Rosette Gault, Ph.D. asks practical research questions. This fountain (site of MS&T24 Symposium on Sustainable Manufacturing) at a confluence of rivers in Pittsburgh, PA . Updates will be discussed and presented at MS&T25, Columbus, Ohio.
Despite so many "new" products to clear water and air, why do pollution and excessive carbon production persist?
We have a chance to re-imagine use of ceramic manufacture methods and materials in a way we never quite could do before now. Industry, science, art and medicine connect.
The reduction of carbon excess, and reduction of growing "dependencies" on certain "plastic" products are a few of many advantages and considerations.
🟢 Strong evidence from kiln fire results over five decades suggests that products made of paperclay ceramic material offer practical opportunities for manufacturers at scale to lower fuel/energy cost, emissions and effluents in water and air between about 20-50%, and other advantages.
1 Challenge of nano porous water filtration: List of Ten Priority Design Requests from manufacturers Beautility" and the Clean Water Challenge, 2 REPORT Porous Paperclay Water Filtration Field Study, 3. List of Eco-Friendly Practices for STudio art Makers) and and 4 unforgettable vision on UTTUBE (2012): Inside Paperclay.
🟢 This class of materials are especially useful for industries developing/producing lightweight, durable products like ceramic membranes, water, air and other filtration, propellers, mixing blades, building materials/cements, refractories, coatings, adhesives, and more. Some agriculture, aerospace, automotive and medical parts are well suited.
🟢 Furthermore, making of products in paperclay would lessen the contribution of “plastics" and PFAS to industrial waste, landfill and or incineration. At end-of life, long-term global consequences of product disposal at scale are a significant fraction of current products.
🔆 coordinate time sensitive key research systemic initiatives
🔆 to mitigate measurable harm and unintended consequences/impact of scale manufacturing emissions of greenhouse gases/effluents in water waste streams/oceans.
🔆 to minimize fuel/energy use costs of manufacture and reduce dependence on rare earth mineral ingredients, rebalance the climate ecologies, and more.
🔆 to minimize the refinement/development TIME/COST offers plentiful market opportunities for new product offerings. Diverse industries, consumers/customers are asking, ready, waiting and willing to acquire useful, affordable, practical, functional approach that meets the need.
🔆 to coordinate highly specialized teams of cross discipline research can bring new products to markets far more effectively and quickly than ever possible or feasible in past.
Rosette Gault inventor, pioneer developer and world expert, was awarded PhD for Innovation in Paperclay Ceramic Arts by the University of Sunderland, UK National Center for Glass and Ceramics. She is the author of four books, some of which have been translated into German and Chinese, as well as numerous articles and publications. Learn more.
A sampling of paperclay success stories from kiln firings worldwide. Eco-minded artists discovered advantage with methods like fast fire/fast dry, wet dry assembly, and extreme resistance to thermal shock. A quiet revolution has been underway for more than 3 decades now and continues.
Recent in Person Discussion Presentation Oct 7, 2024 at Conference
Research Questions for Eco Friendly Paperclay Meeting: MS&T24: Materials Science & Technology Symposium: 16th Symposium on Green and Sustainable Technologies for Materials Manufacturing and Processing |Session: Sustainable Technologies II |Session Chair(s): Manoj K. Mahapatra; Michael Robert Bonner; Rosette Gault;Date: 10/07/2024 Time: 2:25 PM - 2:45 PM | Location: David L. Lawrence Convention Center - 317 Pittsburgh, PA| in part with American Ceramics Society ACERS. USA
