News & Publications

• May 31, 2011
  Ceralink Receives Phase I Award from NASA for Microwave Processed Multifunctional Polymer Matrix Composites
  
• December 23, 2010
  Ceralink Presenting 4 Talks at Daytona 2011
  
• August 01, 2010
  Ceralink Announces MAT™ Oxygen Firing Capability
  
• June 07, 2010
  Ceralink Top Winner in DOE's Grand Challenge
  
• May 10th, 2010
  Ceralink Launches FastFuse™ Website
  
• March 18th, 2010
  Ceralink Receives Phase 1 Award from NASA for Automated Hybrid Microwave Heating for Lunar Surface Solidification
  
• February 10th, 2010
  Ceralink Receives Phase 1 Award for Ultra High Temprature Microwave Processing of Ceramics
  
• December 9, 2009
  Ceralink Presenting 2 Talks and Poster at Daytona 2010
  
• October 19, 2009
  Ceralink Hosts AU Alumni Reception
  
• October 5, 2009
  Ceralink Hires New Engineer
  
• October 1, 2009
  Ceralink Introduces a New Way to Laminate
  
• September 21, 2009
  Ceralink Expands Microwave Technology Center
  
• September 18, 2009
  Ceralink Presenting 3 Talks at MS&T 2009
  
• August 26, 2009
  Ceralink to host the Alfred University Alumni Reception
  
• July 30, 2009
  Ceralink Introduces Revolutionary Rapid Lamination with FastFuse
  
• January 5, 2009
  Ceralink Presenting 3 Talks at Daytona 2009
  For conference abstracts, please click here.
  
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News:

• December 2010
  NASA Funds Likely for Area Companies
  Times Union
• December 2010
  US Dept. of Energy: Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Industrial Technologies Program Grand Challenge Portfolio
  Deptment of Energy
• December 2009
  Ceralink Takes First Technology to Market
  Albany Business Review
• November 2009
  The Role of Microwaves in Binder Removal
  Ceramic Industry Magazine
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Technical Publications & Presentations:
2011 Publications & Presentations

• Computational Study of Thermal Runaway in Microwave Processing of Zirconia
  Vadim V. Yakovlev, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shawn M. Allan, Morgana L. Fall, Holly S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  13th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating,
  Toulouse, France, September 5-8, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Energy & Process Efficiency of Radio Frequency Glass Lamination
  Shawn M. Allan*, Inessa Baranova, Gibran Esquenazi, Morgana Fall, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  Presented at the 2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry,
  Niagara Falls, New York, July 28, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Optimizing Energy and Process Efficiency of Radio Frequency Glass Lamination
  Shawn Allan, Inessa Baranova, Gibran Esquenazi, Morgana Fall, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry,
  Niagara Falls, New York, July 26-29, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Rapid Limestone Calcination using Microwave Assist Technology
  Morgana Fall, G. Esquenazi, S. Allan, H. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry,
  Niagara Falls, New York, July 26-29, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Rapid Limestone Calcination using Microwave Assist Technology
  Morgana Fall*, G. Esquenazi, S. Allan, H. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.
  Presented at the 2011 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry,
  Niagara Falls, New York, July 21, 2011,
  Full Presentation
• Computational Study of Microwave Processing of Zirconia: Effects of Frequency and Temperature-Dependent Material Parameters
  Vadim V. Yakovlev, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Shawn M. Allan, Morgana L. Fall, Holly S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  13th Seminar Computer Modeling in Microwave Engineering & Applications,
  Thun, Switzerland, March 7-8, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Novel Lamination Method for Transparent Armor Panels
  Shawn M. Allan*, Morgana Fall, Inessa Baranova, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.
  Presented at the 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 26, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Rapid Limestone Calcination using Microwave Assist Technology
  Morgana Fall*, Shawn Allan, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.; Keith Espelien, Mississippi Lime,
  Presented at the 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Microwave Processing of Geopolymers and Evolved Glass-Ceramic Composites
  Tyler Gubb, Inessa Baranova, Shawn Allan, Morgana Fall, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.; Dr. Waltraud M. Kriven, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
  Presented at the 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Microwave Enhanced Drying and Firing of Geopolymers
  Tyler Gubb, Inessa Baranova, Shawn Allan, Morgana Fall, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.; Dr. Waltraud M. Kriven, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
  35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011
  Full Presentation
• Pressureless Microwave Sintering of Aluminum Nitride
  Shawn M. Allan*, Nicholas Vandervoort, Morgana Fall, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.; Dr. K.H. Wu, Florida International University; Amit Datye, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Presented at the 35th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011
  Full Presentation

