DOD Cornerstone Consortium Award to The American Ceramic Society for workforce training programs on materials for hypersonic applications
On Jan. 8, 2024, the Department of Defense Cornerstone Consortium under the DOD Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program and the National Imperative for Industrial Skills initiative awarded The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) a contract to develop a sustainable, targeted, workforce training program on the science and engineering of materials for hypersonic applications.
ACerS has partnered with the United States Advanced Ceramics Association (USACA) to create a comprehensive hypersonic materials training program. The goal of this program is to target those working in industry, national labs, DOD agencies, and others working in the field who may be outside the reach of academic programs.
View this press release for more information.
Upcoming Courses
Virtual Hypersonic Course instructed by Rodney Trice
This virtual course will take place from January 7–8, 2025, from 1–5 p.m. ET.
Please note: This is a Distribution A event.
UHTC Materials and Properties for Hypersonic Applications 2025 instructed by Rodney Trice
This course will take place on January 26, 2025, in St. Augustine, Fla. in conjunction with the Composites, Materials & Systems Conference
This course will focus on the materials science and engineering of ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) materials, ceramic matrix composites (including carbon-carbon composites), and some refractory metals to support the design and manufacturing sustainment and will be ITAR compliant.
Past Courses
UHTC Materials and Properties for Hypersonic Applications instructed by Rodney Trice
January 2024 in St. Augustine, Fla. in conjunction with the Composites, Materials & Systems Conference
This course focused on ultra-high temperature materials and their properties and was ITAR compliant.
UHTC Materials for Hypersonic Applications Short Course instructed by Rodney Trice, Dr. Mark Opeka, and Dr. John Schmisseur
May 2024 in Madison, Wisc. in conjunction with NSMMS-CRASTE Joint Symposia
This course focused on materials and their manufacture, materials selection and introduction to testing, and dynamic testing methods and was ITAR compliant.
Materials for Hypersonic Applications: Materials, Properties, and Manufacturinginstructed by Dr. David Lipke and Dr. John Schmisseur
December 11, 2024, in Oak Ridge, Tenn. at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
This course will focus on CMC materials, properties, and manufacturing and is CUI compliant.
About ACerS
Founded in 1898, The American Ceramic Society is the leading professional membership organization for ceramic and materials scientists, engineers, researchers, manufacturers, plant personnel, educators, and students. The Society serves more than 10,000 members from more than 70 countries.
About USACA
Founded in 1985, the U.S. Advanced Ceramics Association champions the business interests of the advanced ceramic producers and end-users. Its members range from the largest U.S. industrial companies to smaller corporations dedicated to the manufacture of advanced ceramic products. For more information, visit https://advancedceramics.org.
Contact
Contact Amanda Engen, director of communications and workforce development, at aengen@ceramics.org for more information on the program.
