Technical Learning Library

Materials in this section are aimed at the science and engineering students and professionals. For most of the material in this listing, you will need to be logged in as a Member to view. There is no charge for membership, just an interest in glass science. Log in or register here.

The material in the technical learning library includes:

A. Semester Length Glass Courses and Glass Schools
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Optical and Photonic Glasses by Prof. Rui Almeida - There are 39 forty-five minute lectures delivered at Lehigh University in Spring 2005. To see the complete listing of all lectures, please click the link above. You can view a Sample Lecture #1 without the member log-in.

Characterization and Structure of Glasses - A more advanced series of 26 ninety minute lectures by glass experts from six different universities. Course was delivered Spring 2007 semester.

US Japan Winter School - Thirteen international experts from Japan, US, Brazil and France lecture on application focused glass science topics. The lectures include 35 separate videos.

Properties of Glass - New Item - This series of 27 ninety minute lectures covers the properties of glass by glass experts from nine different universities. Course was delivered Fall 2008.

B. Tutorial & Advanced Topic Lectures
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Tutorial and Advanced Lectures & Small Series - Most of these are half to one hour lectures on a variety of topics from tutorial to advanced in nature.

C. Glass Conferences and Workshops
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International Workshop on Scientific Challenges for Glass Research - A Glass Research Road-mapping conference held in DC on April 2007. Lectures by academic and glass industry leaders discussing the important questions and imperatives for the glass research community.

17th University Glass Conference - 16 Invited Talks from the conference held at Penn State University in June 2005. They cover a wide range of topics/areas and all include some tutorial preface.

Fracture & Flow Conference Lectures - The conference was held at Penn State University in October 2005. Several in invited talks and tutorials have been captured from that conference.

Bear Creek Interfaces Conference -Several excellent talks captured from this October 2006 conference at Bear Creek Lodge, Macungie, PA are included here.

Glass Products for the Future: An academic's perhaps naïve, but an out-of-the-box perspective - Prof. Himanshu Jain's presentation at the International Congress on Glass in Strasbourg, France on July 2, 2007.

D. Complete Listing of All Lectures

Complete listing of all Lectures - Almost 180 lectures with index to where located on this site

E. Other Learning Modules on Glass

Glass Educational Materials for Students & Educators - Listing of videos and other educational material for the students.

Evaluation Form - Please give us your feedback regarding a particular tutorial or educational video by completing and submitting this form. Thank you.

Note: All educational products supplied from this site or distributed otherwise are copyrighted by IMI-NFG at Lehigh University and can be freely used for education but cannot be used for sale or other commercial redistribution.

version Dec 2008 revised

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