International Materials Institute
for New Functionality in Glass

Learning Library

Understanding glass science through everyday experiences: Hands-on activities for students, teachers & general public.

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Technical learning library: Introductory and advanced lectures on glass science for the glass researcher.
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Opportunities

Grants are available to assist students, post-docs and faculty with travel and/or living expenses. The REU in Glass summer program introduces US undergraduates to opportunities in glass research.

Research

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Research Exchange Program Builds International Relationships....

Mona Marei

"In today's global marketplace, it is more important than ever for students and researchers to gain an international perspective. Some are doing so through the International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass"... like Graduate student Adam Stone seen on the right of picture, who has spent time at Kyoto University's innovative Collaboration Center.
Read full article in ACer's Bulletin Sept 2011 >

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NEW. Glass in Energy. Mini Interacctive Web Course.
Spring Semester 2012. This 7 week course will provide an overview of the use of glass in different applications in the field of energy, starting with an introduction to the fabrication process & most relevant properties of glass, followed by a review of current & future energy domains where glass is used. More information & registration >

Glass helps damage bone regenerate.
Mona Marei, who directs tissue engineering research at Alexandria University in Egypt. Marei traveled here to meet with her research partners at Lehigh’s International Materials Institute for New Functionality in Glass (IMI) and to deliver a seminar, “Engineering living tissue from scratch.” Read article> Video of seminar>

Mini Interactive Web Course on CHALCOGENIDE GLASSES. Spring Semester 2011. This 7 week course provided students with a broad overview of chacogenide glasses (structure & properties) and existing and potential applications, such as in photonics, electronics and ionics. Presentations and videos of lectures available in our technical learning library.
IMI for Glass Receives Second Five-Year Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to increase the visibility of glass across the globe. Glass plays a critical role in most of the 14 "grand challenges" that, according to the National Academy of Engineering, human beings need to solve in the 21st century. Read Full Article >
US-China Winter School on New Functionalities in Glass, Zhejiang University, China. The goal of this Winter School was to expose interested students in US and China in an international environment to the crucial role played by glasses in the cutting-edge applications of today, and emerging technolgies of tomorrow.
Read one student's experience of studying abroad >

Reflecting on the Many Uses of Glass.
Left: biocompatatible, bioactive glass is one focus of the research at NSF's International Materials Institute for new Functionality in Glass. Full article >

Spotlight

Seth Berbano, a Materials Engineering Junior at Iowa State University has been busy in the labs of Osaka Prefecture University (OPU) in Sakai City, Japan on a 10 week research experience (REU Program) sponsored by the IMI-NFG. The purpose of this program is to introduce students, like Seth, to the opportunities in glass research at a world class glass technical facility both within the US and abroad. Read more>


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