The European Ceramic Society

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Belgium

Materials Science Department of faculté Polytechnique UMONS

University laboratory in material science (Ceramics and electrochemistry)

Director : Prof. M‐G. Olivier

Email : marjorie.olivier@umons.ac.be

Phone : 065 374431

Address : FPMs, rue de l’Epargne, 7000 Mons

Website : Website: umons.ac.be

Research topics :

  • Processing and properties of piezoelectric ceramics and glass‐ceramics
    Contact information:
    Contact name: Prof. M. Gonon
    Tel : 065 374422
    Email: maurice.gonon@umons.ac.be
  • Processing and properties of porous ceramics
    Contact information:
    Contact name: Prof. M. Gonon
    Tel : 065 374422
    Email: maurice.gonon@umons.ac.be
  • Nondestructive characterization methods
    Contact information:
    Contact name : Prof. M. Gonon
    Tel : 065 374422
    Email: maurice.gonon@umons.ac.b

Exceptional facilities :

  • X‐ray tomography

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: Interreg IV , FEDER
  • Regional fundings: Wallonie (DGO6)
  • National fundings :

Latest news

2025 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 3rd call!

In the frame of the 2025 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a first call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 2025 International Symposium on Green Processing for Advanced Ceramics (IGPAC 2025), organised by the Ceramic Society of Japan, from 5th to 9th October 2025 in Ise-Shima/Mie, Japan.

Jul 22, 2025
Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust for Mobility projects is 31st August 2025!

Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of October 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st August 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before November 2025.

Jul 22, 2025

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