Welcome to IMI-NFG!

The International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass (IMI-NFG) was established in August 2004 through an initiative of the National Science Foundation for enhancing research collaborations between US researchers and educators and their counterparts worldwide. It is also a collaboration between Lehigh University and Penn State University.

Six Thrusts for New Functionality in Glasses

• Metamaterials, novel glasses and nanocomposites
• Functional Coatings
• Engineered Strengthening - See also International Collaboration on Glass Mechanics (ICGM)
• Ionic functionality
• Optical functionality
• Biofunctional Glasses

The field of glass science and engineering will have a promising future if it can proactively respond to the changing culture of research and education. NSF's new IMI-NFG offers unprecedented opportunity for the glass community to meet the challenges through international collaborations, delivery of education across the boundaries, outreach to undergraduates and pre-college students via modules, hands-on experiments and presentations.

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Special Feature

IMI-NFG Director Receives 2007 Otto-Schott Research Award

Prof. Himanshu Jain, Director of the International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass (IMI-NFG) and Diamond Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Lehigh University received the 2007 Otto-Schott Research Award at the International Congress on Glass (ICG) in Strasbourg, France on July 2, 2007.

Jain is being cited for “outstanding work towards advancing fundamental understanding of the movements of atoms inside glass.” He is sharing the award with Walter Kob of the University of Montpellier in France.

The biennial award is the most valuable prize for glass research.

For more information, visit www.lehigh.edu

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