2010 Publications & Presentations

• 2010: Microwave in Ceramic Manufacturing
  Morgana Fall*, Dr. Holly Shulman, Shawn Allan, Ceralink Inc.,
  Presented at the Material Science and Technology 2010 & 112th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society,
  Houston, Texas, October 21, 2010
  Full Presentation
• Microwave Corrosion Testing of Alloys for Autoclaves
  Shawn M. Allan*, Morgana Fall, Inessa Baranova, Dr. Holly Shulman, Ceralink Inc.; Dr. Lawrence Shore, BASF Catalysts,
  Presented at the Material Science and Technology 2010 & 112th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Houston, Texas, October 18, 2010
  Full Presentation
• Microwave Assist Technology Study of Nitridation
  Shawn M. Allan, Morgana L. Fall, Holly S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.; Dr. Chris Tournour, Blasch Precision Ceramics,
  34th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 28, 2010
  Full Presentation
• Evaluation of SiC Heating in a Microwave Field
  Holly S. Shulman, Shawn M. Allan, Nick Vandervoort, Ceralink Inc.; Steven R. Mercurio, Dr. Rich Haber, Rutgers University; David Laughton, James Funk, Superior Graphite,
  34th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 28, 2010
  Full Presentation
• Ultra Fast Radio Frequency Lamination for Large Armor Panels
  Shawn M. Allan, Inessa Baranova, Morgana L. Fall, Holly S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  34th International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 25-29, 2010
  Full Presentation

2009 Publications & Presentations

• Microwave Technologies: Key Points for Manufacture of Ceramics,
  Morgana Fall, Dr. Holly S. Shulman, Shawn Allan, Ceralink Inc.,
  Presented at the Materials Science & Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition,
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 28th, 2009
  Full Presentation
• Radio Frequency Lamination for Photovoltaic Panels,
  Shawn Allan, Morganna Fall, Dr. Holly S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  Presented at the Materials Science & Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 27th, 2009
  Full Presentation
• New Lamination Method for Armor Panels,
  Shawn Allan, Morganna Fall, Dr. Holly S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  Presented at the Materials Science & Technology 2009 Conference and Exhibition
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 26th, 2009
  Full Presentation
• Microwaves in Ceramic Manufacturing Processes,
  Dr. Holly S. Shulman, Morgana L. Fall, Shawn M. Allan, Ceralink Inc.,
  8th Pacific and Glass Technology,
  Vancouver, British Columbia, June 4, 2009
  Full Presentation (1.6 MB)
• Platinum Group Metal Recycling Technology Development,
  Dr. Lawrence Shore, BASF Catalysts LLC,
  U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen Program,
  Annual Merit Review Meeting, May 21, 2009
  Full Presentation
• Microwave Assist Sintering of Porcelain Insulators with Large Cross-section,
  Shawn. M. Allan; Morgana.L. Fall; G. Carnahan; Holly. S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  33rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 19, 2009
  Full Presentation (1.6 MB)
• Microwave Assist Technology for Industrial Ceramic Processing,
  Microwave Assist Technology for Industrial Ceramic Processing,
  33rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 18-23, 2009
  Full Presentation (1.2 MB)
• Energy efficient radio frequency lamination of flat glass and ceramics for solar and armor applications,
  Shawn.M. Allan, Morgana.L. Fall; Holly.S. Shulman, Ceralink Inc.,
  33rd International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics and Composites,
  Daytona Beach, Florida, January 19, 2009
  Full Presentation (1.2 MB)
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