The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) was pleased to recently provide travel support to 12 students to attend summer school in Hungary.  In conjunction with its 15th Conference and Exhibition, The European Ceramic Society (ECerS) hosted its summer school, “Innovative Technologies in…

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”  –Aristotle Teacher Kristina Ringo is a firm believer in the “learn by doing” philosophy, which serves as the basis for her certainty that the CGIF’s Materials Science Classroom Kit is one of the best tools available to enable students…

  The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) seeks to provide financial support for projects and activities that help fulfill the CGIF mission: To help the industry attract and train the highest quality talent available to work with engineered systems and products that utilize ceramic and glass materials. It is expected that grants will allow organizations…

  The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) is partnering with MSE Supplies to provide a new ball milling system to a U.S. university with a materials science and engineering program where ceramics, glass, nanomaterials, and other powder processing is part of the education program. The equipment is a MSE PRO™ Mini High Energy Vertical Planetary…

The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation recently announced the recipients of charitable grants to advance the study, understanding and use of ceramic and glass materials.   The Chinese Ceramic Society – $10,000 for the expansion of the Glass Winter School, a 5-day workshop for college students and young scientific researchers in glass and the expansion of the Ceramic Summer…

  The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation (CGIF) stayed true to its mission of attracting, inspiring, and training the next generation of ceramic and glass professionals through the expansion of several programs geared toward student outreach. Its second annual report was distributed in April and highlighted the outstanding work of the Foundation. Introducing young people…

      Summer School in Budapest In conjunction with its 15th Conference and Exhibition, The European Ceramic Society (ECerS) is hosting its summer school, “Innovative Technologies in the Field of Ceramic Manufacturing”, July 7 and 8, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary. The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation are offering up to…

  The Ceramic and Glass Industry Foundation participated as an exhibitor at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) National Conference in Los Angeles, California, which took place March 30 – April 3, 2017. Partnering with the NSTA is one of the best ways we have to introduce science teachers to our Materials Science Classroom Kit…