The CGIF is proud to partner with the PCSA to bring a program focused on professional development and career exploration named IGNITE MSE (International Gathering and Networking for Individuals to Explore Materials Science and Engineering).
IGNITE MSE at PACRIM/GOMD will will feature:
- Invited speakers on topics of professional development
- Industry luncheon with professionals in the field
- Networking ice breakers
- Swag bag packed with professional development resources!
Use the link below to sign up today!
Invited Speakers
Monica Ferraris
Full Professor of Science and Technology of Materials at Politecnico di Torino
"Why I never got a Ph.D."
Monica earned a Master’s Degree in Solid State Chemistry at the University of Torino, Italy, in 1985.
She started her career with the Italian Telecom Research Laboratory in October 1985, then joined Fiat Research Centre (1991) and Politecnico di Torino (1992) where she is Full Professor of Science and Technology of Materials since 2005.
Monica has more than 300 hundred peer-reviewed journal publications and 14 patents on ceramics and composites.
She is Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics since 2014, member of the Italian Ceramic Society, the German Ceramic Society, and the European Ceramic Society.
Monica has been ACerS member since 1995 and affiliated with the Engineering Ceramics Division, she served as Associate Editor and co-Editor in Chief of ACerS’s International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, member of the Board of Directors of the American Ceramic Society (2019-22); she is co-Chair of the Italy Chapter of The American Ceramic Society, 2017.
She has been awarded with the Global Star Award, from The American Ceramic Society (2011) and the ECD Bridge Building Award (2020) and she is Global Ambassador of The American Ceramic Society (since 2016). Monica is an ACerS Fellow since October 2018, and current ACerS President (2024-25).
Her current main area of activity is on joining, coating and mechanical testing of ceramics and CMC.
Collin Wilkinson
Assistant Professor of Glass Science & Engineering
"Do the Scary Thing"
Dr. Collin Wilkinson (AU) specializes in glass sustainability and modeling the underlying physics of complex solids. His dual expertise in modeling and sustainability have led to several valuable insights and collaborations within the glass industry. Currently, he acts as an advisor to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on the topic of recycling as well as several green start-ups. His group has carried out studies of melting thermodynamics, energy calculations, life cycle analysis, and modeling the carbon impact of various materials. The Wilkinson group is also actively involved in building software to support new applications of glass ranging from predictive ML software designed to predict IR transparent materials to the use of novel software methods for calculating fracture toughness and viscosity from atomistic simulations. Beyond this work he is also engaged in Journal of the American Ceramic Society, the director of Alfred University's Center for Glass Innovation, and is this years co-organizer of GOMD
Eeshani Godbole
Research Scientist at GE Aerospace
"Mind the Gap: Bridging grad school and industry"
Dr Eeshani Godbole is a Research Scientist at GE Aerospace in Niskayuna, NY where she supports the development of high-temperature ceramics for commercial aero engines. Before that, she designed and studied next-generation multiphase thermal and environmental barrier coatings for her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
She has published in many peer-reviewed journals, presented at international conferences, and continues to serve as a reviewer for many academic journals. She is the recipient of ACerS 2024 Morgan Medal and Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award, the ACerS 2021 Graduate Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) award, and the Best Poster award at the ECI Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coatings VI conference.
Eeshani currently leads the professional development subcommittee for the GE Aerospace Research Center Women's Network. She has also worked on the organizing committee for IGNITE MSE workshops at ICACC (2023, 2024) and MS&T(2023, 2024) to provide positive learning and growth opportunities for graduate students in ceramic materials.
Questions?
Contact Amanda at aengen@ceramics.org